Double-murder rocks New Amsterdam
Women’s bloodied bodies found in kitchen, under tree Two female residents of Smythfield in New Amsterdam were brutally killed early yesterday morning. Detectives of Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force are still trying to put the pieces together to determine what could have led to the horrific deaths of these women. Three persons who [...]
Govt. has aptitude for dealing with unholy alliances
- AFC The Government of Guyana seems to have an aptitude for dealing with the unholy. This is according to Alliance For Change Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan, speaking of the recent indictment of Michael Brassington in the United States of America. The comment was made in light of Brassington’s involvement with the Government in the negotiations [...]
Essequibo man killed in accident
Irate residents attack driver Returning home from a Valentine’s Day wedding, 21-year-old Community Policing Officer Navindra Seeram, of Middlesex, Essequibo, was struck down by a speeding taxi, HB 2139, at approximately 23:00 hours, along the Hibernia Public Road on the Essequibo Coast. Seeram, who was attached to the Suddie Police Station, had just left a [...]
Mother hacked to death by paramour
A Port Kaituma resident has gone into hiding after hacking his reputed wife to death and severely wounding his 16-year-old daughter. Reports are that the incident occurred at some time after 5:00 hours yesterday. Deborah Allen reportedly died almost instantly after she was chopped about her body by her irate husband. His daughter, Sherriann Allen, [...]
‘De Professor’ is Calypso Monarch 2k9
- dethrones Young Bill Rogers From the time he left the stage at Thirst Park on Saturday night, after a sterling opening performance, it was a foregone conclusion that Region Ten’s Lester Charles, whose singing name is De Professor, had taught the other performing Calypsonians at the 2k9 competition a lesson. De Professor, with his [...]
Judge hears defence arguments in jury’s absence
La Jalousie murder trial… The trial into the murder of Mahadeo Singh, called Shanta Ram, continued yesterday with defence counsel Bernard DeSantos making legal arguments in the absence of the jury. The matter is fixed for continuation tomorrow, when the defence is expected to produce witnesses. On trial is Rambarran Singh, who is accused of [...]
Restaurant customer shot in head during robbery
Bandits shot a 30-year-old Sophia resident in the head during a brazen, pre-dawn robbery at a Sheriff Street restaurant yesterday. According to a police report, 30-year-old Terrence Plummer was shot, at around 02:15 hrs, during an armed robbery at the Imperial Chinese Restaurant on Sheriff Street. He is in a critical condition at the Georgetown [...]
8-year-old needs help to remove object behind her brain
From all appearances, eight-year-old Amelia Etwaroo, a grade three student of the Grove Primary School, is a healthy, fun-loving child. But what many people may not know is that her health is gradually deteriorating because of the presence of a strange object, the size of a cricket ball, in her head. According to the child’s [...]
Congratulations are extended to newly weds, Vashti and Vino Persaud who tied the knot yesterday according to Hindu rites at Anand Persaud’s residence at Lot 14 Public Road Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara. Greetings and best wishes for a long and happy life together come from your relatives and friends, including the management and staff [...]
Mc Kay beats Holder for top spot at 18th R&R International 40-miler
By Franklin Wilson Following a history making protest on Saturday at the National Park, cycling returned to a state of normalcy yesterday when the 18th annual R&R International 40-mile road race was contested on the West Demerara. Warren ‘Forty’ Mc Kay of Continental Cycle Club, who had to settle for third last Sunday in the [...]
Fruta Conquerors needle Santos, Marian Academy take 3rd
By Franklin Wilson Fruta Conquerors continued their fine run at the junior level when their under-11 team defeated Santos by the lone goal of their encounter to win the inaugural Williams Cup under-11 knockout tournament yesterday afternoon at the Tucville ground. By winning the competition, the first of its kind at this level, Conquerors underlined [...]
Greene beaten at AAG Development Meet
– Running Brave ‘Super Twins’ impresses By Edison Jefford It was fiery, it was quick and discernible. The open male 60 metres marked the highlight of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Development Track and Field Meet that initiated the 2009 Season under new management. It seemed as though national senior male sprint champion, [...]
