Cops comb East Coast locations
As the hours tick by, relatives of a young doctor and his girlfriend are becoming anxious over their fate, and efforts to locate them intensified yesterday. They still have no clue where the couple might be, despite a massive search in the city and its environs. Dr. Samsundar Lakeram, 27, and his girlfriend, Radica Dwarka, [...]
Huge turnout bids farewell to Cuban doctor
- body leaves for Cuba today A heavy atmosphere pervaded the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation yesterday, as friends, family and loved ones of Dr Ricardo Beaza Corrizon convened to bid farewell to the Cuban orthopedic surgeon, a few hours before his body was flown to Havana, Cuba for burial. Glowing tributes abounded as Dr. Ricardo’s [...]
Road fatalities lowest in 39 years – police
The Guyana Police Force yesterday released the traffic statistics for 2008, and noted that last year represented a “significant achievement and marked improvement in the area of traffic enforcement.” The fact is that the 113 road fatalities, including the seven children from the 99 fatal accidents for last year, are the lowest Guyana has seen [...]
Passenger shoots conductor after snatching cash
A 36-year-old minibus conductor was shot in the abdomen at around 15:10 hrs yesterday during a robbery attempt on the Eccles, East Coast Demerara public road. Police said that Lalbachan Gobin, of Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara, was working on a bus which was plying the Parika/Georgetown route. According to a release, the bus was [...]
Cop, colleague terrorise President Jagdeo and party
Ever since the Arab threw his shoes at President George Bush, many others seem to be getting ideas. According to Police Superintendent Lawrence Kissoon, the “fire crackers” were thrown into the Presidential Booth by persons at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence. Former policeman Mark Crumwell, 26, of Vigilance, East Coast Demerara, was yesterday granted $50,000 [...]
Lay magistrates not the answer – AFC
Chairman of the Alliance For Change, attorney-at-law Khemraj Ramjattan, is contending that Guyana does not need lay magistrates. Instead, trained lawyers need to be appointed to fill the positions. “We have so many lawyers there is no need for lay magistrates. That would have been the case if there was a shortage of trained persons.” [...]
Death Row prisoner stabbed by fellow inmate
Prison officials are probing an incident at the Camp Street penitentiary in which Death Row inmate Noel Thomas was stabbed with an improvised ice pick. Reports state that Thomas was stabbed in the chest during an altercation with another Death Row inmate, identified as Safraz Rahim, during an altercation at around 09:00 hrs yesterday. He [...]
Mechanic reportedly terrorises sister, niece
Clayton Waddy, 56, of 421 North East La Penitence, yesterday appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson to face charges of threatening behaviour and several counts of assault. On November 24, 2008, the accused allegedly abused his sister, Sharon Waddy, and her daughter, Merlene Williams. He was also said to have assaulted them. Waddy, a [...]
Call in the Police! Seriously?
Call in the Police! Seriously? Wasn’t it President Bharrat Jagdeo who, a year ago, told young Guyanese to use Facebook to promote Guyana, as he didn’t have the money to do it? From Australia to Bosnia, to Herzegovina and the islands of the Caribbean, news agencies are picking up on the story of Government asking [...]
15-year-old is first road fatality
A 15-year-old Pomeroon lad was killed on the Number 10 Public Road, West Coast Berbice, after he was struck down by a car that was allegedly speeding. He has become the country’s first reported road fatality for this year. Police, in a press release, stated that the fatal accident occurred at about 09:45 hours yesterday, [...]
Police/CANU granted extension in High Court
Yesterday, members of the Guyana Police Force and the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit moved to the High Court, seeking an extension to keep Nymrod Singh in custody, as they continue their investigations. Reports are that the move came after the maximum 72-hour period for the detention of a person expired this morning. The extension is [...]
Red Cross aids GWI flood preparedness plan
The efforts of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) Flood Preparedness Committee were boosted yesterday with an assured Red Cross Society endowment of more than 4,000 jerry cans. At a simple ceremony, more than 1,000 jerry cans were handed over by Head of the humanitarian entity, Dorothy Fraser, to the water company’s chief executive officer, Karan [...]
