EZjet flies into list of Sponsors for Guyana Independence T20 Cup
According to the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) EZjet Air Services has flown into the list of sponsors for their Independence T20 Cup competition at Albion. The joint Fundraising venture by the BCB and Berbice Chambers of Commerce received a cheque for US $1,000 from EZjet and its Country Manager (Guyana) Miss Rosalinda Rasul said [...]
Flex Night Inc. launches Florida chapter
On Sunday May 20 the local Flex Night Inc. organisation took the first step towards becoming a truly international network with the launching of Friends of Flex Night – Southwest Florida. The event took place in Astor Place, Fort Myers, Florida. Mark Zammett gave the formal welcome, and the main presentation was given by [...]
Guyana Independence T20 Cup…Delmur Company Limited, New Building Society Ltd latest on Board
- Attorneys at law Mursaline Bacchus and Charrandass Persaud also support With match day just a few days away more and more companies and a number of prominent individuals are coming on Board with the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) and the Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association (BCCDA) for the history making one day [...]
Jaguars slump to 2-0 against Panama
Panama City, Panama – Panama subjected Guyana’s Golden Jaguars to their second defeat in 48 hours, beating them 2-0 on Sunday at the Estadio Rommel Fernández Stadium in Panama City, in the national side’s final official friendly international before commencing action in the World Cup qualifiers next month. In what was a “closed [...]
Mining boss not being sidelined – GGMC Chairman
- GPSU blasts political interference The operations of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission, the state agency which monitors mining operations, has come once again under the spotlight with the workers’ union claiming that there are moves to remove its Commissioner. However, the Chairman of the GGMC’s Board of Directors, Major General (rtd) [...]
Prominent Lethem businessman held for alleged schoolgirl rape
Police have detained a prominent Lethem businessman after a 17-year old girl alleged that he forced her into sex against her will. The businessman who was once a senior member of the Rupununi Chamber of Commerce and Industry was arrested yesterday and according to reports, is being brought to the city where he will [...]
Learner driver perishes after car plunges into trench
A 31-year-old mother of two lost her life when the car in which she was learning to drive plunged into a canal on the Hope Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD), at around 15:00hrs yesterday. Dead is Shaunette Williams of 1 Ann’s Grove, ECD. Her reputed husband, Shevon Andrews, who was acting as her [...]
Derelict buildings are a major concern – Fire Chief
Fire Chief Marlon Gentle has reiterated his concern about derelict buildings around the city, most of which he said are safety hazards. His comments came in the wake of a section of a building collapsing. Sometime in the wee hours of yesterday morning at the corner of Robb and King Streets, a building which [...]
AFC declares ‘truce’ as seminar concludes
- UK MP optimistic about Guyana’s 10th Parliament Guyana’s Members of Parliament (MPs) yesterday concluded a two-day seminar at the Pegasus Hotel on a high note, with at least one United Kingdom Parliamentarian, David Lammy, expressing optimism for the 10th Parliament and its configuration. Hopefulness was running high among the MPs that joined in on [...]
Probe continues into $$M GRA scam
Investigations are continuing into what is emerging to be a major scam involving the issuance of duty-free letters at the Guyana Revenue Authority. According to GRA yesterday, it will be making the outcome of the probe available at the appropriate time. Reports of the investigations were covered by Kaieteur News earlier this week and [...]
Thieves caught “breezing out” in businesswoman’s house
- had already packed up booty Ranks from the Sparendaam Anti-Crime patrol came in for high praises yesterday when they thwarted what could have been a multi-million-dollar heist from the Lot 13 Atlantic Ville home of West Coast Demerara businesswoman, Gaitrie Dulichand. The ranks, responding to reports that a burglary was in progress, [...]
Arson suspected in fire at Police Officer’s home
Police and Fire Service ranks yesterday recovered a quantity of raw gold, gold jewellery and other valuables on a dam not far from a house that is believed to have been deliberately set afire. According to reports, a house located at Rewa Avenue, Lamaha Springs, was set afire sometime around 10:30 hours yesterday. The [...]
Tractor pins E’bo farmer to death
Danraj Suerattan, a 42-year-old labourer of Suddie Housing Scheme, lost his life after the tractor with which he was ploughing a section of a rice field at the Suddie New Housing Scheme, toppled and pinned him, resulting in his death. He was an unlicenced driver. Krisnanan Singh, Suerattan’s uncle, said that his nephew left [...]
