Breaking news!! Amaila Falls Road Project cancelled
- Gov’t to seize all equipment - Fip to pay US$120, 000 in liquated damages The Government of Guyana has cancelled the US$15.4 Amaila Falls road project which was handed to Makeshwar Fip Motilall in March 2010. The then Bharrat Jagdeo government had vociferously defended the contract given to Motilall and his company, Synergy [...]
Ed Ahmad accused of bringing immigrants’ ruin
- scores, if not hundreds, of Guyanese immigrants are facing financial ruin - Stated that he earned degrees from College in Manhattan, but institution has no record of him. By ADAM B. ELLICK (New York Times) For years, a self-made real estate magnate named Edul Ahmad personified the collective dreams of Richmond Hill, Queens, which [...]
DPP recommends assault charges for Odinga Lumumba
The Director of Public Prosecutions has recommended that Presidential Adviser Odinga Lumumba be charged for the alleged assault of presiding officer Onika Beckles on Elections Day. Lumumba is likely to appear in court this week. Beckles was allegedly forced to call in the police on November 28 at an Aubrey Barker Road Polling Station after [...]
President orders external help with investigation
… Top Cop steps aside over rape allegation President Donald Ramotar has announced that Assistant Commissioner of Police Leroy Brummel will head the force in the absence of embattled Commissioner Henry Greene, who is to proceed on leave to facilitate an investigation into a rape allegation that was made against him. Reports reaching Kaieteur [...]
Court places Kwame Mc Coy on bond to keep the peace
- on assault threatening language charges Avoiding eye contact with journalists outside the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, Information and Press Liaison to former President Bharrat Jagdeo Kwame Mc Coy headed straight to his waiting vehicle yesterday after appearing before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine- Beharry on charges of assault and threatening language. Mc Coy who was [...]
Five new Ministers for Ramotar’s Cabinet – new ministry created
Names Of Cabinet Members Appointment 1.Samuel Archibald Anthony Hinds Prime Minister and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Energy 2.Mohamed Irfaan Ali Minister of Housing & Water 3.Dr.Frank Christopher Stanislaus Anthony Minister of Culture ,Youth & Sport 4.Alli Baksh Minister within Ministry of Agriculture 5.Brindley Horatio Robeson Benn Minister of Public Works 6.Carolyn Rodrigues -Birkett Minister [...]
Breaking News!! PPPC secures 32 seats, APNU, 26, AFC, 7
The Guyana Elections Commission confirmed today that Donald Ramotar is the new President of Guyana. His party, People’s Progressive Party Civic won 166,340 votes of the 342,236 valid votes cast. . This represented 48.6 per cent of the total votes cast A Partnership for National Unity secured 139,678 votes or 40.8 per cent of the [...]
Presidential candidates call for peace – urges supporters to accept final results
Leaders of four political parties yesterday called for calm as the country awaits the results of Monday’s General and Regional Elections. The Presidential Candidates urged their supporters to accept the results which are expected to be announced by today. Representing their respective parties at an emergency press briefing were Donald Ramotar of the People’s Progressive [...]
2011 General and Regional Elections … Final results will be announced soon. Kaieteur News will continue to keep readers updated.
US$7.5 laptop contract… Questions raised over Auto Supplies owner’s association with Haier
- local company’s GM represented Chinese supplier at bid opening Patrick Koo, the General Manager of Auto Supplies, represented the Haier company at the opening of bids, but now denies being connected with the company that won the US$7.5 million contract to supply the government 27,000 netbooks. Given Koo’s presence at the bid opening, [...]
Movietowne’s registration…
NICIL Deputy’s involvement a blatant conflict of interest – Chris Ram, Ramjattan The role of a senior official of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) in registering a movie theater company earlier this year has been described as a blatant conflict of interest. The movie theater company, Multicinemas Guyana Inc. and the government [...]
Hospital Administrator, Healthcare Provider, Lion, and Counsellor
Leila Clarke-Daniels is a ‘Special Person’ “Working here (Psychiatric Hospital), I find, makes you a rounded person, because it’s not just dealing with individuals with health issues, but with an additional mental health issue. And I have recognised over the years that I have a flair for mental health… a soft-spot for these patients, because [...]
