Man gunned down on Camp Street
A man who is reported to be a Security official was gunned down early this morning while standing on Camp Street, outside the old Belvedere compound. The man, whose name was given as Dexter Collins, was shot twice in the upper chest and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation at [...]
Outspoken Cricket Board executive doused with acid
Outspoken Assistant Treasurer of the Guyana Cricket Board, Pretipaul Jaigobin had his face disfigured when a man calmly walked up to him and threw a container of acid. Jaigobin, who is in his forties, had stopped at a shop in Strasthpey on the East Coast of Demerara, shortly after 9pm, while on his way to [...]
Grenade explodes in Queenstown property
Shortly after the Guyana Defence Force had completed testing its guns on Monday, in preparation for last night’s fireworks display, another explosion rocked the quiet Queenstown neighbourhood in Georgetown, at about 23:15hrs. Someone had lobbed a fragmentation grenade into the premises at 146 Oronoque and Crown Streets. This is a three-storey construction being undertaken by [...]
Outspoken Cricket Board executive doused with acid
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NCN admits knowing Kissoon’s attacker
The National Communications Network (NCN) has taken umbrage at a headline carried in yesterday’s issue of Kaieteur News. The headline proclaimed ‘Fecal matter thrown in Freddie Kissoon’s face — NCN claims to know attacker’ “We believe such a headline is distorting and does not reflect the essence of what was reported in our late edition [...]
Man gunned down on Camp Street
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Boy, 14, rescued by Labour Ministry
- Police called on to investigate China Trading Ministry of Labour Officials on Monday rescued a 14-year-old Amerindian boy who was allegedly hidden away by his Chinese employers at their farm at Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara. Additionally, the employers were made to pay the teenager $97,000 for six weeks’ work. This amount included [...]
Cop, friend caught with booty after raiding drug block
Police officials have detained a young constable who allegedly seized cocaine and money from a woman after participating in an unauthorised drug raid. The constable was allegedly nabbed at a roadblock near Whim, Corentyne, with eight grammes of cocaine, $17,000 and some jewellery. He was traveling in a taxi at the time. The driver, who [...]
Dem boys seh….Henry fly wid fish and bread
Dem boys fly out of Guyana to follow de riflemen. Dem see Henry, de Top Cop, in first class right up in de front of de plane. Paul Slowe is another big one in de force and he travel too but he had to travel wid de riflemen in de coach. De plane tek off [...]
Govt. proffers explanation for high cost
Amaila Falls Hydro Project… …cites terrain, importation of inputs among other reasons “Countries (to which) Amaila (Falls Hydroelectric Project) has been compared have a developed construction industry where many of these inputs are readily available; so prospective contractors do not have to contemplate importing all of the equipment and materials when building a project.” This [...]
It is our abiding duty to continue the work our ancestors started
- Pres. Jagdeo President Bharrat Jagdeo has urged Guyanese to continue the work that their ancestors started in a bid to build a Guyana “beyond their dreams.” The President made the remarks while addressing the hundreds that had gathered at the National Park to participate in the flag-raising ceremony on the eve of the nation’s [...]
Suriname swings for Bouterse
By Neil Marks in Paramaribo Three decades after a military coup made him the de facto leader in a military dictatorship that spawned a civil war, Desi Bouterse looks set to become President of Suriname all over again. Should he get into office, Bouterse wants a deeper connection with South America and that includes bridging [...]
Sharma sex probe PI adjourned again
Embattled television station owner, Chandra Narine Sharma, made yet another court appearance yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates Court for the preliminary inquiry into the carnal knowledge charge against him. Former Attorney General Doodnauth Singh has been retained to prosecute the matter. Magistrate Lovell has adjourned the matter for June 2. On the last occasion the [...]
