Students charged for selling ganja in school
- parents break down after bail is refused There was drama at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court yesterday when the parents of two community high school students burst out in loud wailing after the lads were remanded to police custody, having been charged with trafficking in narcotics. The youths, both 15 years old, were allegedly caught [...]
City teams aim to continue dominance in Mayor’s Cup football extravaganza
By Michael Benjamin The exciting matches witnessed so far in the Mayor’s Cup football extravaganza will reach a pulsating level tonight when Uprising take on Buxton and Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United oppose BV/Triumph in a Georgetown vs. East Coast affair at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground this evening. Already, football buffs have been treated [...]
Vagrant jailed for craft theft
A vagrant was yesterday sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. Intikab Ali, 36, pleaded guilty to a charge which states that on February 13, he stole a quantity of craft valued $144,000 property of Norman Vieira. According to Police Prosecutor, Denise Griffith, on the day in question, around 15:30 hrs, [...]
Livestock owner, mason granted bail for narcotic possession
Royston Adams, 44, of ‘BB’ Eccles Housing Scheme, who it is alleged had half gram of cannabis in his possession on Tuesday last, was yesterday granted $35,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate, Melissa Robertson. He pleaded not guilty to the charge. According to the defendant, he is totally unaware as to why the police charged [...]
Oasis Café Junior Chess tournament on tomorrow
Tomorrow, the Oasis Too will come alive when the Oasis Café holds its first Junior Chess Tournament of the year. The tournament will be played according to the Swiss system and consist of seven rounds. Registration will start at 9:30 am, with the first game set to start at 10:00 am. The tournament will be [...]
Vendor remanded for fraudulent conversion
Forty-two-year-old Anthony Williams, of Laing Avenue, West Ruimveldt, would have the pleasure of being a guest of the state until he repays a $21,000 debt. On January 22 last, the accused, while been entrusted with three pairs of boots valued $7000 each, fraudulently converted the money for his own use, knowing that he had to [...]
Battle lines drawn for 12th Dr. Cheddi Jagan memorial road race
57-miler sponsored by BK International Inc. By Franklin Wilson Come Sunday March 1, the going is expected to be tough and the tough will certainly get going when the 12th annual memorial race in remembrance of the Late Dr. Cheddi Jagan, who was born on March 22, 1918 and died on March 6, 1997. Defending [...]
$15,000 fine for threatening language
Rodwell Simpson, 31, of Barr Street, Kitty, was yesterday fined $15,000 or an alternative of six months’ imprisonment after pleading guilty for using threatening language. The charge states that the defendant on February 22 at Middleton Street, Newtown, used threatening language against Kumar Citamand. According to Police Prosecutor Denise Griffith, on the day in question [...]
The blueprint of our future
Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Chairman, Vision Guyana OVERVIEW: I was invited by Mark Benschop to speak to about thirty students to whom his foundation was providing computer training. It is very commendable that we have organisations such as this foundation that provides such a service free of charge. The students were of all ages and [...]
Jeffrey’s’ suffer mixed fortunes as Toucan Inc. Squash opens
Last year’s beaten finalist in the Under-17 category at the Junior Caribbean Championships, Kayla Jeffrey, outlasted U-15 champion Mary Fung-A-Fat in five exciting sets as play in this year’s Toucan Industries Inc. Mashramani Junior Squash Championship opened Wednesday evening, at the Georgetown Club Courts. Playing in category B, the match started at a fast pace [...]
Uplifting the spirits of Guyanese
Dear Editor, There are many Guyanese in and out of the country, who have a real fear of political forces in Guyana. I have relatives who, after living over 25 years abroad, are truly scared of the People’s National Congress (PNC) and its supporters. This fear stems from the fact that when they were living [...]
There needs to be greater disclosure
The thing is beginning to hit the fan. The effects of the global financial crisis are reaching close to our doorsteps. The Peeper understands that some big ones in Guyana have lost or are about to discover that they have lost a great deal of money which was invested outside of Guyana. These big ones [...]
