Miracle rescues 10 days after earthquake
- Woman, 84, man, 22, pulled out alive A 84-year-old Haitian woman was pulled from the rubble 10 days after Haiti’s killer earthquake, but a doctor treating her said she is in bad condition and may not survive. Relatives of Marie Carida Romain say they freed her yesterday from the ruins of her house. Yves [...]
Fire guts Good Intent home, two homeless
- Fire started in parked car under house A couple who was holidaying in the United States returned last evening to the news that their recently built home was destroyed by fire. Reports are that some time after midnight on Friday a two-storey house located at 222 Good Intent, West Bank Demerara, was destroyed by [...]
Diamond dealer robbed at gunpoint by three
Police are currently trying to track down a car which was used during a midmorning robbery on a local diamond dealer. Reports are that the businessman, Regan Pollard, of 195-196 Kaieteur Road, Bel Air Park, was attacked by three gunmen who were waiting in a car not far from his home. This newspaper was told [...]
Cops appeal for help to locate ‘Jerry’ and ‘Mark’
The police are seeking help from the public to locate two men in connection with the murder of 22-year-old, Luciana Bhagwandin, the trainee teacher who was slain and dumped at Harlem, West Coast Demerara. A release said that investigators are seeking information regarding one of Luciana Bhagwandin’s paramours, who it is believed can provide vital [...]
Health sector best option for Caricom assistance to Haiti – SG
The danger posed by injuries and the anticipated outbreak of disease in Haiti and the Community’s capacity to respond informed the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) decision to focus mainly on health in Port au Prince, the Secretary-General Edwin Carrington said yesterday. The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC) are collaborating with [...]
Dem boys seh…Hospital or funeral home?
People don’t like criticism. Some of dem, when they get criticise, does lash back. Dem boys seh that a man was in a bed wid another man in hospital. He was really sick and he fall off de bed and land pun de floor. Dem nurse ignore although dem is de people who suppose to [...]
US says initial kinks in Haiti aid debacle corrected
“What I can say is that it is an international effort and there may have been problems in the past before systems were established and all of the countries that wanted to provide aid have been providing it.” This is according to Carol Horning of the US Embassy, who was at the time responding to [...]
Woman discharged from hospital one day after shooting
- angers relatives Relatives of Urlene Morgan, 20, the market vendor who was accidentally shot by an off duty police officer on Thursday, are baffled about the decision by the Georgetown Public Hospital to discharge her only after one day at the institution. According to relatives, Morgan was told that she should be on two [...]
Grenadian authorities finally release Island Princess
-three months after abandoned vessel found Grenadian authorities have finally released the ill-fated vessel, the Island Princess, to its Guyanese owner, some three months after its crewmen were brutally slain and the abandoned vessel was found off the Grenada coast. The owner, Errol Prince, told Kaieteur News that the officials released the cargo vessel to [...]
Elegance Jewellery & Pawnshop reward customers
Following a two-month long Christmas promotion, Elegant Jewellery and Pawnshop has rewarded the winners. The offer was available to the customers of the establishment who spent $1,000 and more. They were given a coupon to fill out. The first prize winner was Patrick Edwards of Parfait Harmonie, who won himself a gas stove while the [...]
US Embassy provides update on role in Haiti
US embassy official, Carol Horning, yesterday, told local media operatives that the United States of America is committed to staying the course in the recovery efforts in Haiti following the destruction that was caused by the 7.0 earthquake recently. Following the earthquake, US President Barrack Obama and Horning, yesterday reported that some US$188M was already [...]
CARICOM moving to finalise health response for Haiti
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) yesterday said that it was moving to finalise the concept, logistics and security needs of its health response to the people of Haiti in the wake of the January 12 earthquake which brought untold death and devastation. Haiti is the regional integration bloc’s newest, poorest and most populated member. Secretary General, [...]
Hinds unbeaten 71 spurs Jamaica to 239-6
As Bess impresses with 4-65 By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Carib Beer, Leisure Inn & Brydens & Fernandes Champions Jamaica, were 239-6 against Guyana yesterday on the opening day of their 3rd round Regional 4-Day cricket match at the Foursqaure Oval in St Phillip, rural Barbados after they had lost 2 wickets [...]
