Govt. wants MPs to declare annual income, assets
Government has tabled a motion that will force Parliamentarians to declare their annual earnings and assets. According to Notice Paper # 55, released by the Parliament Office yesterday, the motion will be tabled by Prime Minister Sam Hinds during the next sitting scheduled for June 13 and June 14. Hinds, the Minister responsible for Parliamentary [...]
Two deputy COP to be named…Brummel to act, Seelall deputy
President Donald Ramotar, accompanied by Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon and Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee, met with Opposition Leader David Granger and Member of Parliament Joseph Harmon on the issue of senior promotions in the Guyana Police Force, yesterday. At the meeting, President Ramotar reportedly informed the opposition that he proposes to promote [...]
Gunmen in police uniform lift $2.5M from petrol dealer
Bandits in Police uniform yesterday opened fire at a West Coast Demerara sales representative of Supreme, before carting off $2.5M in cash. The incident occurred some time before noon, yesterday, on Brutus Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara. According to reports, Trevor Tankoon had just conducted business at the Sol petrol depot in Agricola [...]
Amaila Falls Access Road…Delinquent contractors to suffer same fate as ‘Fip’ Motilall
…as Robeson Benn insists adequate safeguards in place The Guyana Government offered its no objection to a $832.8M contract to complete the Amaila Falls Access Road for the Hydroelectric project. And given the ‘Fip’ Motilall experience Public Works Minister, Roberson Benn, has assured that there are adequate safeguard measures in place. Since the announcement [...]
AN IMPROVED SERVICE FOR WATER IS NEEDED
Water is by far the most important commodity in any country. Without water we cannot survive. Without water, a great many things would not be done. Guyanese have experienced times when water was not readily available and it is well known how hard those days were. As such it should be appreciated how [...]
Those ERC budget cuts
Ever since the life of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) came to an end and President Bharrat Jagdeo decided to extend the operation there has been objection by the political opposition, especially the People’s National Congress Reform. In keeping with the statutes the political parties, the non-governmental organizations, the religious organizations and social groups [...]
Dem boys seh…Jagdeo teach man fuh beat woman
Jagdeo teach all dem wife abusers fuh beat dem wife or dem girlfriend. One radio announcer who get bail fuh beating he wife use to wuk wid Jagdeo. He use to announce he name every day pun de radio. De only day he didn’t call Jagdeo name was when de same Jagdeo put [...]
Civility starts with respect for self and the other
DEAR EDITOR, Lincoln Lewis is accurate on Critchlow. Response is made to Vishnu Bisram’s letter “Lewis not accurate on Critchlow” (KN, May 31). First, let Bisram provide the evidence to this nation that I said, “Dr. Cheddi Jagan was not instrumental in the battle for the franchise which [I] maintained was all the work [...]
In the spotlight: Charles Taylor
DEAR EDITOR, Liberia’s former President Charles Taylor has been found guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during the brutal civil war in neighbouring Sierra Leone and was sentenced to 50 years in prison. He became the first former Head of State to be convicted of war crimes by an international court since the Nuremburg [...]
National Service is not “history”
DEAR EDITOR, Once again I note and read Peeping Tom’s description of the Guyana National Service and cannot help but deduce that the particular ‘Peeping Tom’ has some kind of ingrained hatred of the Guyana National Service and its former planners. As regards the paramilitary aspect of the training in the GNS, Peeping Tom [...]
Slothfulness of a government agency
DEAR EDITOR, I am not an economist, politician or public figure but I conclude that government functions can be packaged into the following: provision of law and order and defence, provision of social services, responsibility for overall state of the economy and the encouragement and control of certain sectors of the economy for social, strategic [...]
Guyana near full strength for TT clash today
- Green attire should dominate National Stadium landscape By Rawle Welch Despite the absence of one of the best players to have come out of Guyana in Kevin McKenzie, the local ruggers are still expected to be as formidable an opponent for Trinidad and Tobago (TT) who they meet today for a place in the [...]
Distance athletes hope for good showing at today’s half marathon
The crème de la crème of Guyana’s distance athletes including United States of America-based Euleen Josiah-Tanner, Trinidad and Tobago-based Kelvin Johnson and Cleveland Forde are all expected to light up the streets today in the Independence Half Marathon. The race returns after a hiatus of 16 years, compliments of the Ministry of Culture, Youth [...]
