- 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 from a foreign bank, [...] [...more]
…pipeline to Jagdeo’s mansion blamed for pole collapse Several villages between Le Ressouvenir and Cummings Lodge, East Coast The suspended pole at the Sparendaam Public Road with wire lying across the road. 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 [...] [...more]
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 03: 00 hours [...] [...more]
…still to be gazetted-Greenidge While there are those that laud the creation of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Carl Greenidge 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 he is yet to see [...] [...more]
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 it [...] [...more]
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 Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) in [...] [...more]
- 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 two vessels, Sabanto and Kanawan, [...] [...more]
When de Skeldon sugar factory start fuh operate it had teething problems. Every time dem boys talk, all Rob-Bert use to seh is that it got teething problems. Well de teething problems over. All de teeth get pull out or dem fall out. If was a man de guru woulda tell he to tek a bath. [...] [...more]
Government–the thing we love to hate so much but without which we can do very little… at least in Guyana. We love to loathe government, to criticize, to demand things from it, and even to become attached to it to the point of extreme dependence. When the government in our estimation fails us, the persons that [...] [...more]
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 [...] [...more]
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