APNU will pursue repossession of Sanata Complex from QAII, Bobby Ramroop
…to have Parliament release details of all secretive, questionable deals—Carl Greenidge Pull Quote: “The officers and the Ministers responsible have to realise that they are accountable for the use of Public Funds…We are not speaking about small amounts of money here,”- Greenidge Frustration will no longer be the order of the day for the [...]
15 Ensigns commissioned
-‘Don’t let us down’ – President Ramotar Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Donald Ramotar, yesterday called on the newly commissioned officers drawn from the Discipline Services to avoid being compromised because the benefits of hard work and honesty are priceless. President Ramotar told the officers that once they continue along the [...]
Fip Motilall’s failure costs Guyana…Amaila Falls road will cost much more than US$15.4M
Contractors being selected The cost of building the road to the Amaila Falls will cost more than the original contract price of US$15.4 million, Dr Roger Luncheon, the government’s chief spokesman said yesterday. On January 12, the government cancelled the controversial contract that was won by Synergy Holdings under the Bharrat Jagdeo presidency. [...]
Tripartite talks in jeopardy…Ramotar should provide evidence of rigged elections – AFC
The Alliance For Change (AFC) is challenging President Donald Ramotar on his recent comments in another section of the media to provide evidence that the opposition parties were part of manipulating and rigging the recent elections for their benefit. The challenge came from AFC Chairman, Khemraj Ramjattan, at a press conference yesterday at [...]
Greene has ‘arrangement’ with Govt over retirement – says Dr Luncheon
Embattled Police Commissioner Henry Greene, cannot work beyond age 60, according to an arrangement that was agreed to when he was asked to serve beyond the retirement age, Dr Roger Luncheon, the government’s chief spokesman, said yesterday. Greene refuses to resign in a nasty scandal in which he admitted to having sex with [...]
The proverbial cat and milk
There is an old saying that one should not put a cat to watch milk. That is a most apt saying when one considers that we have police officers who are supposed to protect us but who appear to be proverbial cat watching milk. This was most glaring this week when the police arrested [...]
The PPP’s mobilized politics
The online news service demerarawaves.com headlines were bold; “Tripartite talks in jeopardy.” It quotes David Granger as lamenting that the talks are “precariously poised” and Khemraj Ramjattan as saying that he was thinking of asking his party to break off the tripartite engagement. What a mess but only for the opposition. But most of all [...]
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE ?
If the President of Guyana feels that there were problems with the elections, he is not alone in this view. In fact just after the elections, supporters of the main opposition grouping, A Partnership for National Unity, took to the streets because it perceived that there were problems in the elections. There were accusations [...]
Dem boys seh…Is who own Easy Jet?
Old people always seh, “Easy come, easy go.” That is a true, true saying. Dem also got another saying, “Mouth open story don’t jump out, it does fly out.” Dem boys been in New York fuh de boss man wedding and a lot a story fly out from people mouth about Ali Baba (de Big [...]
The PPP/C has no intention of being a minority administration
Dear Editor, It is clear that the PPP/C has no intention of being a minority administration, and is now in campaign mode. How else could one accept the recent unsavory remarks made by Donald Ramotar in the Chronicle relating to the 2011 elections? One has to be a political neophyte not to see [...]
GPHC responds to a taxi driver’s complaint
Dear Editor, Management of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation wishes to issue a statement in response to the letter that was written to the editor of today’s (15 Feb. 2012) Kaieteur newspaper captioned, ‘I am being victimized by a security guard at GPHC’. This letter is viewed with much concern for its implicit [...]
The police acted promptly
DEAR EDITOR, The Guyana Police Force is responding to an article published in the Kaieteur News on Wednesday February 15, 2012, under the caption “Corentyne rape victim pleads for justice”. In the article which deals with the alleged rape of a seventeen-year-old girl from Bush Lot, Corentyne, statements attributed to the girl’s relatives [...]
A public apology to Prof. Carrington, on behalf the Guyanese people
Dear Editor, I have witnessed what I view as a major injustice meted out to a man, who came to serve a country which he owed nothing, and could have very well been doing something more personally beneficial. Professor Lawrence Carrington was recommended and cajoled by the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of UWI, Professor E. [...]
Were medical records ignored?
