Four-yr-old shoots baby sister dead
-parents detained The mining community of Mahdia, Region Seven, went into shock yesterday after a five-year old boy shot his 11-month old sister dead with an unlicenced gun that was left unattended in their home. Little Clemona Patterson was killed instantly when the bullet from a .38 revolver struck her at point blank range in [...]
Less than six months later…New Stewartville road deteriorates
Six months have not elapsed since the rehabilitation of School Road at Stewartville, West Coast Demerara, but the road is fast reverting to its former unacceptable state. At least this is according to residents of the area. Yesterday, the residents did not hesitate to raise their concerns about the road which they said was rehabilitated [...]
Guyana to spend $400M on rented rice vessel to supply Venezuela
In the wake of Venezuela expressing concerns over the state of vessels that could be transporting rice from Guyana to that country, the Guyana Government will be renting a vessel from another country to transport the commodity. According to a source two shipping companies have been tasked with finalising this aspect of the arrangement. While [...]
Missing soldier found dead
The body of 21102 Private Julian Marks, of Jaguar Company, 1 Infantry Battalion of the Guyana Defence Force was found yesterday at 10:17 hours by the GDF search team which included a member of the Guyana Police Force. A release from the GDF stated that Marks’s body was discovered in the Cuyuni River approximately one [...]
Man crushed at GWI
By Rabindra Rooplall and Mondale Smith A fatal industrial accident occurred yesterday at the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) Vlissengen Road compound. Shem Mercurius, 20, who was contracted by Construction Company Correia and Correia Limited, was crushed by a Bob Cat while working in GWI compound. According to one of his cousins, he normally visited 144 [...]
Lodge resident makes 100 in perfect health
(By Mondale Smith)Not many Guyanese can say that they have seen five generations to attain the age of 100. In most cases those who made it, do not have all their faculties intact. Yesterday, Margret Alicia Hamilton called Granny, of 58 Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, celebrated this milestone with relatives who came from as far [...]
Passenger dies after car plunges into trench
In what was confirmed as a case of drunk driving, 24-year-old Satesh Parmanand, a foreman attached to the GuySuCo Rose Hall Estate, lost his life Monday night, when the car in which he was travelling ended up in a trench at Gangaram Village, East Canje, Berbice. At the time of the mishap, the car was [...]
Dem Boys seh Another contractor strike and run
Dem boys seh that once you tender and you and de people who opening de tender is friend you is a contractor. Even if you can’t read a ruler, you is still a contractor. Dem boys seh that is so de people over de river select a contractor to build a road in Stewartville. Whoever [...]
Two more stalls collapse under Works Ministry hammer
The hammer of Minister Robeson Benn has fallen on two snackettes in Mocha/Providence, East Bank Demerara, yesterday. The two businesses were opened when the demolishing team arrived to carry out with their respective orders. According to Compton Anthony, the co-owner of Bibi’s Snackette, the business has been in existence for twenty two years and he [...]
Region Two gears for flooding
The Region Two administration is preparing to minimise economic losses that result from seasonal flooding. It has embarked on a massive desiliting campaign in five housing schemes, which are considered the most vulnerable areas. These are the Henrietta housing scheme, Richmond, La Belle Alliance, Anna Regina and Cotton Field. In the past the rainy season [...]
Sugar workers at Skeldon pull punts
Sugar workers at Skeldon Saturday pulled punts using ropes tied to their waist and shoulders, shocking factory workers, this past week. “It was like slavery,” said one factory worker who spoke with Kaieteur News on the basis of anonymity. The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has admitted that the workers did this, but insisted that it [...]
Road safety executive urges setting up traffic hotline similar to 911
President of the Enterprise Road Safety Association, Chanderpaul Persaud, is calling for the setting up of a Traffic Hotline similar to the 911 crime hotline, to aid in the apprehension of errant road users. According to Persaud this will enable the police to respond quickly to reports of reckless use of the roads when public-spirited [...]
Minister chides Santa Mission Village in quibble over Toshao
Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai has said that the village council in Santa Mission needs to get their act together and deal with other important issues occurring within their community. Her comments came after a number of Councillors recently squared off against a newly elected Village Captain. “The problems being experienced in the community [...]
