GPS again among devices mulled in piracy fight
By Rabindra Rooplall Once again, Global Positioning System (GPS) for fishing boats along with improved coast guard monitoring, is being touted by Government and relevant authorities to prevent piracy. This was disclosed at a Fisherfolk consultation held at the International Convention Centre, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara yesterday. Stakeholders in the fishing industry met with the [...]
Strikes put sugar’s turnaround plan under stress – Dr. Luncheon
The government has expressed concern that strikes in the sugar industry threaten the financial viability of the sugar corporation and have put the Corporation’s turnabout plan under stress. “Canes are there to be harvested, labour discipline must prevail,” Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon declared yesterday. He said the government plans to [...]
Opposition to amend financial laws to penalise culpable Ministers
The Fiscal Management and Accountability (FMA) of 2003 which was assented to then Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo stipulates a barrage of penalties for public officials that mismanage or are culpable in malfeasance as it relates to public funds, but Ministers of Government seem to be exempt. This however will change as long as [...]
More advanced, inclusive form of governance needed – AFC
The Alliance For Change (AFC) says that the party is confident that the 10th Parliament will deliver on its mandate to serve in the best interest of all the people of Guyana. This was expressed by the party’s Chairman, Khemraj Ramjattan, at a press conference yesterday at the Sidewalk Café on Middle Street [...]
Blairmont factory resumes
…but “only 55 harvesters (out of 1108) turned out to work.” By Leon Suseran The General Secretary of the Guyana Agricultural & General Workers Union (GAWU) Seepaul Narine is urging sugar workers at Blairmont to go back to work and “let due process take its course”. Narine noted that the resumption of the [...]
Sweet Steelpan music rocks CASH in pre-mash jump up
Sweet, sweet steelpan music echoed through the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) last Sunday evening as the 2012 Republic Bank Mashramani Pan-o-rama Steel Band Competition delivered in full throttle, another evening of splendid metallic symphony under its “Power to make a difference” banner. The night’s events which were hosted by Master of Ceremonies, Russell [...]
Seven affected as house crashes to ground
A two-year-old child and his father yesterday escaped without injuries after their Canal #1 house came ‘crashing down’. The house fell sometime after 12:15 yesterday. According to Pansy Shepherd, she lived in the house for 19 years and raised her five children in the same house. “I was not at home when it happened. [...]
Gunmen abandon vehicle in Sophia after robberies
The police were yesterday looking for a white Toyota Raum, with licence plates HB 9586, and three men whom they believed were responsible for two separate robberies. According to reports, one of the robberies occurred somewhere in Sophia and another in De Abreau Street, Netown. This publication understands that around noon yesterday at Car [...]
Rotten anchor block caused pole to fall, no construction works – GPL
Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has refuted claims that construction activities in Sparendaam resulted in an electrical pole being compromised causing wires to fall across the Rupert Craig Highway, East Coast Demerara, on Tuesday. Following the incident, several villages along the stretch were without electricity for about three hours and traffic was diverted to [...]
Man attempts suicide after being locked up for reportedly assaulting wife
A taxi driver, who attempted to hang himself after being locked up for allegedly assaulting his wife was yesterday granted bail to the tune of $25,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Allan Wilson at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Extremely emotional, Osafo Edgill faced the court with tearful eyes to answer two charges that [...]
Route #42 operators ‘exploiting hapless commuters’
In any mixed economy as in the case of Guyana the market, whether for goods or services, is regulated in some way or another often times with policies emanating from some piece of legislation. Left unchecked the parameters determining how the demand interacts with supply would allow for the exploitation of a consumer and [...]
2012 REPUBLIC DAY MESSAGES
GOVT. HAS GREAT PLANS TO TAKE GUYANA TO NEW HEIGHTS Message from His Excellency Donald Ramotar on the Occasion of Republic Day I extend warm greetings to all Guyanese at home and abroad on this the forty-second anniversary of our republic. This is a very special time for all Guyanese, and is marked [...]
