Petty thief electrocuted, homeowner in the sauce
Whitney Andrews had wired his fence to prevent cows from entering his Surat Drive, Triumph, East Coast Demerara premises. However, he did not cater for unwelcomed humans, so when 30-year-old Learie Semple tried to steal a barrel from Andrews’s yard he was unaware of the trap. Semple, 36, a former cane harvester, was pronounced dead [...]
NDIA pontoon saves $100M through dredging of outfalls
By Tusika Martin More than $100M is being saved by using the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) pontoon to undertake the dredging of the Abary River outfall. Mechanisms are in place to acquire a second pontoon. This is according to Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, who during a visit to Abary yesterday morning, said [...]
Robert Corbin for surgery today
Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Robert Corbin, in the wake of the evaluation of a series of other medical tests, will today face the scalpel in another heart facility. Corbin had been flown to New York after he experienced a cardiac episode in Georgetown on April 25, last. He was hospitalized at Woodlands [...]
Africanised bees attack sleeping mom, children
- husband hospitalised, animals killed A West Bank Demerara woman and her two small sons narrowly escaped serious injury on Tuesday after a swarm of Africanised bees attacked them as they slept in an outdoor hammock. Yvonne Abrams, 32, of L’Oratoire, Canal Number One Polder, awoke to find herself and her year-old son “covered with [...]
Murder accused goes to court same day victim buried
With a blank stare on his face, 25-year-old Randolph Williams appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court, yesterday, to have the capital offence charge read to him on the same day his victim was being laid to rest. Williams was charged with the murder of 20-year-old Naiomi Singh who was buried yesterday. He made his appearance [...]
Guyana signs agreement with EU for €55.4M grant
Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh and European Ambassador to Guyana, Geert Heikens, yesterday inked the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) for Guyana which clears the way for a grant to the tune of €55.4M for several projects, including the formulation of a national land use master plan among others. Speaking at the simple signing ceremony [...]
Small agro-processors form association
- Minister Prashad vows to help them develop Small and medium-sized agro processors have formed themselves into an Association. Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad, commended the move by the agro-processors, saying that they will be able to take advantage of the many opportunities available for funding and capacity building. He said that [...]
Suicide rocks Linden
The quiet community of Silvertown, Linden, was yesterday plunged into shock after the gruesome news of an apparent suicide spread like wildfire. Rondel Carryl, a 31-year-old resident of 134 Second Street, Silvertown, was reportedly found hanging from the roof of her apartment by her paramour, Junior Wilson, aka Yellow Man. One of Carryl’s next door [...]
Guyana cleared to export shrimp to US
The Department of State, on May 1 certified 39 nations and one economy to import shrimp into the United States under Section 609 of Public Law 101-162. Section 609 bars the import of shrimp and shrimp products harvested in ways that may adversely affect some sea turtle species. This ban does not apply when the [...]
Wakenaam stages impressive Arrival Day programme
The Wakenaam Arrival Day Committee planned and executed one of the richest and finest cultural shows to mark the 171st anniversary of the arrival of East Indians in Guyana. The event was held at Belle Plaine, Wakenaam, on Tuesday. The celebrations started with a march from the Wakenaam Ferry Stelling to Sewram’s Concrete at Belle [...]
Pushpanjali continues Indo-Guyanese cultural traditions
A flurry of intricate Indian dances, plus soothing, and other times energizing music, dominated Pushpanjali, the annual programme of the Indian Commemoration Trust (ICT) to observe the anniversary of the arrival of the first East Indians to Guyana. The programme featured performances from Indian Kathak dancer, Mahua Shankar, the Nrityageet dancers and ace dancer Kiran [...]
Another teen goes missing
Commander of ‘G’ Division, Christopher Griffith is urging the public to come forward with information that could assist in the speedy relocation of a missing 14-year-old Jacklow, Lower, Pomeroon girl. She was last seen on Friday. The teen, identified as Suanna Jules, is a student of the Charity Secondary School. According to reports, the teen [...]
More return from Cuba after eye surgery
Some 40 patients returned from Cuba yesterday after undergoing successful eye surgeries. Most of the procedures were done to remove cataracts. All of the patients were part of the Mission Miracle Programme, which is a relationship developed between the Governments of Guyana and Cuba. Kaieteur News understands that approximately six other eye patients are still [...]
