Man partially loses face in boat collision, critical
‘Y’all ain’t see we coming…them suck them teeth and speed away’ – Bow man reported A 57-year-old man was up to last night clinging to life after he was maimed in a speedboat collision in the Demerara River. Tulsiram Sukdeo of Vreed-en-Hoop, received severe head injuries after a Honduras- registered vessel slammed into a passenger [...]
Maria van Beek quits
-fails to pick out suspects during ID parade By Michael Jordan Fearing for her life after narrowly surviving a gunman’s bullet two Thursdays ago, Maria van Beek is stepping down as Commissioner of Insurance and Judicial Manager of Clico (Guyana). Close associates of the 36-year-old van Beek revealed last night that she has decided to [...]
AFC failed to embarrass Govt. – Jagdeo
The Alliance For Change by way of an advertisement in the Trinidad Express attempted to embarrass the Government of Guyana and failed. This is according to Head of State, Bharrat Jagdeo, in an interview, yesterday. He said that the regional leaders don’t pay attention to those issues. “But it just shows the dishonesty…they would not [...]
Fire guts Regent Street Store
Quick action by members of the Guyana Police Force, yesterday, saved what could have resulted in a multi-million-dollar disaster as a result of a fire that raced through a two-storied building at the corner of Regent and Light Streets. Reports are that some time after 17:00 hours, smoke was spotted coming from the upper flat [...]
Wanted man hits car dealership
…one day after police bulletin published Even though the police have intensified their efforts to capture him with the setting up of a special unit, a known bandit on the East Coast of Demerara struck again yesterday robbing the Caricom auto sales at Lusignan in another brazen attack. This time the bandit was aided by [...]
President optimistic that US will assist in resettling deportees
Head of State, Bharrat Jagdeo, says that he does not believe that the deportee policy involving criminals from the United States will be changed when the issue is raised at the Caricom (Caribbean Community) leaders meeting with President Barrack Obama later this year. Jagdeo said that he was optimistic that what would be forthcoming from [...]
Police prepare to charge rogue cop for drug smuggling
Three people, one of them a policeman and the other a member of the Special Constabulary, have been removed from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, following the bust of a drug smuggling ring earlier this month. In the wake of the drug bust, two men described as Red Caps (baggage carriers), Mark Lim, 19, [...]
AFC says new law flies in face of judicial ruling
Alliance For Change Chairman, Khemraj Ramjattan, argued in vain to stall the Elections Laws (Amendment) Bill that was piloted by Minister of Legal Affairs Charles Ramson. According to Ramjattan, the law flies in the face of a judicial ruling by Justice Jainarayan Singh which stated that the money allocated to the Opposition parties for registration [...]
Local Authorities Bill goes to Parliament
The Local Authorities (Elections) (Amendment) Bill 2009 has been sent to the National Assembly. The Fiscal Transfer Bill 2009 is to follow shortly. This is according to General Secretary of the People’s Progress Party, Donald Ramotar, who yesterday told the media that the Task Force, for several months, could not agree to which Bill would [...]
Hit and run driver denied bail
… had allegedly dumped victim’s body Thirty-two-year-old Leroy Forde, of 67 Victoria Road, Plaisance, was yesterday remanded to prison after he was slapped with four charges ranging from causing death by dangerous driving to failure to report an accident. Forde made his court appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, at the Georgetown Magistrates Court. [...]
Suction line failure resulted in Kingston fuel spill – GPL
The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has confirmed that a high pressure suction line failed within the bund wall and this resulted in the discharge of fuel into the banded area in Kingston just over a week ago. According to a GPL press statement, this incident will inform changes in the routine inspection and maintenance [...]
Woman remanded for arson charge
Jasmattie Ali, who was held on Tuesday last after her home in 19th Street Foulis, East Coast Demerara was destroyed by fire, has been charged with arson. Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus remanded the woman to prison on Wednesday last after making an appearance at the Cove and John Magistrates Court. Ali who had admitted to setting [...]
Shot dispatcher stable, but cannot speak
Seventeen-year-old Emmett Sauers, the taxi service dispatcher who was shot in the neck by bandits, Thursday evening, remains in a stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Sauers however cannot speak nor ingest any heavy foods since the bullet is still lodged in his neck. Donna Hinds, Sauers mother, told Kaieteur News that she received [...]
