Greene to be given marching orders if he doesn’t resign
– Govt. official The Guyana government will remove embattled Police Commissioner Henry Greene out of office if he refuses to resign, a top government source said yesterday. But the decision to fire Greene or have him resign could involve him returning to his Eve Leary, Kingston headquarters. If that happens, the source said [...]
Kitty taxi Driver shot dead
- triangular love affair may be motive A 24-year old Kitty Taxi Driver was shot dead in front of his Lot 25 Dennis Street, Campbellville, home in wee hours of Sunday morning. Balram Jadoonaugth also known as “Sanjay” a driver attached to the “GR” Taxi Service, was reportedly shot in the chest and [...]
Ramotar vows tougher drug fight
– says money laundering unit to be beefed up By Neil Marks in Cartagena, Colombia President Donald Ramotar yesterday vowed a tougher war on drugs, which he says breeds money laundering and corruption in Guyana. Colombia, where the President spent the last few days discussing greater cooperation with 33 other countries in the [...]
OP’s control of Lotto fund circumvents Parliament’s Authority
– Former Auditor General Dr. Goolsarran “I am very passionate about the Consolidated Fund because that is where all public monies should sit….and the Lotto money is public money.” By Gary Eleazar Former Auditor General Dr. Anand Goolsaran has defended his critique of Former Minister of Legal Affairs, Charles Ramson’s pronouncement of Office [...]
Female bandit beats elderly woman unconscious
– gang flees with $1.2M A 69 year-old Anna Catherina woman was forced to seek medical attention after she was beaten unconscious by a female bandit who invaded her business and home at around 17:30 hrs on Saturday. Police said that Khemchand, 72 years, and his wife Lakrajie Khemchand, were in their [...]
Georgetown & East & Upper Demerara post wins
GFF Under-16 Inter Association Competition in the Guyana Football Federation Inter Association Under-16 football tournament kicked off on the weekend with Georgetown, East Demerara and Upper Demerara recording contrasting wins. The biggest winner was the Georgetown unit which disposed of East Bank 4-0 at the GFC Ground on Saturday. For the City side, Rafael Edwards [...]
GKRS renews alliance with Hikers Hockey Club
For the third year in succession, Grace Kennedy Remittance Services (Guyana) Limited, has thrown its support behind the Hikers Hockey Club Junior Programme. At a simple ceremony at the entity’s head office on Water Street Friday afternoon, Marketing Manager Natheeah King- Mendonca presented a cheque valued $250,000 to Manager of the Hikers Hockey Club Junior [...]
Pele & Western Tigers are latest winners
GFF Super League When competition in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League sponsored by FIFA under the Win in CONCACAF with CONCACAF Initiative continued over the weekend, Pele and BK International Western Tigers were in winners row; Victoria Kings were held to a draw by Seawall FC. Pele defeated Buxton United 3-1 in the [...]
RHTY&SC & BCB assist Rainbow Generation CC
The Rainbow Generation Cricket Club of West Berbice on Wednesday last became the thirteenth Club in the area to receive assistance from the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club and the Special Events Committee of the Berbice Cricket Board. The Club received a collection of cricket gear which included one bat, wicket-keeping gloves, pads, [...]
Pepper Skull, Trainline Warriors emphatic winners
Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets, Futsal Football Competition Pepper Skull, Trainline Warriors, Half Mile / One Mile, Mini Bus and Coomacka United were the latest teams to register wins when the Linden segment of this year’s Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets, Futsal Football Competition continued on Saturday evening with eight matches played, at the Amelia’s [...]
Company that supervised bungled Amaila Falls road project to overlook new contractors
By Gary Eleazar The very company that overlooked Makeshwar ‘Fip’ Motilall’s bungled Amaila Falls Road project has now been tasked with continued supervision of the other contractors who will complete the critical roadway. The company, SRKN Gineering headed by Dr. Ravi Narine, was awarded ‘Supervisory Oversight’ of the US$15.4M Amaila Falls Road [...]
