Diamond taxi driver’s bound body dumped in Enmore
Residents of Logwood, Enmore, awoke yesterday morning to the shocking discovery of the bound body of Diamond taxi driver Rajendra Puran lying in a drain in their East Coast Demerara community. The discovery was made around 06:30 hours when Joseph Badal went to collect his newspaper and saw the body lying in the drain [...]
Gold miner stabbed to death in apartment
A 43-year-old gold miner was found murdered in his apartment shortly after lunch yesterday when worried relatives went looking for him. Bryan Dickson, also known as ‘Son Son’ and ‘Peck’ of East Street, Cummingsburg, was found gagged and lying on his back in his bedroom with over 20 stab wounds about the body. A [...]
$21B Budget cut not cast in stone – Luncheon
– Greenidge insists Amaila Falls project not threatened By Gary Eleazar While not elaborating, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday reiterated that Government will seek to ensure that its equity is in place for the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Project. The government’s spokesman was at the time speaking at [...]
Lawlessness in the ‘gold bush’…Charges laid as raids reveal significant illegal mining, guns
By Leonard Gildarie In its strongest campaign yet, government has announced plans to continue indefinitely its countrywide offensive on illegal mining, with a number of charges being laid since the operations started a few weeks ago. During a press conference yesterday, authorities said that during ‘Operation El Dorado’, as the exercise is known, it [...]
Brazen bandits rob E’bo goldsmith over $2M
An early morning robbery on popular goldsmith, Pegeshwar, also known as ‘Peggy’, of Good Hope, Essequibo Coast, has left the man $2M poorer. Raw silver and cell phones were reportedly stolen during the brazen act executed by two unmasked men. The robbery occurred around 05:30hrs yesterday. Relating the frightening ordeal, Peggy’s wife, who [...]
Media and Country
US Ambassador to Guyana, Brendt Hardt, has reportedly complimented the government for opening up of the airwaves by granting eleven new radio licences. However he advised that “this process comes under the purview of an impartial and transparent national broadcast authority.” We couldn’t agree more, and in fact, we hope that the criteria [...]
GUTTER POLITICS
Guyanese are masters of making excuses. Whatever their failings, it is often impossible for a Guyanese to admit that they lost, were ill-prepared, or that their opponent was better. One time a Guyanese was soundly beaten in a boxing match and when asked the reason for failing, the fighter complained that it [...]
Intoxication with power destroys rationality
The world is old. A few thousand years. The lessons to be learnt are enormous. But we humans don’t want to see. Power blinds us. In leadership, power becomes an invulnerable enemy. The brew of power destroys an oligarch’s capacity to grasp reality. When tyrants rule over a long period of time, [...]
Dem boys seh…Cabinet cheap and de police force get wutless
Some people can really go to great lengths to show that things really bad. Dem had Cabinet meeting Wednesday. Dem boys know that every Cabinet meeting does got food and drinks. If is a short meeting is snacks and then a meal when it done. If is a long meeting is two meal. [...]
Youthful Guyana hold Martinique to 2-2 draw
St. Luces, Martinique – Second half goals by Captain Anthony ‘Awo’ Abrams and winger Dwight Peters earned a young ‘Golden Jaguars’ outfit a hard fought 2-2 draw against Martinique, at the Stade George’s on Wednesday evening when the two countries clashed in a friendly match as the Guyanese team continues preparations for the next round [...]
Southern Caribbean Qualifying Round for the Rugby WC 2015…Preparations in overdrive-Henry
Quizzed on the state of affairs in relation to the national team’s preparations for their upcoming engagements against Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago in the Southern Caribbean Qualifying Round for the Rugby World Cup 2015, Head Coach Theodore Henry told Kaieteur Sport on Wednesday afternoon during a practice session at the National Park that [...]
Caribbean Container FIDE Rating tournament…Khan’s clan lead points standing
Junior chess player, Anthony Drayton employed shrewd tactics and drew his match with FIDE rated player Shiv Nandalall (1715) while his colleague Cecil Cox defeated another FIDE rated player, Ryan Singh (1456) when the Caribbean Container Inc. (CCI) sponsored FIDE rating Chess tournament continued at two venues, the Olympic House and the Ocean Spray [...]
