Budget debate… US$15M thrown on chopping block
… Granger declares Budget will be re-tailored to reflect will of the people By Gary Eleazar The Leaders of the Combined Parliamentary Opposition made their intentions clear yesterday as the presentations to the 2012 Budget debates came to an end by sending an unwavering message that it will be altered and tailored to [...]
Truck driver battered to death
Police on the East Coast of Demerara have their work cut out trying to determine who killed 31-year-old truck driver, Jadesh Dass called ‘Baby-o’, of Chelsea Park, Mahaica, whose body was discovered with its skull bashed in, early yesterday morning. Dass’ body was found around 02:00hrs by his relatives and colleagues, a few feet [...]
Chinese telecoms giant submits bid to install fibre optic cable
Two bids were submitted yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), Ministry of Finance, for the installation of fibre optic cable for the Lethem to Providence Electrical Works-Repeater Stations. Huawei International Pte Ltd of Trinidad submitted a $104.4 million bid, while Cummings Electrical Company’s bid was $100.3 million. The engineer’s estimate [...]
Canadian identifies CANU rank as person who beat, robbed him
The police are expected to question an agent of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) who was identified by a Canadian-based Guyanese as the person who beat and robbed him last Easter Monday. This newspaper understands that the CANU operative was identified at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, yesterday morning when the victim, Abdool [...]
CJIA’s $150M expansion…Govt. eyes Indonesia, Singapore, South & West African Markets
Government will be spending at least US$150M for the expansion of Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), saying on Monday that Guyana stands to potentially benefit from untapped markets in Africa, Indonesia and Singapore. During his presentation in the ongoing 2012 National Budget debate, Public Works Minister, Robeson Benn, also said that he is prepared [...]
HOME-GROWN SOLUTIONS
One of the better parliamentarians of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is Mr. Basil Williams. He has always been realistic, reasonable, sensible and non-abrasive in his politics. It was unfortunate that he was not elected as the PNCR’s presidential candidate, because he would have made a very good leader for both APNU [...]
Charisma in Guyanese politics, 1950-2012
This columnist has been told by reliable sources that there has been, and maybe still is, consideration inside Freedom House of an early election. The fact that Parliament has to approve of the money for GECOM does not preclude the Freedom House strategists from reflecting on a snap election. The discussions on an [...]
Labour Silence
In the ongoing debate in parliament, the voice of labour has been surprisingly muted. Surprising because we are still a country with an underdeveloped economic base in which the lot of workers is quite precarious in the face of globalisation forces. What exactly are the ground rules as we join Africa in opening up [...]
Dem boys seh…Jagdeo and Brazzy think everybody stupid
Some people can find excuse fuh anything. Robeson mek Jagdeo and Brazzy put excuse in he mouth fuh de airport expansion and fuh brucking down de one that dem got now. Dem boys notice that he was looking fuh a sport since de other day. He organise a sport fuh de tenth anniversary [...]
The Home Affairs Minister has overstepped his bounds
Dear Editor, I refer to the caption hereunder ‘The oligarchy and bureaucratic officials:- The Chief Justice, Commissioner of Police, Commissioner General-GRA, Home Secretary and Cabinet Secretary — Chief-of-Staff G.D.F. et-al The above represent some of the people who are supposed to be accountable to the public with the Courts jealously guarding their independence [...]
The question is – fairness to try or fair trial for Henry Greene
Dear Sir, The jurisprudential profundity of the decision of the Honourable Chief Justice, Mr. Ian Chang, in the Henry Greene application appears to have been totally lost to his detractors. The fundamental issue which, in my humble opinion, confronted the Chief Justice was never whether Henry Greene could have received a fair trial [...]
Youth absent from tourism conference
Dear Editor, Stabroek News’ article: “Absence of local, youth participants raises eyebrows at Tourism Conference” by Marcelle Thomas serves to underscore the sometimes deliberate isolation/omission of our youths from the Region’s developmental process by planners. More often than not these planners’ agendas are conditioned by available resources, or lack thereof, or whose vision [...]
A closer look at the Marriott project
Dear Editor, A great deal of discussion has already taken place in the media on the merits of the proposed Atlantic Hotel Inc. (AHI). I offer brief comments on somewhat neglected areas only. There have been no feasibility studies. The occupancy rates in the hotel plants in Guyana (particularly Georgetown) are low partly [...]
