Police Superintendent facing dismissal
- duty free concession revoked When Superintendent of Police, Simon McBean, proceeded to London, England, to take up a scholarship in 2008, he did so without the permission of the administration of the Guyana Police Force. This is according to a senior official within the organisation. The scholarship lasted one year and to ensure [...]
Man charged with unlawfully detaining minor
Twenty-eight-year-old Sherwin Lewis, a resident of Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara, was not required to plead when Magistrate Fazil Azeez read him an indictable charge which stated that he unlawfully detained a minor. Azeez, who yesterday resumed magistracy at the Vreed-en-Hoop Court, revealed that between Sunday, August 9 and Monday, August 10 last, Lewis detained [...]
Teacher drives off with $3.5M Jamzone prize
With an expressed need for more pomp and ceremony and better stage décor for tourism promotions, the organisers of the Miss Jamzone 2009 pageant lifted the standards while showcasing a commendable bevy of possible Miss Guyana delegates Sunday night at Splashmin’s Fun Park on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway. An estimated audience of 15,000 was treated [...]
Bodywork shop owner missing
Relatives are trying to locate the owner of a bodywork shop, who has been missing since last Friday. Joel Sooknarine, 30, of Best Foreshore, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara, disappeared shortly after contacting his reputed wife, Reshma Singh, by phone, to tell her that he was going to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri. His car, [...]
Region three chairman says bridges repaired with ‘old materials’
- Yet attacks KNews report Despite himself admitting bridges were repaired with “old materials”, Region Three chairman, Julius Faerber, is upset at Kaieteur News for reporting that the bridges were repaired using sub-standard materials. Faerber, through the Government Information Agency (GINA) yesterday took issue with an article in this newspaper’s Sunday Special headlined “Regional [...]
Fire razes $$M Mon Repos furniture bond
A furniture manufacturer is counting losses close to $40M, after a fire of unknown origin destroyed his bond at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, early yesterday morning. Investigators will now have their work cut out to determine what caused the blaze that flattened the Highway 401 Furniture Store bond, since neighbours could give no [...]
Beware of faulty cell phones – GNBS
The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is warning consumers of faulty cellular phones being presented for sale. In a press release, the entity noted that within the last three weeks, there has been a significant increase in the amount of complaints relating to the quality of cellular phones sold on the local market. The [...]
New ID card production to begin late October
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has approved the use of an “Optically Variable Ink (OVI) for the production of National Identification cards, which will commence in late October. According to the Commission, the outline of the map of Guyana appearing on the front of the card and additional security features will not be visible to [...]
Bus driver charged with causing death, remanded
Fifty-one year-old Eglon Mc Lennon, a route 45 bus driver, yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Mc Lennon, of Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara, was charged with dangerous driving, causing death. The matter is indictable and as such, the defendant was not required to plea. It is alleged [...]
LIAT to review high airfares
Regional carrier LIAT Airlines is to re-examine the current high airfares charged by the Antigua-based carrier as the Chief Executive Officer, Brian Challenger, agrees that the fares are high. Speaking at a Press conference in Curacao on Friday, Challenger explained that while [...]
Agricola Public Rd. claims another life
…as villager struck by car When 51 year-old Douglas Forrester called ‘Briggie’ left his Public Road, Agricola home on Sunday evening, neither his wife nor his daughters could have imagined that it would have been the last time they would see him alive. Forrester left his abode to attend a wake at inner Agricola, [...]
Missing river heist money… Cops further remanded
The three officers allegedly involved in the disappearance of a large quantity of money which they reportedly relieved two persons of at a roadblock, yesterday appeared before Magistrate Fazil Azeez at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court. The trio had appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court last Wednesday, and were charged with simple larceny. At yesterday’s session [...]
H1N1 situation is stable – Min Ramsammy
The Ministry of Health continues to effectively deal with the H1N1 (Swine Flu) virus in Guyana, and according to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy no more cases have been confirmed thus far. The Minister told this newspaper yesterday that an additional 104 specimens were sent for testing and there were no cases confirmed. Thus [...]