DEAR EDITOR, I write to you because we live in a dangerous and treacherous country. I was asked to see the Muslim Scholar who was charged with a multiplicity of crimes involving young boys. It would be improper of me to divulge the multiplicity of illnesses which afflict this Scholar, but I can [...]
Lloyd jumped before being pushed
-resigns as WICB director; has also lost ICC job Chairman of the government Interim Management Committee (IMC) for cricket, Clive Lloyd, has bowed to conflict of interest pressures and has resigned from his position as Director of the West Indies Cricket Board. Lloyd, in his resignation letter to President of the WICB, [...]
GASA forced to cancel Mash Meet, no permission to use NAC
Hosting of Goodwill and Carifta C/ships in jeopardy Once again, the Ministry of Culture Youth & Sport has snubbed the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) forcing the association to cancel their annual Mashramani Meet which was scheduled to start today and run until Sunday February 19, 2012. The MASH Meet is the first [...]
Alpha United withdraws from GFA
-Lumumba says delay can cause international ban for Guyana Guyana’s top football club, Alpha United, has announced their withdrawal from the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) yesterday afternoon. Following the revelation to Kaieteur Sport, President of the Club, Odinga Lumumba, indicated that the GFA’s General Council had mandated the Executive to seek a resolution to [...]
Guyana go down to Tobago All Star 1-2
Local based need more work – Shabazz “The local Guyana based players must get fitter if they are to stand any chance of playing in the Qualifiers,” says Head Coach of the Guyana National Team Jamaal Shabazz. This was after the squad of local based Jaguars went down 2-1 to a Tobago All Star [...]
Lake Mainstay host Jet Ski and Regatta Fury this Sunday
The Lake Mainstay Resort will host the 2nd Annual Mashramani Jet Ski and Regatta Fury and an after-party this Sunday at its magnificent freshwater Lake. The action will begin at 9am with the heart-throbbing dare-devils set to compete in several events on the day. The attractions include 16 categories of Jet Ski and [...]
IMC brings consultative meetings to Essequibo Coast
The newly formed Interim Management Committee (IMC) comprising of Chairman, Clive Lloyd, Roger Harper, Mark Harper and Bissoondyal Singh, visited the Essequibo Coast and met with Essequibians to participate in an interactive discussion, while asserting recommendations, how to improve cricket, starting from the ground level. Lloyd in his speech said the IMC is [...]
Berbice High School stages Inter School basketball in Berbice
Basketball action bounces off in Berbice today when the Berbice High School (BHS) Physical Education (PE) Fifth form class as part of the fulfillment for their School Based Assessment (S BA) Caribbean Examination Secondary Education Council Examination (CESEC) project with help from the Berbice Amateur Basket Association (BABA) stages a two day Inter School Round Robin basketball competition. The team [...]
Trophy Stall-sponsored LABA League…Kings maintain winning streak, Jets win
Kashif and Shanghai Kings maintained their unbeaten run with another convincing win in the Trophy Stall-sponsored Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) League with a thumping 86–44 over Half Mile Bulls at the MSC Court. On the same card the Retrieve Raiders fell 50-69 to the Amelia’s Ward Jets to lose their third consecutive [...]
NBS 2nd div. 40 overs cricket…Mohamed (84), Ramdatt (72) & Vincent 5-13 lead No.71 into play-offs
No.71 won their final Zone O preliminary match against No.73 Young Warriors to emerge winners of that zone to earn their spot in the last 16 playoffs of this year’s New Building Society (NBS) Second Division 40 overs cricket competition being contested in Berbice. Leading their victory charge were Nazim Mohamed who smashed [...]
BCB hosts successful junior wicketkeepers clinic
The Special Events Committee (SEC) of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) in association with its Coaching Department on Sunday last hosted a successful coaching clinic for junior wicketkeepers. The one-day event was held at the Area ‘H’ Ground and attracted a total of seventeen wicketkeepers from clubs across the Ancient County. Coaches Julian [...]
No time for Opposition to make input on 2012 budget
While it has been conceded by all stakeholders involved that the tripartite arrangement initiated by President Donald Ramotar is very pertinent in seeking consensus on a range of issues, the Opposition input on the 2012 budget is not expected to be significant. This is according to former Finance Minister Carl Greenidge who says that there [...]
