Bartica shuts down amidst protests
- residents, businesses call for special committee to suspend work An estimated 3,000 persons, decked in yellow, took to the streets of Bartica yesterday shutting down that community to protest several mining proposals being considered by a government-appointed team. Hundreds of vehicles were involved and miners and residents from other interior areas descended on Bartica [...]
Two remanded for taxi driver’s murder
Two men have been remanded to prison after being charged with the murder of 39-year-old, Bomeshwar Sukhdeo. The two, Balram Singh and Bharrat Narine, appeared at the Providence Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Priya Beharry. It is alleged that between January 19 and January 27, the duo murdered Sukhdeo. The charge was indictable and the two [...]
Police hunt Berbice gang following robbery at Albion
Police in Berbice are on the hunt for a gang who they believe is responsible for a spate of robberies on the Corentyne. The gang struck at Chesney Front, Albion, on Sunday night, robbing the proprietors of a grocery and off-licence liquor store of more than $2M in cash and an undisclosed amount in gold [...]
Arsonist fails to torch Dorothy Bailey Municipal Health Centre
A security guard who reported for work on Sunday night discovered that a fire had been set in the lower flat of the Dorothy Bailey Municipal Health Centre on South Road. This newspaper was told that the discovery was made sometime around 21:00 hours on Sunday evening while the security guard was making routine checks [...]
Sattaur’s absence from PAC lands GRA in ‘hot- water’
The absence of the Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority, Khurshid Sattaur, during yesterday’s sitting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) drew the ire of that body as the five representatives that were present failed miserably at providing any answers to the committee. This forced the Committee to skip the sections to a later [...]
Dem boys seh… Bharrat says: Ya na gavarue Paruski
Communities and institutions does recognise de great people who come from them. Eddy Grant is the best thing that Plaisance produce but Plaisance don’t have to pay to get Eddy fuh visit. De man does spend he own money whenever he going there. Dave Martins and George McDonald are the best people to come from [...]
Skeletal remains found in New Hope backlands
The skeletal remains believed to be that of 49-year-old Davenand Singh was yesterday found some one and a half mile down in the New Hope backlands, East Bank Demerara. The discovery was made by the man’s stepdaughter and a group of hunters who went in search of Singh who went missing on January 2. The [...]
GWI to pump water from East Demerara Water Conservancy
Dry season cause depletion at Lamaha Canal The Guyana Water Incorporated, GWI, is advising that due to the prolonged dry season affecting many parts of the country, there has been a significant decrease in the water level at the Lamaha Conservancy. Noting that the canal serves a large portion of Georgetown and surrounding environs, GWI [...]
High tides hurt South E’bo
The lives of residents residing in villages comprising the southern (Cullen\Perseverance) half of the Essequibo Coast, were made uncomfortable, while others suffered major losses in cash crop. Many residents who occupy flat homes were under salt water for two days, due to a rise in the sea level, as a result of the exceptionally high [...]
Sugar bonus arbitration on hold
- as workers contemplate five and half days pay offer Sugar workers are contemplating a five-and-half-day production bonus pay as negotiating teams put arbitration proceedings on hold. A senior official on the negotiating team involving the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU), said that the corporation upped its [...]
Benschop evicted from Bartica hotel
Last Saturday, social activist, Mark Benschop, was requested to leave the Platinum Hotel Inn whilst in Bartica, because of the owner’s fear of offending politicians. According to Benschop, after spending some time in the hotel on his computer he was asked to leave. This happened after the owner sent a message with his supervisor requesting [...]
Jagdeo lands in Russia
President Bharrat Jagdeo winged out of Suriname to Russia Saturday after attending the special youth summit of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). He told the Guyanese media in Suriname that he will meet Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and he will also participate later in the week in the 50th anniversary celebrations of the People’s Friendship University [...]
Slain thief identified
The man of mixed ethnicity who was killed last Sunday at Eping Avenue, Bel Air Park was identified by police as Kwesi D’Andrade of 17 ‘C’ Field Sophia. The man was shot when he attempted to escape from the security guards who had apprehended him. According to the police, two security guards attached to Roraima [...]
