Relatives turn in suspected wife killer
By Jenelle Carter Just after 13:00 hours yesterday, after eluding police for several hours in the La Grange backlands, 29 year-old Ramesh Moniram, who reportedly confessed to police that he had killed his wife, emerged from the bushes and was turned over to law enforcement by relatives. The man’s sister Reshma told this newspaper yesterday [...]
Housing Minister insists he did not break the law
…PNCR to take up matter in Public Accounts Committee By Gary Eleazar Housing and Water Minister Irfaan Ali is maintaining his innocence insisting that at no point in time did he breach any of the provisions of the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act. Ali in an invited comment told this newspaper that he stands by [...]
GPL’s CEO agrees to stay on to oversee critical development
The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) says that it has asked its Chief Executive Officer, Bharat Dindyal, to stay on at the helm of the company. GPL, in a statement, acknowledged that Dindyal had indicated his willingness to leave in July. “He has however been persuaded to continue at the helm of the company [...]
Dem boys seh…Is Rohee turn fuh be President
When de earthquake hit Haiti nuff people get a shock because earthquake is something that don’t really strike in this corner of de world. De last time one strike Haiti was more than 200 years ago. Not even Haiti did stay how it deh now. De suffering is something that people in Guyana can’t understand [...]
Jagdeo urges Guyanese to give generously to Haiti
After announcing a pledge of US$1M to assist earthquake-devastated Haiti, President Bharrat Jagdeo has urged Guyanese to give generously to the impoverished nation that is currently in turmoil. Jagdeo made the plea as he was about to leave the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, en route to the Middle East. We have to assist the [...]
Health care system needs closer attention – Dr Harding
By Sharmain Cornette “If qualified human resources cannot be retained health care delivery cannot be guaranteed, no matter how many new buildings are commissioned,” said People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) Executive Member, Dr Faith Harding. This opinion was expressed when the party held its weekly press briefing yesterday at its Congress Place, Sophia, headquarters. Dr. [...]
Benschop charged for illegal radio transmission
- granted self-bail Local talk show host and social activist Mark Benschop, 37, of 137 Caneview Avenue Roxanne Burnham Gardens was yesterday granted self-bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson on charges related to an illegal radio transmission. It is alleged that on October 29, 2009 at Caneview Avenue, Roxanne Burnham Gardens, Benschop installed in [...]
Digicel launches text and voice donation line
Digicel Group yesterday launched a text and voice donation line to enable its 10 million plus customers worldwide to donate money to the massive humanitarian relief effort that is urgently needed in Haiti. By texting the word “HELP” or calling a short code*, Digicel customers in any of its 32 markets worldwide can make a [...]
Wife’s text message may have led cop to suicide
A mysterious text message may have led to traffic cop Chaavekanand Kishore taking his own life with his service revolver. Kishore shot himself dead on Wednesday in his wife’s apartment at the back of the Charity Hospital on the Essequibo Coast, and according to reports, the shocking incident stemmed from a text message the woman [...]
Plaisance bandit shot by police
Plaisance resident Rafael Jordan thought that he had gotten away after robbing a 17-year-old student of the Plaisance Community High School. He had even chopped his victim with a cutlass to relieve him of his cellular phone. But a short while later Jordan was confronted by the police and in his efforts to resist arrest, [...]
President Jagdeo heads to Middle East
Information Liaison to the President Kwame McCoy yesterday confirmed that head of State Bharrat Jagdeo has left Guyana for state visits to the Middle East, namely the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Islamic Republic of Iran and Kuwait. Jagdeo left with a delegation that includes Foreign Affairs Minister, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Presidential Envoy to the [...]
Guns and ammo charge against Hinckson dismissed
Yesterday Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson dismissed the charge of possession of guns and ammunition against former Guyana Defence Force lieutenant Oliver Hinckson. The matter was thrown out for lack of evidence. Hinckson, after the dismissal of the charge, expressed gratitude to his attorney Nigel Hughes for expert representation in the matter. He said he [...]
International Red Cross and Red Crescent teams reach Haiti
Much needed assistance from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent teams have started to arrive in Haiti. According to a release several Emergency Response Units (ERU) have been deployed with staff from Red Cross and Red Crescent societies all over the world It was noted that a first group of specialists has already started [...]
