Breaking News…. Early morning fire destroys billions on Regent Street
– business owner drops dead An early morning fire has left billions of dollars in damages and losses as fire gutted five buildings which housed several businesses on Regent Street in the heart of the city’s commercial district. One businessman, Ramdat Sherpersaud, 64, who lost his store collapsed upon seeing the fire and was [...]
Rohee’s no confidence motion…Water cannon is really a water can – Felix
By Gary Eleazar The National Assembly yesterday reconvened and members continued trading barbs across the aisle in the ‘Hallowed Chambers,’ sometimes descending into downright ‘bitter’ exchanges causing Speaker Raphael Trotman to intervene on a number of occasions. By the scheduled end of the night’s exhaustive debate, the time had expired for the session with several [...]
Joe Harmon challenges figures paid to ‘fat cats’
The Guyana Government has paid to state-owned National Communications Network (NCN) some $8.7M between April 1 and July 18, this year for advertisements airing lamentations relative to the effects of the budget cuts. This information was supplied to the House by Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh. He was at the time responding to A partnership [...]
GuySuCo pays for US-based chairman to fly in every month
- also pays for lodging The cash-strapped Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) buys a return ticket every month for its Chairman, Dr Rajendra Singh, who is based in New Jersey, the Minister of Agriculture Dr Leslie Ramsammy confirmed yesterday. This was revealed following questions in the National Assembly by Opposition Parliamentarian Dr Rupert Roopnaraine. The Agriculture [...]
Razor blade joke quashes friendship
… one jailed the other receives 15 cm slash What was supposed to be a joke has cost a man 18 months of his freedom yesterday when he was sentenced to jail for slashing his friend on the neck with a razor blade. The defendant, 19-year-old Rowland Sam, of Samatta Point, Grove East Bank Demerara [...]
Shotgun cartridges with copper-coated pellets killed Linden trio – police
By Michael Jordan Ballistic tests have revealed that ranks firing shotguns loaded with copper-coated cartridges killed the three Linden protesters and injured several others, a senior police official said yesterday. The official told Kaieteur News that what were first thought to be bronze-tipped bullet fragments were actually copper-coated shotgun pellets, which were extracted from two [...]
Dem boys seh…Clement buy a water can fuh a water cannon
People always know that you don’t put money in a stupid man hand. He does buy anything and people does rob he. Clement get money fuh buy a water cannon and de Chinee people know that he ain’t too smart call a price fuh de water cannon. Dem tell he US$37 million. Just like how [...]
15-year-old schoolgirl wins swimming gold
(Daily Mail)- Just weeks ago 15-year-old, Ruta Meilutyte was sitting with classmates at Plymouth College. Yesterday, she became an Olympic champion. The Lithuanian swimming prodigy, taught and trained at an English secondary school, stormed to victory in the 100m breaststroke final. Nobody expected Meilutyte to even reach the final and she was so shocked by [...]
IPF/NAPF Regional Powerlifting Championships
-Thomas smashes Commonwealth, national records Guyana’s Anis Ade-Thomas smashed his Commonwealth Dead-Lift record en route to a silver medal at the just-concluded International Powerlifting Federation (IPF), North American Powerlifting Federation (NAPF) Regional Championships held at the Westin Hotel, Grand Cayman Islands. Competing in the Men’s Junior 83kg to 93kg combined category, Ade-Thomas, despite arriving on [...]
Linden may be destroying its future
There is an admonition that bears remembering today, even as the Lindeners maintain their protest that began with their objection to the electricity hike announced by the government in the wake of the removal of a part of the $3 billion subsidy to Linden. What may have sparked the objection is the timing of the [...]
Jaguar, Quick Silver, Iron Charlie,Out and Bad dominate Bartica Regatta
A late start to Bartica’s Summer Regatta 2012 last Sunday saw the scheduled programme of seventeen Power Boats Racing events, running way beyond the scheduled time, as the races concluded in fading light. However, the day’s accident-free programme, which was suspended at one point due to eventual gusty winds and rough waters, did not stop [...]
RAPAC to hold libation ceremony in Berbice
The group, Revival Awareness and Perpetuation of African Culture (RAPAC ) will be holding a Libation ceremony this evening to herald in the Emancipation celebration in Berbice this year. According to coordinator, Minerva Peters, the activity will herald in two days of activities of celebration by the group. This will be followed tomorrow with [...]
