AFC bats for Ram, Goolsarran on Public Procurement Commission
The Alliance For Change (AFC) has signaled intentions to name accountants, Christopher Ram and Dr. Anand Goolsarran, to be members of the long-awaited Public Procurement Commission (PPC). With accusations of corruption, opposition parties have long been clamouring for that constitutional body which will have oversight to probe Government contracts. There have been several [...]
Death Row brothers walk free on appeal
Yesterday the three brothers who had been on Death Row for some five years walked out of the Appeal Court all free men after the judges ruled in their favour, upholding a no case submission. Three brothers, Marvin, Patrick and Allan Ramnauth, along with Tulsie Seelall were charged with the murder of Achama Madramootoo, [...]
GRANGER CALLS FOR URGENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM
Opposition Leader, Brigadier David Granger, has issued a call to the People’s Progressive Party Civic administration to expedite local government reforms so that local government elections can soon be held. Granger’s call has come in the wake of a number of issues pertaining to local democracy in this country. It is evident that [...]
AFC says nursing programme is health crisis in the making
-wants review, more lecturers The Alliance For Change (AFC), is calling on Government to immediately review the country’s nursing programme, as concerns grow over the quality of training. There have been complaints by the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) and officials of the East Street, Georgetown School had warned of crowded classrooms, [...]
Court awards sugar worker $6.4 million
- 13 years after he fell while fetching cane The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has been ordered to pay $6.4 million to a Blairmont sugar worker who slipped and fell while fetching a bundle of cane in a slippery field 13 years ago. The cane-cutter, Harrilall Motilall, has not been able to work [...]
Hitchcockian themes left unattended
Just days before the debate on the 2012 budget got underway the TUC sponsored a seminar at its head office in which the discussants were Lincoln Lewis, Christopher Ram and Carl Greenidge. Mr. Ram told his audience that if one examines Guyana’s last census then the total number of persons over sixty five receiving [...]
The ERC debacle
If Bishop Juan Edghill is to be believed, then the first casualties of the budget cuts have been identified by the non-payment of their wages and salaries for May. These are the employees of the Ethnic Relations Commission. When the National Assembly met to discuss the budget for this year the parliamentary opposition [...]
APNU AND THE AFC SHOULD DONATE THEIR PARLIAMENTARY SALARIES TO THE ERC STAFF.
The PNCR has long had an issue with the composition of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC). They questioned the composition of the Commission arguing that it is not in keeping with the provisions of the constitution and with the decision to extend the life of the commission without resolving the controversy over the selection of [...]
Dem boys seh…Rob Bert and Jagdeo team up again
Rob Bert, Jagdeo, Bobby and some other man gone to Miami. Dem travel pun de same plane and dem boys want know wheh dem going and why dem going. Some people at de airport seh that dem gone to Jamaica. It got to be fuh talk bout plans fuh de extended airport. But [...]
Philip Moore deserves more
DEAR EDITOR, Nay, the dust should not settle on the nation’s tribute to Philip Moore, citizen, humanist and artist; notwithstanding his interment at Auchlyne. Last November 2011, I had the honour to be invited to open the 23rd annual exhibition of the Guyana Women Artists’ Association. Among other things, I stated, while Philip Moore [...]
Lewis not accurate on Critchlow
DEAR EDITOR, Reference is made to Mr. Lincoln Lewis’s “Bisram doesn’t care about the Linden issue or the people” (KN May 22). Lewis’s claims are not coherent or substantiated with facts and he ought to stop rewriting history and derogating the important contributions Indians made to the struggle for the ballot in Guyana. Lewis [...]
The term ‘axed’ was not appropriate
DEAR EDITOR, Because of numerous calls from reporters, associates and friends, I find it necessary to clarify issues raised in your May 24th edition in an article that stated that myself and another senior official were ‘axed’. I would suggest that the term ‘axed’ was not appropriate. I officially retired from public service [...]
J.C. Superstar and Freddie the See-Far Man
DEAR EDITOR, Some persons think Kaieteur News columnist Freddie Kissoon is a man whom has the gift of extraordinary foresight, but not many know that his gift is more mystical than it seems and he is what we call in Guyana a “see-far man”. In a recent column titled “Three dead musicians and the Sandpiper”, [...]
