All recaptured
Another Camp Street jailbreak… – accused in Lusignan massacre, Bartica slaughter and GuySuCo payroll heist among escapees Six dangerous inmates, including two suspects in the recent Bartica and Lusignan massacres, staged a daring jailbreak at the Georgetown Prison just before dawn yesterday, but quick response by prison authorities and the Joint Services led to their [...]
All die in triangular love affair in Florida
A triangular love affair between United States-based Guyanese went sour, ending in the deaths of all of them. Bridjnath, 50, died last Friday after being shot approximately five times by a man identified as Khemraj Dhani, the ex-husband of Bridjnath’s ex-wife, Kalowti Dhani. Khemraj also shot Kalowti to death before turning the gun on himself. [...]
Girl, 8, left dead on pedestrian crossing
- stepfather critical At around 18:35hrs yesterday, a driver, believed to be under the influence of alcohol, claimed the life of eight-year-old Alicia Forrester, of 36 Hyde Park, Parika, and left her step-father, Alvin Constantine, 36, in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital. The accident happened at New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop. Details of the accident [...]
Mahaica residents remain on high alert as rains continue
- lack of fuel affecting drainage pumps Residents of Cane Grove, Mahaica, on the East Coast of Demerara, remain on high alert and are holding their breaths hoping that the East Demerara Water Conservancy will remain at a decent level, so that their community will not be flooded. It is expected that, should the water [...]
Excessive rainfall to continue
…EDWC water being released Over the next ten days, some 9.2mm of rainfall is expected per day, as the country’s drainage system continues to be under pressure with record levels of rainfall. Pumps in low-lying and vulnerable areas are working around the clock to drain accumulated water off the land. On Saturday, the East Demerara [...]
PNCR seeks deferral for greater consultation
Trade Union Recognition (Amendment) Bill 2008… Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Robert Corbin, says that his party is ardently seeking to have the Trade Union Recognition (Amendment) Bill 2008 deferred, in order to facilitate greater consultations with the working populace. According to Corbin, the party has dispatched a letter to the relevant stakeholders [...]
Agriculture Minister cites need for crop insurance
…as torrential rainfall continues In light of the excessive rainfall being experienced, Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud says that the need for crop insurance is greater. According to him, it would serve as some comfort to farmers as it relates to the risk of losses to floods. He added that the ministry has contacted the Inter-American [...]
Missing 82-year-old found dead on sea shore
A Cotton Field, Essequibo Coast family was plunged into morning, at around 6:00 hours on Saturday, after police discovered the body of 82-year-old Leslie Ramgobim Synanom, aka Brother Leslie, between some rocks aback of the Anna Regina Community Centre. Police made the discovery after a missing report was made by the family. When Kaieteur News [...]
No fresh leads on Stanleytown murder
- suspect released on station bail The minibus driver who was detained in connection with the death of 22-year-old Dexter Alleyne earlier this month has been released on station bail from the La Grange Police Station, West Bank Demerara. Police sources have said that no new discoveries have been made in this case. The bus [...]
2008 a reasonable year for NAACIE
- General Secretary Despite the many challenges faced, the General Secretary of the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE), Kenneth Joseph, has deemed 2008 a ‘reasonable one.’ According to Joseph, despite having to deal with inflation rates and the low wages of workers, the union has had a somewhat successful year. While [...]
Quick action by Fire Service saves Help and Shelter Building
A fire, believed to be of electrical origin, broke out early yesterday morning at the building which houses the Commonwealth Youth Programme and the Help and Shelter welfare agencies on Homestretch Avenue. Kaieteur News understands that the fire started at the bottom flat of the building, which houses the office of the Help and Shelter. [...]
Seven discharged from hospital
Mahaica smash-up… Seven survivors of the Mahaica smash-up, which occurred on Saturday, were discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday. The persons include Samantha Marks, 22, who was discharged but opted to remain in hospital because her two-year-old daughter, Sheneza Bacchus, who suffered a broken leg, is still a patient at the institution. Shelenza Rasheed, [...]
