Guyana, US sign pact to trace illegal weapons
Guyana has joined 18 other countries in the region with the capability to trace the origin of illicit firearm following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding yesterday at the Ministry of Home Affairs. United States of America Ambassador to Guyana, John M. Jones, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) representatives David [...]
CGX to begin drilling for oil next year
Drilling for oil on the off shores of Guyana and Suriname will commence next year, President and Chief Executive Officer of CGX, Kerry Sully said yesterday. During a press conference yesterday, Sully said that by the end of July the processing and interpreting of data complied will conclude. He explained that once drilling commences and [...]
CANU rank charged for perverting witness in Colin Mack trial
An investigating officer attached with the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit was yesterday charged and placed on $75,000 bail after he tried to pervert the course of justice. Thirty-six-year-old Antonio Szale, of 32 Lyng Street, Charlestown, pleaded not guilty to a charge which states that on April 19, last, he attempted to pervert the course of [...]
NCN suspends ‘Fuzzy’ Sattaur
Chief Executive Officer of the National Communications Network (NCN), Mohamed ‘Fuzzy’ Sattaur, has been suspended with immediate effect for failing to carry out a decision made by the Board of Directors. However, he intends to ask the political directorate to review the suspension. Kaieteur News understands that Sattaur’s suspension had to do with the fact [...]
Canadian couples busted with $40M in cocaine
Police Narcotics Agents operating at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, yesterday busted four Canadians who allegedly had 9.9 kilograms of cocaine stashed in the false bottoms of their suitcases. The Canadians, who formed two couples, were detained after the electronic scanner revealed the substances in the false bottoms of nine suitcases they were carrying. [...]
Ithaca murder accused remanded
Ithaca murder accused Gladstone Williamson was yesterday charged with killing a 31-year old plantain chip vendor – Gertrude Edwards, of Lot 282 Ithaca Main Road, West Bank Berbice and formerly of Angoy’s Avenue. He was charged with two counts for the attempted murder of the woman’s 13-year-old daughter, Kerry Edwards, and her niece, 16-year-old Samantha [...]
Zeelugt, Tuschen suffer water woes
The residents of Zeelugt and Tuschen have been without water since last November. They say that the water stopped coming through their taps and upon inquiring of the reason from the water authority, they were told that the pump was broken and that it will be up and running in two weeks time. Six months [...]
THAG wants more promotion for Guyana in the Caribbean
Local tourism operators who attended the recently concluded ‘Re-Discover the Caribbean’ Trade Show in Barbados are of the view that there needs to be more promotion of Guyana in the Caribbean. The Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) set up three booths at the event. According to THAG, its representatives were given the opportunity [...]
UG student secures $550,000 bail for Mc Doom road death
Eighteen-year-old University of Guyana student, Priscilla Jagnandan, of 2811 Youth Place, South Ruimveldt Gardens, was yesterday placed on $550,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, after been slapped with multiple traffic charges ranging from causing death by dangerous driving to breaching insurance. The teen’s stepfather was also charged and was placed on $75,000 bail. [...]
GPHC overwhelmed by suicide attempts
…five reported in two days, one dies Over the past two days the staff of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s Accident and Emergency Unit has been overwhelmed with the number of attempted suicide cases. On Monday alone there were three, while for yesterday, there was another and one death. On Monday, Terry Joseph, 24, of [...]
RPA pressure group seeks revamped industry
The Rice Producers’ Association Action Committee at a recent press conference, said that following an order granted by Justice Winston Patterson, to stop the Guyana Rice Producers Association elections, thousands of farmers are extremely angry over the flagrant attempt to violate their rights to vote at those elections. According to the Committee’s spokesperson, Jinnah Rahman, [...]
Works underway on new international submarine cable
Chief Financial Officer of Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GT&T), Yog Mahadeo, says that preparations are ongoing for the landing of a new international submarine cable to Guyana. According to him, since the signing of the contract to commence project, which was done in Suriname last December, the marine survey has commenced, as a study [...]
Dr. Ramsammy comes out in support of Alaei Brothers
In his capacity as Minister of Health, and President of the World Health Assembly, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, has joined other health professionals around the world in urging the Government of Iran to release two Iranian physicians and public health professionals, Arash and Kamiar Alaei. They have been imprisoned for trying to overthrow the government of [...]
