Kaieteur Falls tragedy… Body spotted by search party
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The body of 23-year-old Aliya Bulkan has reportedly been spotted in the basin (at the bottom) of the Kaieteur [...]
Guyana to get US$250 million from Norway
Norway agreed yesterday to pay Guyana up to US$250 million by 2015 to preserve forests as part of a scheme to slow climate change.
Norway, which has led donor nations in slowing tropical deforestation with a budget of 3 billion Norwegian crowns ($530 million) a year, said it wanted to help Guyana maintain forests that cover [...]
Amnesty Int’l seeks global support for torture victims
…says charged victim may face unfair trial
Amnesty International, a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognised human rights for all, is currently seeking global support for the 14-year-old that was tortured while in police custody as well as Deonarine Raffi who has been charged with the murder of Ramenauth Bisram.
The international human rights [...]
Doctor’s actions reveal a callous indifference beyond belief - GHRA
Teenage Torture Case…
The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) is calling for appropriate disciplinary action to be taken against all officers to the highest levels of the Guyana Police Force who participated in or attempted to cover-up, downplay or minimise the brutality of a 14- year-old torture victim.
The GHRA is of the view that the internal [...]
Health Clinic a white elephant courtesy of GPL - Faerber
Region Three Chairman, Julius Faerber, says that the reason why the Health Clinic at Versailles has not been used is because Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) has not installed electricity at the Building.
He was responding to a photograph on the front page of yesterday’s Kaieteur News.
According to Faerber, the power company was paid in [...]
CHI to offer Paediatric cardiac operations by January
- More than 20 children screened at the weekend
January is being touted as the official commencement of Paediatric open-heart surgery at the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI). CHI is strategically located in the Georgetown Public Hospital Compound.
Just last weekend, a cardiologist from the Mount Sinai Hospital of New York, United States, was engaged in the screening [...]
Mindboggling search on for Aliya Bulkan
There has not been any recent word from the relatives or the authorities on the status of the search for Aliya Bulkan.
But sources close to the issue are assuring that a search is ongoing.
While Roraima Airways owner, Capt. Gerry Gouveia said nothing new has emerged following Saturday’s disappearance, a source close to the issue said [...]
Govt. yet to pay Kids First Fund India bill
Months after the government said it had an arrangement to pay to a Chennai Hospital the bill for 12 Guyanese heart patients, it has so far failed to do so.
“The headlines that they (government officials) are putting in the newspapers are absolutely wrong,” said former First Lady Varshnie Singh yesterday.
In early June, the Frontier Lifeline [...]
Dem boys seh… Everybody knocking off
Night mek fuh sleep and when people tek security guard wuk dem does tek a decision to tek night and mek it day. Well dem boys seh that dem have security guards who des tek de wuk and still want sleep.
Nuff time dem boys ketch security guards sleeping and dem does either holler pun dem [...]
Student may have been killed over stolen watermelons
The theft of watermelons may have led to the beating death on Sunday of 16-year-old New Amsterdam Multilateral student, Vivian Singh Balrup.
Police investigations indicate that the teen from Reliance, East Canje, Berbice, succumbed after he was beaten on the head with a bamboo stick by a resident of Number 63 Village, Corentyne.
An autopsy performed yesterday [...]
Air Services Limited constructs $25M terminal at Mahdia
Air Services Limited (ASL) is constructing a $25M terminal at the Mahdia airstrip as an upgrade of its services for people within Region Eight (Potaro/Siparuni).
The terminal will consist of a large storage bond, a waiting area for passengers, washrooms, a hangar and other facilities.
This latest move is in keeping with the role of Air Services [...]
Colwyn King further remanded
Former President of the Guyana Teachers Union, Colwyn King, has been further remanded. He made a second court appearance yesterday.
King was denied bail by Magistrate Fazil Azeez at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, even though his lawyer, Mark Waldron, had argued that there was nothing to prevent the magistrate from granting bail.
The prosecution had asked that [...]
“All we want is his body and justice” - family members
The family members of the missing boat captain who reportedly jumped into the Berbice River are calling on the relevant authorities for their assistance in finding his remains and for justice to be served.
