Breaking News…Three deaths in Linden protests
At least three persons are confirmed dead and several others injured as Police opened fire in Linden, Guyana’s bauxite mining town, on the first day of protests against electricity rate hikes, officials said. Linden, 65 miles south of the capital Georgetown, is home to most workers of Bosai and Rusal. Bosai allowed workers to join [...]
Lindeners gear for five-day shutdown
… Electricity tariff hike Scores of Lindeners yesterday gathered at the Old Palm Tree Cinema at Wismar, Linden, for a public meeting aimed at setting the stage for a protest which will take place today from the Christianburg Community Center to the Toucan Call Center at Kara Kara. The community has vowed to essentially [...]
Porter stabbed to death at Issano
- suspect held Another brutal murder has occurred in the interior, and this time the victim is a 30-year-old porter who was slain at 14 Miles, Issano. Delrick Layne, of Caribisi Hill, Bartica, was stabbed to death at around 03:30hrs yesterday, allegedly during a dispute with two men. According to reports, Layne, who works [...]
Still no buyer for Cacique Palace
… monies owed to the Consolidated Fund still outstanding – Keith Burrowes By Gary Eleazar Even as Government is forging ahead to construct a US$50M Georgetown Marriott Hotel, it is still looking for a buyer willing to pay the US$4M to US$5M being sought for the Cacique Palace and Banquet Hall. This was [...]
Four years after Lindo Creek massacre… Keeping remains is $33M and counting
- “Eyewitness” still in protective custody On June 21, 2008, dredge owner Leonard Arokium discovered the charred remains of eight of his employees in a burnt-out camp at Lindo Creek, Berbice River. Among the dead were his son Dax Arokium, brother, Cedric Arokium, Compton Speirs, Horace Drakes, Clifton Wong, Lancelot Lee, Bonny Harry [...]
Dem boys seh… De government people ain’t mekking mistake
Rohee is wuss that Mother Hen. He offering de police more protection than a hen offering she chicken. Dem boys didn’t know that things suh bad and dem decide to criticize de police. Rohee launch an attack that mek people duck. De man get vex. Then he tun and tell de same police that dem [...]
Health care services in Imbaimadai almost non-existent
By Abena Rockcliffe With a population of just over 500 persons, Imbaimadai only has two health care workers, and those who reside in the community are calling on the Ministry of Health to put better facilities in place. Kaieteur News understands that recently, a three-month-old boy identified as Shawn Grant, succumbed to Malaria, as not [...]
Guyana’s Parliament seeks assistance from T&T
… Clerk “unclear” on how to deal with House’s resolutions By Gary Eleazar It has been called the new political dispensation; the Finance Minister calls it uncharted waters, the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) calls it deadlocked, the Speaker of the National Assembly says let’s wait and see, and the Leader of the People’s National [...]
MP calls on residents to petition for disbandment of N/A Town Council
… Mayor insists “IMC will not happen” By Leon Suseran People’s Progressive Party/Civic Member of Parliament (MP), Faizal Jaffarally, is urging residents of New Amsterdam as well as the business community to have a petition sent to the government to disband the present Mayor and Town Council (M&TC) and install an Interim Management [...]
APNU’s post-election ‘trophies’ still in limbo
By Gary Eleazar This past week A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), marked its one year milestone which is but a ‘drop in the bucket’ for a political movement, but this group’s leaders believe that much has been achieved. Brigadier (ret.) David Granger sits at the helm of this coalition, and this past week [...]
Financial irregularities continue at City Hall – Finance Chairman
Even as ranks of the Guyana Police Force are investigating fraud allegations at City Hall, financial irregularities continue to overshadow the body’s operations, says Finance Committee Chairman, Junior Garrett. The investigations began at the behest of the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Ganga Persaud, following revelations of massive irregularities at City Hall [...]
Commission on disability to continue sensitisation programmes
The National Commission on Disability (NCD) plans on having more sensitization programmes based on the contents of the 2010 legislation – discussions with government agencies are being scheduled to put the plans in motion. This is according to a source attached to the NCD. It was revealed that based on the discussion with these agencies, [...]