Wortmanville/Werk-En-Rust through to next round
– Competition continues tonight with double-header Wortmanville/Werk-En-Rust eased into the next round of the National Community Basketball League (NCBL) surviving an early scare from New Amsterdam in the first half of the game at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Thursday night. Wortmanville/Werk-En-Rust overcame a 15-point deficit in the first half to win 79-67 [...]
Bakewell/MYO Inter Jamaat 15-overs quarter finals
Quarter final play in the Bakewell sponsored, Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) organized Inter Jamaat 15-overs softball cricket competition is set for tomorrow at the MYO Ground, Woolford Avenue with four quarter final matches. From 09:00hrs, Cornelia Ida will face off with MYO; Windsor Forest plays Farm A or Blankenburg from 11:00hrs; Land of Canaan challenges [...]
Banks Aqua Water Cycle Road race on Sunday June 10 in Berbice
The 4th Annual Banks DIH Aqua Water sponsored 40-mile cycle road race in the Ancient County of Berbice will be staged on Sunday June 10. Organised by the Flying Ace Cycling Club (FACC), Banks recently handed over the sponsorship cheque to coordinator and coach of the Club Randolph Roberts. The event will be [...]
Guinness ‘’Greatest of de Streets’ Warm-up tourney switched to Albouystown
-Organisers laud support from the community By Rawle Welch Organisers of the Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ warm-up tournament have disclosed that the third round of matches which were scheduled to be played at Burnham Hardcourts have been switched to the Albouystown Basketball Court. According to the release, the venue change was forced [...]
Berbice Sub Meet called off due to inclement weather
Malta Supreme Hugh Ross Classic 2012… Following the hosting of two successful Sub-Meets in West Demerara and Georgetown, the organizers of the Hugh Ross Classic and Bodybuilding show were forced to call off the Berbice Sub-Meet which was scheduled for today at the at the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club Ground, Corentyne. [...]
Independence Cup over-40 cricket
- Two thrilling matches anticipated as tournament continues Bedi Masters will face off with Park Rangers Master when the action in the Independence Cup over-40 cricket tournament continues at the Cyril Potter College of Education Ground, Turkeyne ECD tomorrow morning. The action gets underway at 09:30hrs while at 13:00hrs, Savage Masters will oppose Uitvlugt Masters [...]
Topco Juices Chess Tourney
- Keen competition anticipated as top chess players throw down the gauntlet All of the top chess players have been in terrific form recently and so it’s anybody’s guess which will walk away with the spoils when the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) stages the Independence Topco Juices one-day Rapid Chess tournament at the KEI-SHAR’S Sports [...]
Busy year for GAPF – President
This year is shaping up to be a busy one for local powerlifters according to President of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) Peter Green, who spoke to Kaieteur Sport recently outlining the list of events scheduled to be staged in 2012. Green, who has been one of the architects responsible for the [...]
GT&T moves against Digicel in Linden
Lindeners yesterday flocked the Egbert Benjamin Exhibition Hall at Spieghtland, Linden, to cash in on the “Switch it up” promotion, by either redeeming their old Digicel cell phones for a new GT&T one or purchasing brand new phones from as low as $1,000. Some eager customers waited patiently in the blazing sun, for [...]
UG student-teachers host exhibition out of recycled materials
Third-year student- teachers of the University of Guyana Berbice Campus on Thursday hosted an exhibition of learning materials aimed at enhancing learning among the students they teach in their respective primary schools. The teachers constructed materials out of recycled materials readily available in the environment. These were intended to improve their curriculum delivery [...]
CGX continues search for oil
Weeks after its first off-shore attempt came up empty, Canadian oil exploration firm, CGX Energy, has announced plans to drill at least five more in as many years. Its next well, Eagle-D, is scheduled to be drilled next year. The company, which has exploration licences to operate in the Guyana/Suriname basin, off-shore Corentyne, also faced [...]
Vulnerable groups claim being denied EU funding
Vulnerable groups in Guyana and the Caribbean say they could be denied European Union (EU) funds being administered by the regional trade and integration bloc, CARICOM. The groups making the claim include organizations that represent drug users, orphans and vulnerable children, commercial sex workers and lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender people. The groups claim [...]