Ramotar failure to dismiss Greene – is there too much at stake?
Dear Editor, This fanfare is due to the “pussy-footing” of Mr. Clement Rohee, Home Affairs Minister, and President Donald Ramotar (two seeds in the same pod) to remove Greene, immediately after the incident, pending a thorough investigation. After the haggling, Jamaican police EXPERTS were brought in – at a high cost to the [...]
Where are your views Caribbean?
Dear Editor, Is CARICOM coming, going, or going backwards? Where are we really going? Do we have any ethical principles or moral characteristics? Is parliament doing what it is designated to do in our respective countries? So we have one, two, three, or how many CARICOM regulations. If we start wrong, we will [...]
Police find news report erroneous
Dear Sir, The Guyana Police Force is responding to an article published in the Kaieteur News on Monday April 16, 2012, under the caption “Oh, what a wonderful state we are living in!” In the article, the unnamed writer who claims to be a resident of Enmore, ECD, alleged that the police failed [...]
Disgusting action
Dear Editor, On Monday April 9, 2012, Easter Monday, imagine my uttermost surprise when I learnt and saw that the Police in ‘G’ Division, that is the Essequibo Police, held a Bar-B-Que and Lime in the Police Compound next to the Richard Fikal Police Training School. Loud, lewd and vulgar music was played. [...]
Lyon haul gives Australia advantage despite century stand from Chanderpaul, Deonarine
West Indies came close to having a very good day in Port-of-Spain but finished on the verge of conceding a significant first-innings lead to Australia on the third day of the second Test yesterday. Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who fell six short of another hundred, and Narsingh Deonarine added 130 for the fifth wicket before Nathan [...]
Bishops High dominate YBG U-16 League
-takes top ranking ahead of NSBF After six weeks of intense competition in the Edward B. Beharry and Company Ltd sponsored-Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Under-16 Academy League, The Bishops High School ‘Young Warriors’ has secured the top ranking in that category. Bishops completed a near-perfect pre-season run, which guaranteed them the top ranking [...]
Usain Bolt says London 2012 can make him a “living legend”
Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt wants to “amaze” the world at London 2012 by running 9.4 seconds for the 100m and 19 seconds for the 200m. Jamaican Bolt, 25, is the reigning Olympic champion and world-record holder over both distances, with times of 9.58secs and 19.19secs. “People are looking forward to me running 9.4, [...]
Aruwai Regatta 20/20 KO semis & final on this weekend …New Line Cavaliers oppose South E’bo; Orient play Wakenaam
Twenty20 fans and the hundreds of Barticians home for the Easter holidays are bracing themselves for what is anticipated to be a grand climax to the 3rd annual Aruwai Mining Enterprise sponsored, D&C Promotions 20/20 competition this weekend at the Bartica Community Centre Ground. The four teams in the semifinal battling on Saturday [...]
Local teams endure defeat in CFU Championships
It was an embarrassing night for Guyana’s Alpha United and Milerock as they both faced dreadful upsets from InterMoengo Tapoe of Suriname and Hubentut Fortuna of Curacao on home soil at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence as Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Championship kicked off. The skirmish between Guyana’s present top team, Alpha United and [...]
GT&T and BCB donate balls to Berbice Clubs
The ten (10) first division cricket clubs in the Ancient County of Berbice on Wednesday last received $240,000 worth of white cricket balls compliments of GT&T and the Berbice Cricket Board during a simple ceremony at the BCB Office, New Amsterdam. The Clubs are West Berbice, Blairmont, Edinburgh, Police, Memorex Bermine, Young Warriors [...]
Bob Cat of Berbice, BCB 20/20 Cup…New Amsterdam Canje teams prepare for battle
The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) as part of its continued efforts to expand and develop the standard of the game in every area of the Ancient County launched the Bob Cat of Berbice 20/20 tournament which will feature over a dozen teams from the New Amsterdam/Canje area. Teams will be drawn from the [...]
Georgetown Turf Club horserace meet fixed for Sunday
- raffle drawing to be conducted Great anticipation is the order of the day at the Georgetown Turf Club Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara this Sunday from12 noon when the Georgetown Turf Club stages their horserace meet which has a total of 1.5 million dollars in cash prizes to be won. The [...]
