Several injured in bus, car collision
Several persons sustained injuries, last night, when a car and a minibus collided on the East Coast Demerara Public Road in the vicinity of Vryheid’s Lust, around 20:30 hours. A passenger of the car sustained the worst and was receiving oxygen at the Accident and Emergency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital up to press [...]
Govt. offers to sell its shares in GT&T
…questions company’s annual $1B payout as advisory fees By Tusika Martin Government has offered to sell its 20 percent shares in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T). Chairman of the Privatisation Union, Winston Brassington, told Kaieteur News that the announcement was made at the company’s Annual General Meeting, yesterday. The initial offer of sale, [...]
Corbin doing well after successful surgery
After undergoing successful surgery yesterday at a Long Island, New York, medical facility, Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Robert Corbin, is said to be doing well. According to a release issued by the party last evening, Corbin was undergoing post-operative care and his doctors have expressed optimism for his full recovery. The [...]
Thief steals from Traffic HQ, shot dead
An unidentified man who chose the Police Traffic Headquarters at Eve Leary to steal a minibus windscreen succumbed at the Georgetown Hospital hours after he was shot by a police rank. The man, who was shot in the upper left thigh, died of shock and haemorrhage around 07:00 hours yesterday while receiving medical attention. Police [...]
Govt. expands range of critical services
…Opposition sees threat to workers’ rights From the time the People’s Progressive Party came to power there has been a complete paradigm shift as it relates to their traditional position of fighting for workers’ rights and their right to strike among others, according to Guyana Action Party Member of Parliament Everall Franklin. Speaking in the [...]
NGOs mount protest outside Office of the President
…cite delay in legislation against child abuse Several entities yesterday staged a picketing exercise outside Office of the President to protest the delay in the implementation of legislation against child abuse. The exercise was staged by Red Thread, Help and Shelter and the Concerned Citizens organisation. Red Thread Coordinator, Karen De Souza, noted that the [...]
Dr Van West Charles will accept PNCR leadership role
Long time People’s National Congress Reform member, Dr. Richard Van West Charles, has announced that he will accept the leadership of the party but wants an overhaul of the electoral process in the organisation. Election of party leader and other senior executives of the main opposition party will take place next year at the PNCR’s [...]
26 invited to Guyana U-19 trials
Regional series slated for Jamaica from July 8 to August 6 The Guyana junior selection panel yesterday named a 26-man squad to contest a possible three, three-day trial matches before Guyana’s 14-man team to travel to Jamaica for this year’s regional Under-19 cricket series from July 8 to August 6 is named. There was no [...]
Slain GPL boss’s colleagues ID suspect
Police believe they have caught one of the men involved in the killing of GPL Chief Security Officer, Clifford Peters, in Lamaha Park last Monday. The suspect, a 23-year-old resident of West Ruimveldt, was arrested on Wednesday and is being detained at the Brickdam Police Station. Kaieteur News understands that he was positively identified yesterday [...]
Two-year-old needs open heart surgery
- Family seeks help from public A mother is seeking the help of the general public to save the life of her son, who requires open heart surgery. Two-year-old Zephaniha Ramnarayan was last August diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot – a heart defect – and needs to undergo the surgery. The Frontier Lifeline Hospital in [...]
Nicolette Fernandes falters in close contest
Guyana’s Nicolette Fernandes did the Caribbean proud in her match Wednesday night despite going down to American opponent Latasha Khan ranked #33 in the world. She won a tight first game then was leading 10-5 in the fourth, but a strong comeback from the American world #33 saw her save the game and go on [...]
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Uncle Freddie has me baffled. I am confused as to how an accident can occur on top of a pothole, yet it is being alleged that the guilty party was attempting to swerve away from the pothole. I suppose there has to be some answer to this paradox, just as I am sure there must [...]
PNCR outlines benefits for Opposition Leader
The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has not yet considered whether the Opposition Leader, Robert Corbin, should be entitled to benefits even after he demits office. However, according to the party, “It has not escaped the attention of the PNCR that there are insidious intentions, by the Jagdeo Administration, for bringing the Leader of the [...]
