Govt. chided for not funding legal aid in Linden
– Women Lawyers President wants issue addressed in Parliament President of the Guyana Association of Women Lawyers, Emily Dodson, is appealing to Members of Parliament to ensure Region 10 residents are provided with adequate legal aid services. Dodson emphasized that Government provides over $30M per year for citizens to access free legal [...]
Guyana still looks to establish local DEA Office – Ramotar
The Guyana Government’s position on establishing a local US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Office has not changed and the country is still open to the option. This is according to Head of State Donald Ramotar, who during a recent press engagement reported on his participation at the recently concluded 23rd Intercessional Heads of Government Meeting [...]
Suspects in alleged kidnapping, rape of Berbice teen to be charged
Four persons who allegedly orchestrated the kidnapping and rape of a 15-year-old girl from Berbice have been charged in connection with the incident. Kaieteur News understands that two of the suspects, including a taxi driver are from Berbice. They are likely to appear in court this week. The other two suspects are from [...]
Dem boys seh…Uncle Donald dreaming
Uncle Donald ain’t sure whether he is de president or de Pee Pee Pee General Secretary. Dem boys know that he hold both title but when he guh overseas he don’t guh as de General Secretary. He tell de press how de Hap Noo thief de election from he, how dem infiltrate Gee Com, knock [...]
Linden outclass Georgetown to win KLM title
By Edison Jefford Linden kept its rich sport history alive Saturday night with a fascinating display of basketball craft that outclassed Georgetown on both ends of the court as they lifted the Kevin Lawrence Memorial (KLM) title at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The Mining Town survived a late offensive run from Georgetown after they [...]
Hikers Junior Team Indoor Hockey Tournament 2012
There was keen competition on the first day of the Western Union branded Hikers Hockey Junior Team, indoor junior tournament at the National Gymnasium. In the Western Union Sponsored Under 13 Category forty one under 13 players from six teams tested their skills against each other in what was one of the more entertaining displays [...]
Stephen Vieira races the clock to regain full fitness ahead of Sunday’s Race Meet
Still somewhat in the recovery phase following a motor accident, Guyana’s No#1 Superbike racer Stephen ‘Valentino Rossi’ Vieira has been working assiduously to regain peek fitness under the watchful eyes of fitness guru Kezqweyah Yisrael at the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports (GMR&SC) Club gym. Vieira, who will be leading Guyana’s quest to attain top [...]
Robin Persaud wins Cheddi Jagan cycle race 3rd stage
Robin Persaud emerged as winner of the third stage of the fifth annual Cheddi Jagan Memorial cycle race held on the Essequibo Coast yesterday. Raynauth Jeffery came in second, Walter Grant Stewart third, Orville Hinds fourth, Albert Philanderer came in fifth, while Junior Niles placed sixth. The 42 cyclist took off from Supernaam and raced to [...]
Bishoo replace Sarwan for WICB four-day semis
Guyana face Jamaica from Friday A media release from Robin Singh, the Cricket Operations Officer of the now non-operational Guyana Cricket Board yesterday named the Guyana squad to participate in the semi-finals of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional First Class cricket tournament. Due to the unavailability of Test batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan, West Indies [...]
Decisions from the WICB meeting of Board of Directors
Gros Islet, St Lucia – The Board of Directors of the West Indies Cricket Board met in St Lucia on Saturday March 24th. Following are summaries of some of the major decisions taken by the Board. WICB Governance Report Territorial Board Directors reported to the Board the positions of the respective Territorial Boards on the [...]
WICB holds historic AGM
Members represented by non-directors Gros Islet, St Lucia – The West Indies Cricket Board held an historic Annual General Meeting in St Lucia on Saturday March 25th. For the first time in the Board’s history all the Territorial Boards were represented at the meeting by non-directors. With the exception of the Barbados Cricket Association, WICB [...]
Fixtures & dates released for ‘Guinness Greatest of the Streets’ in Linden
Following the impressive launch that was conducted on Friday at the Egbert Benjamin Exhibition & Convention Centre in Linden, the Organisers have released the fixtures and playing dates for the commencement of the 2nd Edition of the ‘Guinness Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Football Tournament which opens on Sunday, at the Wisroc / Amelia’s Ward [...]
