Carjacker nabbed in the act
… as client overhears threat to kill driver over cell phone Police have detained a suspected carjacker and are looking for his accomplice after the men made off with a Green Ice Taxi service car on Thursday night after holding the driver at gunpoint and locking him in his car trunk. The suspect was nabbed [...]
Guyana’s oldest is 113 today
…offers words of wisdom to President Jagdeo (By Mondale Smith) In my 32 years of existence on planet earth, I’ve encountered and interviewed from paupers to princes but never did I imagine meeting, let alone interviewing Guyana’s oldest living person. I did just that yesterday. Matilda Lewis, born on May 16, 1896, celebrates her 113th [...]
Husband drops dead after wife, son make court appearance
Liloutie Seepersaud the woman, who along with her son, Arnold, allegedly dealt a severe beating on 23-year-old, Shaneeza Hartman, of Section ‘B’ D’Edward Village, West Coast Berbice, on Sunday last, reportedly attempted to flee the jurisdiction but neighbors called the police who arrested and took her to court. They were both placed on $30,000 bail, [...]
Corbin set to resume party leadership next week – Clarke
Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Robert Corbin, is set to return to Guyana next week and will resume full control of the party when he does. General Secretary, Oscar Clarke, made this disclosure yesterday in an invited comment. He said that Corbin has recovered well from the operation he underwent just over [...]
Regional Police mull academy
Caribbean Commissioners of Police are mulling the idea of a Regional Academy for the collective training of its officers. Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police President, Darwin Dottin of Barbados told the media that coming out of the recent conference, was a proposal to establish a central authority to coordinate training for Police Officers within [...]
Ministry removes children from chronic street beggar
Members of the Child Care and Protective Agency yesterday conducted a campaign, which was aimed at stopping the exploitation of children. In yesterday’s campaign a woman, who was described as a professional beggar, had three of her children taken away by the Ministry officials. Yesterday as the officials, supported by members of the Guyana Police [...]
Kids First Fund takes another group to India for heart surgery
Kids First Fund, headed by former First Lady, Varshnie Singh, is taking the sixth batch of children to India for life-saving heart surgeries, even though she has not yet raised the money for the surgeries. The money for the airfare has been raised, and she said the hospital would take the payment for the surgeries [...]
GDF performs another mercy mission
Responding promptly to a call for help, the Guyana Defence Force yesterday conducted an emergency mercy flight, which brought Richard Lopes out of Kibilibiri to Georgetown to seek medical attention. Lopes’ relatives called the GDF after he complained of extreme abdominal pains, which seemed to restrict his movement. One of the GDF helicopters was immediately [...]
Dave Martins to help promote tourism
Dave Martins, internationally renowned musician, paid a courtesy call on Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad, and discussed his intentions to further promote Guyana on the international scene. The visit by Dave Martin came on the heels of an Events and Entertainment Forum hosted at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC) by President [...]
Canadian Nationals denied bail
Magistrate Hazel Octive Hamilton, yesterday, remanded four Canadian nationals on separate charges of attempting to export cocaine. It was alleged that on May 12, Jean-Claude Gauthier, at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport had in his possession 3.18 kilograms of cocaine with the intent to export. He pleaded not guilty. Giovanni Calagrese and Ornella Saravalli, on [...]
Digicel/GT&T ink SMS interconnection agreement
Digicel Guyana and the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Company yesterday inked the long-awaited interconnection agreement to enable cross-network mobile texting in Guyana. Customers of each network will from June 1, 2009, for the first time, be able to text customers of the other network. The move came the same day there was supposed to [...]
Rural communities to benefit from trade awareness workshops
With the aim of sensitising stakeholders of trade opportunities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in collaboration with the European Union Trade.Com Facility will spearhead a number of initiatives. According to a release issued yesterday, initiatives aimed at enhancing stakeholder awareness on trade issues and building capacity in exploiting related business opportunities. It [...]
Bourda Market repairs delayed by lack of materials
Repairs to the Bourda Market to boost security have slowed to some extent as a result of the Municipality’s inability to procure certain materials on schedule. This newspaper understands that in order to protect vendors from criminal elements who have on repeated occasions invaded and pilfered from stallholders, the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown [...]