EBD four-lane expansion…‘High-bridge’ reconstruction to commence
Despite inclement weather, the four-lane expansion works from the ‘high-bridge’ at Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) to Diamond/ Grove are moving apace. In fact, the contractor, BK International, has utilized the rainy conditions to compact the sand-filled lanes created. According to the company’s Second Checker, the rains did not negatively impact the project. After the [...]
‘UNCENSORED III’ slated for June 2 & 3
On the 2nd & 3rd June 2012, Signature Productions will be featuring the third annual edition of UNCENSORED, the brain child of Lyndon ‘Jumbie’ Jones. UNCENSORED is a stand-up comedy production showcasing Guyana’s premiere veteran comedians along with the rising stars. Since its debut two years ago, UNCENSORED has been an eagerly anticipated event [...]
S4 Foundation announces Board of Directors
On May 14, Stella’s Sisterhood of Support & Service Foundation (S4 Foundation) held the organisation’s first board meeting, which culminated in the selection of eight board members to include: Karen Abrams, Janick Arioon, Susanna Jamal, Ena Ramsaroop, Stella Ramsaroop, Iana Seales, Varshnie Singh and Oluatoyin Samantha Alleyene-Williams. Stella Ramsaroop, founder of the S4 [...]
US pledges support to natural resources and environmental sectors
A high level delegation from the United States Embassy yesterday paid a courtesy call on Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud, to discuss investment in the natural resources sector and potential areas for future collaboration. Among the areas discussed were the potential of an oil refinery in Berbice, soil waste and environmental [...]
Guyanese mom, son graduate high school together in US
Fort Myers, Fla (winknews.com) – A Southwest Florida mother and son mark a milestone by graduating high school together. The duo got their diplomas during Saturday’s Adult & Career Education commencement at the Harborside Event Center. Forty-six year-old Catherine Rice’s education stopped when she was in the fourth grade. “When I was 11 [...]
Japanese nurse educator to boost GPHC’s Paediatric services
Paediatric care is expected to be boosted at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) with the arrival of a Japanese volunteer nurse who is an experienced Paediatric Nurse Educator, and brings to Guyana over 30 years of experience in the medical field. Sumiko Yoshida, a retired staff nurse and Administrator, is the second Japan International [...]
Philip Moore given stirring send-off
- Street in Georgetown to be renamed in his honour By Leon Suseran Hundreds flocked the Hogstye/Lancaster Community Centre to pay their last respects to 90-year-old Guyanese icon, internationally renowned artist and sculptor, Philip Alphonso Moore, who passed away last week. Several dignitaries including government ministers and opposition leaders, along several members of [...]
Man gets four years for aggravated robbery of girl, 9
A 42-year-old Sophia man received scornful glances from those gathered in the courtroom of Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday after he pleaded guilty to savagely beating a 9-year-old girl during the course of a robbery. Puran Totaram, of Sophia, a father of two, robbed the nine-year-old girl (whose name was given) of a [...]
Driver on self bail for injuring cop who shot at bus
A route 45 minibus driver who reportedly tried to avoid being taken into police custody on Friday last was yesterday placed on self bail after he allegedly injured a policeman who shot at the bus he was driving. Thirty-one year-old Mark Atkinson of Kaikan Street, North Ruimveldt, was charged with the offence of [...]
Dumped body of US citizen on C’tyne…Four months after marriage, US wife confesses to killing husband
- victim had taken out million $$$ insurance policy by Michael Jordan The wife of US-based Guyanese Abdool Shakeel Majid has reportedly confessed to murdering her spouse, whose battered body was found last month on the Number 56 foreshore, Corentyne. The 37-year-old woman was arrested on Sunday after she returned from the United States and [...]
QAII paid only $4M on agreed lease fees for Sanata Complex in 2009
…had negotiated $50M rental charges Having negotiated with the government to pay some $50M per year, to initially lease the Sanata Complex at Industrial Site, Ruimveldt, by Queen’s Atlantic Investment Inc (QAII), the company in 2009, one year prior to purchasing the property paid only $3.9M. At least this is according to the [...]
Heidegger, Derrida, and a Guyanese pretender
In one of the great philosophical books ever written since the ancient Greeks attempted to understand and explain the meaning of human existence, “Being and Time,” the early 20th century German thinker, Martin Heidegger wrote; “The life of actual language consists in multiplicity of meanings. To relegate the animated, vigorous word to the [...]