Spurned lover douses woman with acid
Forty-four-year-old Angela Wilson, of Cross Street, Werk-en-Rust, is a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital, nursing third degree burns to her upper body after being doused with a corrosive substance, believed to be ‘acid,’ by her spurned lover. Wincing in pain at the hospital, Wilson told Kaieteur News that the incident occurred at about 23:00 [...]
Despite positive assurances, students forced to return home, due to flooded schools
Schools were reopened yesterday, and Education Minister Shaik Baksh had assured parents and teachers that, despite the heavy showers of rain over the past few days, schools would not have been inundated. As such, students of St Rose’s High School, St Agnes Primary and Nursery, and those of South Road Nursery turned up for school [...]
Guyana team wing out for Grenada today
‘Batting is our strength ’- Skipper Dowlin By Sean Devers Guyana, hunting their first regional first-class title since 2002, begin their 2009 West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) four-day cricket campaign from Friday with two ‘away’ matches against the Windward Islands and the Combined Colleges and Campuses (CCC). The Guyanese, without the Test pair of Shivnarine [...]
WICB coaching accreditation sessions begins at Stadium
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Level 1 coaching accreditation course began yesterday at the Guyana National Stadium with both theoretical and practical sessions. Guyana Cricket Board Territorial Developmental Officer and former West Indies pacer Colin Stuart expressed satisfaction with what transpired on the opening day and explained that bio-mechanics was among the topic looked [...]
Rugby West Indies loose in semi-finals of Punta del Este tourney
Rugby West Indies Select Team, having played their way into the Semi-final of the Shield (Estimulo) Round of the Punta del Este Seven-A-Side tournament in Uruguay by defeating Carrasco Polo, Uruguay’s Eastern champions, went down 7-19 to Uruguay’s Clover Paysandu, in the last game of the tournament. According to the tournament website, the Rugby West [...]
NDIA seeks police help to protect infrastructure
The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority is seeking the assistance of the Guyana Police Force to protect drainage infrastructure along the East Coast of Demerara. In a letter sent to Commander of the Cove and John Police Station, Balram Persaud, it was stated that there have been several instances, at different locations along the East [...]
Jacobs returns after terminating ABIIT scholarship
financial constraints cited as main reason By Edison Jefford Her dream was to always reap due rewards from years of sacrifice and hard work behind local female basketball but when that time came, Nicola Jacobs once again found herself between a rock and a hard place. After accepting an Antigua and Barbuda International Institute of [...]
GFF to employ Head Coach by February – GS
By Franklin Wilson With the departure of Technical Director Jamaal Shabazz, who served Guyana’s Football diligently for a number of years, General Secretary of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Noel Adonis, says a Head Coach will be employed by February this year. Adonis, a former Camptown and Georgetown defence player, pointed out that the reason [...]
RHTY&SC enjoys thriving 2008
2008 was a highly successful year for the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) according to Club Secretary/CEO Hilbert Foster in his end of year report to the media. Foster said the club overcame many challenges including the high cost of sport gear and transportation for its various sectors, while being able to [...]
GFA did well, what are the others doing?
By Franklin Wilson The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) stands like a beacon above their other counterparts under the umbrella of the Guyana Football Federation when it comes to the organising of the sport in 2008. This association, under the direction of President Troy Mendonca and Honorary Secretary Marlan Cole, enjoyed what can be described as [...]
Analysing some “achievements” in 2008
The Government leaders, their supporters and those enriched by the sixteen years of rule, constantly lament the absence of praise for State achievements. We in the media are incessantly bombarded with the accusation that we cannot find positive things to say about the work of the Government. No need to dwell on that paranoia. It [...]
AN EMINMENT CITIZENS GROUP
The PNCR is no longer in the streets creating havoc. There is no longer a tempestuous political climate with power-hungry opposition supporters claiming, quite falsely, that their votes were stolen. The crime wave has abated, and therefore there is no need for the basis for sustaining the view that the crime is being used as [...]
The stray dog nuisance in Guyana
Dear Editor, At present, there are many stray dogs roaming the streets of Guyana. These animals sometimes race after pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and motor vehicles, barking and snarling. These animals confuse and frighten road users, and persons often have to walk with sticks to protect themselves. The dogs at times cause accidents. Not so long [...]