Welfare, fire officials stress supervision of minors
Spate of fires caused by children… Welfare and Fire officials have expressed concern about the recent spate of fires that were caused by children who were left unsupervised. But they stopped short on commenting on whether guardians should be prosecuted in cases where minors perished in fires when [...]
Man held for Norton Street arson attempt
Police have detained a suspect in connection with an attempt by persons to burn down a Norton Street house early yesterday morning. Arsonists set the front and back steps of the Lot 28 Norton Street, Lodge property alight, but quick work by neighbours averted tragedy. Winslow Mc Kenzie, the home owner, said that [...]
APNU blames Government for failed projects in regions
– accuses ruling party of fully controlling Regional offices Government was once again blasted by the main opposition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Wednesday at the Parliament Buildings, this time for failing to allow Regional offices to function. This has resulted in a number of projects throughout the regions suffering [...]
Relatives of hammer-beaten woman unhappy with police probe
– suspect calling relatives, still at large Relatives of Eureka Garraway are pleading with the police to step up their efforts to arrest the man who allegedly inflicted a hammer beating on the 38-year-old woman. A relative said yesterday that Garraway’s condition has improved and she now recognizes visitors and is speaking [...]
Mon Repos Market vendors still await police action
One month, and four burglaries later… After being burglarized for the fourth time in less than six months, some Mon Repos Market vendors fear that the latest break-in will be ignored like the ones before. Kaieteur News understands that the three security guards, who were [...]
Opposition parties should consider their position clearly in voting against budget
- Dr. Ramsammy With budgetary debates in full swing at the Parliament Buildings, Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, has expressed his disappointment at the Opposition parties in their call to vote against this year’s $75B capital budget. In a press release on Saturday, Dr. Ramsammy stated that while Members of Parliament have indicated that [...]
Councillors mull approaching Auditor General on City Hall’s financial discrepancies
Councillors of the Georgetown Municipality are yet to decide if they would engage the Auditor General to investigate alleged financial discrepancies at City Hall that were unearthed by Chairman of its Finance Committee, Junior Garrett. This is intended to weed out corruption from all levels of City Hall’s administration. Some of the discrepancies Councillors would [...]
2012 budget falls short of addressing social ills of society – APNU
A Partnership for National Unity Parliamentarian Volda Lawrence has stated that this year’s budget falls woefully short of addressing the many social issues of society. Hence she said that her Party will not allow the Administration to give the spoils of the sweat and hard work of ordinary citizen to the friends and families of [...]
Religious organizations, Health Ministry host medical outreach
Over 300 Guyanese have accessed free medical attention within proximity of their respective work places, as the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the corporate community provided medical care including eye care and dental services. A similar activity is scheduled for Masjid al Nur in Parfait Harmonie, Region three on April 16. This medical attention [...]
Poor pay has “chased experienced teachers to other countries”
- Granger tells GTU Conference Leader of the Opposition and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Mr. David Granger has stated that “poor pay has chased away experienced teachers to other countries and has discouraged others from entering the teaching profession. Granger made the remarks while speaking to members of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) [...]
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE
One of the major reasons for communication problems is that we use the same word to describe a variety of phenomena that are essentially different. Take the word “love”. We believe, “That love makes the world go round” and “Love is in the air.” We say, “I love my wife”, “I love my house”, “I [...]
IT COULD HAVE BEEN YOU!
It could have been you or someone you know. Instead it was Henry Greene who faced allegations that he had forcible sex with a woman. Imagine if instead of the Commissioner of Police, it was you. Imagine you were the person who was accused of rape when all along you were contending that the sex [...]
Legal practitioners are afraid to speak out
Dear Editor, What passes for a judicial system in Guyana is badly broken. The sad fact is that no one is working seriously to fix it. Not the administrators, not the practicing bar, not the Government. It has been broken for a long time but in recent times it has come under public scrutiny partly [...]
Oh, what a wonderful state we are living in!
Dear Editor, Kindly allow me a space in your column so that the public can judge the actions of the Guyana Police Force. I am living in the village of Enmore, East Coast of Demerara. On Sunday morning at about 02:15 hrs, I was awakened by a telephone call from my neighbour informing me that [...]
