Hospital attempts to justify paying $1,909 for $80 cream
…says amount paid to New GPC is OK “Unless one item is overwhelmingly over-priced, we prefer to keep them within the list,” – Hospital Statement The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) through its Public Relations Officer (PRO), Alero Proctor, has attempted to justify a recent drug purchase by the Ministry of Health (MoH) [...]
AFC praises Ralph Ramkarran’s tough stance on Corruption
…Fmr. Speaker warns Govt. not to wait for more accusations Alliance For Change (AFC) Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan is calling on the leaders in the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) to take a page out of the book of former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran and publicly condemn the scourge of corruption in [...]
OP Gifts NCN $500M in four years
As information continues to surface about the affairs of the National Communication Network (NCN), investigations have revealed that during the years 2008 to 2011 some $499M was turned over in subventions from the State coffers. The Combined Opposition managed to gut some $81M from the Office of the President subventions for NCN this [...]
Govt. set to defy Parliamentary Resolution directing NICIL probe
…AFC streamlines Disciplinary Action in Committee of Privileges By Gary Eleazar The Guyana Government will not be adhering to the Parliamentary Resolution being sought by A Partnership for National Unity (APNU). Carl Greenidge’s motion on National Assets, in particular those controlled by the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), is seeking to [...]
Elderly woman stabbed, stripped of jewellery
A 63-year-old woman is now a patient in the High-Dependency-Unit (HDU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), nursing several stab wounds about her body. The stabbing stemmed from a robbery at Mon Repos Pasture, East Coast Demerara (ECD), last Saturday around 19:30 hrs. According to information, Chitranti Narine, who resides alone, was [...]
Christianburg/Wismar cruise to 3-1 win over Kwakwani
Digicel Nationwide Schools Football tourney By Rawle Welch Despite a more purposeful performance in the second period, hosts Kwakwani Secondary much to the disappointment of their vociferous supporters exited the Second Edition of the Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Competition after falling to Christianburg / Wismar by a 3-1 margin on Saturday. Watched by a fair-sized [...]
Orville Hinds takes victory; Greaves and Persaud DQ, to face disciplinary hearing
13th Castrol Father’s Day Cycle Race An otherwise exiting race was brought into disrepute by two of Guyana’s most senior riders yesterday on the West Demerara, it was the 13th Annual Castrol Road Race which started at the Wales Police Station proceeded to Busy Park on the East Bank of Essequibo and returned to the [...]
Diamond oust North to reach Final Four
By Edison Jefford The success story of the Diamond/McDoom team in the 2012 National Community Basketball League (NCBL) has to be the vast improvement of its undersized centre, Jermaine Slater, who brought his A-game to the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Saturday night. Whether it was his sheer dominance on the boards, his fearsome block shots, [...]
Haiti withdraws from Guinness Street Challenge Tournament
- cites flight problems As the start of the inaugural Guinness Street Football Challenge Tournament draws near, the media was reliably informed via telephone yesterday that Haiti, one of the teams favoured to do well in the competition have withdrawn due to flight problems. The tournament which was originally scheduled to be competed among six [...]
Banks DIH draws first blood in battle of corporations’ dominoes tournament
Banks DIH Ltd took advantage of their home turf and drew first blood when the first of three dominoes competitions between two other beverage giants, Ansa McAl and Demerara Distillers Ltd, concluded at the Banks DIH Sports Club Thirst Park, Friday evening last. After 6 rounds of competitive action, Banks DIH emerged victorious with 76 [...]
Bollers and Thomas storm to gold in T&T
Guyana’s Junior National 200m champion sprinter, Elton Bollers of Royal Youth Movement (RYM) and Inter Guiana Games (IGG) bronze medalist, Ernesto Thomas registered superb performances in the Twin Island, Trinidad and Tobago last Saturday in the boys U-20 200m at the Morvant Jets and Mustangs Games which was held at Hasley Crawford Stadium, Port of [...]
Month of activities staged as B’ce premiere football club elects new executives
Former national footballer, Neil ‘Grizzly’ Humphrey was recently elected to the helm when the Hearts of Oak Master Football Club of New Amsterdam, Berbice, recently held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the New Amsterdam Prison Officers Club. He will also double as the coach. The club is currently observing its 20th year since inauguration. [...]