Food for thought: Looking For Happiness?
When people ask me what I want to do when I grow up, I say, “I want to change the world.” That’s a tough one, don’t you think? In a world full of war, poverty and hatred, it’s definitely not possible. Well, that’s what some say. But you know what I think? There is hope. [...]
Election Fever – a chapter in Guyana’s history from Dr. Yesu Persaud
The words “before 1992” and “after 1992” are phrases fraught with meaning for all Guyanese, young and old alike. For the older folks it speaks of a turning point; good in the opinion of some, not so good in the opinion of others, but irrespective of their opinion of what came after, all of these [...]
Buxton high achievers cop Annie Daniels Award
Two young women from the village of Buxton have issued a reminder that the days of village of high scholarly achievement are not over for the proud East Coast Demerara community. The young women Shabiki Beaton and Tishana Arthur both performed outstandingly at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Certificate (CSEC) examinations and were the recipients of [...]
New Amsterdam celebrates 120 years of existence
The New Amsterdam Town Council is currently celebrating 120 years of existence. The Council which is headed by Mayor Claude Henry observed the milestone on Thursday 1st September with a simple Prayer Breakfast at the New Amsterdam Town Hall. Speaking to the media, Mayor Henry stated that over the years, the town has grown and [...]
Looking For Happiness?
When people ask me what I want to do when I grow up, I say, “I want to change the world.” That’s a tough one, don’t you think? In a world full of war, poverty and hatred, it’s definitely not possible. Well, that’s what some say. But you know what I think? There is hope. [...]
MIRACLE! Trinidad Prime Minister flies in
- US aviation experts arrive today Eight US aviation experts along with makers of top aircraft manufacturers Boeing are expected arrive in Guyana today to help local authorities probe the crash of a Caribbean Airlines aircraft which split into two but miraculously saw the survival of all passengers and the crew. “It’s an absolute miracle [...]
Minister should order investigation of Paradise Multi Purpose Cooperative Society
Dear Editor, This letter has been a long time coming but due to certain events we think that the time is now right for us to bring out into the open the goings on of the Paradise Multi Purpose Cooperative Society. The aforesaid Society was (as far as our information goes) formed by one Dazzell [...]
What is the true status of the African Guyanese in Guyana?
Dear Editor, Once again Afro-Guyanese are celebrating another Emancipation anniversary. The Guyanese descendants of slaves who toiled for centuries under the fierce cruelty and inhumanity of slavery are now able to live and work in a country that is independent and democratic. As the emancipation of slavery is celebrated again this year, Afro-Guyanese must reflect [...]
Mr. Kissoon is treading on dangerous waters
Dear Editor, The constitutional right of freedom of expression is subject to the caveat that this right cannot be exercised in such a manner which may prejudice or influence the outcome of a pending case, or, bring the administration of justice into disrepute. Indeed, any such expression constitutes a contempt of court. It is public [...]
This nation has reached its nadir
Dear Editor, As aptly said by Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” The US State Dept report and daily news are further confirmation of the pervasive corruption, lawlessness and social degradations destroying the life of this nation and denying citizens what [...]
Kissoon’s mandatory retirement age argument is self serving
Dear Editor, Mr. Freddie Kissoon frequently and consistently criticized the government for not removing the age bar on mandatory retirement from government employment. He says Guyana is the only country in the world that has mandatory age retirement for government employees, arguing that such a rule makes no sense. That is not correct. In fact, [...]
Kumar’s appointment is further evidence of Cheddi Jagan’s bankrupt politics
Dear Editor, I refer to Neil Kumar’s abusive and personal attack on me in his Friday letter (KN). Kumar has to be the biggest fool in the world if he thinks that his scurrilous pen will deter me from exposing his vulgar style. It had to be a faulty politician like Cheddi Jagan to appoint [...]
Of Broadcasts and Broadsides
After being touted as vitally necessary for our nascent democracy for over two decades, a Broadcasting Bill was finally passed in the National Assembly last Thursday. Controlled by fiat during the Burnhamite regime, the broadcasting field became a veritable wild west with the relaxation of controls initiated after 1985 by President Hoyte. Disagreement on the [...]
