Magistrate throws out confession statement
Satyadeow Sawh murder… The Preliminary Inquiry into the murder of Agriculture Minister Satyadeow Sawh and three others took an interesting twist yesterday, when Magistrate Yohhahnseh Cave declined to admit a confession statement allegedly made by accused David Leander as part of the evidence. The Magistrate ruled that it was obvious that Leander, called Biscuit, of [...]
Alleged taxi driver shooter arrested one year after robbery
A vigilant taxi driver who was shot in the head during a robbery on June 26, last year, may soon have his day in court after he aided in the arrest of the alleged shooter yesterday. One year after he was shot and robbed by a lone gunman, Juney Philander, 26, yesterday spotted his shooter [...]
Auto dealer killed after pickup slams into tree
- was reportedly speeding, not wearing seatbelt Popular Vreed-en-Hoop car dealer, Motieram Ramdin, was killed around 15:00 hrs yesterday after a pickup he was driving at high speed crashed near Crane, West Coast Demerara. Ramdin, 55, the owner of Ram’s Auto Sales, lost control of his vehicle and slammed headlong into a tree on the [...]
Oliver Hinckson walks on conspiracy charge
Former Army Lieutenant Oliver Hinckson walked out of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court a free man after Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday discharged the conspiracy to incite a terrorist act charge. Hinckson had been before the courts since March 2008. The charge stemmed from impromptu statements Hinckson made at a press conference hosted by Georgetown [...]
Bachelor’s Adventure man shot by police
- stolen items recovered from his house “I is not a thief. I does buy things when junkies bring and sell me.” – victim “I is not no thief I does buy things from junkies,” said 44-year-old Anthony Bellamy yesterday as he lay in the High Dependency of the Georgetown Public Hospital under police guard. [...]
‘Love will conquer all’ says twice stabbed husband
Can’t wait to go home and make up Stabbed twice by his reputed wife for being unfaithful with a ‘child mother’, a man says that he has nothing but love for his attacker and is counting the hours until he returns home to makeup with her. Thirty-seven-year-old Chainsaw operator, Marlon O’Selmo, of 5 Sparendaam, East [...]
Fuel dealer in car trunk… Wife remains in custody
Police continue to detain the wife and another relative of murdered fuel dealer, Ramzan Ally, as they continue to probe who might be responsible for his death. The two family members were detained on Sunday, immediately after Ally’s body was found in the trunk of a rented car on the Coldingen Railway Embankment, East Coast [...]
Coast Guard interdicts three trawlers, finds single bullet
The Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard after acting on a tip-off on Saturday, interdicted three vessels that were moored alongside the Muneshwer’s wharf. The vessels, three trawlers, “MV CHAMPAGNE”, “DADDY’s BOY” and “LUCKY LADY II” were reportedly sailed from Louisiana, USA. Kaieteur News understands that a local businessman had purchased the trawlers and had them [...]
Some literary sessions have the blind leading the blind – NCERD Head
…as Education Ministry prepares to deliver literacy programmes The teaching of literacy by some teachers was yesterday described by Director of the National Centre for Educational Research and Development (NCERD), Mohandatt Goolsarran, as “a case of the blind leading the blind.” Goolsarran’s comment came during a feature address he made to mark the opening of [...]
Today marks 30th anniversary of Bernard Darke’s murder
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the death of British Jesuit, Father Bernard Darke SJ, murdered as he took photos of a demonstration in Georgetown, Guyana. A gang of supporters of the Forbes Burnham Government had attacked demonstrators from the Working People’s Alliance and then turned on bystanders. Among them was the assistant editor of [...]
I hope Dr. Ramsammy knows I have a job to do
It is out of protocol for a newspaper commentator to speak about the circulation figures of his column. It is certainly inelegant to describe how pervasive are your commentaries. But I would like to inform Dr. Leslie Ramsammy that it is because of the reaction in and out of Guyana to this column that I [...]
City Hall engages mission from Philadelphia
- Support for several departments forthcoming The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) has held talks with an overseas mission, a move which is likely to see aspects of the municipality’s operation gaining substantial support. Headed by Bishop C. Milton Grannum and his wife, Dr Hyacinth Bobb-Grannum, the mission comprising of 20 persons arrived [...]
