Man, 55, pays $200,000 to kill wife, 23
- hitman confesses, money recovered By Michael Jordan Police appear to have solved the brutal murder of 23-year-old hairdresser Bibi Rafeena Saymar, called ‘Amanda’, who was butchered in her Hague, West Coast Demerara apartment early yesterday morning. They have reportedly uncovered a diabolical scheme involving a wealthy and obsessive businessman, a killer he hired on [...]
Owner identifies stolen Tundra
- female driver arrested Last March, Farouk Hamid missed his Toyota Tundra from his yard in Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara. After two months of searching, he got lucky when he noticed the vehicle parked outside a city supermarket. He called in the police and when they arrived they saw a woman enter the vehicle [...]
Actress, storyteller Patricia Gomes is a ‘Special Person’
By Jenelle Carter Given a variety of circumstances, for many of us, the pursuit of childhood dreams is not easy or achievable, but there are some like Patricia Gomes, this week’s ‘Special Person’, who have lived those lofty dreams and enjoyed every moment. The genteel 87-year-old has purposefully dedicated more than half of her life [...]
Dem boys seh…..Champion is a popular thing
People gone back to paying others to do dem dirty wuk. Dem pay fuh people mess up Uncle Freddie; dem pay fuh a man throw acid pun a businessman and now dem pay fuh a man kill he wife. Dem bys use to think that money was scarce, that only de government had money to [...]
Police rank, accomplice in jail for robbery, drug possession
…prisoners beat one WHIM, CORENTYNE – Constable 20687 Kelon Kingston, a 23-year-old resident of Lot 33 Public Road, Rosignol, who was stationed at the Central Police Station in New Amsterdam, and his partner 30-year- old Elroy Lancaster of 57 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam were both remanded to prison on Friday. The men appeared before Magistrate Tajpaul [...]
SASOD Film Festival opens Tuesday
The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) opens its sixth film festival this Tuesday, with a screening of the film Blueprint, featuring the soundtrack by Guyanese musician Nhojj. Nhojj this year became the first black musician to win an ‘Out! Music Award for the song “Love”. Blueprint centres Keith and Nathan, two college freshmen in [...]
Good Intent residents awake to find water in their homes
- as drunk attendant leaves koker door open A West Bank Demerara koker attendant is in hot water because he fell asleep, leaving the koker open causing severe flooding in the village of Good Intent. The flood waters from the Demerara River inundated the community, resulting in significant losses to livestock, even as the villagers [...]
Farmers not receiving benefits from Venezuela rice deal
Several millers who sold rice to Venezuela but refused to pass the higher prices down to farmers may find themselves being sidelined from future shipments, in the face of several complaints. The complaints came even as Guyana gets ready to make another shipment of paddy to the neighbouring country. On Friday, officials of the Guyana [...]
GTA gives taxi drivers a ‘crash course’ in courtesy
Taxi Drivers are being targeted by the Guyana Tourism Authority for an industry makeover. The Authority has launched a new kind of training seminar aimed at ‘educating’ taxi drivers, dispatchers and taxi service owners in what is expected of them as part of the tourism industry. Chaired by Mr. Indranauth Haralsingh, Director of the Guyana [...]
Trotman calls for National Debate on coalition approach to 2011 elections
While pointing out that the issues of shared governance and coalition governance are distinct and separate, leader of the Alliance for Change, Raphael Trotman, said that there is need for a public debate on an alliance to contest the 2011 elections. Shared governance has to do more with the mechanism for governance while the other [...]
Girl, 5, still hospitalised after brutality
The five-year-old girl who was brutalised by her foster parents is still hospitalised at the West Demerara Regional Hospital, Best Village. According to sources, the foster parents have been charged with Child Abuse and are set to attend the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court on Monday. The 13-year-old girl who was also accused of being involved in [...]
Bissundyal’s article has done nothing but lowered the level of dialogue
Dear Editor, I refer to a deeply troubling article from Churamanie Bissundyal published in Kaieteur News under the title, “Are the ministers, advisors, and ambassadors of this naked king the same species and purpose of filth?’ (Kaieteur News, 28-05-10). The article has done nothing but lowered the level of conversation in this nation. It is [...]
