Military ties to local telecoms investors…. This presents ominous implications – Dr. Roopnaraine
By Gary Eleazar The fact that the two Chinese companies that are heavily investing in Guyana’s telecommunications industry both share links with the Chinese military namely the Peoples Liberation Army, is a very ominous revelation. This is according to A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Parliamentarian Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, who was at the time responding [...]
Guyana to finally cash-in on Norway Funds
By Gary Eleazar More than three years after signing a Memorandum of Understanding for support in the form of some US$250M with the Kingdom of Norway, the Guyana Government is now on the threshold of accessing and spending the delivered tranches of this money. Now that Guyana has satisfied the rigid criteria – [...]
La Parfaite fatal fire…Candle in plastic container caused blaze – Fire Chief
A burning candle in a plastic receptacle caused Wednesday night’s fire which claimed the lives of two small children at La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara. Chief Fire Officer Marlon Gentle made this disclosure yesterday, while revealing that the candle was placed on a bookshelf in the children’s bedroom. “The candle was resting in [...]
‘Dog Food’ stabbed to death in Five Star Backdam
Another murder has rocked Guyana’s gold mining interior, this time it is the death of 21-year-old Lennox Haywood, who succumbed to stab wounds early yesterday morning. Haywood, called ‘Dog Food’ of Pitt Street, Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara, was stabbed around 22:00 hours on Wednesday during an argument at Lima, Five Star Backdam, in [...]
Brazilian company to develop ethanol plant at Albion Estate
Guyana is embarking on a deliberate task to develop biomass to support a large scale bio-energy industry, as the country seeks a place in the growing sector. This is according to Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, who during his Budget 2012 debate presentation outlined the government’s policy of moving the agriculture sector away from [...]
Paradox of insult: Brunei and brunelia
It is budget time again, and the refrain is being played out – Guyana has done well over the years, with growth rates that exceed the rest of CARICOM. Every year when it is budget time, Guyana becomes another Brunei, a small, wealthy oil-producing nation. Of course the people singing the Brunei [...]
Unprofessional teachers
No one would question the importance of education in the modern world. Whether we are speaking from a perspective of ensuring that citizens are trained to improve our national economic performance or from a social perspective of ensuring that we produce a more cohesive society, education will have to be the driving force. [...]
THE DEBT PROBLEM IS A BOGEY
Guyana does not have a foreign debt problem. Though the external debt is close to US$1.2 billion, Guyana’s ability to service this debt is what matters. The size of the debt does not always tell the right story. A man can owe the bank tens of millions, but once he continues to adequately [...]
Dem boys seh…Jagdeo ain’t got shame
Some people get ketch and is de hydroclave mek dem get ketch. Dem claim how dem spend US$1.5 million and how because de World Bank check everything clean. Dem boys know that de World Bank people crookish too. De hydroclave contract was fuh US$950,000. De Georgetown Hospital tell we that but dem also [...]
GT&T shares buyer linked to Chinese military
China’s Datang Telecom Technology and Industry Group has been identified as the Hong Kong-based buyer of 20 per cent of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T). The name had remained obscured as a result of the confidentiality agreement which was entered to in early 2011 with the Guyana Government. Another of the Chinese [...]
APNU’s Backer urges recall of Lall, Gajraj
…laments Rohee’s systematic destruction of Foreign Service By Gary Eleazar In her first presentation as Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister, Deborah Backer, of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), has urged the government to immediately recall Kellawan Lall and Ronald Gajraj, its Ambassadors in Brazil and India respectively, with “competent, highly skilled and [...]
Regent Street fire ‘highly suspicious,’ probe almost complete
- Chief Fire Officer Investigators are close to compiling a report concerning the fire which ravaged a Regent Street business property two Saturdays ago, with a top fire official hinting that the probe team suspects arson. “This one is highly suspicious; we will close the file shortly,” Chief Fire Officer Marlon Gentle told Kaieteur News [...]
