Soldiers missing after Cuyuni River mishap
The Guyana Defence Force has launched a search for two army ranks who are missing following a boat mishap in the Cuyuni River last Tuesday night. One of the missing ranks has been identified as Corporal Wesley Hopkinson, 27, of Victoria, East Coast Demerara. The other missing rank, whose surname was given as Harris, is [...]
Mob kills South Ruimveldt man on his way home
…killers identified as community police The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Hardel Haynes, 43, an electrician of Spurwing Drive, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown. Haynes died in what appears to be a mob killing that went wrong. Police say that their investigations have revealed that Haynes was reportedly beaten by so far unknown [...]
Electricity bill remains high
- GPL official Oil prices on the world market have plummeted to close to $US40 per barrel, but it is unlikely that there will be a reduction in electricity rates charged by the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) in the near future. This is according to a senior official at the company, who pointed [...]
Murdered politician’s computer recovered
- youth implicates friend Detectives have found the computer that was stolen from the home of National Front Alliance (NFA) executive member Fiesal Ferose Ali, who was brutally murdered in his bed last week. Police reportedly found the computer at a city store on Monday, after a youth whom they had questioned admitted to selling [...]
Guyana’s last cinema gets innovative to stay in business
- rents out to churches, offers big-screen advertising to businesses By Michael Jordan After over five decades in existence, Guyana’s only remaining cinema is battling to stay in business, and its owner, Desmond Woon, has come up with some novel ways to do just that. Mr. Woon revealed that the Astor Cinema will be renting [...]
Contractor’s waste may cause City Hall to take action
The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown is set to take affirmative action against the contractor carrying out construction work at the old Radio Demerara Site, which according to City Mayor Hamilton Green has been hindering the effective operation of the city’s drainage system. Mayor Green, at a press conference yesterday, disclosed that although assistance [...]
Telethon goes to the aid of 12-year-old
A second surgery has become necessary to remove a recurring tumour aback the right eye of 12-year-old Tionne Jones of Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara. On Monday, in a quest to solicit needed funds, family members turned to HBTV Channel 9 for public help, and raised a further $200,000 to take them closer to securing the [...]
Couple remanded for trying to ‘con’Courts
A couple who probably wanted to “fancy up” their home for the Christmas holiday was remanded to prison after a court appearance before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. It was alleged that Alicia Gordon, 30, of SS Hadfield Street, and former member of the police constabulary, now television technician, Stanton Welcome, also 30, of 646 [...]
Space is a serious issue at nursing schools – Dr Ramsarran
The overcrowding situation at the country’s nursing schools is perhaps one of the prices that the Ministry of Health must pay in its quest for further development of the health sector. This observation was made yesterday by Minister within the Health Ministry, Dr Bheri Ramsarran, as he reflected on the massive strides that have been [...]
East Bank residents face water woes
Malfunctioning wells along East Bank Demerara are causing great inconvenience to many residents who have to go without water. On Monday, residents of Grove, Bagotstown, Diamond and other villages were affected for most of the day, as they were left without water. The situation continued up to yesterday in Diamond. When Kaieteur News contacted the [...]
What a travesty?
Ex-presidential guard on $200,000 bail for larceny
Ex-presidential guard Reginald Brown was yesterday granted $200,000 bail by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson for allegedly stealing one Hilux pick-up, PGG 8348, property of Kalmia Mohamed, valued at $5.8M. The alleged theft occurred on November 26 at Carifesta Avenue. It is also alleged that, on the said day, the accused stole one brown handbag [...]
Suspected trunker removed from streets
A serial break and enter specialist was yesterday remanded to prison, after he pleaded not guilty to stealing one handbag and other items valuing $48,000, property of Nalima, on July 31. Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson also heard that Richard Creigan, 28, of 66 Board Street, on December 1, damaged one quarter glass valued $7000, [...]
Digicel’s Christmas wish for SMS interconnection may not be granted
Digicel Guyana may not be getting its Christmas wish of having Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) opening up text messaging between Digicel and GT&T networks in time for Christmas. This is according to a key official close to the negotiations, who said that it was very unlikely that the interconnection could happen by year-end. [...]
Guyanese charged with having sex with underage girl in BVI
A 30-year-old Guyanese man, Dillon Bevon Williams, who has been living in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) for approximately three years, was charged with having sex with a girl under the age of 16. It is alleged that Williams, who is employed in BVI as a mason, had sex with the girl before she turned [...]
Exotic dancer fined after smashing windscreen
“Ya Worship, I want you remember me when you eating your black cake this Christmas,” were the words of Wayne Walkins, 32, of 3416 Stevedore Housing Scheme, after he was sentenced by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday. On December 6, he damaged one minibus windscreen, property of Dexter Sealy. He pleaded guilty. When asked [...]
No operations disrupted
-Deputy Commissioner General Last Thursday’s fire at the Guyana Revenue Authority Office in the Guyana Post Office Corporation Building in no way hampered any of the Revenue Authority’s operations. This is according to Deputy Commissioner General Clement Sealey. Sealey told this newspaper that staff members of the GRA are carrying out their duties as usual, [...]
NCN spearheads gift collection for less fortunate
As children around the world look forward to receiving toys and goodies during the Christmas season, there are families right here in Guyana who cannot afford to purchase any of these for their kids. To help these families, the Radio’s Needy Children’s Fund has launched a ‘Toy Drive’. At present, a barrel is available at [...]
Beneficiaries seem disinterested — Kenneth Joseph
The workers who have been separated from the Guyana Power and Light Company as part of the company’s rationalisation exercise seem not to be interested in the Information Technology programme which has been set up for them. This is according to NAACIE General Secretary Kenneth Joseph, who said all that is needed for the programme [...]
Special group seeks to give prisoners’children a good Christmas
The Women’s Ministries, the Prison Fellowship International and the Personal Ministries Department of the Guyana Conference of Seventh Day Adventists, in collaboration with the Guyana Prison Services, yesterday launched the ‘Angel Tree Programme.’ The Venezuelan Embassy in Guyana donated $100,000 to the programme, which has as its objective providing gifts to children of persons who [...]
Prisoners in knife fight still hospitalised
- one still critical Randy Joseph, 25, who was stabbed in his chest by another inmate at the Georgetown Prison, was still in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s intensive care unit up to press time last evening. Joseph was stabbed on Monday morning at the Camp Street Jail by another inmate, identified [...]
Weather will not be a challenge this year – Kashif Muhammad
With the 19th Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) football tournament set to start this Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground in Linden, Director of the organisation Kashif Muhammad says that the rain would not be a challenge for them, since it has always been an ingredient in the tournament over the years. The Ministry of [...]
ISUZU Guyana congratulates Forde
ISUZU Guyana yesterday extended congratulations to Cleveland Forde on becoming the first Caribbean athlete to cross the finish line after placing fourth overall on Saturday in the annual Run Barbados 10k Road Run. “We are in full support of motivating him in his quest to further thrust Guyana forward in athletics after a request was [...]
Accused killer’s caution statement admitted
Murder accused Delon ‘Fatboy’ Reynolds’s caution statement was yesterday read to the jury and tendered into evidence, as the trial into the murder of self-confessed death squad informant George Bacchus continued. Retired Detective Charles Alleyne, who witnessed the caution statement, took the stand yesterday and read the contents of the statement, in which Reynolds said [...]
Bill seeks to quicken judges’decisions
Under the proposed Time Limit for Judicial Decisions Bill 2008, a judge may be removed from office for failing to give decisions and reasons within a specified period after a matter has concluded. Over the years, there have been complaints by members of the legal profession about judges taking extended periods of time to render [...]
