Two adults and two children as well as five dogs perished around 1.40 am yesterday in a blaze which swept through their heavily grilled Charlotte Street, New Amsterdam home, despite frantic efforts to save them.
Drug accused Roger Khan’s bid to secure documents and reports and get testimony from several government agents and the kidnapped US diplomat Stephen Lesniak during his upcoming trial has been thwarted, as Justice Dora L.
Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy is threatening to go to the police over an unaccredited nursing school in the city which he calls “a skilful little operation” that is posing as legitimate and duping young women across the country.
– three charged, five killed, crime chief says
One year after 11 men, women and children were brutally gunned down in their Lusignan homes, the investigation is still open with three suspects before the court, five killed in separate confrontations, and according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud one on the loose.
Integrity Commission on shaky ground Introduction
There has been unprecedented focus this past week on the Integrity Commission established under the Integrity Commission Act 1997.
2008: Shocks to the Guyana economy and its prospects for 2009
Shifting gears
This week I am shifting gears and stating a new discussion on the performance of the Guyana economy during 2008 and its prospects for the year ahead.
What the earth swallows is soon forgotten
The Stabroek News feature ‘History This Week’ is providing readers with a most valuable series of vignettes from Guyana’s past.
Ayube Hamid, MS, AA, September 20, 1926 − January 21, 2009
Ayube Ahamad Khan, MS, AA, better known as Ayube Hamid, former Programme Manager and Sales and Marketing Manager of the Guyana Broadcasting Corporation, died on January 21, aged 82.
A little light for the Caribbean in the global gloom
As the global financial crisis begins to have an increasingly potent effect on the Caribbean, governments across the region are beginning to take steps to mitigate some of its most immediate effects.
Three persons were arrested to assist with investigations into several crimes including armed robbery, during early morning raids on houses in two East Coast Demerara villages.
Fortifying the federation
The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has again demonstrated that it is a strong proponent of the development of chess in Guyana by donating some demonstration chess boards and chess clocks to the Guyana Chess Federation.
Chairman of the New Building Society (NBS) Dr Nanda Gopaul announced on Thursday that customers will now be able to benefit from an increased lending ceiling.
Ailments of the eye
(Continued)
The third eyelid
You may recall that we had mentioned that dogs and cats and other species had a third eyelid (nictitating membrane) – in addition to the upper and lower lids, which cover the eyeball during sleep and blinking.
Dear Editor,
The final sentence in Roger Williams’ letter to SN (‘Israel’s action in Gaza is not a war crime,’ January 19) exemplifies the central theme of his quarrel with those of us who described Israel’s intrusion into Gaza as a war crime, the glorification of the Israeli war machine.
The colour of truth
What colour is truth? There have been countless attempts to define it in various academic fields and philosophies without arriving at anything conclusive and always seeming to agree that as an abstract concept its dimensions and definitions are inexhaustible.
– GCB presidential candidates
With only a few hours remaining before the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) holds its AGM and election of office bearers the two presidential candidates, Chetram Singh and Bishwa Panday, have both taken the same stance where decorum is concerned.
Dear Editor,
Should Jagdeo bare all. Speak out. Give his tearful side of the story in an exclusive NCN interview, tuned into by millions of Guyanese all over the world?
Dear Editor,
BK International Inc wishes to clarify the sensational article that appeared in the Kaieteur News of Saturday, January 24, 2009 which seeks to convey the false impression that somehow BK International was responsible for the so-called contamination of fuel supplies delivered by BK’s vessel to GPL’s power station in Essequibo.
The second local kidney transplant surgery will be done at the Georgetown Public Hospital on February 2, seven months after the first groundbreaking operation was completed.
Twice in the past few weeks, West Indian selectors have opened a fast bowling cupboard once packed to overflowing with quality items, left on the shelf the few fresh goods now available and chosen instead to recycle old ones long past their use-by dates.
Dear Editor,
The building situated at 48 Barrack and High Streets was visited by the City Engineer’s Department some two years ago, and was placed on the list of derelict buildings for demolition or repairs.
The Protection of Children Bill, which empowers the state to wrestle temporary control of children in risky situations from their homes and also extends certain rights to persons over 12, was sent to a Select Committee when it came for a second reading in Parliament on Thursday.
Dear Editor,
It is with resounding enthusiasm that I am endorsing Mr Bishwa Panday, affectionately called ‘Bish’ by many, for the presidency of the Guyana Cricket Board.
Dismantling: A Lamaha Embankment squatter dismantling his residence yesterday. Government gave these squatters up to the end of February to remove from the embankment.
Dear Editor,
The race for the presidency of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has now boiled down to a straight contest between the incumbent Chetram Singh and Bishwa Panday at the Annual General Meeting today.
With the full reach of the world financial crisis still to be measured, the main opposition party is calling for the swift convening of a “think tank” to study its impact and to formulate solutions.
It is something of a puzzle as to what inspired President Jagdeo last week to issue an ultimatum to parliamentarians who failed to make full declarations of their assets as required under the Integrity Commission Act.