Illegal vegetables seized… Govt. warns businesses to seek permission before importing
The Ministry of Agriculture has announced that it is stepping up a campaign to remove from the market, fruits and vegetables brought illegally to Guyana. Officials say that large quantities of fruits and vegetables have already been seized and destroyed from two supermarkets. The commodities included green and red cabbage, sweet peppers and Iceberg lettuce. [...]
109-year old is certainly the crowd’s favourite
By Melissa Johnson LITTLE AFRICA, CORRIVERTON – Another Guyanese living abroad came to the assistance of one of Guyana’s oldest residents – 109-year old Ismay Spooner of Little Africa, Eliza and Mary, Corriverton. On Wednesday, Mr. Goolsarran Ramphal of New York City, through the Kaieteur News handed over a quantity of items including two pairs [...]
HAITI NEEDS HELP NOW, NOT TOMORROW
The government must be commended for its prompt response to the crisis in Haiti. The government has already signaled that it will provide some US$1M in assistance to that country to help in the recovery efforts. While this is just a drop in the ocean in comparison to what is required, for Guyana it represents [...]
The law courts and evil of squatting
Dear Editor, In pre-Independence times, squatting on public or private land was a rarity because the population understood that squatting was an illegality. The court also strictly upheld the law and squatting along canals and on public and private reserves was condignly dealt with. In the last decade or two, law and order gradually broke [...]
Overseas-based Guyanese cannot dictate what’s best for us
Dear Editor, I note with disgust the ongoing ramblings, finger pointing, name calling and lack of disrespect spewed by Sasenarine Singh who has abandoned his country and now lives in another part of the world preaching what is good for Guyana and its populace. This gentleman seems out of touch with the realities of Guyana. [...]
“Hurry Up” Moore goes after WBA (PABA) Super Bantamweight title in Singapore tomorrow night
Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore, who is the holder of several prestigious titles including the North American and Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) bantamweight titles, is scheduled to fight Indonesian Champion, Marangin Marbun, for the WBA (PABA) Super Bantamweight title at the Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre, tomorrow evening. Moore’s manager, Carwyn Holland recently made [...]
It’s time PPP members make their abjections public
Dear Editor, With the recent deaths within my party and the removal of Cde Navin Chandarpal as presidential advisor, I feel compelled to write this letter. Since my last letter to Kaieteur News on October 19, 2009, I was contacted by a senior member of the Office of the President staff who told me that [...]
Break and enter convict caught in bed with dog
A man who pleaded guilty to break and enter and larceny after being caught under the sheets with a dog was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. Sherwin McDonald, 24, between December 14 and January 9, broke and entered the house of Mark Noel and stole a quantity [...]
This should not be a political event or a politicised process
Dear Editor, I was surprised at the condemnation attributed to the Honourable Minister Ms. Priya Manickchand of the announced appeal by the Red Cross Society in Guyana for emergency monetary donations to boost its aid to disaster-hit Haiti. While I feel confident that all of Guyana is supportive of a maximum national effort to assist [...]
GABA to host meeting with teams Sunday
-ahead of Division I and III Leagues The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) will host a meeting with their affiliate clubs ahead of the launch of the Division I and III Leagues that are expected to start with or without sponsorship next weekend. Secretary of the GABA, Robert ‘Bobby’ Cadogan told Kaieteur Sport yesterday that [...]
Cabinet Outreach on the Corentyne Coast
Dear Editor, Let’s discuss the recent Cabinet Outreach 2010 which was carried out mainly on the Corentyne Coast. I’d call it a ‘Corentyne Outreach’ because save for one or two meetings in the Canje area, the entire thing saw its focus being on this geographical area which is so crucial to the PPP especially since [...]
Here’s the truth
By Edison Jefford Anyone who read my article that appeared on January 3, 2010 in Kaieteur Sport will struggle to admit that there are racial sentiments and that a “vicious attack” was what the writer perpetrated against Anil Nandlall. Kaieteur Sport does not have the space to repeat the content of the article that was [...]
