One dead, nine homeless in two seperate fires
Police apprehended a man who set ablaze his house at 69 Parika Sea Dam, East Bank Essequibo, leaving his wife and seven children homeless yesterday. The man who is in custody at Parika Police Station has been identified as Nigel Armstromg, an employee of Transport and Harbours Department (TH&D). Reports are that the fire [...]
Senior citizen dies in Diamond fire
By Zena Henry and Rehana Ahamad The tiny community of Little Diamond was plunged into shock last night when an 82-year-old woman was burnt to death in an early evening blaze. Cynthia Persaud who lived alone in the bottom flat of her Lot 95 Little Diamond home was discovered slumped next to [...]
Magistrate shortage affects East Demerara courts
The recent resignation of Magistrate Fazil Azeez has plunged the Magistracy once again into a mini crisis. Azeez left the bench at the end of last year forcing a reassignment of Magistrates in the various courts in the city and in Georgetown. His place in Court Three of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court is being [...]
Blairmont sugar workers shut down estate
…demand removal of Estate Manager By Leon Suseran Hundreds of sugar workers attached to the Blairmont Estate, West Bank Berbice converged in front of the Administrative Office and protested for the resignation of the Estate Manager, Mr Corbette Victorine. The protest, which began shortly before 08:00 hrs, yesterday, resulted in the total shut [...]
Police officers still in custody…Escaped criminals were positively identified more than six times.
…operated minibus repeatedly without drivers’ licences The police high command are peeved and are conducting intense investigation after high profile criminal, Richard Barrow, escaped on Friday from the Central Police station, New Amsterdam. In the meanwhile, the two police officers who were on duty when the notorious Barrow, called ‘110’, escaped, are [...]
Transaction and transformation: Comparing Hoyte and Ramotar
I was hesitant about doing this piece. The last time I compared Guyanese presidencies was at an academic conference in which some thugs, centrally directed, tried to destroy the event and I ended up getting sued for libel by then President Bharrat Jagdeo, a court case that is still going on. Let’s hope, no courts [...]
THE PPP IS REAPING WHAT IT HAS SOWN
What happens, as in the case of APNU, when you give an election your best shot and still lose by close to eight percentage points? What happens when this loss occurs when your main political rival underperformed? This is the situation that faces APNU. It had a higher voter turnout of its supporters than [...]
The focus is on love
Today is supposed to be the day when love beats all. The entire country should be holding out flowers in any form, be they in bouquets or in clusters, to each other. It is the day when red and white would predominate because those colours have become synonymous with the season of love—with [...]
Dem boys seh…Today love gun be expensive
Today is a special day. Rich people like all dem who mek money doing funny things like thiefing gun spend like crazy. Dem is de ones who gun buy some big box of chocolate. Dem is de ones who gun carry dem woman to some fancy place fuh eat and dem is de [...]
This Amaila Hydro Project needs to be seriously and comprehensively reviewed
Dear Editor, There has been a significant upsurge in interest in the Amaila Road Project (Motilall’s road) and the Amaila Hydro Project, no doubt occasioned by termination of the contract and the visit of SITHE Global Representatives to Guyana. This upsurge in interest is understandable given the recent disclosure by the SITHE Representatives, [...]
Guyana-born judge to preside at historic hearing in Belize
DEAR EDITOR, Belize is the first country to conduct a criminal trial without a jury, and a Guyanese will be the first judge to preside at the hearing. The country’s parliament passed legislation recently, paving the way for such a move. Prime Minister Dean Barrow, who is a Senior Counsel, told Parliament that [...]
The PPP is the last government on this planet which should speak about intractable postures
Dear Editor, I have been watching patiently as our new political situation unfolds. I have seen numerous signs that the PPP does not understand the current dispensation, starting with that first article in the media when Mr. Nandlall was recorded as telling the opposition that his department will not be drafting or re-tabling [...]
Guyanese acculturating American football
Dear Editor, I was never attracted to American sports like football (played with the hands as opposed with the foot) and baseball (with some similarities to cricket). I watched parts of the game two Sundays ago. It is amazing how many Guyanese and other Caribbean or foreign-born Americans were attuned to the game. [...]