Little Rascals race away with Farfan and Mendes team title
The combined efforts of Jason Ray Khalil, Larissa Wiltshire, Alec Melville, Gianni Carpenter and Daniel Islam, who called themselves the Little Rascals, proved to be indomitable as they captured the Farfan and Mendes Junior Team Tournament 2012 on Saturday night. The Little Rascals defeated the Black Panthers in the final match of the tournament at [...]
Girls rescued from sexual exploitation responding well to counselling
– Ann Greene Almost two months after being rescued from a life of sexual exploitation in Region Seven, four teenage girls are adapting well to counselling. This was according to head of the Child Protection Agency Ann Greene. Greene in a brief telephone interview on Saturday told Kaieteur News that social workers have [...]
Police conduct surprise raid at Bartica nightspot
…nab 11 underaged patrons Reports of under aged girls engaged in prostitution saw ranks of the Guyana Police Force, Welfare Officers and Social Workers, swooping down and sealing off the Platinum Club on First Avenue, Bartica, on Saturday. The authorities started their operation at midnight and lasted for well over an hour. During [...]
Albion Estate supervisor at centre of fraud investigaton
A supervisor from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Albion Estate, Berbice, has been accused of fraud at his workplace. The supervisor is said to have entered workers’ names for payment although they did not work. Paul Bhim, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GuySuCo told Kaieteur News Friday that while the police are directly [...]
King’s Jewellery returns to Berbice as new shopping mall opens on the Corentyne
By Leon Suseran A spanking-new shopping mall was commissioned and declared open on the Central Corentyne area on Wednesday. Additionally, two new stores officially opened their doors. One of them has returned to the Ancient County after being closed eight years ago as a result of a mega fire in the Pitt Street, [...]
East La Penitence groups repaint pedestrian crossings
The revitalized East Penitence Community Policing Group (CPG) and members of the recently formed East La Penitence Community Development Group (CDG) are repainting pedestrian crossings and directorial markings in the area. This was done mainly at the intersections on the Mandela Public Road and Freeman Street; the main entrance to the community located [...]
Too many cases dismissed because of absent witnesses
– PCA Chairman “Magistrates are supposed to issue warrants for the eyewitnesses to show up in court, not punish the victims by dismissing the case” -Justice Kennard By Rehana Ashley Ahamad Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA), Cecil Kennard, believes that too many cases are being ridiculously dismissed as a result of [...]
Men must be taught to speak about their pain lest they erupt in violence against their partners
- Roman Catholic Priest By Leon Suseran A high- ranking Roman Catholic priest believes that he knows one of the reasons for Guyanese men erupting with such violence against their partners. Monsignor Terrence Montrose told Kaieteur News that the male child has been socialised and pressured by society to act in a way that says, [...]
Musician fathered 13
“If I am to relive my life there are numerous situations I would try to avoid, many chances I wouldn’t take and lots of roads I won’t travel, but I am 100 per cent sure that I would proudly journey along the long, challenging, yet overwhelming road of fatherhood over and over again”, said Eze [...]
Importers upset, food industry prepares to adjust
Impending Styrofoam ban… By Kristen Macklingam Some wholesalers and retailers of Styrofoam items have expressed concern about the impending Government ban on the importation of these products. They are suggesting that government should place a restriction, rather than an all-out ban. The lament is coming from some Regent Street businessmen who retail Styrofoam boxes on [...]
MAY YOU BE FULL OF IT
This was on a Christmas card from a foreign student but a friend sent me something that was posted on a political blog in Trinidad that was even more entertaining. A gentleman, obviously irate with one of the parties that form the ruling coalition wrote, “I have burnt tonight my party card along with my [...]
The Opposition’s understanding of the FMAA is foggy
The Fiscal Management and Accountability Act (FMAA) was passed into law in 2003. Thus, it may be something of a novelty and a mystery to some of those parliamentarians not familiar with its development. The constitution of Guyana, Section 220, had authorized parliament to create such a Fund to meet expenditure for which no provision [...]
The focus should be on “why such high failure rate when there are so many lessons?”
Dear Editor, There was an interesting letter to the editor in Kaiteur News newspaper on June 9, 2012, captioned, “there needs to be a clampdown on extra lessons” written by Mr. Rafael Khan. It was laced with generalizations and I am offended. I therefore share my concerns. In our economic system, mainly free market, there [...]
