As Government forges ahead with plans to make Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), a model green town, more than 20 companies – local, regional and international – have bid for the project via a public tendering process. The “Green Bartica Plan”, which was introduced for the new town in December 2015, is said to be a holistic approach to Government’s sustainable economic growth. As such, the Public Infrastructure Ministry has solicited proposals from independent power producers to design and develop a generation system utilising an appropriate renewable energy technology or combination…
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Nothing unusual about Justice Chang’s ruling
… acting CJ says Judges can interrupt leave to deliver decisions In light of the controversies stemming from a ruling handed down by now retired acting Chief Justice Ian Chang while he was on his pre-retirement leave, his successor believes that nothing was unusual with what he did. Recently appointed acting Chief Justice, Justice Yonnette Cummings-Edwards, who was also on Wednesday appointed a member of the Judiciary Service Commission (JSC), explained that it has been the practice of Judges to come out of their pre-retirement leave to deliver decisions on…
Read MoreInquiry to be launched into CANU-narco link allegations – President
In light of the damning allegations made by self-confessed drug baron Barry Dataram earlier this week, President David Granger has announced that a Board of Inquiry (BoI) will be established to investigate claims of corruption within various security agencies. Dataram, during an interview with HGPTV Nightly News (Channel 67), alleged that senior officials of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) are involved in illegal drug trafficking activities and even alleged that one of the agents bagged some Gy$10 million in exchange for allowing cocaine to leave the country. He also made…
Read MoreRape accused commits suicide before jury returns verdict
Hours before receiving the verdict from the jury at the High Court in a pending rape trial, the accused on Tuesday succumbed at a hospital after he ingested a poisonous substance. William Bassant ingested a poisonous substance at his home and succumbed at the Diamond Diagnostics Centre, on the East Bank of Demerara. Bassant was before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow and a mixed jury on two counts of rape. According to the particulars of the case, in 2013 Bassant engaged in sexual activities of a female under the age of 16.…
Read MoreBandit shot dead after snatching cop’s gold chain
The Guyana Police Force reported that, at about 07:30hrs on Thursday, a police rank, who is also a licensed firearm holder, was walking along Robb Street, Georgetown, when he was attacked by Sherwin Monka who took away his gold chain. Sherwin Monka, of Albouystown, was shot during the robbery and later succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. The Police Office of Professional Responsibility is conducting investigations into the incident.
Read MoreWe will not turn a blind eye to unconstitutionality
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter written by Raphael G C Trotman, MP, Minister of National Resources, and published on March 1, 2016, in another section of the media. In that letter, Mr Trotman seeks to defend his Government who passed a Bill in the National Assembly on February 27, 2016, with only 32 of its 33 members being present and voting. For the avoidance of doubt, the Opposition did not support the Bill. This was made axiomatic long before the voting took place. Two members of the Opposition,…
Read MoreIs the Prime Minister merely giving lip service?
Dear Editor, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo in the October 23, 2015 Edition of Kaieteur News speaking to the massive salary increases that the Government Ministers awarded themselves is quoted as saying, “we knew it going to be unpopular but that does not justify why we didn’t go to the bottom houses and the grassroots to explain why we want to make the necessary changes and that we are not here for us but about you.” During the 2016 Parliamentary Budget Debates, according to February 13, 2016 edition of Stabroek News,…
Read MoreClinton and Trump likely to win presidential nomination
Dear Editor, Guyanese and other Caribbean people in America have been showing a keen interest in the primary election contests to choose a presidential nominee for each of the two major parties (Republican and Democrat). Some have volunteered to work on the campaigns. They are heard having heated discussions on the contests whenever they get together at various events or on the subways, on buses, in the streets, etc. Most Guyanese and Caribbean nationals support the Democratic Party and are registered as members; most are cheering for Hillary Clinton who…
Read MoreKenneth Persaud was well respected in the Guyanese Diapora in New York
Dear Editor: Kenneth Persaud, former UG lecturer and former member of the PPP and WPA, a close colleague of the revolutionary thinker Dr Walter Rodney who fought the PNC dictatorship, died a week ago. He was well known as KP and was seen as an inspirational teacher and mentor to many students in Guyana and the diaspora. KP engaged students and politicians during his decades as an educator and political activist. In my last conversation with him in December, he showered glowing tributes to the respected Pandit Ramlall and me…
Read MoreTeixeira roasts House Speaker
…says Opposition “disturbed” by process of decision-making and reaction to MPs By Devina Samaroo Opposition Chief Whip, Gail Teixeira, delivered a feral blast against House Speaker, Dr Barton Scotland for allowing the passage of the Tax Amendment Bill 2016 in the National Assembly to be passed, despite the lacking of a majority vote. Teixeira equally expressed grave concerns over the manner in which the House Speaker continues to address Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs). “We are extraordinarily disturbed by the Speaker’s process of decision-making and reactions to the Opposition Members,…
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