Sprint queen Fortune blasts to 11.6secs at Developmental Meet
Alicia Fortune stormed to a superb 11.6 seconds in the women’s 100m in the Guyana Defence Force Developmental Meet after recovering from an injury endured last year while training with Running Brave Athletic Club in the National Park circuit. Fortune took charge of the race about 20 meters before the finish line when she passed [...]
American wife-killer believed hiding in backlands
– victim’s relative appeals to cops to intensify search Some believe that he has fled the country, but relatives of murder victim Bibi Shameena Deen believe that the man suspected of shooting her dead is still hiding in close proximity to the community where the brutal killing occurred. Guyana-born US citizen Ramdhanie Persaud, [...]
Sod turned for Humanitarian Mission Village on the Corentyne
– will be safe haven for seniors, orphans, and victims of gender-based violence By Leon Suseran Prime Minister Samuel Hinds and other high- level dignitaries turned the sod for the construction of a Humanitarian Mission Village, the first of its kind in Guyana, for Port Mourant, Berbice. The project is being carried out [...]
Gold miner chopped, robbed
An 18-year-old miner has been hospitalized after being chopped and beaten unconscious on Thursday last, allegedly while being robbed of two-and-a-half ounces of gold. George Savory of Moruca, Region One told Kaieteur News that he is a gold miner in Port Kaituma, North West District. He claimed that on Thursday last, he left [...]
Railway View Parent Committee presented with Rotary Club of G/town Award
The Rotary Club of Georgetown Central presented its annual Vocational Service Award to the Railway View Parent Committee of Railway View, Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara, during a simple ceremony that was conducted on Thursday, at the Georgetown Club on Camp Street. The award was presented by Dr. Claudette Harry to Shirley Smith who [...]
Lawyers, physicians to be pursued for tax evasion – GRA
- millions evaded in taxes because of the non-compliance Physicians, attorneys and other professionals who are delinquent in paying their taxes will be sternly pursued by the Guyana Revenue Authority. A GINA release quoted Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Khurshid Sattaur as saying that the authority will be increasing its efforts to [...]
Ganja traffickers jailed in absence
Hadley Mc Kenzie, 19, and Royden Johnson, 20, of Sand Hills Berbice River who were among a trio arrested by police at Sand Hills, up the Berbice River on February 20 last were given jail terms of four years each by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo on the charge of possession of Narcotics for the purpose of [...]
Berbice schools benefit from Food for the Poor, St. Francis Community Developers goodwill
Food for the Poor Guyana Inc and the St Francis Community Developers have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars worth in books, rugs, television sets, health related materials, videos among other materials to several Berbice schools. The items will be used to start or enhance the libraries at these schools. The Central Corentyne High School [...]
BRINGING HOME THE BACON
Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub, and who do you think they be? The butcher, the baker, the candlestick-maker, all put out to sea. (19th Century Nursery Rhyme) Since they started that fateful journey in the 1830s, the candlestick maker has since waxed warm and has been doing well off hurricanes and Valentine’s Day, and [...]
Mr. Ramnarine implicitly exposed a weakness in the State audits
Dear Editor, There has been a call from high-up for the disciplining of senior police officer David Ramnarine for exposing certain practices in the Guyana Police Force, and for claiming that his constitutional rights trump the Force Orders. The practice he identified was in connection with the payment of $90 million from Contingencies Fund to [...]
Mr. Vic Puran – how about starting with ‘pro bono’ prosecution of drug traffickers’ assets?
Dear Editor, Fip Motilall is now the proverbial flogged dead donkey of the PPP. He’s being whipped and whipped with fervour in an effort to pull the wool over the eyes of the people with regard to other staggering shamelessness and corruption like the Marriott deal, Airport extension, Ansa McAl land sale, etc. One seriously [...]
This is the worst election ever held in GTU history
Dear Editor, I am concerned with the situations surrounding the Guyana Teachers’ Union Elections 2012. Something seems to be wrong somewhere. Until now, teachers of Pomeroon, Georgetown, West Coast and other areas have not yet received their ballots. It is the democratic right of each financial member to vote for the persons whom they think [...]
‘Fiyah pun the goat’
“I promise to be a fair and just President; to govern in the interests of all; to ensure that the legitimate aspirations of our people are respected; and the resources of this Great Land of Guyana benefit all of our people” - President Donald Ramotar – December 3, 2011. Dear Editor, I left Guyana [...]