Expect dry weather, less rains until March
- Hydromet warns Local officials are predicting a continuation of the current dry El Nino weather at least for the next four months. According to Chief Hydrometeorological Officer (ag), Bhaleka Seulal, although there will be instances of rainfall, indications are that the weather condition is expected to peak by next month. While agriculture officials said [...]
NAMILCO donates seating to Agricola Primary School
The National Milling Company of Guyana (NAMILCO) earlier this week made a contribution of wooden stools to the St. Ann’s Primary School, Agricola, East Bank Demerara. In handing over the furniture to Head Mistress, Ms Nandanie Ramoutar, NAMILCO’s Representative Dierdre Chan, a former student of St. Ann’s Primary, said that it was with a sense [...]
Man accused of stripping 4X4
A man who was allegedly caught by a police patrol with a windscreen and car battery in his possession was granted bail yesterday when he made his court appearance. Richard Edwards, of 121 Lamaha Street, was granted bail by Priya Beharry on a charge of simple larceny. It is alleged that between November 19 and [...]
PM performed on murdered security guards
Post-mortem examinations performed on the bodies of the two security guards that were murdered on their jobs, confirmed what had been earlier reported that both men were severely beaten. According to Government pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh, 54-year-old Kenneth Vaughn, (not Ivan Phillips as was earlier reported), of Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge, died of brain haemorrhage [...]
WHAT’S WITH THE DIRT?
This bus shed at the intersection of Diamond Housing Scheme has pedestrians wondering if the dirt is more important to shed rather than commuters.
Survey underway to track plantain disease
Following complaints by plantain farmers in Rosenanti, Tuschen Backlands, East Bank Essequibo, about being affected by Sigatoka Disease that has taken over their farm, Kaieteur News has been informed that the disease which is being observed on plantains in regions 3 and 4 is of a severe foliar fungal disease. Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, [...]
US Embassy holds outreach sessions at several schools
For International Education Week… The United States Embassy in Georgetown has reached out to a number of secondary schools in Guyana as they observed International Educational Week (IEW), last week. The outreach saw embassy personnel sharing information on studying in the United States with more than 1,000 students. The schools visited included St. Stanislaus College, [...]
Curtains come down on Mike’s Pharmacy Countrywide cricket tournament
Several teams won their matches and were adjudged champions in their respective categories when the curtains came down on the countrywide cricket championships organized by the Softball Cricket League and sponsored by Mike’s Pharmacy. In the feature event Rangers SC played the game of their lives to dethrone Die Hard and capture the prestigious countrywide [...]
L’Aventure wins MCYS /NSC Windball Tournament
L’Aventure Secondary of Region #3 captured their first major title in Windball Cricket after scoring an upset win over nine times champions Covent Garden in the final of the Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport (MCYS) / National Sports Commission (NSC) Inter-Schools Tournament which was played last Friday, at the National Gymnasium. The West Demerara [...]
Ishak (146), Kamaludin (5 -20) spearhead Belvedere Superstar to win
Bheem Singh takes 7 -13 for No. 70 Lalman Arif Ishak of Belvedere Superstar became the latest centurion in the New Building Society (NBS) Berbice 2nd Division 40-Over Cricket Competition when he slammed 146 against Albion Front Shockers. His knock which consisted of 14 fours and 8 sixes and which is the highest score in [...]
‘Lady Jaguars’ to take training to higher gear from December 4
Squad trimmed from 48 to 26 following weekend trials As the time draws near for the upcoming female multi nation football tournament next month, the locally based Lady Jaguars will take their preparations to a higher level from December 4, according to Head Coach, Bilall Namtambu. The previous squad of 48 players was trimmed to [...]
Thompson expresses thanks to all for a successful NAMILCO tourney
Aiming to upgrade facilities with proceeds Acting President of the Fruta Conquerors Football Club (FCFC) Ivor Thompson is expressing gratitude to the National Milling Company of Guyana (NAMILCO), the participating clubs, officials and all who contributed to the successful staging of the 3rd annual fund raising tournament held at the Tucville ground. Thompson, in an [...]
