Poultry farmer, 72, bound, gagged and murdered in home
Residents of the usually quiet East Coast Demerara village of Unity, Mahaica woke up in shock yesterday morning to the discovery of the bound and gagged body of popular poultry farmer. Seventy-two –year-old Ramlogan Singh called ‘Tun Tun’, was discovered lying face down on his bed in his home at Lot 10 President [...]
Fire destroys Solicitor General’s home
- By Latoya Giles An early morning fire believed to be electrical in origin yesterday destroyed the home of newly appointed Solicitor General Sita Ramlall. Kaieteur News was told that it was a uniformed guard on duty at the Lot 2 Bel Air, home who alerted the occupants. Speaking with Kaieteur News yesterday, [...]
Greene tells Commanders he is still in charge
Confusion seems to be the order of the day as it relates to who is in charge of the Guyana Police Force, in light of the proceeding on leave of embattled Commissioner Henry Greene. This newspaper understands that Commanders and Heads of Department have received two memoranda, with differing versions of who they should report [...]
Dem boys seh…Dem know wheh dem rat hiding
People really getting frighten. Nuff people. Henry de Yellow ask fuh guh pun leave but he know that he get set up. He frighten now because people talking and mekking he out to be a bad person. Dem boys seh that he was to get married in a couple days. Well it gun got to [...]
Bryan becomes youngest National Men’s Singles Champion
- Lowe on high after successfully defending female title By Edison Jefford Notwithstanding the absence of perhaps Guyana’s four foremost senior national players, which included defending champion, Godfrey Munroe; Nigel Bryan created history yesterday when he won the Senior Men’s Singles table tennis title at the National Gymnasium. Bryan had no Munroe, Christopher Franklin, Paul [...]
Shawn Cox disposes of Kurt Bess in brutal fashion to retain CABOFE crown
By Michael Benjamin The pre-fight prediction by the boxing pundits that either Kurt Bess or his Bajan counterpart, Shawn Cox would have tasted canvass proved true and the muscular Bajan needed just twelve punches, most of them powerful enough to fell an ox, and delivered within 2:10secs of the first frame, to dispose of the [...]
Youth Black Belts now assistant instructors
Amy Williams, Nicholas Seebaran and Kaley Bansrupan all have one thing in common. They are all Black Belts and members of Bassai Karate Dojo-International (BKD-I) in Orlando. They are Youth Instructors of BKD-I, a member of the United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) National Karate Program and the World United Karate Organization (WUKO) and the [...]
Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facilities had successful year
Thank Sponsors for 2011, promise better things in 2012 By Samuel Whyte With the Horseracing season winding down, a number of the clubs have completed their programmes for the year 20112012. One such entity is the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facilities (RCMTC&SF) situated at Alness on the Corentyne Coast. The club which is [...]
Norville/Smith steal show as ProAm amateur extravaganza concludes
Romeo Norville and Ron Smith regurgitated memories of the days of yore when action packed amateur boxing encounters were the order of the day when they squared off in a bantamweight clash in the December edition of the monthly Friday night Fights at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH Saturday evening last. The two battled [...]
Felix slams Greene’s statements on shooting of protesters
- dubs them “utter nonsense” Former Commissioner of Police Winston Felix who is set to be entering the National Assembly for the first time as a parliamentarian says that the recent explanations by Commissioner of Police Henry Greene about the shooting by police ranks of civilian protesters is “utter nonsense.” Felix, in a recent interview [...]
Equitable health services for hinterland communities – Health Minister
It will not be business as usual at the Ministry of Health, as according to recently appointed Minister of Health, Dr. Bheri Ramsaran, high on his agenda for the Ministry is equity of access, value for dollar of investment, quality services and clientele satisfaction. These factors, he noted, are recognized as crucial factors that will [...]
1,500 Region One residents treated during COMET medical programme
A child suffering from cerebral malaria, another with severe tuberculosis, and two men with liver cysts were among the 1,500 patents that were treated for various ailments by members of a Canadian medical team that visited Region One last month. Dr. Michael Silverman, of the Mount Sinai Hospital of Canada, said that the Canada-based Sandspring [...]
