July 5, 2020 We must keep democracy alive in Guyana DEAR EDITOR, I read with amazement a letter written by Hamilton Green lecturing the Chairman of Caricom, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves. I found Green’s letter ironic in so many ways. Green is lecturing Ralph Gonsalves, for being very vocal and rightly so, in fig...
July 5, 2020 Illegal appointments do not bode well for law and order DEAR EDITOR, There is a common saying which suggests that “No News is Good News.” A headline I read while perusing the Sunday Edition of the Kaieteur News reaffirms my belief in this above saying. The headline which caused this reaction is as follows “...
July 5, 2020 There are a lot of lessons we can learn from the past week DEAR EDITOR, CARICOM Day was recently observed (welcome and good luck Uncle Ralph). The USA also celebrated 4th of July. Canada would have celebrated Independence Day July 1st. England celebrates her……naw, forget it! That’s right, there are many countr...
July 5, 2020 US$150M (and counting) CJIA renovation continues to invite bids for construction works The Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) continues to invite bids for construction works, despite the signing of a US$150M (and counting) expansion contract in 2011, which was expected to be enough to transform the port into a regiona...
July 5, 2020 Bank of Guyana reports…Improved tax collection nets additional $240B in 2019 Enhanced tax collection by Government netted an additional 10.8 percent or $240 billion in revenue last year, according to the recently-released 2019 Annual Report of the Central Bank. This includes collection of income taxes from private corporations ...
July 5, 2020 $1B retrofitted COVID centre to be completed by July 13 – Task Force The US$5Million (G$1B) project to turn Ocean View International Hotel into a state-of-the-art Hospital for the incubation, isolation and quarantine of persons infected with the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) is expected to be completed by July 13th. Thi...
July 5, 2020 TEN COVID-19 patients now in Georgetown Hospital’s ICU With three new covid-19 related deaths in the last four days, staff at the Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital are now tasked with saving the lives of eight more patients. Health officials reported that the eight patien...
July 5, 2020 Lethem teacher succumbs to COVID-19 complications – GPHC denies she contracted virus at hospital Officials from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) have refuted claims that 25-year-old Lethem teacher Donna Greaves contracted the virus while she was hospitalsied there. Greaves succu...
July 5, 2020 New Amsterdam man stabbed to death over ‘stolen’ Guinness A row over a bottle of Guinness led to a 23-year-old Angoys Avenue, New Amsterdam Labourer being stabbed to death last Friday in Pope Street, New Amsterdam. Dead is Nickosie Vankenie while the suspect, a security guard, is in custody. Reports are that ...
July 5, 2020 Staying home better than going home De people getting homesick. Dem seh dem tired of staying home because of de lockdown. Last week, hundreds ah dem flock to de seawall fuh tek some breeze. Boy and gyal, man and woman, sitting down close to one another. Is like dem nah hear dat de main w...
July 5, 2020 The COVID-19 pariah of the Eastern Caribbean Three persons died over the past five days. Their deaths are believed to have resulted from complications of the COVID-19 coronavirus. At least two of those who died have left young children. A 34 year old victim from Bartica has a three- year-old daug...
July 5, 2020 193 Pro-athletes to benefit from World Athletics fund World Athletics and the International Athletics Foundation (IAF) have announced that 193 athletes from 58 member federations will be offered one-time grants of US$3000 through an Athlete Welfare Fund announced in April to help support professional athl...