Independence of APNU, non-PNCR members restricted by recall legislation
…akin to Granger dangling ‘Sword of Damocles’ – Gail Teixeira Presidential Advisor on Governance and Chief Whip for the People’s Progressive Party /Civic Gail Teixeira says that the independence of the ranks in the 10-party coalition of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) will be muzzled by the Opposition Leader. She was at the time [...]
Relative concerned over prisoner’s denial of health care
Although being imprisoned means that an individual has been relieved of his/her right to freedom, it certainly does not extend to the relinquishment of requisite medical care. In fact, according to the World Health Organisation, “prisoners are entitled to the same standard of health as all other members of society.” However, this crucial right has [...]
Family ventures off to sea in search of missing fisherman
-still clinging to hope that he is alive The family members of 32-year-old Lakeram Bagwandin, who allegedly fell off a fishing vessel on Tuesday last, had yesterday ventured out to the Pomeroon River where the accident occurred, in search of him. Hoping that her son is somehow strong enough to have survived the raging waters [...]
Budget needs to be reworked– APNU’s Bulkan
“We were not sent here to be appendages, to rubber stamp any and everything presented by the Government ” A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) parliamentarian, Ronald Bulkan, has pointed out that while the Government continues to implore that this year’s whopping $192.8M national budget be passed, there is much work left to be done [...]
This view differs from the Chief Justice’s
Dear Mr. Editor Following the publication of a letter under my hands in the Kaieteur daily newspaper on April 10, 2012, I was accosted by a very good friend of mind expressing his conviction; the Commissioner of Police is innocent of the allegations leveled against him. Let me say that, I am also aware [...]
This is not an approved event
Dear Sirs, It has come to my attention through news media reports that a businessman and the Essequibo Cricket Board are organizing a 20/20 cricket tournament. Please be advised that this tournament has not been organized within the framework for Approved Cricket in accordance with the Regulations on Approved and Disapproved Cricket and Domestic [...]
Is the Annual Mayor’s Cup Coming to an Inglorious End?
Dear Sir, I have not read or heard of the APNU-youth Arm calling for a boycott of the Annual Mayor’s Cup Knockout Football Tournament, which in my estimation is quite rightful since I, as a concerned parent and mentor, was among the handful of spectators that dotted GFC on the ill-fated evening of March29, [...]
Feel the Beat should not have choreographers
Dear Editor, A dancer feels the music, and a true dancer can choreograph any beat in their heads. If the mere point of the Feel the Beat competition is to expose young talents and have persons explore their dancing horizons, then why the choreographers? Let the dancers choreograph for themselves, they are the [...]
A most unfair letter from Red Thread
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter written by Karen De Souza and others of the Red Thread organisation which appeared in your issue of Friday 6th April last. I would have expected that a comment would have been sought of my office by your newspaper before the publication of the letter. The actual [...]
Employee performance appraisal revisited
Dear Editor, Nowrang Persaud’s Letter (K.N. March 28th 2012) followed by Geralda Dennison’s (K.N. March 29, 2012) both on the subject “Employee Performance Appraisal” attracted my attention and they have caused me to revisit this very subject on which I did some research, taught and published on (June 26, 1980) when I resided [...]
Blatant disrespect for pensioners
The Editor, I am appalled at the recent statement by the Minister in the Ministry of Finance, in relation to the entitlement of Old Age Pensioners. As a pensioner who has served this my country proudly, starting from the British Guyana Volunteer Force and until recently, the Ministry of Agriculture, I find that those are [...]
Where did the profit come from?
Dear Sir, I would like to make some observations on NBS accounts for the benefit of its members. The Board has announced record profits of $772 million for the year 2011 but this achievement was made against declining revenues of $123 million for 2011 when compared with 2010. Income on mortgage loans declined by [...]
XXVII Carifta Swimming Championships…Jessica Stephenson swims to gold in 200m breast; van Lange in action today
Guyana’s top female swimmer Jessica Stephenson has continued her dominance of the region at the Carifta level when she swam to another gold medal and the first for Guyana this year in the 200m breatstroke at the XXVII Carifta Swimming Championships which started yesterday in Nassau, Bahamas and continues through Sunday. Headlining Team Guyana’s chances [...]