Hikers ‘A’ remain unbeaten
The in form Hikers ‘A’ men’s team produced another impressive performance by demolishing Old Fort ‘A’ 8 goals to 2 to place themselves at the top of the A division pool. The two GCC men’s teams played to a 1-1 stalemate, while junior ladies the GCC Spartans suffered a 6-4 defeat at the hands of [...]
Agriculture Minister debunks UNAMCO discrimination charges
By Tusika Martin Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud on Wednesday lashed out at the former owner of Case Timbers Limited (CTL), who alleged that government is discriminating by not granting UNAMCO a renewal for its expired forest concession. UNAMCO is a timber company with concessions along the Berbice River. Persaud said that the facts of [...]
“Steel Donkey” gets bail on stabbing charge
Sixty-year-old Yvonne Edwards, called “Steel Donkey”, of West Ruimveldt Housing Scheme was yesterday granted $40,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson after she appeared in court, charged with unlawfully and maliciously wounding Shevon Marshall on April 11. Edwards, who was unrepresented, pleaded not guilty. According to the defendant, on the day in question she [...]
Police seek two for taxi driver’s murder
Police have issued wanted bulletins for Eon Daniels, 23, and Cladwin Sherwin Mc Donald, 21, in connection with the murder of taxi driver Rolston Bernard Henry, whose mutilated body was found at Onion Field, LBI, East Coast Demerara last Sunday. A release gave Daniels’s last address as Better Hope, East Coast Demerara. He is five [...]
Drug addict accused of stealing laptop
Dwayne Stevenson, 40, of 23 John Street, Werk-en-Rust, was yesterday remanded to prison on a charge of stealing a laptop computer on April 24, last, at Princes Street. The computer belonged to Sharmina Denny. According to Police Prosecutor Seetaram, the defendant would normally frequent the Princes Street guest house, where the computer went missing, to [...]
Banks Beer Division One soccer winners receive prizes
- Company extends support to outlying regions Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Banks Beer Division One winners, BK Western Tigers were conspicuously absent from the presentation ceremony which was conducted in the Boardroom of sponsor Banks DIH yesterday. According to General Secretary of the GFA Marlan Cole, all the respective winners were informed via writing and [...]
Sita Ramlal interdicted
Registrar of the Supreme Court, Evelyn Sita Ramlal, was on Wednesday indicted from duty. The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) took the decision to proceed with this form of action pending the determination of Ramlal’s court matter which is currently before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Ramlal reportedly received the letter from the JSC on Wednesday afternoon. [...]
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 [...]
‘Mothers in Black’ takes a stand against wanton road accidents
In light of the recent upsurge in accidents, the group, Mothers in Black, is urging road users to exercise safety precautions and caution when using the roadways. According to the group, despite the months of relentless visibility of traffic police and the remarkable 30 percent reduction in road fatalities there is once again a weekly [...]
Evolution is a two way street
Dear Editor, A. I. Gafoor’s letter, “Mutation is not evolution” (Kaieteur News May 6th) is premised on a single error; that biological evolution always move towards greater complexity. His theories, he admits, are guided by the scientifically discredited Intelligent Design (ID) idea, which is secretly a religious movement aiming to convince people that their God [...]
New Amsterdam/Kwakwani ferry service to return
The New Amsterdam/Kwakwani ferry service which was terminated nearly two decades ago will be reintroduced shortly, General Manager of the Transport and Harbours Department, Kevin Trim, has disclosed… The Lady Northcote, the Transport and Harbours Department (T&H D) ferry boat recently taken off from the Parika/Bartica run, is to be reassigned to this service at [...]
Alleged power of attorney forgery lands man in court
Fifty-one year-old John Heywood, of East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, was yesterday placed on $75,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, when he appeared to answer a forgery charge. It is alleged that the accused between May 3, 2005 and June 6, 2005 conspired with person or persons unknown to [...]
