Divided Opposition approves Govt. contentious $5B expenditure
…even as Speaker strikes out Prime Minister’s challenge By Gary Eleazar A division in the ranks of the political opposition parties in the National Assembly yesterday saw the approval for the $3.4B Financial Paper #8 which came by way of Supplementary provision. The Financial Paper had forced the previous sitting of the National Assembly to [...]
One dismissed, 4 demoted in Customs’ $4M container probe
At least four staffers of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) have reportedly been sanctioned as a result of a bribery probe involving the container of a city’s businessman. One has been dismissed while three others were demoted and transferred. They were all from the Intelligence and Internal Affairs Department of that state-owned agency. It [...]
Treason PI continues…Prosecution seeks to amend charge after defence no case submission
Yesterday as the treason matter continued against Army Reserve Officer Leonard Wharton, Major Bruce Munroe and Carol Ann Munroe, Special Prosecutor Vic Puran indicated to Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry that he would be making an application to amend the particulars of the charge. Puran conceded that in the particulars of the charge, no [...]
NIS expenditure to surpass income in two years
…2010 report says Scheme’s reserves will dry up in a decade The Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh yesterday in the National Assembly tabled a plethora of annual reports and audits including the National Insurance Scheme’s 2010 Annual Report. This report revealed that the Scheme’s expenditure is dangerously close to exceeding its annual revenue as [...]
Continental shelf quarrel…Guyana: E’bo claim settled since 1899
-regrets Venezuela’s moves The Guyana government yesterday insisted that a claim by neighbouring Venezuela over a substantial part of Essequibo has long been settled. The issue has reared its head once again as Guyana makes an application to the United Nations to extend its continental shelf by a further 150 nautical miles. On Tuesday, [...]
“The world is still deceived with ornament.”
These are the words of Shakespeare (Merchant of Venice) and they reverberate in present day Guyana as we are hearing salutary semantics from the media, some well known anti-PPP critics and from the opposition itself about cooperation from the Government. This comes in the light of the release of documents about some foreign projects [...]
NICE! NOT NICE!
There are many women in Guyana who prefer older men… and for some the older the better. They claim that older men know how to treat a woman well. The old men are not sprinters like the young men. They are more like marathon runners with plenty to stamina and staying power. The older men [...]
Dem boys seh…Sonny Boy lie like when haarse trotting
Times changing real fast. One minute is something and another minute is de next. Dem had a time when de Waterfalls paper use to allow people like Knee Ass to write some column attacking de PPP and de AFC and de PNC. De people didn’t know was he because he use de name [...]
Teaching Entrepreneurship
To say that we need to educate our ‘people’ to progress in this 21st century has now become quite clichéd. It is not that we have not explored the exhortation: we have referred earlier this week to the efforts of the Ministry of Education to better deliver the goals of improved literacy and [...]
It is hilarious that the Education Ministry has adopted a pseudonym to put forward its rebuttal
DEAR EDITOR, I am very surprised that the Ministry of Education (MOE) took more than a week to respond to my letter which was captioned “The Ministry of Education seems to have the most unrealistic people on this planet” and published on the 7th March, 2012 in the Kaieteur News. It is hilarious that the [...]
The Finance Minister should accommodate Mr. Greenidge
DEAR EDITOR The PPP/C government needs to be a bit more accommodating with PNC/APNU in getting the tripartite talks started, especially with Mr. Carl Greenidge, as reported in SN, 3-14-12 titled “Greenidge to boycott proposed budget meet”. It has been obvious that Opposition Leader Mr. David Granger has been out of the loop [...]
Basic questions about the proposed Specialty Hospital
DEAR EDITOR, It is good that sections of the Parliamentary Opposition are demanding a credible explanation about the proposed Specialty Hospital. This engagement is resembling an old PPP methodology, of believing that the People’s money is theirs to spend, or more specifically, to squander while enriching a select few. Those of us old enough [...]
Non-Accountability and the Insidious Culture
DEAR EDITOR, An enormous number of sinecures have been created by the administration over the past decade. Some of these have been within identifiable ministries, agencies, and departments. Others were not so easily identifiable, being hidden within the bulk allocations of the above. The utilization and control of these were always under the aegis [...]
