The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) has dismissed reports in the tabloid-like Kaieteur Newspaper of alleged fuel smuggling involving officials of the Agency, which it said was seeking to malign the efforts of its “committed and diligent employees”. The newspaper, over recent days, published a number of articles, which alleged that there was a high level of corruption at the entity responsible for overseeing the local petroleum sector. In its most recent article published on Friday, February 26, 2016, the newspaper stated: “There is a massive corruption network in the fuel…
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The State under Burnham
The State was invented to stand between man and the law of the jungle. But one of its early conceptualisers called it a “Leviathan”, a very large animal that could literally devour men. For the present generation, the most startling revelation coming out of the Rodney CoI has to be the subversion by the PNC regime of the State as an entity that did start to devour our people, Rodney being only the most famous, at the behest of the “Comrade Leader”, Forbes Burnham. The subversion began when the 1968…
Read More17 dead, several injured in Georgetown prison riot
The series of fires which took place at the Camp Street prison in Georgetown, between Wednesday evening and Thursday (noon) is said to be as a result of a raid being conducted in the Capital Offences Section ‘A’ in the jail by prison officers. This raid unearthed 19 cellular phones and a quantity of illegal drugs which were found to be in the possession of prisoners. Following the seizure of these items by prison officers, the inmates began their form of protest by setting mattresses afire. According to the Officer…
Read MoreFlorida to host CPL matches under lights
The first six Caribbean Premier League (CPL) matches to be played on US soil will include two games under floodlights at the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida as well as two weekend double-headers to round out the league phase of the tournament, from July 28 to 31. The CPL organisers announced plans last month to stage six matches in Florida for the upcoming season and sources had told ESPNcricinfo that the games would be held at some point in the final two weeks of July. An advanced copy…
Read MoreNo Gy$50,000 bonus nor 20% pay hike for Police
Members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) should not put too much hope into the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) Government’s election promise of a 20 per cent pay hike. On Monday, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan said the 2016 Budget does not cater for another Gy$50,000 bonus nor the 20 per cent increase in salaries for the police. Ramjattan, while responding to questions from his predecessor Clement Rohee of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), said a 20 per cent hike “has not been catered for.” He…
Read MoreFormer Policeman slapped with murder charge
Colin Bailey, a former Police Sergeant, was on Wednesday arraigned for the murder of his reputed wife when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. It is alleged that between August 30 and 31, 2013 at Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD), he murdered Surmattie Ramnaress, called Savita. In Court on Wednesday, Police Prosecutor Simone Payne told the Magistrate that the prosecution’s file was complete, but requested more time to acquire information on Colin Grant, the other person charged with the same offence. The lifeless body…
Read MoreFear stalks the land
Dear Editor, Over the past months, we have pointed out ominous signs of our country once more slipping back into a state without freedom and democracy. Today, things are becoming more crystallised and the actions of the Government are generating fear in the population. At the same time, important institutions are being undermined, misused and being turned into tools of harassment of our people. In the first place, the fears expressed in Parliament in relation to Guyanese being detained for having more than Gy$10 million in their possession are turning…
Read MoreI am now somewhat hopeful
Dear Editor, As my Bajan wife and I watched the pieces of video footage I recorded from the 46th Republic anniversary celebrations, we talked of the nostalgic events of the day. Then after a brief silence, she mused “I wonder how the [People’s Progressive Party] PPP feels looking at this”. To say that I did not consider that thought several times over the course of the last few weeks would be less than the truth; however, I would not have voiced it because my wife, though she has lived in…
Read MoreTeixeira writes Norwegians over Govt’s “continued lies and attacks”
Chief Whip of the Opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Gail Teixeira has written to the Norwegian Government, expressing what she described as the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) Government’s continued “lies and attacks” on the integrity of the Guyana-Norway partnership on climate change and forests. In a letter dated February 16, 2016, to the Director of Government of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative, Per Fredrik Ilsaas Pharo, Teixeira said that her party was gravely concerned about the recent attacks in recent days coming from the Government.…
Read MoreThe Guyanese Diaspora
Governments all over the world, especially in countries where there are high rates of migration, have sought to explore ways in which they can tap into the resources, both human and financial, acquired by their citizens over the years in their adopted countries. In fact, there are many countries that have successfully taken advantage of this important resource, such as India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, China, etc. In fact, development partners are developing Diaspora engagement strategies because they can no longer ignore the potential value of this important source…
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