Cashier vanishes in $300M GRA fraud probe
A key employee implicated in a multi-million-dollar fraud conspiracy at the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has vanished.
GRA sources yesterday said the staffer was initially questioned when the fraud was discovered on Tuesday. However, the employee disappeared shortly after and police have found no trace. A senior GRA staff has since said that the employee is [...]
Ram questions state of affairs at NBS
Official: We cannot break regulations by issuing more mortgages
As Government announces tax rebates that will allow commercial banks to lend up to $8M, a leading accountant has raised several questions about the New Building Society.
On Thursday, President Bharrat Jagdeo announced that NBS has reached its limit and can no longer handle the demand of mortgages.
In [...]
Mass school hysteria spreads across Guyana
(By Mondale Smith and Jenelle Carter)
Yesterday, East Ruimveldt Secondary School, according to head teacher, Maureen Samuels, was supposed to have been one for regular schooling but from the students and some teachers’ perspectives it was the total opposite.
The student population is just about 600 but only about 50 turned up in uniform while a sprinkling [...]
Dem boys seh…Some advisers staring at jail
Dem boys still in shock. In New York a former Police Commissioner tell some lie and he going straight to jail. De thing is that dem boys didn’t know that people can go to jail fuh telling lies.
Some lie to dem boss, dem wife and even dem parents. Some lie to de President who in [...]
Habeeb gets Lifetime Achievement Award tonight
As private individuals seek to take comedy in Guyana to the next level, the first season of Mori J’von Comedy Jam is set for launch today at the National Cultural Centre from 20:00hrs.
The gala evening will be used to honor veteran, Habeeb Khan, by bestowing him with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to [...]
Guyana Relief Council aids 14 families
The families whose homes were destroyed by fires, recently, received donations from the Guyana Relief Council yesterday.
Among the beneficiaries were Ramnarine Mahesh, and his family of four of 17 Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara; Jennifer Henry and her family of four of 101 Hunter Street, Albouystown; Ronald Monsar and his family of four of 42 [...]
Man remanded for stealing items amounting to $1.088M
A man who claimed to be a member of the Scrap Iron Association was remanded to prison Thursday on an allegation that he broke and entered a house and stole items worth $1.088M.
Gary Hartman, 36, of 58 William Street, Campbellville, was refused bail when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to answer a [...]
Region Eight completes work programme
The Region Eight Administration has reported that it has successfully completed a $107M capital works programme that has seen new infrastructure in the Region this year.
The sum was expended on new bridges which improved access between Regions Eight and Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo) and on extensions and upgrades to buildings and facilities through which residents [...]
SDA youth arms host youth congress
The Guyana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists recently, over the last weekend, held its Youth Congress under the theme “Pass it on.”
GCSDA’s Youth Congress is a forum that allows the youth population of the Adventist church to meet for fellowship, critical performance reviews, and fun.
This year, approximately 2000 youths and youth leaders from Lethem right on [...]
Coconut exports quadruple over past 10 months
Guyana’s coconut industry boomed this year with almost $50M earned from exports at the end of October.
According to the New Guyana Marketing Corporation (New GMC), more than 900 tonnes of dried coconuts were shipped to the Caribbean during the last 10 months. For the same period last year, only 200 tonnes were shipped.
General Manager of [...]
Min of Education, Softball Association locked in land dispute
… latter occupied plot for almost 30 years
The Ministry of Education and the Guyana Softball Association are heading for a bitter stand off over a plot of land that currently houses the Association and its facilities. According to President of the Association, Cammie Ramsaroop, his association has been occupying that land for more that 25 [...]
UNICEF brings CROCS Initiative to Guyana
UNICEF, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, has supplied 42,000 pairs of Crocs (shoes) to the school systems in which the hinterland and river schools in Region Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and Ten will be benefiting.
This initiative is linked to ongoing sustainable school water; Sanitation and Hygiene (wash) programme initiatives.
Crocs shoes were distributed [...]
Relative attempts to bribe jury, judge aborts trial
Justice Winston Patterson, on Thursday, aborted the trial of 34-year-old Eric Sookchine for the murder of his 24-year-old wife, Jasodra Sookchine. At the time, her husband, who was 30, allegedly slashed her throat when she was eight weeks pregnant.