‘Vicious’ Vivian Harris returns to the ring for USBA title
The boxing pundits have written him off but former World Boxing Association (WBA) Light Welterweight champion, ‘Vicious’ Vivian Harris is not done yet and is scheduled to square off against Jermaine ‘Too Sweet’ White in the 10-round co-feature for the vacant United States Boxing Organization (USBO) Welterweight title at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Wednesday May [...]
Horatio says he did not compete in Suriname’s Teleg 10k
-Police Sports Office requests results from Suriname Dennis Horatio of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and an athlete of the Police Progressive Youth Club (PPYC) yesterday afternoon made it clear to Kaieteur Sport that he did not compete at the Teleg 10km Road Race in Suriname that was held on Tuesday. He said his identity [...]
Hand in Hand 2nd Div. 40 over cricket/West Berbice…
Bath, Rainbow Generation, D’Edward and Sundown into quarter finals The inaugural Hand-In-Hand second Division 40 over cricket competition, organised by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) for teams in West Berbice continued recently with Bath, Rainbow Generation and D’Edward all winning their first round matches to advance to the quarter finals. In another match, [...]
R&D Engineering, Wartsila sustain support
R&D Engineering Services Inc. and Wartsila both sustained their support of the upcoming mega President’s/Jefford Track and Field Classic with contributions for the third successive year of the competition, which will be held in Linden at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground. R&D Engineering and Wartsila were among the first companies to support the event when [...]
Nothing but hot air and a pander to supporters
Dear Editor: Unless the IDB intimated to President Donald Ramotar it was worried about the impact of the Budget cuts on the Amaila Falls Hydro-Electric project (AFHEP), then your news article, “Ramotar worried about IDB’s outlook on Budget cuts,” (May 3), appears to be a propaganda piece by the President aimed at making [...]
Scotiabank / Pepsi School Football Academy …New Campbellville & Christ Church win
The Scotiabank/Pepsi School’s Football Academy continued with two games recently at the Ministry of Education Sports Complex Ground, Carifesta Avenue, Thomas Lands. On Tuesday May 1, in the male category, New Campbelville Secondary defeated St. Georges Secondary 3- 2. On target for the winners were Daniel Ross in the 12th minute, Shamar Barrow [...]
PPYC retains Digicel National U23 title for 3rd year
– Coach Lyndon Wilson says it feels great Lyndon Wilson, Coach of Police Progressive Youth Club (PPYC) who has produced local qualifier (Winston George) for the London Olympic Games, disclosed that it was a great feeling to win the Digicel National Under-23 Athletics title for the third consecutive year. The victory which was achieved [...]
Gibson, Sammy pleased to have Gayle back
West Indies have openly embraced the return of their premier batsman Chris Gayle, who on Wednesday committed to making himself available for selection for the one-day leg of their tour of England. In doing so he decided to forsake his contract with Somerset as an overseas player for the Friends Life 20/20 and Ottis [...]
Winston Brassington must come clean
Dear Sir, I refer to your article titled “There is some concern over engineering services for Amalia road” in Sunday April 28th edition of Kaieteur News. In the article Walter Willis states that the Ministry of Public Works had nothing to do with the road design. The article goes on to state that [...]
Disbursement from the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund
Dear Editor, The government-owned Guyana Chronicle carried one article and one letter on 30 April, 2012 criticising Amerindian members of the National Assembly who voted to reduce those components of the Appropriations Bill linked to former President Jagdeo’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS). The Chronicle items referred in particular to Sidney Allicock of Surama Village, [...]
A much needed publication
Dear Editor, I would like to commend the Ministry of Home Affairs for publishing the list of ticketable offences for drivers. It is something the driving public – excluding those crazy, stupid arrogant minibus and taxi drivers – needed for a long time as a shield from those money gouging, unscrupulous, corrupt traffic police [...]
Is the church in Guyana dead?
Dear Editor, Let me begin by saying that I am huge supporter of the church in Guyana, and that I want to see it succeed. But I have been waiting to see if the church in Guyana is still alive. When I read the newspapers, I saw no sign of life in the church. [...]
Defining the deafening silence of the GPA on attack of State media
Dear Editor, An interesting scenario currently exists in the local press corps today. While some media workers on the lower level pat their GINA colleagues on the back in sympathy and whisper their support, they have to be careful their seniors don’t see them do this. In a country where the private media constantly [...]
