‘Fip’ Motilall secures US$12M for selling hydropower licence to Sithe Global
Makeshwar ‘Fip’ Motilall will receive at least US$12 million in profit from the entire affair. Synergy Holdings was originally awarded the contract to construct the Amaila Falls Hydro Power Plant but after failing to secure financiers to back the project, was forced to sell his licence to Sithe Global. A recent visit to Guyana [...]
SEA DEFENCE COLLAPSES AT WAKENAAM
Residents of Wakenaam are blaming the authorities for this slippage that occurred at the Maria’s Pleasure koker. They say that negligence is the cause. There are many sections of the seawall in Wakenaam where the water has undermined the concrete structure. This Maria’s Pleasure koker is just one of them. After the wall [...]
UG US$10 million project stalled
The first major inflow of funds for the University of Guyana in over 20 years has been stalled, as the University waits on the Minister of Finance to sign off on a loan document. Seven months ago, the World Bank approved a credit of US$10 million to strengthen science and technology education at the [...]
Ramotar has no obligation to honour radio licences issued by Jagdeo
“Our elation, that the unnecessarily prolonged Radio monopoly maintained by the Government is finally ending, is tempered and diminished by both the absence of transparency in the licence granting process and an obscurity in respect to any structured approach to the media licences allocation,” GMPA The Guyana Media Proprietors Association is calling on the administration [...]
NDCs’ overhaul…Overseers ordered to pack up, hand over by February 3
-staff unhappy Government has a embarked on a major overhaul of the local government structure with several functionaries, including overseers of the Neighborhood Democratic Councils (NDC), ordered to hand over properties and responsibilities by next Friday, February 3. A number of Regional Executive Officers (REOs) and engineers have already been reassigned. A senior government official [...]
On a mission to empower women, Yetrawatee Katryan is a ‘Special Person’
Pull Quote: “I don’t say you have to. I don’t say I have the power to change anybody’s life. But I am here as an encouragement… to show people the options, to make the referrals, and with that kind of enlightenment, I hope I can make a difference in somebody’s life.” By Leon Suseran Women [...]
Simeon ‘Candyman’ Hardy adulterates ‘Pure Gold’ to capture CABOFE crown
By Michael Benjamin His chin checkers had blasted Patrick Boston and Winston Pompey into oblivion in previous fights and he had vowed to inflict similar damage to Iwan ‘Pure Gold’ Azore. However, Simeon ‘Candyman’ Hardy deceptively slammed home a straight right that connected to the jaw of his nemesis, dumping him on the canvass [...]
19th Ricks & Sari Agro Industries Cycle Meet…Greaves sprints away with season opener in star studded field
By Franklin Wilson Once again he has underlined his status as the best sprinter in Guyana. Alonzo Greaves did it in fine style when the 2012 cycling season pedaled off at the inner circuit of the National Park yesterday with the staging of the 19th annual Ricks & Sari Agro Industries 11-race Meet. [...]
T&T Karting champion arrives for today’s showdown
-emerging young stars anticipated to take centre stage Even the arrival of Trinidadian karting champion Ravi Singh is not anticipated to overshadow the performances of the young emerging stars of the sport when the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) hosts its Fun-day today, at the club’s Headquarters on Albert Street. Singh known [...]
AAG National Cross Country race to be held today
-top finishers for NACAC Cross Country in T&T By Juanita Hooper The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) will host its National Cross Country race today in the National Park at 2:30 pm, following which the outstanding performers will be selected to represent the country at the North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Cross Countryrace [...]
Top local athletes make GT seawall training zone
By Lin-Jay Harry-Voglezon Sunday morning last Kaieteur News bumped into the cream of the local Track and Field Athletes, training as a collective under the guidance of Sham Johnny and Julian Edwards at the Georgetown Seawall best known for leisure walks and hangouts but unusual for athletics. In training was Jevina Sampson who [...]
Thomas United football Club 52nd Anniversary Celebrations…K&S, Ram’s Pharmacy support Mashramani Challenge Cup
Kashif & Shanghai Organisation (K&S) and Ram’s Pharmacy came forward in support of the Mashramani Challenge Cup Football Knockout Tournament which is being organised by Winners Connection in honour of Thomas United FC 52nd Anniversary after making significant contributions yesterday, during a simple ceremony held, at the K&S Head Office on Irving Street. [...]