Marriage is not perfect but neither is it a one way street
Dear Editor, Marital home is a woman’s sanctuary from a world where so much evil and wrongs transgress life. It’s a place where love, peace and happiness should reign and her chosen partner, in life, her protector who is supposed to sustain her needs – emotionally, physically and materially, for the married vows taken in [...]
CANU ranks find cocaine on city wharf
Acting on “tip off”, ranks from the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit on Friday night intercepted nearly three kilos of pure compressed cocaine destined for Jamaica. Kaieteur News was told that the ranks arrived at a city wharf around 11:40 pm on Friday. A subsequent search of the container vessel revealed two packets of cocaine. This [...]
Relatives of prisoners irate at treatment meted out by prison officials
By Rabindra Rooplall Relatives of inmates at the Camp Street Prison are peeved at the treatment meted out to them and their relatives who are incarcerated within the Prison. According to Sabrina Persaud, she was harassed on many occasions by prison officials when she went to visit her reputed husband. This was especially so on [...]
Happy Independence to all Guyanese!
Dear Editor, Maybe it was due to lack of space in your newspaper but our Independence message to the people of Guyana that was sent to your newspaper was not published – not even in Wednesday’s (26-05-10) newspaper as we had hoped. However, the celebration has passed but the time has not passed for wishing [...]
Guyanese family indicted for murder in USA
By PAUL NELSON SCHENECTADY — A Vale neighbourhood home of suspects in the recent killing of a Guyanese man had a cache of weapons — and an attic “sniper’s nest” set up to defend against a retaliatory attack — when police raided the place, a prosecutor said Friday. Two cops investigating the killing of [...]
City Council seeks new site for cemetery
The Le Repentir mortuary has been in a state of disrepair for more than four years and to date the Mayor and City Council is yet to decide on the way forward. During mid last year, the City Council opened a bidding process with the hope of getting any private entity to take over the [...]
First female Prime Minister in T&T
Dear Editor, The Five-Party People’s Partnership won a unique and historic landslide victory as Trinidad & Tobago elected its first female Prime Minister. The landslide victory is testimony to the fact that democracy works within a multiethnic and multiracial society. Kamal Persad-Bissessar’s United National Congress’ (UNC) alliance with Dr. Winston Dookeran’s Congress of the People [...]
Jail delivery unveils human rights violations in justice system
Fifty-five-year-old Justin John stood in the docks of Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire’s Court Room in the High Court on Thursday and muttered in what little English he knows that none of his family comes to visit him and that he doesn’t have a lawyer. That day marked seven years since John, a South Rupununi resident, has [...]
If every country had a Freddie Kissoon the world would be a better place
Dear Editor, Of all the possible things a person can throw on another person, some miscreant chose to throw feces on Sweet and Sensitive Freddie Kissoon. This man could have thrown water on Freddie, or pieces of paper, or rose petals. But no, the scoundrel threw sh*t on poor, poor Freddie. This has to be [...]
From awesomeness to awfulness
On the day South Africa won the ODI series (after sweeping the 20/20 series) Zimbabwe had just trounced India in their ODI match and Bangladesh had taken the day’s honour in their Test match against England at Lords. So where are we on the Minnow Rankings? Three days before, in a panel discussion on “Nationalism [...]
Stroke is second major risk associated with open-heart surgery – Dr Stephens
By Sharmain Cornette “About two percent of the patients who undergo open-heart surgery worldwide end up with a stroke.” This notion was amplified yesterday by Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI), Dr Gary Stephens, during an interview with this newspaper. And this state of affairs, Dr Stephens noted, does not mean that [...]
THE CLICO DEBACLE: PRESIDENT JAGDEO SHOULD STRIVE TO BE CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE
The PPP/C Administration continues to remain silent on how it will honour its guarantee to ensure that no policyholder or depositor of CLICO ( Guyana ) suffers any loss. It was the PPP/C Government that moved to the Guyana High Court to have a Judicial Manager appointed and subsequently to have the Company liquidated. Millions [...]
Health sector collaborates with PAHO to beef up disaster preparedness
Complacency is one of the worse attitudes as it relates to disaster preparedness. This notion was emphasised Thursday by Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) Representative, Adrianus Vlugman, when a health sector disaster management workshop got underway at Cara Lodge, in the city. The workshop which saw the attendance of health workers from various [...]