Junior athletes benefit from West Indian Sports Complex generosity
Managing Director of West Indian Sports Complex Feroze Khan provided another example of his support for sports when he presented three of Guyana’s top junior athletes with a pair of Adidas F5 Training shoes each at the entity’s Head Office on Robb Street. Those receiving the gifts were national junior sprint champions Treiston Joseph and [...]
Caribbean Hockey Cup postponed
The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) has been informed by the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) that the Caribbean Hockey Cup scheduled for June 22 28 in Kingston Jamaica this year has been postponed due to the inability of the Jamaican Federation to secure funding. Information coming out of the Jamaican Hockey Federation is that they [...]
GFA/ Coca Cola Under-15 knockout football games rescheduled
The final and third place playoff of the Georgetown Football Association Coca Cola sponsored Under-15 knockout football championship has bee rescheduled. The game will now take place on Saturday at the Tucville ground. From 14:00hrs Renaissance clash with Santos in the 3rd Place Playoff, while the grand finale will pit Fruta Conquerors against Uprising from [...]
Demerara tottering on 69-7 batting a second time
By Sean Devers Jonathon Foo smashed a destructive 131 before taking 3-21 yesterday to put defending champions Berbice on top against Demerara on the penultimate day of their final round three-day GTM under-19 Inter-County cricket encounter at the Providence Stadium. Foo benefited from five chances to hit 22 fours and a six in his 131 [...]
Outstanding Edwards takes four on opening day
Fidel Edwards started the two-match Test Series against England in fine fashion as he grabbed four wickets on the opening day of the 1st Test at Lord’s. The 27-year-old bowled with great pace and hostility to take 4-53 from 19 overs as he again proved to be a wicket-taker. England closed on 289-7, with Ravi [...]
DCC beat Wanderers in warm-up game
Guyana club DCC yesterday beat Wanderers of Trinidad by seven wickets in their first warm-up match in the WIPA 20/20 cricket tournament in the Twin Island Republic. Skipper and national wicketkeeper Derwin Christian (39) and fellow Guyana player Christopher Barnwell (29) led the Queenstown side to 150-3 off 13.5 overs replying to the hosts’ 149-5 [...]
Wendell Meusa triumphs
Twenty-one-year-old, Wendell Meusa rebounded from a 5th round defeat to National Champion, Kriskal Persaud and amassed 7 points to claim the first position when the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF), in collaboration with DDL/Topco Fruit Juice, Independence Chess tournament concluded at the Keishar’s Sports Club, Hadfield Street, Sunday evening last. Loris Nathoo, who suffered a loss [...]
Miss Republic, Royal Champion, The Message and Gap impressive
It was another dominant performance by the Elcock Delmur Trading Company stable when the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club in collaboration with Delmur Trading Company, Banks DIH Limited and Rhythm Star International Sound Systems brought off a well organised and coordinated one day seven-race meet on Sunday last at the club’s facilities at Alness Village [...]
Guyanese Latiff (5-48), Carmichael (68*) impress in T&T
Former Berbice medium pacer Luke Latiff grabbed 5-48 and former Guyana under-19 batsman Kellon Carmichael hit an aggressive unbeaten 68 to impress in the fifth round of the Trinidad and Tobago two-day domestic cricket competition over the weekend. The 37-year-old Latiff who represented Berbice club Bermine and GYO in the City in Guyana’s first division [...]
Companies must comply or leave forestry sector
– Minister Persaud If companies want to remain in the forestry sector they must comply with all guidelines as is stipulated or exit the sector and engage in other business ventures, Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud said yesterday. Persaud made the statement during his address at the closing ceremony of the Saw Doctoring Training Programme [...]
Guyana Beverage Company renews sponsorship for Berbice cricket
Berbice cricket yesterday morning received a boost following the renewed commitment of the Guyana Beverage Company Ltd (GBCL) to continue sponsoring the Busta Cup 50 overs, Champion of Champions, cricket tournament which gets underway at the Canje Ground, Berbice, from Wednesday. This is the 6th edition of the tournament and Managing Director of the GBCL, [...]
Guyana’s press freedom rating well deserved
- Ramotar Guyana’s regaining a free rating as it relates to press freedom is well deserved and is a rating that should not have been lost in the first place, according to General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Donald Ramotar. Ramotar said that the government was fully supportive of a free press and never [...]
