Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) has joined many local private sector bodies in mourning the loss of Dr. Yesu Persaud, who was a former chairman of DDL. In glowing remarks, the body described its former chairman as a national treasure but also someone whose leadership was robust and exemplary. See below full statement from DDL: Demerara…
Dear Editor, THE penned letter to the Editor of Stabroek News by Mervyn Williams, dated January 17, 2020, is completely distasteful and bears no merit as it relates to the status of Amerindians in Guyana. The National Toshaos Council (NTC) Executive should have been elected and everyone knows that also everyone is aware of what…
The huge fire that destroyed the Laparkan Trading Company Bond at Lombard Street, Georgetown on Sunday night also ruined propane cylinders, a number of barrels containing foodstuff, clothing, household appliances and other items. A press release from the Fire Service also noted that 11 vehicles were also destroyed while five were severely damaged and three…
Dear Editor, I WOULD like to make reference to an article in KN dated 17th January, 2022, titlled “Eat shine rice for one week” (https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/…/eat-shine-rice…/) which speaks to the unreasonable increase in food prices, despite all the relief measures being offered by the PPP. The concern is that there are maligned and self-serving elements within…
Guyana now has the capacity to test crude oil being produced offshore with the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) fully taking over the task in January. The GNBS already plays a key role in Guyana’s oil and gas sector for both onshore and offshore activities, having responsibility for the monitoring of oil measurements on…
A 36-year-old minibus driver, who was accused of swindling almost $1 million from a woman, was, on Monday, released on $100,000 bail. Cerbert Bagot, of Anna Catherina West Coast Demerara, appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and pleaded not guilty to the fraud charge. Particulars of the charge alleged that on…
The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has commenced reviewing lax regulations that address drone use in Guyana. Before drones became popular here, they were expensive and virtually impossible for the average consumer to imagine owning or operating. But fortunately, drone technology has evolved since then and are available in models ranging from massive enterprise-level machines…
WORLD food prices fell slightly in December as international prices for vegetable oils and sugar fell significantly from lofty levels, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has reported. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 133.7 points in December, a 0.9 per cent decline from November, but still up 23.1 per cent from December 2020.…
A 46-year-old man was on Monday remanded into prison as he awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to trafficking over four ounces of cannabis. Haydock Archibald of West La Penitence, Georgetown appeared before City Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus and admitted that on January 14, 2022, at Norton Street, Georgetown, he had 134 grams (4.7 ounces) of cannabis…
AS the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) races to restore operations at its Garden of Eden power plant on the East Bank of Demerara, Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar, has disclosed that some 20 engineers from the Wartsila Corporation are currently working to rectify the issue that led to Friday night’s…
