NICIL controls revenue of several major govt. entities
- Guyoil, NCN, Chronicle, GNCB, Linden Electricity Co. GNSC etc. As of December, 31, 2003 the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) now headed by Winston Brassington and Marcia Nadir-Sharma owned and controlled several major companies. They also controlled monies earned from the Privatization Unit. Money accrued to the Privatization Unit [...]
Procurement Commission ‘by June month end’ – Minister Rodrigues-Birkett
By Gary Eleazar The Public Procurement Commission which is a constitutional body born from the Public Procurement legislation should be established by the end of June. This is according to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, who was at the time responding to her shadow Parliamentarian, APNU’s Deborah Backer, in the House [...]
Mahdia protest road and water
Residents of Mahdia were up in arms yesterday in their most recent attempt to call for better roads, potable water and the removal of the Regional Executive Officer (REO), Ronald Harsawack. The residents took to the streets of the mining town in full protest mode around 11:00 hours blocking the main access thoroughfare with burning [...]
Trini teen’s murder… Suspect visited mother day after killing
– claims men with guns beat other son, gave family two-day deadline to locate alleged killer By Michael Jordan The mother of murder suspect Ramesh Sookram admitted yesterday that the fugitive visited her Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara home on the day after he allegedly killed his 18-year-old ex-girlfriend Nikita Ramischand in [...]
Girl 14, thrashes would-be rapist en route to school
A 14-year-old girl put her boxing skills to effective use yesterday after a would-be rapist attacked her on a lonely Soesdyke/Linden trail. The teen bit, kicked and punched her alleged victim mercilessly before fleeing and reporting her attack at a police outpost. Kaieteur News understands that the victim was walking down a trail [...]
City woman and car vanish
A countrywide search is under way for a 24-year-old Georgetown woman who disappeared without a trace last Monday. Tristell Manifold left her 232 South Road, Bourda residence in her red Mazda RX8, PNN 6943, just after 21:00 hrs on Monday. She did not tell anyone where she was going, but she had assured [...]
Whither Europe?
Wednesday May 9th was “Europe Day”. Guyana has had a long, if not exactly glorious, relationship with Europe. Founded as colonies of the Dutch, they were eventually ceded to the British in one of the interminable wars. The European imperial states used us as pawns. Apart from being trophies to demonstrate their [...]
Does dying come easily at the Georgetown Public Hospital?
I will say at the start of the description of this story that Mike Khan, CEO of the Georgetown Public Hospital and Matron Audrey Corey were very helpful to the patient. I called both Mr. Khan and Matron Corey to help and they did. But these nice people cannot do anything to stop the [...]
Dem boys seh…Dem want Guyana believe anything dem seh
In all de Holy Books de Creator seh that man mek fuh woman and woman mek fuh man. He seh that marriage must be between a man and a woman. He mek Adam then Eve. He mek Adam fuh Eve, never Adam fuh Steve, and Yvette fuh Eve. Now that other one [...]
THE CRISIS WITHIN THE ERC
Reports in the online media are that the administrative staff of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) met with the opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), beseeching them to release funding for the Commission. This is a most disturbing development that will now raise concerns as to the future independence of that [...]
GT&T Male & Female 10/10 champions to be crowned tomorrow
Guyana to face Canada in 1st Int. Cup clash By Franklin Wilson The Guyana National Stadium, Providence will be rocking with action on and off the field of play tomorrow (Saturday) when the finals of the 3rd GT&T 10/10 nationwide softball cricket comes off with the best male and female teams set to collide. Apart [...]
Gatorade to rehydrate athletes
– Bakewell adds dough Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) under its Gatorade brand yesterday announced that it will be associated with the President’s/Jefford Track and Field Classic III with athletes benefitting from quantities of Gatorade that will be made available to the clubs. “Over the years, we have used this brand in support of [...]
Harry wins Shamshudin Farewell Golf Tournament
David Harry took first place at the Esau Shamshudin Farewell Golf Tournament played recently at the Lusignan Golf Club. Playing off a 15 handicap, Harry shot 86 for a net 71, beating on a count back second place William Walker’s 77 (six handicap) whose 71 also took best gross score for the day. [...]