Stabroek Market sweep!
Sophia mechanic’s murder…More persons questioned, cops process fingerprints
Police are questioning more suspects in connection with the bizarre murder of Sophia mechanic Marlon Welcome. Kaieteur News understands that at least one person was detained on Monday after detectives returned to Welcome’s home to search for more clues about his death. A source said that investigators are processing the fingerprints of some suspects [...]
Police sergeant transferred after road fatality
The Sergeant, who is allegedly implicated in running over the retired Headmaster Thakoordial Jaisiri, a/k Johnny, Monday night, with his car, has been posted to the Anna Regina Police Station. The senior rank is not under close arrest. On Monday, 65-year-old Jaisiri, of Charity Housing Scheme, was pronounced dead at the Suddie Public Hospital moments [...]
Chopped miner identified
The miner who was hacked to death at the Konawaruk Backdam on Monday during an alleged row with another man has been identified by the police as Troy Anthony Birkett, a 41-year- old of Lot 264 Bissessar Street, Prashad Nagar, Georgetown. The man who is known as “Tall Man” was said to have [...]
Plantain thief fined $10,000
A labourer who stole two bunches of plantains at the Stabroek Market on February 15 was yesterday ordered to pay $10,000 fine or face six months imprisonment after he admitted to taking the goods as payment for unpaid services rendered to a stall owner. Thirty –seven- year- old Orin Jacobs yesterday pleaded guilty [...]
GuySuCo racks up US$40M debt to local banks, creditors
– overseas bank refuse to lend money The state-owned sugar company is finding major difficulty in obtaining short-term financing. Yesterday, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), currently facing a series of strikes across the country, announced that it owes $8B in short-term debt. In fact, GuySuCo disclosed that it is unable to get working capital [...]
Fallen electric wires snarl traffic along Rupert Craig highway E.C.D.
…pipeline to Jagdeo’s mansion blamed for pole collapse Several villages between Le Ressouvenir and Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, were without electricity for close to three hours yesterday after a power pole fell, sending wires across the Sparendaam Public Road. The pole was merely suspended by electrical wires from other surrounding poles as [...]
Robert Persaud’s Ministry has no authority to spend money
…still to be gazetted-Greenidge While there are those that laud the creation of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, there are those that criticize the expansion of Government. Others question the legality of the operations of this new entity. Former Finance Minister in the People’s National Congress Government, Carl Greenidge, said that [...]
Two more murders rock Guyana’s goldfields
Police in the interior are investigating two more murders that have occurred on Monday. One of the murders involves a Guyanese called “Tall Man” while the other is that of a Brazilian. Police yesterday said that they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Raimundo Gomes Da Silva, 41, which occurred at about [...]
New Chinese ferries to cost $50M per month
– Diesel-run Caterpillar engines unsuitable, more expensive Two new Chinese-built ferries that will ply the Parika/Supenaam route are likely to cost Guyanese taxpayers millions of dollars more to operate and maintain than the older class Makouria vessels, officials have said. It is now more than likely government will have to subsidize the operations. The [...]
Former headmaster crushed to death by cop’s car
Fingers are being pointed at a senior police officer on the Essequibo Coast, after he reportedly drove his vehicle over a retired headmaster, killing him instantly on Monday last. Kaieteur News understands that the victim, whose name was given as “Johnny”, is a well-known alcoholic in the area. He worked with the [...]
Mash Violent Music
With Mashramani nigh upon us and a welter of musical concerts becoming permanent fixtures of our landscape, it might be time to revisit the vexed question of the possible effects some of this music might have on our youths. There are two concerns, not necessarily unconnected, raised about some of the music – that [...]
Me and a 22-year-old girl illegally in someone else’s car
On Monday morning, a group of us, in Gerhard Ramsaroop’s car, set out early for Berbice. Three forms of protest had struck Berbice. There was the ongoing strike at Blairmont. Rose Hall workers also took industrial action. And we were informed that there was a huge protest by residents over a non-existent main street in [...]