Clarifying a case of mistaken identity
Dear Editor, In response to the article appearing in the Kaieteur News about a JP and a woman held by the police at Grove, East Bank, Demerara, for sexually abusing a 13-year-old, I must point out that I read the article and did not bother about it. However, after receiving a few phone calls on [...]
Rudolph Singh returned as head of Flying Stars Cycle Club
The Flying Stars Cycle Club held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday last and Rudolph Singh has been returned to serve as President of the organisation. Also retaining their posts as Secretary and Treasurer respectfully, were Carmen Pertab and Bridget Bayne. Two new Vice Presidents were elected, they being Julian Alves, 2nd Vice President [...]
Is President Obama wavering?
In one of my essays on Barack Obama before his election, I did make the point that leaders can come to power and backslide on the promises that drove voters to embrace them. I offered examples. The examples are literally endless. One hopes deeply in one’s heart that Barack Obama does not fall by the [...]
Another example of bad handling of sensitive issues by a Minister
Dear Editor, I have remained patient and watchful as the conflict between the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Minister of Education unfolded, hoping that there will be a change in posture, for the sake of the students. This avoidable dispute stemmed as a result of a teacher, attached to the Berbice High School, flogging [...]
Clico and Freddie give people headache
Nuff hit the fan because all of a sudden people start fuh collect dem money wha dem did saving wid Clico. Of course Clico offer big money and dem boys decide to tek de plunge because de banks only paying one per cent per annum. Clico paying nearly seven per cent suh a man wid [...]
A Bridge Too Dear?
In yesterday’s editorial, “Questioning a gift horse” we pointed out that Berbice Bridge was constructed through a new way (for Guyana) of the financing public infrastructure – the Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) route. And that the tolls imposed had to be high enough to deliver a pre-agreed return on the investment of the private [...]
CLICO entities collapse in the region
… local branch insists that it is safe The Barbados Nation has reported that a High Court judge has granted an ex-parte injunction to the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) and the Colonial Life Insurance Company Limited (CLICO) preventing the embattled conglomerate CL Financial from conducting any local or international business with [...]
TUC not happy with Govt.’s take on CLICO Guyana
…authorities complacent – Witter The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has said that the union is dissatisfied over the callous manner in which the Government of Guyana and the opposition have been treating with the CLICO financial crisis given its implication for CLICO (Guyana). At a press conference at the Critchlow Labour College yesterday, General [...]
EPA discussions feature at ACP/EU confab
“We were pawns in these negotiations for the creation of a larger framework” – Jagdeo President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that there is still a very long way to go in implementing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). According to him, there are going to be problems with money to implement a lot of the [...]
Four held; sour drug deal may have led to murder
… Body under the Mon Repos/Triumph Bridge Four persons are in police custody assisting with investigations into the discovery of Munilall Mangru’s body, under a bridge at Mon Repos/Triumph, East Coast Demerara on Tuesday. Two brothers, who are suspected drug dealers, and who ply their trade in nearby communities, an apparent eyewitness to the [...]
‘Weakness fuh sweetness’ lands man in lockups
As management of Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) continues to address the problems within the company, the administration must now deal with people stealing sugar. Kaieteur News has learnt that one person is in custody following the theft of an undisclosed amount of sugar from a ship at the Demerara Sugar Terminal wharf. This newspaper learnt [...]
Possibly Guyana’s oldest twins are still inseparable after 88 years
At 88-years-old, Rictor and Hilda Edwards, may be the oldest living twins in Guyana, contrary to a report on another set of twins from West Demerara. It turned out that the previous twins fall far short of this claim by more than three years. The brother and sister from the village of Hopetown, West [...]
Police halt funeral and find that victim was murdered
Police on the West Coast Demerara on Tuesday halted a funeral after receiving information that the deceased may have been murdered. Reports are that 54-year-old Bissoondial Dhanpaul, of 224 De Willem, West Coast Demerara, died on Friday at his home. According to the dead man’s son, Nishaul Dhanpaul, on Friday morning he left the home [...]