SPORTS FRATERNITY PLUNGED INTO MOURNING
- national junior athlete, Rigby passes on By Edison Jefford The sports fraternity, and more specifically the disciplines of athletics and volleyball, was plunged into mourning Thursday night when national junior athlete, Roxanna Rigby died on her way to the Georgetown Hospital after a brief illness. The 18-year-old Rigby of 161 Public Road Rosignol Village, [...]
Hockey players take to football today
Members of the hockey fraternity will today be engaged in a football competition at the Fruta Conquerors ground in Tucville. In the scheduled double-header starting from 17:00 hrs, Western Dragons collide with GCC and their clash will be followed by Old Fort versus Hikers at 18:00 hrs. Among those expected to appear for the Dragons [...]
Int’l development agencies to establish dialogue with Guyanese
The International Development Agencies (IDA’s) in Guyana have embarked on a new initiative, which entails a closer working relationship with the Guyanese people. The International Development Agencies which comprise of the European Union (EU), the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the UK Department for International Development [DFID], the Inter-American Development Bank [IDB], the United Nations [...]
BUXTON UNITED BOOSTS BLOOD BANK STOCK
By Franklin Wilson Current East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) division-one champions Buxton United have maintained their promise of boosting the stocks at the Blood Bank for the second consecutive year. The initiative according to Head Coach Lyndon France had started in 2000 but did not continue for a number of reasons. “We restarted last year [...]
Teams intensifying preparations ahead of Tuesday’s showdown
The hype surrounding the clash between Customer Services and Telephone House to celebrate the Guyana Telecommunication & Telegraph Company’s 19th Anniversary intensified yesterday with both teams staging practice sessions at different venues. Kaieteur Sport visited the sessions at the GNIC ground where the ladies from Customer Services going under the alias ‘Supa Nova’ worked under [...]
Taxi driver charged with passport scam
A former immigration officer, now taxi driver, Dewayne Hunte, 27, of 56 Patentia Housing Scheme, West Bank Demerara, was yesterday granted $60,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson when he appeared to answer a charge of obtaining money under false pretence. Hunte is accused of receiving $57,000 from Quacy Richards on December 21, 2009, [...]
Action continues countrywide in Carib Beer Softball Tournament
Cricket buffs are encouraged to support the various matches in the Carib Beer National Softball Tournament when the action continues tomorrow at venues countrywide. The tournament is organized by Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport in collaboration with the Guyana Softball League. The organizers have promised much action as some of the big teams would [...]
Police Complaints Authority records 364 official complaints for 2009
-100 reports still outstanding The Police Complaints Authority is currently trying to close off investigations into the numerous reports it received in 2009. There are still some 100 reports outstanding. For last year alone, the PCA was overwhelmed with 364 complaints of which 222 were oral. To date, all of the oral complaints have been [...]
Young first offenders relocated to Lusignan Prison
- courthouse will be set up at same location The Ministry of Home Affairs had transferred young first offenders to the Lusignan Prison in an effort to separate them from hard core inmates. A court is also being set up for these prisoners at Lusignan. A release from the Home Affairs Ministry said that the [...]
Peter Lewis/ACS U-23 finalists to be decided tomorrow
RHT Gizmos & Gadgets face Bermine; Albion take on Young Warriors Two exciting and close matches are expected when the semi-finals of the Peter Lewis/Associated Construction Services Under-23 tournament are contested tomorrow. Young Warriors are set to face Albion, while Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets will clash with Bermine, the respective winners will meet [...]
Post Office trains and rehires 80
The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) yesterday said it has trained and rehired 80 persons as part of its reform and regularisation plan. The Corporation sees this as a huge success with just a few vacancies left to be filled. The Corporation met with officials from the Ministry of Labour as well as representatives from [...]
GABA VP delivers on promise, renovation works start at Harpy Eagles Gym
Vice President of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA), Maurice Rajkumar has demonstrated that he is a man of both words and action when he delivered on an earlier promise made to the coach of the Harpy Eagles Boxing Gym, James Walcott, to donate the necessary funds towards the renovation of that entity. Yesterday morning [...]