‘Sixhead’ Lewis/Rawle Frank to battle for local middleweight crown
By Michael Benjamin After months of mouthing off and exchanges of vicious threats, Rawle Frank and Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis have finally agreed to face off in a twelve rounds affair for the local middleweight crown. The two fighters have already scrawled their respective signatures on the dotted line to battle on the McNeal Enterprises Boxing [...]
Drunken electrician refused bail
A Hadfield Street resident yesterday carried her reputed husband before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, accusing him of assault and of using abusive language. Camille Fariah filed the charge against John Benjamin, 46, of 45 Hadfield Street, Georgetown with whom she shares a common law relationship. Benjamin, a self-employed electrician, pleaded guilty then said that [...]
Strategy will better manage forest exploitation – Persaud
Issues and suggestions to better manage Guyana’s forest with alternative arrangements were yesterday discussed when the Forest Products Association, in collaboration with the Guyana Forestry Commission, hosted a consultation on the Low Carbon Development Strategy. Stakeholders within the sector, among them several forestry associations, forest producers, sawmillers and other stakeholders were present at the Regency [...]
Bishun (3-8) leads Guyana fight back
By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Digicel, TCL, Western Union , Smalta, Pepsi, Demerara Power Company and Jamaica Pegasus Left-arm unorthodox spinner Totaram Bishun grabbed 3-8 from 9 overs to lead a Guyana fight back against hosts Jamaica on the opening day of their second round TCL Group Regional Under-19 three-day cricket match [...]
All Guyanese U-17 final set
- Victoria Arjoon makes fourth straight final trip Defending Caribbean Under-17 champion Keisha Jeffrey stayed on course to retain her crown when she eliminated twin sister Kayla in the semi-finals of this year’s Junior CASA Championships in Barbados. In what was described as the most exciting encounters of the night, the sisters treated the fans [...]
Teach Them Young — 33 years on, still going strong
NSC 8-week programme pedaled off at National Park yesterday By Franklin Wilson It has been Guyana’s longest surviving August (Summer) programme and certainly seems destined to clock another 33 years unhindered. We’re talking of the National Sports Commission’s (NSC) sponsored ‘Teach Them Young’ cycling programme which is held at the National Park. Coach of the [...]
Pork consumption has stabilised – Min. Persaud
The Ministry of Agriculture is now reporting that pork sales have stabilised at some level, as no upward or downward movement has been observed. This is according to Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, who in an invited comment to this newspaper yesterday, said that based on anecdotal interactions with farmers; some have reported seeing movement [...]
Guyana has no specific legal security for women in workplace – ITUC report
Although women constitute a significant proportion of the workforce in Guyana, there is no specific legal protection against discrimination in the workplace. This is according to the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) in its report on core labour standards in Guyana, published to coincide with the World Trade Organisation’s. The Prevention of Discrimination Act of [...]
Historic U-15 Cricket Academy opens
-25 junior cricketers to benefit “It is groundbreaking, it’s pioneering, it’s historic and if you fail, it means that we’ve failed as well,” Minister of Sport Dr. Frank Anthony told the gathering of junior players called to participate in the Sport Ministry / National Sports Commission (NSC) / Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)- organised Under-15 Academy [...]
East Bank Domino Association organises weekend tournament
Domino players along the East Bank would match skills when the East Bank Domino Association organises a tournament that utilizes the 2 in, 1 out, system, for teams specifically on the East Bank Demerara, this Sunday July 19 at the Onassis Domino Club, Bagotstown, EBD. The winners would cart off the Bartica Machine Domino Club [...]
Goodwill Games swimming squad to be announced this week
Approximately one week subsequent to their departure to the 13th FINA World Championships in Rome Italy, Niall Roberts and Henk Lowe registered 24.37 seconds and 27.28 seconds, respectively in the Boys 15-17 years, 50 meters, Freestyle time trials event, to concretize their place in this year’s Goodwill Games slated for Barbados from August 14-16 next. [...]
Missing Banks DIH funds lands two in court
Two former employees from BANKS DIH were yesterday placed on $100,000 bail after making a court appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. It was alleged that Delroy Andrews, 19, of 5 Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara; and Joseph Williams, 24, of 22 John Street, on July 8 fraudulently converted beverages worth $728,000 to their [...]
The unquestionable power of the media
DEAR EDITOR, The power of the media has once again manifested itself last week, after my letters about the blackout crisis in Berbice were published in both the SN and the Kaieteur News. The Guyana Chronicle and the Guyana Times did not publish the letter. I can only assume as to why they did not. [...]