IDB makes $20 million grant for Haiti hydro
- Resources to restore the country’s largest renewable energy plant The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Thursday announced the approval of a $20 million grant to complete and supplement the financing needed to refurbish the Péligre hydroelectric plant, Haiti’s largest renewable energy generation facility. The project will enable Haiti to restore and preserve Péligre’s original installed [...]
Relatives turn stabbing death suspect over to police
The suspect in last Friday’s stabbing death of Quacy Orandi Gray at Liverpool, Corentyne, is now in custody after being turned over to the police by relatives. Kaieteur News understands that the suspect, 21-year-old Ronald Fraser, turned up at the home of relatives early yesterday morning. The relatives subsequently contacted police. Fraser and the slain [...]
Irfaan Ali, Ramjattan continue verbal sparring over $4B housing deal
For two years now the Minister of Housing Irfaan Ali and his Parliamentary Opposition Colleague Khemraj Ramjattan have been engaged in a fierce verbal battle stemming from a $4B Supplementary Provision that found its way to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo). The Housing Minister in his most recent pronouncement on the matter had [...]
Education Minister promises more efficiency in sector
…as efforts are made to make teaching more worthwhile “While we can use every teacher in this country I would prefer not to have teachers like these…if you don’t perform a child gets damaged, many children get damaged, an entire generation can go down the line…So I am going to be insisting [...]
Project to help educate Amerindian women gets UK boost
A privately-organized project to provide funding for Amerindian girls studying to be teachers will begin operating in January. The project will assist the hinterland students at the Cyril Potter College who are there on their own initiative. The Hinterland Teachers Support (HTS) programme, the brainchild of environmentalist Annette Arjoon-Martins, will provide financial support, [...]
Enterprise Road Safety Association brings Xmas cheer to Cheshire Home residents
The Enterprise Road Safety association continued its decades-old relationship with the Cheshire Home at Mahaica, East Coast Demerara with yet another timely donation of basic items. Over the past 35 years the Association has been making the donation, and it has become an annual feature at Christmas time. Yesterday, the association handed over [...]
Woman of Worth
– over 2000 beneficiaries Over 2000 single parent females are currently benefitting from a five year microcredit programme, Woman of Worth (WOW), founded by the Ministry of Human Service and Social Security in collaboration with the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Ltd (GBTI). The main purpose of the WOW programme is to [...]
CATCHING MY HARSE
A white horse (pronounced “harse” by my Jamaican and Kittian friends) walked into a rum shop near the Garrison Savannah in Barbados. The bartender, accustomed to horses, tried to make some light conversation. “You know,” he said conversationally, “we have a brand of Scotch whisky named after you?” “Incredible,” the horse replied. “You [...]
A MAN IS PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL FOUND GUILTY
If every public official was to proceed on leave or be interdicted simply on the basis of allegations made against them, there would be a great many persons who would end up being treated unjustly. There is a principle that if someone within an organization is facing a serious indictment, then it is [...]
Sanders has unashamedly changed his tune
Dear Editor, I wish to highly commend Mr. Freddie Kisson for “calling out” Mr. Ronald Sanders on his double-speak. I too, noticed the not-so-glib about-face in the writings of Mr. Sanders after the November 28, 2011 elections. This is nothing new to Sanders who has been allowed to get away with this sort of about-face [...]
A MINORITY GOVERNMENT CAN BE A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT
Dear Editor, The euphoria that visited the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led A People’s Partnership for National Unity (APNU) immediately after the declaration of the November 28 General and Regional Elections’ results is understandable. This situation is explicable because in the course of Guyana’s political history, the PNC never won any national election, and now [...]
The PSC defied the will of the people
Dear Editor, When Benjamin Franklin left Constitutional Hall, a woman asked him what manner of government he gave to the people, his reply was “A Republic, if you can keep it”. All Franklin was saying is, the people will decide how they will be governed. In a republic, it is not a government for the [...]
Disappointed in Bill Express service
Dear Editor, I would be grateful if you can publish my letter so that customers paying their bills at Bill Express service in Ketley Street, Charlestown can be aware of their incompetence. My personal experience began on Saturday 10th December, 2011. I visited the service to pay my phone bill for myself, and my mother, [...]