Enmore brothers seek help for open heart surgery
Kids First Fund is seeking the help of the public to send two brothers for heart surgery in India. The boys, Yogesh Das, 7, and Kumar Singh, 4, of Lot 651 17th Street Foulis, Enmore, East Coast Demerara, have serious heart defects requiring open heart surgery which is not available in Guyana. Kids First Fund [...]
Nurse chopped during robbery
Karen Persaud, a female nurse, attached to the Suddie Public Hospital, who was robbed over the weekend and subsequently chopped on her left index finger, sustaining a wound to her left hand, has since professed to positively identifying her attacker. Persaud said that on Saturday, last, at around 2a.m., she was making her way to [...]
16-year-old remanded for cocaine trafficking
A 16-year-old, of Charlotte Street, Lacytown, was denied his pretrial liberty by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, yesterday. On April 23, last, the teen allegedly had in his possession 3.5 grams of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking in narcotics. He pleaded not guilty. He is being represented by attorney at law [...]
Businessman accused of deliberately driving vehicle to injure woman
A Long Island US-based businessman is facing the court for allegedly driving his vehicle in a manner to deliberately cause injury to Zalima Deen, the wife of his brother-in-law. The businessman, Kahkan Ramzan, also known as Kahkan Ramjohn, was charged with wanton driving committed on March 3, this year. The incident occurred at Dundee, Mahaicony [...]
COTED to review CSME tomorrow
Guyana will be hosting the Twenty-Seventh Meeting of Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) to examine matters related to the implementation of the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME), agriculture, transportation, and external economic and trade relations. This meeting will be hosted tomorrow and Friday. The Council, which comprises Trade Ministers, will consider the [...]
Courts Pee-Wee U-11 soccer tournament launched
Holding true to its motto, ‘Adding Value Everyday’, Manager of Courts Guyana Inc, Lester Alvis in delivering the feature address at yesterday’s launching of the Guyana Football Association (GFA), organised Pee-Wee Under-11 tournament in the entity’s Training Room, promised the company’s continued sponsorship of the event. “As part of our corporate commitment to the development [...]
Teachers in limbo at Diamond Secondary
Some teachers attached to the Diamond Secondary School, East Bank Demerara, are calling on the Board of Directors of the school to inform them of their official position at the institution ever since they were transferred there last year June. Kaieteur News also understands that the head teacher of the school has not been paid [...]
Hikers ‘A’, GCC Tigers qualify for gold medal round
– Degenerates, Hikers ‘B’ clash to decide 2nd Div. champions Hikers ‘A’ extended their lead in the men’s First Division Pool after a sound 10-4 thrashing of Western Dragons last Monday evening, as play in the Mr. Toppers Indoor Hockey Competition continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The result meant that they’ve [...]
Jamaican jailed for drug trafficking
Keisha Ann-Marie Piggott, a 25-year-old Jamaican, was jailed for four years and fined $2.4M after she pleaded guilty to trafficking in narcotics, yesterday. On May 11, last, at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport she attempted to export 2.3 kilograms of cocaine. According to Police Prosecutor Robert Clement, in Magistrate Melissa Robertson’s court, on the day [...]
GTTA mulls French League participation
– National Cadets team to be selected The Guyana Table Tennis Association is mulling participation in the French Table Tennis League for its senior male players, while a meeting is to be held shortly to identify players for the Cadet Championships in Barbados this August. General Secretary of the Association, Godfrey Munroe told Kaieteur [...]
ECHO launches “Climate Change” in schools
The Environmental Community Health Organization (ECHO) in collaboration with PAHO/WHO and the Ministry of Education has officially launched its ‘School in Action Against Climate Change’ programme. This programme aims at giving children a forum to take leadership on environmental issues in their school communities and to be young champions of positive environmental change. At the [...]
Forde eyes Caribbean Games
– qualifies for three events By Edison Jefford Cleveland Forde is perhaps the only locally-based athlete to have qualified in three events for the upcoming inaugural Caribbean Games and according to the leading performer, his preparatory work in still ongoing. Forde has comfortably qualified for the 1500m, 5000m and half marathon, despite his [...]