Lucille Mittelholzer, M.B.E; Matchmaker
DEAR EDITOR, On February 9th 2012, this proud daughter of Guyana turned the grand old age of 101. Miss Lucille Irene Mittelholzer M.B.E, has lived a life that has touched many. So much so that in 1966 she was awarded an M.B.E (Member of the British Empire), for her social service work. From [...]
Our children must be better cared for and protected
Dear Editor, Help & Shelter invites the Ministers of Education and Human Services to inform the Guyanese people what they are doing and propose to do about the rape, sexual abuse and sexual harassment of students by teachers, including those at private religious institutions. The Sexual Offence Act is very clear on this [...]
Golden Jaguars Kicks off Caribbean Trip
Local Jaguars face Tobago XI today A youthful Golden Jaguars unit will come up against a Tobago All Star Team at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Tobago from 6pm today. Veteran goalkeeper Richard Reynolds will captain the Guyana team made up of 16 local based players and contains only two players who were in [...]
Sunburst Camptown, Beacons advance
-PM Hinds applauds organisers, sponsors It is anybody’s guess, but quite a few football fans posed the questions among themselves and to the media as to whether the emphatic statement made on Jan1 during the staging of the Banks Beer Knockout Cup finals or the new dispensation that characterised the 10th Parliament was responsible [...]
Sixteen participants complete IOC Sports Administrators course
Sixteen trained individuals were added to the growing list of qualified Sports Administrators last weekend after completing the syllabus of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)-sponsored Course under the aegis of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA). The 13th Course of its kind to be held in Guyana over a four-day period addressed issues such [...]
3rd GT&T 10/10 Nationwide Softball Cricket Tourney…Registration period extended to Feb. 20
Following overwhelming responses that have been flowing into GT&T as well as Executive members of the Guyana Softball League (GSL), a collective decision has been taken to extend the registration period for this year’s competition. Teams that have been in preparation with their eyes focused on cashing in on the more than Thirty Million [...]
GTTA installs Steering Committee on the East Coast
As part of its continued efforts to decentralise the sport, the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has installed a Steering Committee for the management of the sport on the East Coast of Demerara. The members of the Steering Committee are Dr. Pradeep Balram, Yadram Rajkumar, Andrew Miller, Joseph Benjamin, Xenophone Goliah and Marton Blake. [...]
‘Upsetters’ win Carib Beer Dominoes Competition in Bartica
The ‘Upsetters’ Dominoes team won the mega Carib Beer Dominoes Competition in Bartica last weekend ahead of ‘Out and Bad’ and ‘Hard Knocks’ respectively following an outstanding last round performance that separated the top three teams. ‘Upsetters’ won the $60,000 first prize, while ‘Out and Bad’ took home $30,000 and ‘Hard Knocks’ $15,000 for [...]
GFF/WICWC Super League – Preliminary Round…Wins for Den Amstel, NA United & Amelia’s Ward
Competition in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), National Super League sponsored by CONCACAF under its Win in CONCACAF with CONCACAF FIFA funded initiative kicked off on the weekend with preliminary round matches at two venues. Host team Millballers were edged by West Demerara’s Den Amstel at the Bartica Community Centre Ground by the odd goal [...]
Men’s Open Badminton tourney starts
The Guyana Badminton Association Open Men Doubles Tournament started on Friday last at the Queens College Badminton Courts at 6:30PM. The tournament attracted past national players Deodat Etwaru, William Holder and Gokarn Ramdhani along with senior players Ernesto Choo-A-Fat, Raymond Khalil, Haymant Ramdhani, Binsaud Baksh, Marlon Chung, Tilak Perera, Darrell Carpenay and Guyana’s [...]
Letter to the Sports Editor…The Foster Report: INCRIMINATES RATHER THAN EXONERATES
Dear Editor, The Kaieteur News Article of February 7th 2012 headlined “GCB Exonerated by the Rupert Foster Report” is yet another failed attempt by the minority Executives of the previous GCB who now control the Board, as they continue to mislead the public with their sensational pronouncements. On reading the article we found [...]
Is Lloyd the IMC?
Dear Editor, I observed that the government appointed IMC for cricket held stakeholders’ meetings over the weekend at various venues. I am perplexed that after much fanfare the IMC has failed to convince its most prominent members to participate. In fact, this IMC seem to be Mr. Lloyd alone having as his choir [...]
