Shouldn’t the Police Commissioner and Bishop Edghill resign because of….?
On Tuesday afternoon, I was part of the trade union community that met with the same three members of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) that we have dialogued with over the past consecutive years – Mr. Juan Edghill, Mr. John Willems, Mr. Carvil Duncan. We have never seen the other Commissioners. As is customary throughout [...]
We believe she allowed someone to tap our phone lines – Peter Ramsaroop
Embattled former CEO of the Alliance For Change Peter Ramsaroop says he believes that his phone lines were tapped and is calling in an expert to verify if this invasion of his privacy occurred. In a statement released to Kaieteur News last night, Ramsaroop charged that persons associated with his former tenant Nicole Ming trumped [...]
Cop crashes, bike bursts into flame
An energetic traffic cop ended up standing by the roadside and watching his motorcycle burn early yesterday morning. This happened on Homestretch Avenue in the vicinity of the headquarters of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit in the city. According to reports, something about a sports utility vehicle that had sped across Vlissengen Road, attracted the [...]
One arrested after retuning to scene
- one arrested after returning to scene Using images from a surveillance camera, police were able to arrest a man who was part of a gang that tried to torch their way into a Ruimveldt General Store early yesterday morning. Thanks to the state-of-the-art equipment, every move of the thieves was captured despite obvious attempts [...]
Husband still in custody
Police are continuing their investigations into the circumstances surrounding the fire which destroyed a two-storey wood and concrete building at Babu John Street, 75 Haswell, Port Mourant, Corentyne Berbice, on Wednesday night. The house which is owned by Rohan Harrinarayan, 50 and his wife Jasmattie Harrinarayan 51, and was occupied by the two adults and [...]
Berbice cops thwart armed robbery
- five held with gun, ammo ROSE HALL TOWN, CORENTYNE – Five men in Berbice were detained by police yesterday, after a random search of a car unearthed an unlicensed .38 revolver. Stashed in the vehicle also were two toques and six live nine mm rounds of ammunition. The vehicle has been impounded as the [...]
Dem boys seh…Sarwan got to get runs or get off de TV
Is not only jail people does get lock up. De other day a big one go in de Botanical Gardens and he stay well past de six o’clock closing time. De people lock de gate and he inside. De man get worried. He drive to de front then dem boys see he drive to de [...]
Independent probe into ‘Phantom Killings’ unlikely – Dr Luncheon
Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday told media operatives that an independent investigation into a number of killings allegedly at the hands of a phantom squad is very unlikely as it will be done by the only body authorized to conduct such a probe, the Guyana Police Force. According to Dr Luncheon, [...]
Hunt on for more suspects
WELLINGTON PARK, CORENTYNE – Police in Berbice are still on the hunt for more suspects as the probe into Monday’s incident which left one dead at Wellington Park on the Corentyne intensifies. Reports from Division ‘B’ indicate that the six persons, including three women, detained between Monday and Tuesday are still being interrogated. They are [...]
GOASC to host Workers’ Fun Day
- media dominoes competition The Georgetown Office Assistants Sports Committee (GOASC) will host a Workers’ Fun Day and media dominoes competition on Independence Day at the Guyana Defence Force Ground, beginning 10:00hrs. The Committee, in release yesterday, invited workers from the various ministries to field male and female teams for a knockout softball cricket competition, [...]
New Police Outpost for Upper North Ruimveldt
Plans are moving ahead to construct a new Police Outpost in the Upper North Ruimveldt area. The proposed site for the outpost is just near the last entrance to the community. Deputy Mayor Robert Williams made the disclosure last Saturday during a meeting with residents of the community. Williams said that discussions have already been [...]
Shouldn’t the Police Commissioner and Bishop Edghill resign because of….?
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Race walkers resume activities with 44th Independence anniversary race
After a prolonged absence from competition, race walkers would resume activities when the Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club (CSTC) stage an Independence Day Walk in observance of the 44th Independence anniversary on Wednesday May 26 next. The keen rivalry between top race walker, Rudolph Mitchell, Maurice and Jonathon Fagundes and O’Neil Durant among others will [...]