‘Nutritional Sprinkles’ to be sold in stores
“Sprinkles,” the micronutrient to reduce iron deficiency among children six to twenty-four months old, and pregnant women, will soon be made available in stores countrywide. This is according to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, who noted that his ministry is currently in discussions with the local producers of the product to make it accessible [...]
Pacesetters beat Ravens in dramatic game
–brings exciting end to 2008 season By Edison Jefford It was dramatic, emotional and aggressive; it was a fitting end to competitive basketball this year as Courts Pacesetters survived against Dyna’s Ravens in overtime at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Saturday night. Stephon Gillis provided a mature performance to lead his team to an 82–75 [...]
GTTA predicts successful 2009
– to learn from “failures” this yearBy Edison Jefford After giving the Guyana Table Tennis Association’s (GTTA) performance this year a 6½ out of 10 rating and then supplying the reasons for the evaluation, General Secretary Godfrey Munroe predicts a successful 2009. Munroe made it absolutely clear that the association will specifically target those areas in [...]
Disappointed with year’s performance – GHB President
- Early elections imminentBy Rawle Welch “I don’t think we had a good year from an executive standpoint, we did not get off a number of things we had planned to do and I’m a bit disappointed,” President of the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) Timothy McIntosh told Kaieteur Sport via telephone yesterday. McIntosh related that when [...]
Jets, Royals win latest matches
Play in the Pioneer Construction/LABA Senior Club Basketball League continued recently at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hardcourt with first round matches in the double round league. In the opening game of the night, Amelia’s Ward Jets beat Patriots 69-43. After the first quarter the scores were level at 8-8, however, by half time Patriots held [...]
Misguided and ill-informed about drainage works at Victoria
DEAR EDITOR, In response to a letter appearing in the SN, dated Saturday, December 27, captioned ‘Little effort made to alleviate the flood sufferings of Victoria,’ written by Desmond Saul, I would like to address several inaccuracies contained therein. It is important to note from the outset that Guyana, like many parts of the world, [...]
CHRISTMAS PARADE
BATH SETTLEMENT, WEST COAST BERBICE — The Aditya Kids Trust Fund Foundation, of the West Coast of Berbice, held its first Christmas parade on December 23. Secretary/Treasurer of the group, Zulfikar Alli, explained that the objectives were to give the less fortunate children a chance to witness and have a feel of what Christmas is [...]
In memory of Martin Carter
DEAR EDITOR, As we commemorate another death anniversary of our late national poet Martin Carter, I believe his poetry should be taught in our schools and private educational institutions in our country. It is my firm conviction that the poetry of Martin Carter and many of our literary greats should be taught in our schools [...]
A MOTHER’S PLIGHT
ROSE HALL TOWN, CORENTYNE — After her 14-year-old daughter disappeared from home on December 2 last, Mrs. Jean Deochan, of Rose Hall Town, is asking for assistance in locating the runaway teen. Melissa Yvonne Ramadhin, a Grade Nine (Third Form) student of the Lower Corentyne Secondary School, left home for school, but never returned. Her [...]
AT HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
“Adam Harris? Never heard of him! Never saw him! Not interested in knowing him!” This is going to be my response to anyone who, for the remainder of this year, asks me whether I know Adam Harris. I am forced to disown Adam, because people who know him have been dropping dead this year. Earlier [...]
That persistent perception of corruption
DEAR EDITOR, I am a resident of Enmore. Because of a culvert on the main access road to Hope West, Enmore, currently under construction, over 1,000 residents are inconvenienced. The contractor has abandoned the project for over a month now. During the past weeks, over five vehicles got stuck on the culvert, which is impassable [...]
Region Six residents feeling the effects of the heavy rainfall
NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE — Several sections of Region Six are under water as the rains continue. Some 18 inches of rainfall were recorded between December 18th and 25th in East Berbice /Corentyne. According to Regional Chairman Zulfikar Mustapha, this is the highest rainfall recorded over the past five years. He said that this has placed [...]
Is this country jinxed?
I have a daily corner in this paper, and if you search through my articles since the engineers from India installed traffic lights from a US$6M grant to the Government, you will see that there have been several condemnatory pieces on the non-functioning of these traffic lights. The ineffectiveness of these lights is over-bearing. Every [...]
