Gunmen shoot two in Grove robbery
Shortly after 19:00 hours last night, five gunmen descended on the business place of the Gopauls. At the time the proprietor, the elder Gopaul was about to close the business place he operates at 157 Grove Squatting area. After bursting into the place the gunmen demanded cash and anything of value. As they were going [...]
Another high-paid GuySuCo contractor to go
- more than 100 defects discovered at new Skeldon factory Another high-paid contractor of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is in line to be sacked, according to GuySuCo officials as the Corporation continued its clean-up campaign to reduce costs. The GuySuCo officials yesterday confirmed that the official, one of experts who is a key figure [...]
Guyana’s first casino opens
By Leonard Gildarie It had all the looks and glamour of a Las Vegas style-setting and the “oohs” and “ahhs” of some media workers said it all. Guyana’s first ever casino opened its doors last night, employing 130 locals and targeting the growing population of Brazilians and according to management will change the tourism landscape [...]
Dem Boys seh… Is not everybody congratulate Bharrat
De other day dem boys was at de Police Officers Conference when dem see Bharrat look like he vex when people call he Doctor Jagdeo. In de fuss place de programme fuh de occasion had Dr Bharrat Jagdeo and de police who introduce he, call he Dr Jagdeo. De man frown. But since then all [...]
Children’s Road parade offers colourful, topical spectacle
(By Mondale Smith) Sparkling, colourful, topical, relevant and cute were among the words used to describe the Children’s Road March, yesterday, when the nation’s tots, teens and young adults from the eleven education districts took to the streets of Georgetown. The conclusion of the Ministry of Education’s Unit of Allied Arts Children’s Mashramani competition was [...]
Another Guyanese priest in hot water
Milwaukee Archbishop, Jerome Listecki, on Tuesday defended his handling of a sexual assault allegation against a La Crosse priest while he was bishop there, saying he had no choice but to side with the priest — who was later charged by police — given the lack of corroborating evidence against him. “It was a he-said-she-said,” [...]
Lethem food vendor killed in road accident
Lethem, in the south of Guyana, recorded its first road fatality for the year when 67-year old Malcolm Goodrich was struck down by a speeding car on the access road to the international crossing on Friday afternoon. Goodrich died on his way to the Lethem Hospital around 16:00 hours, without regaining consciousness. Goodrich, a food [...]
Municipal Day Care revellers raise Mash spirit
The Mashramani spirit was in full swing on Friday when the Georgetown Municipal Day Care Services set in motion their annual Road March which has over the years been deemed an ‘energetic engagement’. The event was held under the theme ‘Diversities of Our Heritage’. Colourfully decked in patriotic outfits, the revellers as little as two [...]
Sugar Cake girl, Fiona, is Chutney Queen
Fiona Singh, who rose to fame as a member of the Sugar Cake Girls entertainment group, was adjudged Chutney Queen early yesterday morning despite strong competition from Mahendra Ramkellawan who delighted the crowd with an elaborate theatrical performance featuring men on stilts and a cantankerous granny as his mother-in-law. Ramkellawan’s song about how his mother-in-law [...]
Woman died from cardiac arrest consistent with poisoning
… Guyanese found dead in T&T An autopsy performed on Maria Ward’s body on Friday revealed that she died from cardiac arrest consistent with poisoning. Reports out of the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago also revealed that investigators found a bottle they believed contained the poisonous substance next to the couple. The type of [...]
No takers yet for Govt. shares in GT&T
…administration responsible for warding off investors – official There are still no takers for the 20 per cent shares that the government holds in Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T). The Government of Guyana had placed the shares on the market. According to a senior official, this is as a result of the administration’s [...]
Mother dies in Suriname car accident
Receiving a phone call thrice a week, especially from Suriname, was most comforting for the Williams family. However, an incoming call from Suriname last Tuesday, shortly after noon was not one that brought comfort. Instead, it was one that has brought enormous pain and shock. Receiving that call that day was Desmond Williams, the estranged [...]