Come on, Guyana!
DEAR EDITOR, Three years ago I was visiting the Essequibo coast and was shown around the new Supenaam stelling by one of the contractor’s managers. The stelling was “finished” I was assured. From the press I knew that there were new ferry boats being provided by the Chinese nation. Now some three or more [...]
Stag Beer / WDFA Senior League kicks off on Sunday
- nine clubs to battle for supremacy Competitive senior football rivalry will make a welcome return to the West Demerara when the inaugural Stag Beer League kicks off on Sunday at the Den Amstel Community Centre Ground with two matches. Regional Brewery giants Ansa McAl Trading under their Stag Beer brand has stepped up to [...]
Gayle doesn’t rule out playing in third England Test
Estranged West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has not ruled out making himself available for the third Test of the West Indies’ ill-fated tour of England but says a meeting with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) slated for Sunday will take priority. The former Windies captain will sit down with WICB officials, Antigua’s Prime Minister [...]
Kemar Roach returns home, Sunil Narine his replacement
Leicester, England – Fast bowler Kemar Roach has been ruled out of the remainder of the West Indies’ tour of the United Kingdom. Roach has been sidelined with shin muscle soreness and will return home to Barbados to allow this to heal before starting a bowling programme again. West Indies team physiotherapist C.J. Clark [...]
Government launches Independence Half Marathon
– Country’s best distance athletes to compete The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has collaborated with the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) to re-host the Independence Half Marathon, which is scheduled for Saturday starting at 5:30am at Paradise on the East Coast of Demerara. The race will end at the Ministry’s Headquarters on [...]
Digicel to host Triple Sports Fiesta on June 9
By Rawle Welch Organised by Digicel, ‘the bigger, better network’, the Triple Sports Fiesta which is scheduled to be staged on June 9, at the National Gymnasium is anticipated to be an exciting affair according to the representatives of Hockey, Volleyball and Netball, who attended the launching yesterday, at the Company’s Head Office [...]
Four teams register 1st night wins in Inter Ministry/Corporation 7-A-side football
Despite torrential rain the Inter-Ministry/Corporation 7-A-side 30-minute football competition continued on Tuesday evening at the Banks DIH ground, Thirst Park with four matches. Watched by a fair sized crowd under cloudy skies Deputy Permanent Secretary in Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports Steve Ninvalle who had kicked off the ball to start the competition [...]
Flex Night Inc. now has a Toronto chapter
Flex Night Inc., legally established in Guyana in February of this year, have now formed its second overseas chapter – Friends of Flex Night – Toronto. The launching of that entity took place on Saturday May 26 in the Academic Complex of Vaughn Estate on the Grounds of the Sunnybrook Hospital; one week after [...]
Caria Caria village holds annual Independence Sports Day
On Sunday last the Caria Caria village held its annual Independence Sports Day at the village ground. Several villages in the Essequibo River took part in the events, including Buck Hall, Bonasika and Aliki. Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Steve Ninvalle was part of the activity which included [...]
Fight Night boxing extravaganza …
After weeks of diligent preparation Kelsie George confident of victory tomorrow night The Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym (PRBG) in St Magdalene Street, New Amsterdam Berbice, was a hive of activity over the past month as the boxers contracted for the Fight Night boxing card scheduled for tomorrow night rounded off sessions in preparation [...]
Lodge/Meadowbrook down Albouystown/Charlestown
-moves atop table in its group, through to next round By Edison Jefford As Kaieteur Sport had considered in its pre-game preview, Albouystown/Charlestown just didn’t have the usual fortitude necessary to stave off Lodge/Meadowbrook, who assured its place in the next round of the National Community Basketball League (NCBL) with a hard fought, but clinical [...]
National ruggers aiming to duplicate Golden Jaguars when they take on TT
By Rawle Welch Another excellent opportunity will present itself in another two days when regional powerhouse Guyana takes on Trinidad and Tobago for a place in the final of the Northern Zone of the NACRA Rugby World Cup Qualifiers, at the National Stadium. Since 2005, Guyana has enjoyed a narrow two wins against a [...]