IDB funding helps revamp financial sector
The Fiscal and Financial Management Programme, a US$28M investment that was facilitated through a hybrid instrument, speaks to the first of two strategic areas within the Inter-American Development Bank’s country strategy. This is according to IDB country representative, Marco Nicola, who on Thursday told participants of the FFMP exit workshop at Grand Coastal Inn, that [...]
Seven small groups get US$59,000 grant from Ambassador’s fund
Seven grants totaling in excess of US$59,000 were awarded to communities across Guyana under the Ambassador’s Self Help Fund. These grants were signed off yesterday by representatives of the various communities and United States Ambassador to Guyana, John Jones, at the US Embassy, Duke Street, Kingston, Georgetown. The Aranaputa Processors Friendly Society (APFS) in Region [...]
‘It was a Crime of Passion’ – says man who beat Guyanese girlfriend in public
In what was described as the worst domestic violence case ever brought before her, Senior Magistrate Mrs. Valerie Stephens, remanded Ovel Benjamin Mathew who allegedly beat his girlfriend in public last Tuesday in the Duff’s Bottom area in the British Virgin Islands. “I cannot give you bail, as you see, the victim is still in [...]
GUYANA DOMINATES FIRST DAY
By Edison Jefford Shaunna Thornhill, Roxanna Rigby, Dellon DeAbreu and Triston Joseph gave local fans much to scream about at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary yesterday as Guyana completely dominated day one of the athletics competition. The first phase of the 2009 InterGuiana Games (IGG) got underway yesterday when a fleet of national [...]
French Guiana down Guyana in male and female football
Males triumph 2-0, Females prevail 7-0 It was double sadness for the host country on day one of the male and female football competition as French Guiana downed the Guyanese teams at the Guyana Defence Force ground yesterday afternoon. The male team were put away 2-0 thanks to a double, one either side of play [...]
GTM three-day U-19 cricket : Demerara accept bad light offer as opening match ends in exciting draw
By Sean Devers in Anna Regina In association with Arabian Hotel Demerara held on for a draw after losing first innings points to Essequibo on the final day of their three-day under-19 GTM Inter-County cricket match at the Anna Regina ground yesterday. Set 162 to win from a minimum of 46 overs in the final [...]
GCB dissociates itself from Twenty/20 Festival
The Guyana Cricket Board has issued a statement distancing itself from the up coming 20/20 festival being organised by DJ Stress. The statement cited the manner in which the organisation of the event was done in relation to obtaining the body’s sanction. Here is the full text of the GCB release: “The attention of the [...]
Bier & Prakash Singh Memorial, Vishnu Softball matches set for Sunday
Tomorrow at the Crabwood Creek Cricket Ground, three softball cricket matches, regardless of the weather, will played starting at 10:00am. The Corriverton Queens will take on the Crabwood Creek Heroines for the Prakash Singh Memorial Trophy in the first match at 10:00 and cricket fans will witness for the first time female cricket being played [...]
Taylor cops MVP award, Campbell gets batting honours in U-19 tournament
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Jamaica and West Indies batting ace Stephanie Taylor has clutched the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award and Guyana’s Shemaine Campbell emphatically took batting honours at the 2009 West Indies Under-19 women’s cricket championship. Taylor expertly led Jamaica to championship honours during the tournament in St Lucia earlier this month, and [...]
Camptown squeeze past Golden Stars, Ann’s Grove stun Buxton United
Defending champions Sunburst Camptown played the game of their lives to beat a tuff and resilient Golden Stars 6-5 on sudden death penalty kicks, coming from behind in the three periods of the game, regulation, extra time and penalty kicks when action continued on Thursday evening at the Plaisance Community Centre ground. The evening’s other [...]
GRFU men’s and women’s season opens tomorrow
The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) will officially open its men’s and women’s Rugby season with the Banks DIH Sevens Championships tomorrow at the National Park rugby ground. The Opening Ceremony and March Past of teams will commence at 11:00 a.m. The Banks DIH Championship trophy will be contested by Men’s teams from Yamaha Caribs, [...]
Stiff competition envisaged as lower scrabble players battle for National status
A keen tussle is anticipated when he Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) stages the prequalification tournament for second tier players at the Chamber of Commerce Building, Waterloo Street, South Cummingsburg tomorrow morning. More than twenty players that fall outside the top fifteen ratings are eligible to participate. Players like Paul Adams, Michael Benjamin, Devon [...]