Teenage prisoner scales Camp Street prison fence
- sustains severe injuries Theon Branche, the teenager who was recently jailed for several years for a spate of armed robberies, was said to be nursing serious injuries last night after a foiled escape bid from the Georgetown Prison. Sources within the prison said that Branche slipped into the prison compound around 18:00 hrs while [...]
68-year-old in police custody for molesting toddlers
A 68 year-old Sophia man has been taken into police custody after it was reported that he sexually molested two toddlers. Reports are that the man was arrested some time after noon yesterday after the children’s parents reported their suspicions to the police. This newspaper was told that the two toddlers involved are aged three [...]
We are not at war with the citizens-ACCP President
The region’s police forces are not at war with its citizens, says Barbados Commissioner of Police and current President of the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police, Darwin Dottin. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday at the end of the final session of deliberations of the 24th annual ACCP conference, Dottin said that while [...]
Colin Mack remains in jail
Embattled local promoter, Colin Mack, was yet again refused bail, after making a court appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Yesterday as the preliminary inquiry continued the prosecution started to hear evidence from Superintendent of Police Aubrey Joseph. Joseph was later cross examined by Attorney at law Glenn Hanoman. [...]
West Demerara power outages get worse
The continuous power outages on West Coast Demerara seem never ending, as residents are still complaining. For the past week, West Demerara has been plagued with constant blackouts, sometimes twice per day, without any notice from the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL). Some residents told this newspaper that the situation seems to be getting [...]
Football coaches Dover and Pearce make winning start in T&T
Caledonia defeat W Connection 1-0 Guyanese football coaches, Wayne Dover and Kavin Pearce made a victorious start to their coaching stint in Trinidad & Tobago on Thursday with a win in the Digicel Pro League, Reserve Division. Dover who is coach of the Caledonia AIA Second Team has his sidekick, Pearce as his Assistant. The [...]
Inter-Ward down to Super-Eight playoffs
Final Four to be decided this weekend By Edison Jefford If Sherwin Roberts continues his surgical sharp shooting, the South Ruimveldt ‘swingman’ will be difficult to guard this weekend in the Super-Eight playoffs of the HJTV and Lens Craft Inter-Ward Basketball Championships. After his six of eight threepointers that led South to an emphatic 9168 [...]
Edinburgh CC to make division one debut
The second annual Tenelec Inc. sponsored Berbice first Division 50-over Round Robin Cricket Competition is scheduled to commence tomorrow from 09:30hrs with three matches. Edinburgh Cricket Club of East Bank Berbice, will become the 13th first division team in Guyana’s second largest county and will play in Zone A (New Amsterdam/Canje/East Bank/West Berbice) along with [...]
Mother, son granted bail for assaulting Berbice woman
A 56-year-old West Berbice woman and her 30-year-old son were allowed $25,000 bail each when they appeared at Weldaad Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, charged with assault causing actual bodily harm. Lilawatie Seepersaud and her son, Arnold Seepersaud, of a popular business place in Rosignol, West Bank Berbice allegedly committed the offence on 23-year-old Shaneeza Hartman [...]
Trophy Stall 15-over Softball League reaches KO stage
Play in the Trophy Stall sponsored, Guyana Softball League 15-over cricket competition has reached the knockout stage. Teams are expected to turn in spirited performances as they eye the latter stages of this crucial phase of the competition. In scheduled play: At Zeeburg Ground: – 9:30 am – All Star XI (Wakenaam) vs. Wolf’s Warriors (West [...]
Guyanese human trafficker busted in Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has busted a Guyanese woman, Savita Singh, 43, believed to be working with a band of human smugglers. It is the second time that she has found herself on the wrong side of the law on human smuggling charges. Singh was arrested this week along with Vaughn McLuskey, 71, and [...]
LABA presidential hopefuls present ideas
- Chapman, Hamid differ on development By Edison Jefford Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) Presidential hopefuls, Joe Chapman and Abdullah Hamid have presented their ideas for the development of basketball in Linden ahead of the association’s Annual General Meeting. Chapman’s vision focuses more on administrative development of the sport while Hamid presented new infrastructural and [...]