The man has since been identified as 48-year-old Shankar Kumar of Uitvlugt Estate Road.
Reports are that Kumar, called ‘Coolie’ jumped into the [...]
Prisoner escapes from Georgetown Magistrates’ court - later recaptured
A prisoner who escaped from the Georgetown Magistrates’ court yesterday was later recaptured after robbing someone while on the run. Randy Samuels, of Buxton, who was attending court for a charge of simple larceny, pushed a female police officer down before making his escape from the court.
Around noon yesterday, Samuels was in the chute of [...]
CHI addition
The capabilities of the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) have been boosted with addition of a full time Interventional Cardiologist, Dr Pratik Soni, and Board Certified Internist, Dr Ghansham Singh.
The two are the newest members to the CHI, which has been breaking ground in the field of cardiac operations.
In photo Chief Executive of CHI, Dr Gary [...]
Health Ministry seeks reduction in cervical cancer
By 2015, the Ministry of Health hopes to have a significant reduction in cervical cancer.
Currently, cervical cancer is a major public health problem in Guyana, because it is in the top three cause of cancer in the world while it is the number two cancer for women in the country.
Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, [...]
Woman found floating in canal
Residents of Zeelugt, East bank Essequibo, were shocked by the lifeless body of Rajdai Persaud, floating in a trench in the community.
It was unclear who discovered the body of the 26-year-old woman, but according to the curious onlookers the woman’s body was spotted some time between 4:30 hours and 5:00 hours. Her relatives were immediately [...]
Brothers stabbed at football match
…rough ‘tackle’ sparked fracas
A regular game of football turned violent when two brothers were stabbed after an altercation with another man last Sunday. Quincy and Carlos Adams, of Paradise, East Coast Demerara, were both stabbed multiple times by their attacker whose name was only given as ‘Mickey’.
According to eyewitnesses, the fracas came about over a [...]
Man leaves policewoman at death’s door
…but cop drops charges, fined $35,000 for wasting court’s time
Even after she was brutally stabbed by her lover and hovered near death, a policewoman told a Berbice Magistrate that she and the man had made up and that she did not wish to pursue with the criminal charge against him.
For that, the woman, Lance Corporal [...]
ID card distribution commences in Region Four only
The Guyana Elections Commission yesterday commenced the distribution of the new Identification Cards but it was restricted to Region Four.
According to a well placed official, the decision was taken to commence the distribution process given that Region Four has the highest concentration of people.
The official explained that the cards are being produced in phased manner. [...]
Murder suspect turns self in
A man who was wanted by the police for a murder yesterday turned himself in to the police in the company of his father.
Reports are that the man, who has been identified as ‘Yankee’, of West Ruimveldt, walked into the Ruimveldt Police Outpost early yesterday morning with his father.
This newspaper was told that on October [...]
Current ruptures woman’s heart
A post mortem examination conducted yesterday on the remains of 59-year-old Sarjudai Persaud, revealed that her heart ruptured as a result of the electric shock she sustained while trying to tighten a light bulb last Saturday.
The woman’s husband, Lalman Persaud, could not even bear to witness the post mortem himself but rather sent his son, [...]
ECHO takes primary students on informative tour in Region Six
Last Saturday, the Environmental Community Health Organization (ECHO) managed a tour of seventy-five (75) children and twenty (20) teachers and other officials, to the Skeldon Sugar Estate and Nand Persaud Co. Ltd., in Region Six.
According to the organizers, it was part of a wider programme to educate the children on the challenges and opportunities embedded [...]
All-Star Weekend continues to provide excitement
‘GT’ smother Linden, reclaim senior title
By Edison Jefford
Bobby Cadogan said that he would beat Linden from the bench with defence and that was a frightening reality for the defending champs Sunday night when Georgetown smothered them to reclaim the coveted title, ending a two-year wait.
The venue was the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall; the event [...]
All roads lead to Albionfor Schools’ C/ships
Student-athletes left stranded on East Coast
By Edison Jefford
All roads lead to the Albion Community Centre Ground today for the commencement of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Ministry of Education (MOE) 49th Annual Schools’ Track and Field, Cycling and Swimming Championships.
The first sets of events are scheduled for this morning at 6am when the males [...]
