The Upper Corentyne Rotary Club recently brought smiles to the faces of hundreds of children and elderly citizens at two Christmas parties held at the home of businessman and Rotary member Mahendra Singh at No 62 Village, Upper Corentyne area.

The recipients were drawn from Crabwood Creek to No 43 village.The children received a sumptuous meal, gifts, played games and had a jolly time with Santa Claus and some of his helpers. They were also given hampers. The elderly citizens, like the children, were also treated to a sumptuous meal, received gifts and given a hamper.  During their time spent at the venue they ate and drank and had a merry time with members of the Rotary.  The activity which is an annual affair is repeated at various venues. The club also took the opportunity to present a new refrigerator to the Humanitarian Mission of New Jersey Arya Samaj Inc (HMNJAS).(Kaieteurnews.com/photo:Kaieteurnews.com)…[+]

Charges have been recommended for the former Cabinet, which approved the funding of the Marriott Hotel with taxpayers’ money in spite of Parliament’s disapproval.

This recommendation was noted in the forensic audit report on the hotel which was conducted by Chartered Accountant, Anand Goolsarran. During his audit, Goolsarran found several alarming discrepancies and used this as his basis for suggesting that the Granger administration may wish to invoke charges for the violations of Guyana’s laws. In his report , he said that following the withdrawal of the private developer around 2008/early 2009, the then PPP Government decided to proceed with the construction of the Marriott Hotel without the involvement of the National Assembly.

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U.S. –  A 2-year-old boy died in a home used as a methamphetamine lab after his parents left him alone in his room with a heater turned on – and didn’t check on him, police in Missouri said. Braydon Barnes was put in his crib on a Friday and left unattended with a space heater on for more than 38 hours, St. Charles police said. Both parents Kathleen Peacock and Lucas Barnes told police they had used methamphetamine recently. They told officers they had been manufacturing in the home the week preceding their son’s death.(CNN.COM/photo:cnn.com)…[+]

There continues to be a very evident shortage of teachers, particularly in the area of science, in the public education system. This state of affairs was observed by President David Granger, recently when he addressed a Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) awards ceremony.

The shortage of teachers exist, the President considered, despite there being an average of over 8,700 teachers in the school system spread throughout the 1,000 odd schools over the period 2011 and 2013. This challenge, he disclosed, has particularly impacted the hinterland areas where children tend to do less well than those on the coastland.(Kaieteurnews.com/photo:Kaieteurnews.com)…[+]

NICIL’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Winston Brassington, is claiming that his entity was kept out of the loop when it comes to the details of the Pradoville Two deal.

In spite of the fact that it was NICIL that funded the development of the land, Brassington told members of the media Monday, that he was not aware that the land was going to be allocated to members of the then PPP government or on what basis the land was going to be allocated. Brassington said, “That is not my decision or responsibility and I was not in the know.”

In 2010, the Bharrat Jagdeo Cabinet made a decision authorizing NICIL to privatize state lands. NICIL is the body tasked with overseeing the privatization of state assets. It reportedly spent more than $200M to develop the sea front community without the knowledge and blessings of the National Assembly and other relevant bodies.(Kaieteurnews.com/photo:Kaieteurnews.com)…[+]

Afghan forces holding out against a Taliban assault on the district of Sangin are reportedly running out of weapons and supplies, and there have been no reinforcements despite pleas for help to the central government in Kabul. Sangin is a key district in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province.(CNN.COM/photo:cnn.com)…[+]

‘An unsung hero’ because of his nature, Jermaine Allister Burrowes when confronted with a gun, not only lost his kidney, but has paid the ultimate price days after he saved passengers from being robbed.

Burrowes, who was shot last Tuesday night by one of two armed bandits during an attempted robbery at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara (ECD) succumbed to his injuries on Saturday night in the Intensive Care Unit of the GPHC. Barrow, 38, was shot during an attempted robbery on persons in the vehicle that he was driving along the Liliendaal Railway Embankment. Burrowes was shot around 22:00 hrs, shortly after he had picked up passengers at the Giftland Mall at Liliendaal. He managed to drive his vehicle for a short distance before veering into a trench at Blygezeight Gardens, ECD..(Kaieteurnews.com/photo:Kaieteurnews.com)…[+]

A 50-year-old shopkeeper was left in a critical condition Sunday, after being shot outside his Melanie, East Coast Demerara business place, allegedly by a bandit who was trying to steal his car. Nursing a gunshot wound to his abdomen and listed as critical is father of five Lebert Thomas, of Lot 125 Cummings Street, Buxton. At press time, he was still attached to a life support machine in the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. Hospital sources said that the bullet entered Thomas’s abdomen and exited his back, damaging some of his organs. Kaieteur News understands that the robber was trying to make off with Thomas’ vehicle and opened fire when the shopkeeper did not comply. Jennifer Griffith, Thomas’ fiancée, told Kaieteur News that Thomas was outside of his shop, known as ‘Frontline Shop’, located at Lot 326 Melanie Cinema road, East Coast Demerara when the bandit attacked him..”(Kaieteurnews.com/photo:Kaieteurnews.com)…[+]

U.S. –  A child abuse case that shook seasoned investigators has gotten worse. An autopsy showed that two children found in a rented storage unit died of “ongoing physical abuse,” authorities in Monterey County, California, said at a press conference. The children tentatively identified as Delylah Tara, 3, and her brother, Shaun Tara, 6 had been stuffed into a plastic storage bin, Salinas Police Chief Kelly McMillin said.(CNN.COM/photo:cnn.com)…[+]

After 12 years as Commissioner-General, Khurshid Sattaur, was sent on leave Thursday with immediate effect. A unanimous decision was made by the Governing Board of Directors of the Guyana Revenue Authority to send Commissioner Sattaur on vacation leave with immediate effect Thursday following a meeting that Sattaur attended.(Kaieteurnews.com/photo:Kaieteurnews.com)…[+]