Ministry owes Linden Inter-Block B/ball teams
- LABA being given run-around to get money By Edison Jefford It is closing in on a year since the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, hosted its Inter-Block Basketball initiative in Linden, and yet the ministry has not honoured its guarantee to award prize monies to the top two teams in the event. Kaieteur [...]
Wakenaam does not need an airstrip
Dear Editor, President Jagdeo visited the island of Wakenaam last week and sought to justify the building of an airstrip. H referred to the need for airlift during a medical emergency. Following this reasoning, one could ask, “What happens if there is a patient at Hogg Island or Fort Island? Is his/her life worth so [...]
Thumbs up for Toolsie Persaud Limited
Dear Editor, Toolsie Persaud Limited did extremely well in extending financial support to potential track star, “Kenneth Semple” which will go towards a two-month scholarship training stint in Trinidad and Tobago at an elite camp which produced medalists for TT during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. This reading appeared in the SN dated May 8, [...]
GTTA Independence Tournament looms
-association expects out-of-town players As the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Independence Tournament looms, the association expects strong participation from those out-of-town players, especially those coming from the recently constituted Essequibo committee. National Table Tennis Coach, Linden Johnson told Kaieteur Sport yesterday that most of the players are intensifying preparations while those that were not [...]
Positive Vibes Sports/Enterprise Bikers Club to host Independence Day grass track meet
The Enterprise Bikers Club in collaboration with Positive Vibes Sports will stage a grand Independence Day motorcycle grass track meet on Wednesday May 26 next on the Paradise Playfield, Paradise ECD. Riders from the Enterprise Bikers Club will compete with riders from other villages along the East Coast corridor. Public Relations Officer of the Positive [...]
PRESIDENT JAGDEO’S LAST HURRAH?
The United Nations Environmental Award presented to President Bharrat Jagdeo may well turn out to be the last such award given for advocates of climate change. The tide is slowly turning against climate change advocates and especially those, such as President Jagdeo, who are pushing for a financial deal that would see countries rewarded for [...]
Mayor’s Cup narrows down to four teams. Which will cart off the honours?
By Michael Benjamin Camera, lights, action—the scripts have been read and tonight the various players are expected to remember their parts or face expulsion when the Mayor’s Cup football extravaganza enters the quarter final stage at the Georgetown Football Club ground. Santos and Seawall FC face off in the curtain raiser and while football pundits [...]
Canje plunged into darkness after car strikes utility pole
MYO blasts Housing Super Kings by massive 140 runs
Takes the lead in 2 best of 3 Twenty20 series Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) hammered Housing Super Kings led by Minister Mohamed Irfan Ali by a massive 140 runs in the first game of a two best in three Twenty20 softball series played under lights at the National Park on Wednesday. After winning the toss [...]
GT&T / Friends Inc, Grass Track Meet postponed
- New date to be announced shortly This weekend’s GT&T / Friends Inc. Grass Track Race Meet have been postponed to a date to be announced later. This was the pronouncement made by co-ordinator of the Meet Andre Joseph, who contacted Kaieteur Sport via telephone yesterday morning. According to Joseph, the local committee met and [...]
CARICOM Rice Mill Twenty20 -North Essequibo
Persuad, Calvin hit 50’s; Semple & Balgobin snare 5 wkts each Lima, Walton Hall and Gunners recorded victories as play in the Caricom Rice Mill Twenty20 cricket competition continued recently in North Essequibo with three matches. At Anna Regina, Lima defeated Gunners by 7 wickets – Gunners batted first and made 107-8 in 20 overs. Greyson [...]
Victim identified, police await DPP’s advice
The man who was killed in Diamond Housing Scheme after being hit by a speeding car has been identified, according to a police report, as 51-year-old Rudolph Latchman, of Parker Street, Providence, East Bank Demerara,. Meanwhile, the driver of the vehicle Khemraj Gobin, 20, of Diamond Housing Scheme is in police custody pending advice on [...]