Keen competition expected in Lipton Tea Indian Arrival Day cricket tourney
Guyanese nationals, and more particularly those of Indian ancestry, recently celebrated the 174th Anniversary of the arrival of East Indians and though that day is gone the management of DeSinco of John and Mandela Avenue, Campbellville continues to honour the occasion when it organizes an inaugural 50 overs, one day cricket match dubbed the [...]
Bakewell/ MYO Inter Jamaat softball cricket…
LBI ‘A’, Farm ‘B’ & Queenstown are latest winners When play in the Bakewell sponsored Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) organized Inter Jamaat 15-overs softball cricket competition continued on Sunday last at the MYO Ground, Woolford Avenue, there were wins for LBI ‘A’, Farm ‘B’ and Queenstown Masjids. Providence took to the crease first [...]
Khan’s clan to highlight play as CCI FIDE rated chess tournament continues
The Caribbean Container INC.(C.C.I.) FIDE rating tournament for junior chess players continues tonight at the Ocean Spray Hotel, Stanley Place Kitty with junior players and their senior counterparts meeting for the sixth of the nine round competition. At the end of the 5th round, veteran FIDE rated player, David Khan (1386) assumed [...]
Government, corporate community’s unremitting support vital
By Rawle Welch They are the perennial champions of the Sevens format of rugby in the Caribbean, dominating the sport for just around six years, but when they face Trinidad and Tobago on June 2 in the Southern Caribbean Qualifying Round for the Rugby World Cup 2015, at the National Stadium, the [...]
Kennard Memorial Turf Club Pre-Independence race meet postponed
Persistent rainfall over the past weeks have forced a postponement to the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) Pre-Independence horserace meeting initially scheduled to be staged at the entity’s Bush Lot Farm Corentyne facility on Sunday May 20. Activities are tentatively set for May 27 provided the inclement weather pattern improves. A release [...]
A Reply to Mr. Lincoln Lewis
Dear Mr. Editor, I refer to the letter by Mr. Lincoln Lewis in the Stabroek News of Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Lincoln Lewis’s assertion that “six years ago Linden steam turbines, diesel generators and the 69KV lines between the Garden of Eden and Linden were removed and taken to develop electricity in the [...]
Denying responsibility
Dear Editor, I am sometimes overwhelmed from observing public figures becoming embroiled in matters and making statements which with – hindsight, should have been left unsaid or – at best should only have been uttered by subordinates. Although I firmly believe that it is best to be thought a fool than to open [...]
The facts about athletics today
Dear Editor, High performance athletics requires specific biological profiles of athletes and strong physiological traits. The science of training has made impressive steps forward in the past decades, which is one of the main reasons for constant improvement in athletic performances. Other dramatic improvements have also been made in quantity and quality of [...]
Is NICIL above the constitution?
Dear Editor, Either President Donald Ramotar is being improperly advised or he is proving rather quickly and early on in his presidency that he is actually no different from or better than his predecessor when it comes to being accountable with public funds. I mean, leadership issues are one thing, but money issues? [...]
$79M advanced from Contingency Fund still in limbo
…Finance Minister re-submits request for ‘ex-poste parliamentary’ consent By Gary Eleazar Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, in keeping with a ruling by Speaker of the House Raphael Trotman, has resubmitted a request for ‘ex-poste Parliamentary’ approval for $79M advanced from the Contingency Fund, and which was spent in 2011. That money [...]
GRA officers accused of forging signatures on duty-free letters
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) say that it is investigating two officers after the signatures on a number of letters granting duty free concessions were found to be forged. The concessions were for All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) and other heavy duty vehicles used in the mining industry. Yesterday, GRA said the fake signatures were affixed [...]
Extended runway at Ogle…Guyana can be ‘Brussels of the Caribbean’ – EU envoy
The Ogle International Airport connects Guyana to the rest of the region, which is the institutional precondition to becoming the ‘Brussels of the Caribbean’ and in a sense the heart of regional integration. This opinion was expressed by Head of the European Union Robert Kopecký, while delivering remarks at the commissioning ceremony of the airport’s [...]