Masters of Finance – Singh, Greenidge & Ram
DEAR EDITOR, I am beginning to enjoy the emerging gravitas and leadership being displayed by Finance Minister Ashni Singh; unlike many of the dinosaurs representing the major political parties. The cronyism and nepotism in all their mutated forms take a front seat to mental and physical capacity to do the job. Too often if [...]
Creating fact out of fiction?
Dear Editor, I find it odd that the Guyana Times which prides itself in being the “Beacon of Truth” would place me at some media consultation in Linden by a group calling itself the Independent Media Association of Guyana, when in fact I was never a part of any such meeting and or consultation [...]
WI aim to draw first blood against Australia today
Kingstown, St Vincent – West Indies Captain, Darren Sammy hopes a winning history at Arnos Vale Cricket Ground can help the team get off to a winning start against Australia when the first of five-match in the Digicel One-Day International Series is played today. First ball is 09:30hrs (8.30 am Jamaican Time). West Indies [...]
Alder leads Guyana’s female b/ball team to opening win
Extremely talented local forward, Natasha Alder led the Guyana women’s basketball team to a four-point 52-48 points win in their opening game over CPTSA Wings in the 12th Annual Gillian Brazier Basketball Shoot-Out at the JSC Sports Complex in Antigua. Alder dropped 13 points, most of which came in the last half to lead the [...]
Fruta Conquerors pays courtesy call on PM Hinds
Despite not offering firm commitments to any of the requests made by the Fruta Conquerors Football Club, who paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Samuel Hinds on Wednesday afternoon at his Office on Wight’s Lane, he, however, promised to engage the Heads of the relevant entities to seek whatever assistance they could provide. [...]
GFA/President Beer Super League
-Double-header on today at GFC Charlestown United will be hoping to become the latest team to inflict a defeat on Houston Stars when the two teams collide this evening in the GFA/President Beer Super League, which continues at the Georgetown Football Club Ground. United will have in their line–up players such as Duereon Adams, [...]
Cox/Levedev to clash for (WBA) cruiserweight title
-‘Big Truck’ contracted for sparring duties By Michael Benjamin Following a sensational first round knockout victory over former World Boxing Council (WBC) cruiserweight champion, Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite, in the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) Championships affair last month, Shawn ‘The Sniper’ Cox has received an offer, and will travel [...]
RUSAL sponsors football Academy in Kwakwani – Six areas to be targeted
RUSAL, a Russian-owned company, operating under the name Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BGGI) has agreed to sponsor a football Academy that will see six villages in the Region 10 area benefitting from the expertise of Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Coach, Jimmy Mc Lean. Mc Lean, who has been doing work in the [...]
Hikers make good on promise
– support Saints Hockey Club In keeping with a promise to support the efforts of the newly formed Saints Hockey Club, the Hikers Hockey Club juniors’ programme handed over a complete set of uniforms and goalkeeping gear to the men’s team earlier this week. The donation is a timely boost to the [...]
Canadian Super biker Kevin Graham coming
He has been coming here for quite a long time, and by now, must know the South Dakota Circuit like any other local competitor. So, when Canadian, Kevin Graham, arrives in Guyana to participate in the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) ‘Race of Champions’ Meeting scheduled for April 1, none of [...]
Edmonds says it’s scary to imagine what James can do
Despite Guyana’s runner-up quarter-miler athlete Stephan James of Running Brave Athletic Club missing the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) CARITA Games qualifying 400m U-20 standards of 48.00 seconds at the trial last Thursday (8 March) at the Police Sports Club ground, he was still competent in achieving to 200m timings easily. James, who [...]
Police $90M Elections fund…Cheque for $320,000 was made out to Commander Ramnarine
By Dale Andrews The Ministry of Home Affairs says it remains committed to strict financial accountability and is assuring the public that at no time would it allow any breaches of the financial regulations in agencies that fall under its portfolio. The Ministry was referring to what it called unsubstantiated allegations that [...]