Christian (113), Dowlin (71*) lead Guyana fight-back
By Sean Devers In what was easily his best ever innings, Derwin Christian yesterday became the first Guyanese wicketkeeper to score a first-class century since Milton Pydanna scored an unbeaten 117 against Jamaica in Montego Bay in 1980 and Christian’s third score over 50 at first-class level was as responsible as it was brutal. The [...]
Edwards adamant he never spoke with Bentley
GCF to meet on Thursday President of the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) Hector Edwards is refuting claims that he had a verbal conversation with Jude Bentley on Saturday at the National Park. Bentley and the GCF are currently at loggerheads as it relates to the ban imposed on him following a disciplinary hearing for an [...]
Scrabble players test new game format tonight
The country’s top scrabble players will be in action tonight when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) stages ‘Word Smith,’ which will also witness an entirely new format to the game. Colin Chichester, who is acting President in the absence of Moen Gafoor, disclosed that “Word Smith’ will be played in a different format [...]
Turnout impresses GTTA General Secretary
By Edison Jefford General Secretary of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), Godfrey Munroe, in an optimistic overtone, stated that the many new faces in the sport augur well for the future growth of the discipline. Munroe spoke to Kaieteur Sport ahead of the commencement of contest on the second day of the National Sports [...]
Nat’l schools’ b/ball enters final eight
– draw still to be determined The National Sports Commission (NSC) schools’ basketball competition has entered the final eight stages with one game remaining between Central High School and Critchlow Labour College in Group ‘C’. The competition, which is being staged at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall attracted some 17 teams in three groups with [...]
Unidentified man fished out of canal at Bee Hive
Alcohol cited as contributing factor An unidentified young man was fished out of a canal at Bee Hive, on the East Coast of Demerara, last evening. The man, suspected to be in his early twenties, was reportedly imbibing with some friends, who were all swimming in the canal. His friends reportedly left, but the man [...]
Air traffic controllers’ overreach
Dear Editor, We, the members of the Guyana Association of Air Traffic Control Officers (GAATCO), avail ourselves of the opportunity to extend to His Excellency, President Jagdeo, our best wishes for a full and speedy recovery from his recent bout of illness, and trust that our promised meeting with him will occur at the earliest [...]
The Josh Ramsammy I remember
Dear Editor, I remember the arresting sight of this tall, slim, bearded man coming into class to teach us high school Biology in a khaki bush jacket. Later, when I learned that he had gone to university in Scotland, I was puzzled trying to figure out how he acquired his elegant BBC English accent. For [...]
More money allocated for Bridge Access Road
PALMYRA, BERBICE — A further $880 million was allocated for the Access Road to the Berbice River Bridge in this year’s National Budget. This, according to Region Six Chairman Zulfikar Mustapha, would make a big difference in the completion of the project. Among work left to be done on the eastern side is the paving [...]
Josh Ramsammy: The great sacrifice for a nation
It was at the last night of the wake that I heard that Prime Minister Sam Hinds was one of the persons paying tribute to Josh Ramsammy on the day of the funeral. At the wake, I spent a long time speaking to Parliamentarian Keith Scott, who had spent a long time with the Working [...]
MOUTH TAR AND GUITAR
‘Mouth tar and guitar are too different tars.’ This was old people’s way of saying that there is a difference between talking and doing; or, as we would say, ‘between talking the talk and walking the walk.’ We all, this columnist included, can justly be accused, at some time or the other, of staying on [...]
A. Ally and Sons’ presentation of prizes
NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE — The Christmas Bonanza winners of the A. Ally and Sons business establishment were presented with their shopping vouchers on Saturday. The 16 lucky persons won a total of $1.5 million worth of items after their names were selected two Saturdays ago. The Christmas Bonanza promotion began in September and concluded on [...]
The opposition needs to evolve
Dear Editor, Again, I find the lack of sophisticated thinking on the part of the political opposition in Guyana amazing and somewhat depressing. Here we have a person who claims to have been a witness to one of the most gruesome atrocities in the history of Guyana. And how does the leadership of the AFC [...]