Domestic travel industry sees significant improvement – Benn
- Evidence reflective in increase of traffic at Ogle Over the years the domestic aircraft industry has seen significant growth with the traffic at the Ogle aerodrome recording a 50 per cent increase. With 38 domestic aircrafts and a total of six companies operating at the Ogle airport for 2011 there were 145,064 passengers passing [...]
Mahdia fuel price may reduce by Thursday
…neighbouring Region Nine experiences fuel shortage Fuel price in Mahdia may reduce by Thursday as some businessmen are now utilizing the Bartica to Mahdia route to transport the much needed commodity. However, food prices are increasing as protesters in Linden continue to prevent access to the interior mining district. The protest in Linden began on [...]
Linden protests…Mahdia-bound goods truck reportedly hijacked
…bauxite ship to leave empty, logs stranded in Kwakwani A Mahdia businessman, David Adams, was yesterday tallying his losses after a truck laden with $4.5M in stocks was allegedly hijacked by six men near the mining town of Linden on Sunday. Police later found the truck with more than half of the items missing on [...]
Three testify as ‘cocaine for Thailand’ trial commences
Three witnesses testified yesterday on behalf of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) as the drug trial against the three men who allegedly intended to ship 1.7 kilograms of cocaine out of Guyana to Thailand commenced. The three witnesses, whose names were given, a Canter truck driver, a private customs broker and a security officer at [...]
Accident claims life of retarded man
Tragedy struck the residents of Lot 117 New Road Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara, early yesterday morning, as a vehicular accident claimed the life of one of them. Dead is 46 year old Motieram Chatterpaul, also called “Motie,” who was said to be retarded. He was struck by motorcar PPP 4000 in the vicinity of his [...]
NICIL revenue in 2005 was $33.3 billion
- Audit report says NCN had no register of its assets NICIL, the entity that manages Government investments and is responsible for selling state assets, recorded revenues worth $33.3 billion in 2005, an audit report tabled in the National Assembly yesterday shows. According to the 2005 Consolidated Report, profit after taxation totaled $1.5 billion and [...]
Digicel America Street branch burglarized
Unknown persons, sometime over the weekend, broke into the Digicel’s America Street Branch and made off with a quantity of high end cellular phones and computers. The discovery was made early yesterday morning at around 7:30 hours when workers turned up at the location for work. The Manger of the store, Michael Haywood, said the [...]
The rehabilitation of the Bartica/Potaro roadway is essential
DEAR EDITOR, About 10 years ago, I had appealed to the Ministry of Works, via the press, to rehabilitate the Bartica-Potaro Road, a motorable stretch of 111 Miles back in the 1930s way up to the 1980s. This colonial legacy was the main artery or roadway from the remote hinterland locations to Bartica, then to [...]
Police to seek advice on disposal of Lindo Creek remains
Crime Chief Seelall Persaud will soon be seeking advice on the disposal of the remains of the eight miners who were slaughtered at Lindo Creek, four years ago. Speaking with this newspaper yesterday, the country’s top detective said that although investigations into the matter are still not yet completed, the police are in a position [...]
Dying Guyanese woman granted wish for Canadian citizenship
Ottawa, Canada (o.canada.com) – Heavily sedated and barely conscious on her deathbed, Veronica Singh-Boles had little to gain from Canadian citizenship. Cervical cancer would claim her life long before she could ever obtain a Canadian passport, vote in an election or exercise her right to run for public office. But on June 28, with [...]
Guyana and T&T win Under-19 Cricket fixtures
Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago recorded victories, while the Windwards and host Barbados played out a draw in latest matches in the Regional Under-19 three-day cricket Championship yesterday in Barbados. Guyana recorded a comfortable 96 run triumph over the Leewards, while T&T beat Jamaica by 3 wickets to rally up valuable championship points. Gudesh Moti-Kanhai [...]
Much more than a telecoms war
Dear Editor, The ongoing battle between Digicel and GT&T over the latter’s monopoly on international calls is much more than a telecommunications war. This fight which really shouldn’t be happening in the first place is another testimony to the incompetence and discrepancies of the current administration. The last minute pulling of the telecommunications legislation by [...]
Linden is another Cuba
DEAR EDITOR, For decades now economic sanctions have been imposed on Cuba by the United States government. These sanctions came simply because of fear. The United States feared that communism would dominate the world, which would ultimately dominate capitalism. (Lots of people losing lots of money) What is interesting to note is the fact that [...]