St Joseph High hosts Cultural Day
On eve of Independence anniversary… St Joseph High School on the occasion of its third annual Cultural Day at the school compound yesterday morning, hosted a concert. The event coincided with the country’s 44th independence anniversary. Students were arrayed in the clothing of the six ethnic groups in Guyana. The theme for the year’s annual [...]
Contaminated Libby’s corned beef being recalled
Government yesterday issued an alert following the recall of a quantity of Libby’s Corned Beef which is believed to have been contaminated with a drug used to control parasites in cattle. According to a statement from the Government Analyst’s Food and Drug Department yesterday, all consumers, retailers, distributors and importers should take note of the [...]
New steel arch enhances N/A
NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Even in its current drab state, the town of New Amsterdam now has a handsome-looking structure at the entrance to the town centre, and that is a steel arch, blue in colour. It was constructed with the compliments of the ‘B’ Division Community Policing Group (CPG) in the Ancient County as [...]
Major David Binks fires off West Indies Fullbore Championships
60 contesting individual competition including 3 females The 2010 West Indies Fullbore Shooting Championships was officially opened yesterday at the Paragon Ranges, Christ Church, Barbados following a brief opening ceremony. After the hoisting of the flags of the four competing countries (Guyana, Barbados, Bermuda, Antigua & Barbuda) Major David Binks of the Barbados Defence [...]
Tickets for June 5 BrisO Promotions card on sale
Tickets for the BrisO Promotions June 5 international boxing card at the Princess Hotel at Providence are on sale. Several locations around the city along with the Princess Hotel are where the tickets can be obtained. Those venues are: Princess Hotel at Providence; Guinness Bar on Joseph Pollydore Street (Durban Street); Fish Shop at Hadfield [...]
Region Nine women’s football team get gear
- Flight of Hope promises more contributions Region Nine women’s football team were presented with the samples of gear, which they are expected to receive from Flights of Hope yesterday during the halftime period of their second Women’s Inter-Association Football match. Flights of Hope, which is a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), presented the items that [...]
Iwan Azore/Troy Lewis Junior Welterweight fight promises to be a scorcher
Merely forty eight hours to the first bell of the fourth edition of the ProAm boxing card scheduled for this Friday, May 28, the participating boxers are all exuding confidence and boxing buffs can be assured of an action packed night of fistic fury. The various boxers convened at the NCN Studios, Homestretch Avenue last [...]
Nankumar Singh/Ray Sandiford bout should be action packed
As the executives of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association prepares boxers for the imminent Central American and Caribbean Games in Puerto Rico in early July, several boxers will display their wares on the ProAm boxing card scheduled for the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Friday evening. The action gets underway at 20:00hrs when Troy Billy [...]
Wife makes impassioned plea for husband’s killer to be found
Even as police continue to probe the murder of businessman Terry Bacchus, his reputed wife of seven years ,Sharon Ramkellawan, is urging the police to dig deep to quickly apprehend the killer of her husband. The woman who was living with the businessman at the time of his death has a five-year-old son, Terrence Bacchus [...]
Region Nine hold G/town to goalless draw
Region Nine held a star-studded Georgetown combination to a nil-all draw in the final match of the first round of Women’s Inter-Association Football Competition which is being held under the auspices of the Guyana Football Federation. Played yesterday at the GFC ground, the visiting lasses from the Lethem community came up against a strong Georgetown [...]
Woman files constitutional motion on behalf of death row lover
A Guyanese woman who wants to marry her death row lover has filed a motion in the High Court seeking damages on his behalf for what she claims is a violation of his fundamental rights as is enshrined in Article 141 (1) of the Constitution of Guyana. Ameena Khan filed the motion yesterday on behalf [...]
Vishaul Singh starts 3rd season in English cricket
National left-handed middle order batsman Vishaul Singh has made a successful start to his 3rd season in the division One Kent League in England notching up scores of 85 and 110 in his two games in the 40-overs league so far. The 21-year-old GCC batsman who scored 107 runs from three First-Class matches in this [...]