Vehicles using the Botanical Gardens on Mash Day will be charged
Persons wanting to park their vehicles and motorcycles in the Botanical Gardens on Tuesday during Mashramani Celebrations will have to pay. According to the National Parks Commission, which manages the Botanical Gardens, monies collected for the day will be used to offset expenses incurred in the cleaning up of the expected heavy garbage and debris [...]
Patrick Fredericks: a teaching legend at Queen’s College
By Dale Andrews No one has two fathers, but in most cases there are always persons other than your biological father who would have a profound effect on your life. One of those persons for me was Patrick Fredericks, a former English Language and Literature teacher at Queen’s College, who passed away a little over [...]
IAST director receives Canadian research award
Director of the Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (IAST) and eminent Guyanese Professor, Dr. Suresh Narine, has been awarded one of two $1.25M Ontario Research Chairs in Green Chemistry and Engineering by the Ontario Research Chairs Selection Panel. Dr Narine is also attached to Trent University and is an internationally renowned expert in the [...]
Learning Centre gears to further development
The Lusignan-Good Hope Learning Centre, which was officially commissioned on July 4, 2009, was built to assist the development of literacy among the population to give children a chance to fight poverty through education in a developing world. This is free through Restoring Hope International, Inc. (RHI), which has a further outreach programme to develop [...]
Dataram released on station bail
…Top Cop fails to comply with High Court order Yesterday, lawyers for Barry Dataram discontinued their motion in the High Court before Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire and the man was released mere hours before the court hearing. Dataram was released on $100,000 station bail from the Diamond Police Station lock-ups. Meanwhile, the habeas corpus hearing that [...]
In 2011 we can halt the rot
Dear Editor, The first shock is the nature of the event as reported in the Kaieteur News article of 18 February, 2010, “Sisters 9, 8 and 7 identify abusers”, awesome in its evil, brutality and devastation. The second shock is that Guyanese society has become so deformed we can produce the individuals who commit such [...]
Bitter melon touted as a treatment for diabetes
The idea of people being able to grow their own medicine in their own backyards is being touted as a local reality. With almost 68 different helpful compounds, bitter melon locally known as (carrilla, corilla or carrila), which is a locally grown vegetable with a bitter taste, has been recognised over the years as a [...]
Taxi driver stabbed four times
A 48-year-old taxi driver was yesterday morning stabbed four times in the abdomen by a man of unsound mind. Aubrey Mc Kennon, of Haslington, East Coast Demerara, was up to press time in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital nursing the stab wounds. The man, according to his sister, Holly Blackman, is [...]
GNBS consultation/discussion on noise nuisance
Dear Editor, A public consultation/discussion on “noise nuisance”, was hosted by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) on Tuesday 16th, February in the town of New Amsterdam for the residents of Regions Five and Six; this was the second such consultation as another was previously held at the same venue. While I applaud this [...]
No street lighting for Soesdyke/Linden Highway – Benn
There will be no street lights erected along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway in the foreseeable future, according to Minister of Transport and Hydraulics Robeson Benn. Benn made this disclosure during his address to the National Assembly and was at the time responding to the People’s National Congress Reform, Linden representative, Vanessa Kissoon. Kissoon had said that [...]
Teachers must be bold enough to speak the truth
Dear Editor, With reference to a letter in Kaieteur News, captioned, “Teachers must continuer their militancy”. As General Council representatives, we wish to congratulate those persons who were brave enough to bring this matter out. We need not only be educated and professional teachers, but bold enough to speak the truth. What was done by [...]
Chanderpaul’s unbeaten 89 give Guyana 1st innings points
Coach still disappointed with shot selection of batsmen By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with TCL Group & Splashmin’s Resort Prolific Guyanese Test batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul again showed his ability to grind bowlers into the dust with an unbeaten 89 but although 3 other batsmen got to 40 none reached fifty as Guyana took [...]
Guyana’s best juniors on show today
By Edison Jefford The Enmore Community Centre Ground will certainly become a hive of activity today as Guyana’s leading junior track and field stars take centre field at the Inter-Guiana Games Trials, which is expected to commence at 10:00am. Whether its junior sprint queens, Ashley Tasher, Iana Graham or national schools’ jumps champion, Winston Caesar [...]
