Dec 13, 2018 – Kaieteur News
A passenger was arrested last weekend at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens after authorities said he attempted to smuggle live birds concealed within hair rollers.
The type of birds seized in hair rollers
According to an ABC11.com report, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents stopped the arriving passenger on a flight from Georgetown, Guyana.
During the course of the inspection, they discovered 70 live finches in hair rollers inside a black duffel bag. Continue reading →
Dec 14, 2018 – Kaieteur News – By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell
David Patterson
Government already knows that more than 200 people will gain employment as a result of the gas to power project. It knows that electricity will be reduced to US 10 cents per megawatt/hour and that the project will see a 200 mv plant. What the government still does not know is where the plant will be located. A final decision is still to be made.
This decision is one that is currently stalling the completion of a feasibility study that ExxonMobil is conducting to determine the economic viability of the gas to power project which has been dubbed a temporary fix for Guyana’s electricity woes.
The development of this project is under the Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson.
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Dec 15, 2018 – Kaieteur News
In addition to Queen’s College receiving the 2018 Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination [CAPE] School of the Year award, four Guyanese students were among the outstanding performers who were duly awarded when the Caribbean Examinations Council [CXC] held its Regional Top Awards Ceremony last week Thursday in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Receiving the award for the most outstanding Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate [CSEC] candidate in the Sciences was Daniel Baldeo-Thorne of Queen’s College, Guyana. He had 13 Grade Ones and two Grade Twos. Continue reading →
Guyana: Ex-Home Affairs Minister Ronald Gajraj dies
December 15, 2018 = Kaieteur News
Former Home Affairs Minister under the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) administration, Ronald Gajraj, died at the Woodlands Hospital today after he was rushed there for medical attention.
He passed away shortly after noon. He was 65.
Gajraj served as Minister of Home Affairs from January 1999 to May 2005 under the Bharrat Jagdeo administration. He was forced to resign under local and foreign diplomatic pressure, particularly from the Americans due to allegations linking him to the activities of a terror gang known then as the ‘phantom squad’. Continue reading →
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In addition to Queen’s College receiving the 2018 Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination [CAPE] School of the Year award, four Guyanese students were among the outstanding performers who were duly awarded when the Caribbean Examinations Council [CXC] held its Regional Top Awards Ceremony last week Thursday in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Guyana: Ex-Home Affairs Minister Ronald Gajraj dies
Guyana: Ex-Home Affairs Minister Ronald Gajraj dies
December 15, 2018 = Kaieteur News
He passed away shortly after noon. He was 65.
Gajraj served as Minister of Home Affairs from January 1999 to May 2005 under the Bharrat Jagdeo administration. He was forced to resign under local and foreign diplomatic pressure, particularly from the Americans due to allegations linking him to the activities of a terror gang known then as the ‘phantom squad’. Continue reading →
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