GRPA dissatisfied with payment procedures
General Secretary of the Guyana Rice Producers Association (GRPA) Dharamkumar Seeraj, has said that he is not satisfied with the pace at which payments are being made to rice farmers in Regions 5 and 6 by Mahaicony Rice Mills Limited. In an invited comment to this newspaper yesterday, Seeraj said only a small amount of [...]
Murdered granny died from suffocation – five still in custody
An autopsy conducted yesterday on 80-year-old, Kharpattie Shivnauth, called ‘Ma’, revealed that she died from suffocation. Investigators told Kaieteur News that the pathologist found bruises on the elderly victim’s face and inside her mouth. Relatives who found Shivnauth’s body said that the killers had stuffed a large piece of cloth in her mouth. Kaieteur News [...]
Mosquitoes drowned an old tourist in the “Blacka”
Last Friday evening, President Jagdeo told the guests at the dinner of the Private Sector Commission that crime reporting on the front page of the newspaper, particularly the Kaieteur News, is responsible for tourists being scared and business people should be concerned because the non-arrivals affect the success of their ventures. At the time he [...]
THIS IS AN ASSAULT ON PRESS FREEDOM
The continued attacks on this newspaper emanating from officialdom have now reached the point where it constitutes an assault on press freedom. Strangely, those local organisations which are quick to defend the rights of the press, including the Guyana Human Rights Association and the Guyana Press Association, have been reticent and silent on the assaults [...]
GNIC, Everest to link up in final after MSC, DCC go down in semis
By Sean Devers Everest and the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) will link up this weekend in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Cellink first-division 2-day cricket final after emerging on top in their semi-final battles on Sunday. GNIC whipped host Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) by 42 runs and home team Everest took first innings points [...]
Action packed bouts as FYF stages second Inter-Gym Championships
Laurel Stuart (FYF) put up a masterful performance to defeat Ryan Franker (HE) and was subsequently adjudged best boxer when the second edition of the Inter-gym boxing championships organized by a group of boxing enthusiasts got underway at the Forgotten Youth Foundation Boxing Gym, Sunday morning last. The Forgotten Youth Foundation was eventually adjudged best [...]
GFF Ten-Team Super League Officially Launched
Support of Government is critical – Harold Taylor The historic Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League, a pilot league funded by FIFA under the Win in CONCACAF with CONCACAF project, was officially unveiled on Sunday evening at the Pegasus Hotel. The activity, which was attended by prominent members of the Business Community including Chairman of [...]
Cadogan successfully completes PASO course
– returns from hectic schedule in Mexico By Edison Jefford National Basketball Coach Robert ‘Bobby’ Cadogan has made his intentions clear to start work at the grassroots level after returning from an Olympic Solidarity and Pan American Sports Organisation (PASO) Course in Mexico. Cadogan successfully completed the five-day Basketball Continental Course and was one of [...]
Has the next Sachin Tendulkar been discovered in the BVI?
Guyanese brothers take top prizes in Digicel Cricket Clinic Road Town, Tortola: The first Digicel Cricket Coaching Clinic of 2009 may have unearthed a cricketing treasure for the West Indies as seven year old Aidan George’s impressive batting technique had left coach Keith Arthurton buzzing with excitement. “His stance is very good and he moves [...]
Cadogan successfully completes PASO course
– returns from hectic schedule in Mexico By Edison Jefford National Basketball Coach Robert ‘Bobby’ Cadogan has made his intentions clear to start work at the grassroots level after returning from an Olympic Solidarity and Pan American Sports Organisation (PASO) Course in Mexico. Cadogan successfully completed the five-day Basketball Continental Course and was one of [...]
Has the next Sachin Tendulkar been discovered in the BVI?
Guyanese brothers take top prizes in Digicel Cricket Clinic Road Town, Tortola: The first Digicel Cricket Coaching Clinic of 2009 may have unearthed a cricketing treasure for the West Indies as seven year old Aidan George’s impressive batting technique had left coach Keith Arthurton buzzing with excitement. “His stance is very good and he moves [...]
Players’ priorities will be monitored says BCB Acting President
Board cricket must take precedence over Private competitions It is understood that several players from Corentyne teams Albion and Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club have been selected to play in a privately organized 20/20 competition this weekend and David Black, Acting President of the Berbice Cricket Board on Sunday told Kaieteur Sport that [...]
