Imam at center of child sex probe
-alleged victims shown guns and threatened An Islamic scholar who is also the Imam for a Masjid in Turkeyen is under investigation for allegedly having sex with four boys. According to reports, the man was taken into police custody on Monday after a medical examination revealed that boys, ages ranging from 4 to 10, were [...]
$135M in cocaine seized from fishing trawler
…after months of surveillance In what is said to be their first major drug bust for the year, ranks from the Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU), along with the Guyana Defense Force (GDF), yesterday intercepted a fishing trawler with a large quantity of cocaine and marijuana. According to reports, the joint operation saw the drug [...]
GuySuCo reneges on commitment to divulge fees paid to US lawyers
…conservative estimate pegs figure at $350M One day after committing to provide this publication with the amount of money paid to overseas lawyers for the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Chief Executive Officer, Paul Bhim, has reneged. Bhim on Tuesday told this publication that he would yesterday provide the amount of money paid but when [...]
Top Cop rape allegation… Police now await DPP’s advice
The police are awaiting the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions on whether or not to institute charges against Police Commissioner Henry Greene. According to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud, an interim report was completed and submitted to the DPP on Monday last. The investigation into rape allegations against the Commissioner commenced after a 34-year [...]
Artificial Insemination Laboratory…US$12M bid for supply, installation of lab equipment
The Ministry of Agriculture’s Artificial Insemination Laboratory project on Tuesday attracted two bids at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), for the supply, delivery and installation of laboratory equipment. Western Scientific Company of Trinidad and Tobago submitted a bid US$12,378,863.58 while Int’l Pharmaceutical Agency Guyana (IPA) offered G$80,334,401. During the latter part [...]
Dictators have discovered democracy
After the storm of the Speaker of Parliament controversy dies down, let it be known that this columnist suggested that the PPP should be given the Speaker’s position. I submitted this recommendation with strict legal conditions. I suggested that the Opposition should be generous and offer the Speaker’s chair to the PPP and in turn [...]
The disabled and our society
Today, the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre would be forty-five years old. For nearly half of a century, it has been trying to rehabilitate the physically disabled so that they could play meaningful roles in the society. It took a national calamity to get such an institution into existence. Guyana experienced an outbreak of cholera during [...]
APNU SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO THE PEOPLE OF GUYANA
APNU has no reason to be fearful of a snap election. It is the Guyanese people who have to be fearful. After what APNU put this country through, the fear is not the holding of elections but whether APNU would be willing to accept the will of the people. APNU made a big hue [...]
Dem boys seh…Donald get handcuff
When people thief dem does deh in handcuff. But Donald get handcuff and he ain’t commit no crime. Is not that dem carrying he to jail but he still got de handcuff. Is dem contract wha de Big Rat sign that tie Donald hand. When people sign a contract wid a foreign government [...]
Violation of Parliamentary Convention hurts ‘Coming Together’
Dear Editor, Convening of the 10th Parliament happened on Thursday, January 12, 2012. I observed at the Parliament on that day that the House proceeded to institute the elections process for the Speaker and Deputy Speaker before Members of Parliament (MPs) were sworn-in. I thought then that that was odd because MPs were [...]
How about some mauby syrup?
DEAR EDITOR, Good to read that Banks DIH plans “to introduce several new products”, including soft drinks. Perhaps mauby syrup may be on the agenda. I recently did some ‘market research’ on mauby and at last found some packaged mauby bark and bottled mauby syrup in an international grocery. The syrup was a [...]
‘Trunkers’ claimed to be employed by Home Affairs Ministry and Police Force
DEAR EDITOR, Crime seems to be slowly declining in our country and I must say hats off to the hard work of the Guyana Police Force (GPF). However, I am very concerned about a recent scenario that took place on 16th January, 2012 at around 5pm, at the junction of Sheriff Street and [...]
Henry Greene should do the honourable thing
DEAR EDITOR, There have been a number of articles which have been designed to influence the outcome of the complaint against Henry Greene. One lawyer even had the audacity to make reference to Lord Diplock. That lawyer had no understanding of the traditions and conventions of the society to which those of the [...]