No-confidence against REO of Region 8… Showdown likely as Local Govt. asks for evidence
The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region Eight may have taken a vote of no confidence against its executive officer last week, but it is far from a done deal. The region may now have to produce evidence that Regional Executive Officer (REO), Ronald Harsawack, committed breaches in the course of his duties and therefore [...]
Suriname move to increase gold tax may take shine off Guyana
Suriname has announced plans to raise its royalty payments from gold sales within weeks, a move likely to make it less profitable for especially gold from Guyana to be smuggled there. Suriname’s newspaper, De Ware Tijd, yesterday reported that the government is aiming to raise the one per cent royalty to three per cent. While [...]
“Shocking” theatre walls at $140M Suddie Diagnostic Centre
- Electrical fault causes precautionary evacuation of pregnant patients Some patients seeking medical assistance at the Suddie Diagnostic and Treatment Centre theatre got some electric shocks when they came into contact with some of the walls of the institution. The walls of the hospital’s theatres have been sending electrical shocks for the past two months [...]
Religious community will fight changes to homosexuality laws
…but Govt. to table motion for consultation Human Services and Social Security Minister, Jennifer Webster, recently asserted that Parliamentary consultations can in fact be done by way of a Motion. Should this route be taken, it will not be an unprecedented move by the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government. Over the course of [...]
“Dangerous and unhealthy” day care centre under probe
The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has mounted an investigation into conditions at the J.O.S Play Land and Day Care Centre, located at Lot 455 Aubrey Barker Street, South Ruimveldt Gardens, Georgetown. The facility, located in a bottom flat, is presently without electricity. It has two doors but no windows. Kaieteur News understands that 25 [...]
Govt. to invest $60M for Lethem airstrip expansion
Government is planning to invest $60M to expand the Lethem airstrip this year, according to Minister of Public Works and Transport Robeson Benn. He said the designs will be done this year and hopefully there would be a public/private partnership established to build a terminal at the airstrip. Noting the public/private partnership at Ogle Airport, [...]
Teen victim in Vigilance accident clings to life
The 14-year-old Vigilance, East Coast Demerara girl, who was struck down by a car on Saturday last, is still in a critical state in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). The driver of the vehicle that struck her was granted bail to the tune of $100,000 yesterday. According to [...]
Apaan Jaat: Then and now
The PPP has been in power since 1992. And with each passing day, the mirror reveals its hidden tales. As the years come and go, the sixties have been made simple, ironically by the PPP, for those who didn’t know about that period. But more importantly for those who were brought up to think that [...]
Confident players off to Caribbean Junior Squash Championships
A confident bunch of squash players, including seven former Caribbean Junior Champions, recently left for Jamaica where they will attempt to retain that championship when the 30th Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Caribbean Junior Squash Championships get underway from July 20-26 next. The players were forced to leave in tranches in keeping with the availability [...]
Defending champs Jamaica to clash with Barbados in Regional Under-15 opener
- Pace Wickets Bonus Points System to be used St John’s, Antigua – Defending champions Jamaica will clash with Barbados in the opening round of the West Indies Cricket Board Regional Under-15 Tournament in St Kitts today. The major clash of the first round will take place at Warner Park where West Indies and New [...]
K&B Mining supports Police Athletics Championships
K&B Mining and Hardware Supplies announced that it will be supporting the 58th edition of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Track and Field Championships yesterday when the became one of the sponsors of the event that commences Saturday morning. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mining Company, Hema Persaud, stated that it is one [...]
National U-15 batsman receives cricket equipment
National Under-15 batsman, Bhaskar Yadram, was recently presented with a quantity of cricket equipment, as he prepares to represent Guyana in the West Indies Cricket Board Regional Under-15 competition in competition. Guyana will take on the Windward Islands at Conaree with action set to bowl off at 10:00 hours today. Yadram, who is a right-handed [...]
16th ACDA Emancipation Dominoes tourney set for Sunday
The 16th African Cultural Development Association (ACDA) Dominoes tournament organized by Jonny ‘Overseas’ Barnwell for teams in the Mahaica/Mahaicony and West Berbice areas is set for Sunday at the Guinness Bar Hide Out in Mahaicony. The top two teams from this competition will advance to the finals of the overall competition at the National Park [...]