Nefta McFarlane is top religious graduate
The Assemblies of God Church last Saturday afternoon graduated six of its members in West Berbice with Diplomas as Christian workers. The graduation or commencement exercises were held at the Glad Tidings Assemblies of God Church at Number 12 Village, West Coast Berbice. Rev. John. O. Smith, General Superintendent of AOG, Guyana, senior members of [...]
Guyana’s Haiti Relief fund nets $258M
…and more than $45M in supplies The Guyana/Haiti relief efforts stand at $258M in cash at the banks and more than $45M in items donations. Yesterday, even as Guyana prepared to ship 11 more containers to the earthquake devastated Caricom nation, Guyana Haiti Relief Committee Chairperson, Minister Priya Manickchand, collected several other donations amounting to [...]
Foreign assistance needful to aid cemetery restoration – City Mayor
Efforts to restore the Le Repentir Cemetery have ground to an indefinite halt and it is certainly not due to a lack of vision on the part of the municipality. At least, this is according to City Mayor Hamilton Green, who revealed yesterday that much needed assistance from a wide cross section of city residents [...]
Banks truck sparks multi-vehicle collision
A Banks truck, GEE 6186, collided with a black Camry, PGG 8100, at the junction of Sheriff and Duncan Streets and left the driver of the car nursing serious wounds at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), and also damaged two more parked vehicles, a green Prado, PLL 3129 and a dark blue Toyota, PLL [...]
Thief disarms policeman, then chops him
Rural Sergeant, Orin Belfield, is convinced that he could identify the lone attacker who has now left him with a deep chop to his right hand and another to his lower right face. Belfield also sustained injuries to his left hand and to the back of his head from lashes he received from the bandit [...]
Private hospital foundation programme up for accreditation
Even as it seeks to get its Foundation Health Care Programme accredited, the Davis Memorial Hospital on Sunday churned out 12 graduates who have acquired basic knowledge to help boost the delivery of health care. This is the ninth batch of graduates to have completed the programme for which a formal application for accreditation has [...]
Guyana to use GIS to map housing areas
…surveying, house lot identification will be enhanced By Leonard Gildarie Government is mulling the possibilities of using satellite imagery to speed up the processing of house lots and, once implemented, would even allow housing employees to exactly pinpoint an allocated parcel of land without leaving their offices. The Geographic Information System (GIS) is being hailed [...]
Missing car fare earns man three year’s jail
A Rosignol, West Bank Berbice man who had drugs on his person did not cater for the taxi driver taking him to the police when he could not pay the fare. At the station, while booking him for the offence of obtaining credit by fraud, the police unearthed five grams of cannabis on him. Linden [...]
Gibson is new Windies head coach
Ottis Gibson has been named as the new West Indies head coach, the West Indies Cricket Board confirmed last evening. This comes after weekend media reports said the former West Indies fast bowler had quit his post as bowling coach with the England team. There were suggestions last week from Radio Jamaica indicating Gibson’s departure [...]
Ravens untie Nets with heavy win
Melanie Patriots record first victory Ravens continued its record of heavy wins in the 2010 Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Open League Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall when they completely outclassed Nets in the featured game. Ryan Stephney had his best game of the League so far with a game-high 19 points [...]
20/20 Pro/Am boxing cards set for month end launching
By Michael Benjamin The changing formats of sports disciplines have created controversy in some quarters but nonetheless have brought new excitement to the sports arena. Despite the outcries by the skeptics, 20/20 cricket has added a new dimension to the sport, increasing the remuneration of the players and heightening the excitement for the fans. Then [...]
RHT Gizmos & Gadgets defeat Young Warriors by 41 runs
By Franklin Wilson A robust unbeaten half century by rising off spinning all-rounder and man-of-the match Troy Mathieson batting at No. 9 backed a telling spell of bowling from off spinner Dominic Rickey with figures of 3-17 from 3 overs, guided Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets (RHTG&G) to victory by 41 runs over arch [...]