Dutch stun CCC
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – An entertaining 57 from opener Michael Swart helped Netherlands virtually condemn the Combined Campuses & Colleges to an early exit from the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament with a 26-run victory on Wednesday. Swart struck five fours and three sixes from 43 balls, as the Netherlands, choosing to bat on a hard, true Kensington [...]
Guyana in another must win contest today
Following Narsingh Deonarine propelling them to a comfortable victory over Canada on Tuesday, Guyana, while enhancing their chances in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament need to win against the Windward Islands today to advance to the final four in Barbados. Guyana play in the second game of the double header today at 8:00pm, while Canada [...]
Prudential Industrial Technologies on board NaMilCo Football Festival
Prudential Industrial Technologies of Lot 8 Water and New Market Streets grasped the opportunity to become the first business entity to ink its name to the list of sponsors of this year’s edition of the Annual NaMilCo Football Festival which is set to run from January 29-February19. According to a release, the Company [...]
6th IPF/NAPF Caribbean Powerlifting C/ships – USVI…Powerhouse Guyana to carry full strength team
Having made their mark at the Caribbean, Regional, Commonwealth and International levels ever since their return to the Powerlifting scene a few years ago, The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) is aiming to send a full strength team to the 6th IPF/NAPF Caribbean Powerlifting Championships set for the United States Virgin Islands, March [...]
BCB convenes successful 2011 AGM
Special Emphasis on Coaching in 2012 The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Sunday last hosted its Annual General Meeting for 2011 at its Cheddi Jagan Street, New Amsterdam Office. The meeting was postponed from late December due to the fact that the last Sunday in 2011 and the first Sunday in 2012 were public [...]
GWBA needs funding to send team to Antigua
The Guyana Women’s Basketball Association (GWBA) needs funding to send its national junior and senior team to Antigua to compete in the twelfth edition of the Annual Gillian Brazier Basketball Shoot-Out scheduled for March 11-18. The association responsible for women’s basketball in Guyana had expressed optimism that they will be returning to the [...]
2011 Memorex/Leslie Amsterdam Mem. U17 cricket… Suresh Dhanai’s 88 guides Young Warriors to quarter finals
Young Warriors Cricket Club (YWCC) of Cumberland is the latest team to reach the quarterfinals of the 2011 Memorex/Leslie Amsterdam Memorial Under-17 cricket competition in Berbice. They advanced after taking first innings honours from Police following a tense struggle. The result saw YWCC ending the preliminary round in an unassailable position in Zone [...]
Letter to the Sports Editor…GCB did not write government to rescind Lloyd’s appointment
Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News of January 12, 2012 published a letter written by me as Hon. Secretary of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) under the erroneous caption “GCB writes government requesting Lloyd’s appointment be rescinded.” Despite publishing the full text of our letter your headline [...]
New Speaker not bothered by PPP/C non-support
- AFC said was a “hard fight” to get APNU backing The new Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman, yesterday said that he is not bothered about the negative rhetoric being peddled by the governing party regarding his elevation to the position. “The proof of the pudding will be in the eating,” said Trotman, [...]
Puzzling teacher’s death at GPHC…Cause of death uncertain, samples for overseas testing
A post mortem on the remains of Rohini Balkaran of Clonbrook, East Coast Demerara, who passed away suddenly at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Monday, has failed to determine the cause of her death. The procedure was undertaken yesterday at the hospital by a Cuban doctor who was able to determine that while [...]
Region Seven outbreak linked to decaying worms
An investigation into a gastroenteritis outbreak in the Chinoweing area situated in the upper Mazaruni District, Region Seven, which was detected during the latter part of last year, has been linked to the presence of toxins released into the waterway by dead and decaying worms. This is according to a statement issued by the [...]
Guyanese-UK teen who fell from bridge was ‘fed alcohol’ by peers
-adopted parents livid teachers let her leave school The Guyanese teenager who fell to her death from a bridge in the United Kingdom was “fed alcohol” by her peers, her adopted parents have claimed. The teenager, Wendy Macguire, died last Friday. Her adopted parents are now angry that school teachers who knew the teen was [...]