NGRC to dole out over $5M at Grass Track Meet
Five Meets planned for 2012; overall champion to win Yamaha Dirt Bike The National Grass track Racing Club (NGRC), registered with the Ministry of Culture Youth & Sport, is aiming to transform the sport of grass track racing image in Guyana with a view of attaining international standards. According to a release [...]
Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym boxers impress in ProAm extravaganza
Joel Williamson of the Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym (PRBG) continued to impress when he forced the referee to wave off his 95-99lbs bout against Harpy Eagles (HE) representative, Travis Hubbard when action in the amateur segment of the Friday Night fights concluded at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) Friday evening last. The [...]
GTTA makes case for ‘Sports Association of the Year’
By Edison Jefford The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has made a strong case for the National Sports Commission’s (NSC) ‘Sports Association of the Year’ Award stating that it has managed to meet, and in some instances, surpass its set objectives last year. The ‘GTTA Plans and Objectives’ for last year included: to [...]
Body Max Gym under new management
Looks to create healthy clientele The Body Max Gym of Croal Street and United Nations Place in Georgetown is under new management and looking to create a healthy clientele in keeping with the Ministries of Sport and Health programme of a healthier Guyana. The institution, which came under new management last week, [...]
All roads lead to Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club
Today is the start of the 2012 Horseracing season in Guyana and all roads lead to the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club at No6 West Coast Berbice in collaboration with the Winners Circle Pool Hall for their grand One day horse racing event. Eight races are carded and a mammoth $8M in cash [...]
I accept Jerry Gouveia’s challenge
Dear Editor, I refer to Jerry Gouveia’s challenge to me (KN, Jan 25) that if I prove that Duke Lodge was not properly acquired by him, then, he is prepared to divest himself of the property back to the State among other things. Likewise if I cannot, there are conditions set by Mr. [...]
The IDB should not finance the Amaila Falls project unless certain conditions are met
Dear Editor, Based on Demerara Waves article of January 24, 2012 “Amaila Hydropower cost could climb again – Developer” The IDB should not provide financing unless certain conditions are met. To anyone who has been involved in the management of capital projects, the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric project started out on the wrong foot [...]
Inaction in Freddie’s firing will inevitably lead to more victimization – TAKE ACTION NOW
Dear Editor, If people in Guyana, especially the stakeholders at UG, do not take drastic action now in the form of boycotting classes, petitions and demonstrations and Freddie’s firing simmers down and blows over, more heads are going to roll in the days to come. The government is testing the waters to see [...]
The doctor was within her rights in refusing to re-write a prescription
Dear Editor, This letter is in response to an article “This medical doctor should be fired” that appeared in your daily paper on January 18th by your columnist Freddie Kissoon. In the article Mr. Kissoon describes an incident that occurred some time ago at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where a medical doctor [...]
“Trinidad & Tobago’s cricket team shows how to use transitions!”
Colin E. H. Croft ‘Transition’ is the movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage or concept, to another. Former USA President Franklyn D. Roosevelt suggested, ‘The only thing we have to fear is fear itself!’ Everything changes, even if, very often, we have no clue as to what will come [...]
LABA/ Trophy Stall League opens
Ninvalle says LABA is in good hands with Capt. Eon Murray at the helm Parliamentary Secretary Steve Ninvalle on Friday evening told basketball fans and players in Linden that: “You are in good hands with Army Captain Eon Murray as its president, because he leads from the front and the current LABA [...]
“Holding Back the Sea” launched
The Mangrove Action Committee’s documentary, “Holding Back the Sea” provides information on the usefulness of and importance of preserving mangroves and would soon be available in secondary schools along the coastline. According to Annette Arjoon-Martins, Chairperson, Mangrove Action Committee, this development comes under the Mangroves Restoration Project’s education and awareness component. It is the [...]
Fogging begins in city
…as government moves to arrest garbage crisis Government has launched a mosquito fogging campaign as concerns mount over the garbage situation in the city and along the coast. A joint emergency work plan between the Ministry of Health and the Mayor and City Council to address the Solid Waste Management crisis in Georgetown [...]