The judge was forced to adopt this action after a member of the jury immediately reported an [...]
Two arrested for Gizmos and Gadgets robbery
Two persons have been arrested for the robbery at Gizmos and Gadgets Auto Zone on Regent Street last Tuesday.
According to a police press release, following rigorous investigations, a man, who has since been identified as Terrence Greene, and a woman, were arrested between Thursday night and Friday morning.
They are in police custody assisting with the [...]
Govt. has not signed any agreement-President
A Trinidad company interested in sharing power from an 800-megawatt hydroelectric project in Guyana, never signed any agreements with the government.
Rather, according to President Bharrat Jagdeo, ENMAN Services may have only signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Government to look at the possibilities of building a hydro dam.
During a press conference on Thursday at [...]
Interact Clubs to donate books to Drop In Centre today
As the Rotary International observance of World Interact Week 2009 comes to an end, members of the Interact Clubs of Queen’s College, Bishops’ High School, Christ Church Secondary and St. Rose’s High, will be demonstrating how, as young people, they are committed to service.
This morning, they will be actively involved with Rotarians from the Rotary [...]
Abducted man suffocated
Wodette Roberts, whose bound and handcuffed body was found at Dora last Wednesday, succumbed from asphyxiation compounded by compression to the neck.
This was revealed yesterday during a post mortem by Government Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh.
Police had initially said that they suspected that Robbers suffocated Roberts after the gunmen who abducted him and two others tied [...]
Fire at Supreme Court underscores the need to speed up judicial modernisation - Bar Association President
President of the Guyana Bar Association, Teni Housty, said that the body has grave concerns when the foundations of Guyana’s judicial system become the victim of brazen attacks.
He made the comment while condemning the brazen attacks by a gang of gunmen on Wednesday morning when the Brickdam Police Station, the East Ruimveldt Police Outpost and [...]
Bartica police brutality file with DPP
The Director of Public Prosecutors has instructed the police to conduct further investigations into the alleged beating by police ranks of Bartica on robbery suspect, Cedric Babb.
A police statement said that the allegation was investigated and the file forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
“The DPP instructed that further investigations be conducted to clarify [...]
President Jagdeo’s style
I am not going to get personal or get into the gutter with President Jagdeo. There is bound to be tremendous loss of respect by citizens when a President behaves so wildly. Perhaps the only person who doesn’t know that the Office of the President carries with it certain levels of decorum may be the [...]
GDF celebrates 44th anniversary
The Guyana Defence Force(GDF) is celebrating a month of activities that began with a church service, and will continue with a Veterans Day Observance on the second Friday in November.
There will be a talk and a luncheon, giving opportunities for ex members to socialise and meet with current serving members to have a transfer of [...]
State’s ability to prosecute has been seriously compromised-Anil Nandalall
The methods being employed by the security forces could seriously undermine the judicial process and prove counter productive to what is desired.
This view was expressed by attorney at law, Anil Nandlall, during a press conference hosted by the Guyana Bar Association last Thursday.
Nandlall was referring to the torture of a teenaged boy who remains a [...]
EVERY SINGLE DAY THIS HAPPENS!
The ruling People’s Progressive Party must summon an emergency meeting of its Central Executive to discuss the crisis that is besetting the presidency. The ruling party cannot afford to wait any longer before it addresses this matter which is causing this most important office in our land to be belittled.
Never in their wildest dreams would [...]
Moves afoot to scrap Trained Teachers’ Certificate
The Ministry of Education is prepared to do away with the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) trained teachers’ certificate and is set to phase in an initiative called ‘Two Plus Two’.
The initiative, according to Education Minister, Shaik Baksh, will see teachers in training spending two years at CPCE and a subsequent two years at [...]
Dem boys seh… Cuss got cuss back
Yesterday, Bharrat cuss out. A reporter from de Waterfalls newspaper ask Bharrat fuh a one-on-one interview. Right away Bharrat lash out. He claim how de Waterfalls paper does lie, how people close to de paper involve in fraud and how de paper don’t seh sorry.
Dem boys seh that Bharrat know why he lash out because [...]
