Hit-man collected $30,000 advance
-taxi driver caught with $170,000 -husband, killer for court today By Michael Jordan Dennis Persaud, the 55-year-old businessman who allegedly plotted his young spouse’s brutal death, is to be charged today with murder, along with his 22-year-old ‘hit man’ Troy Green, who allegedly did the job. The Director of Public Prosecutions returned a report to [...]
Man fleeces doctor $10.2M
A former mechanic who claimed to be in a position to acquire a $10.2M motor vehicle for neurologist Dr. Walter Ramsahoye was remanded to prison, yesterday, for fraudulently converting the said money to his own use. It is alleged that between August 11, and August 19, 2009, being entrusted with $10.2M to buy one Toyota [...]
Suspected murder rocks Amerindian Hostel occupants
Police and officials from the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs are investigating the death of Evelyn Daniels, 63, of Mathews Ridge North West District,. The woman died at the Amerindian Hostel, Princes Street, Georgetown yesterday. Eyewitnesses disclosed that the woman was fetched out in a chair with her throat slashed and was placed on a tarpaulin [...]
Torture, unlawful killings feature in 2010 AI report on Guyana
“There were reports of human rights violations by the security forces, including unlawful killings and torture and other ill-treatment,” the 2010 report by Amnesty International on Guyana stated. The report pointed out that while three people were sentenced to death; no executions were carried out. The Roger Khan sentencing in October last, as a result [...]
ERC finds evidence of discrimination against Chinese
… store being given last chance The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has confirmed that a popular Georgetown clothing store has almost made it a policy to refuse entry to Chinese. The result is that the ERC is giving the store one last chance to defend itself before deciding to impose sanctions. ERC Chairman Bishop Juan [...]
Dem boys seh …Bharrat got to change
Low carbon is de thing and it good fuh Guyanese. Dem boys seh that Guyanese had too much carbon and dem was giving off too much carbon dioxide. Dem, more than some other people, help pollute de atmosphere. Scientists prove that Guyanese talk too much and every time dem talk is carbon dioxide. Dem boys [...]
Broken utility post at Vergenoegen raises concern
- GPL unaware of problem, says it may be under mandate of Works Ministry A broken utility post at Vergenoegen, West Coast Demerara, has been leaning over the entrance of “Masjid Street” for the past week. According to reports from concerned residents, a car had run off the road last Friday and hit the post, [...]
Guyana braces for heavier showers
- over 30 pumps deployed to East Demerara villages Between thee and four inches of intense showers fell between Friday and Saturday, causing the authorities to deploy almost 30 pumps between Liliendaal and Cane Grove on the East Coast Demerara to deal with flood waters. And although the rains have been falling, the levels of [...]
CARICOM and Turkey deepen diplomatic relations
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) yesterday welcomed a new Turkish Ambassador, and expressed hope for increased co-operation in the fields of disaster management, climate change, trade, education, culture and tourism. Edwin Carrington, CARICOM Secretary-General, accepted the Letters of Credence from Nihat Akyol, Plenipotentiary Representative of Turkey to CARICOM. Carrington said the Caribbean was “deeply appreciative” of [...]
Child’s allegations place relatives, education officials on collision course
Springlands, Corriverton – Relatives of a five-year-old girl on the Upper Corentyne are calling on the police and relevant authorities to deal with a young teacher who they allege has been abusing their child for over six months. The child’s aunt, who is also a teacher attached to Corriverton Primary, is convinced that her niece [...]
Clinton Williams elected GMSA President
Mr. Clinton Williams, Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) is the new President of Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA). Mr. Williams was elected President of the Association at its Annual General Meeting, which concluded on Friday last at the Secretariat on Waterloo Street. He succeeds Mr. Ramesh Dookhoo who recently [...]
Flood hits Anna Regina municipal vendors
Vendors operating in the Anna Regina Municipal market have said that they continue to be affected by flooding almost twice annually. The most recent flooding was caused by this sporadic rainy season. This sore issue has been further compounded, one vendor said, by a non-functional koker which sits in close proximity to the market and [...]
Food for the Poor aids Guyana Blind Cricket Association
The Guyana Blind Cricket Association will be sending a team to represent Guyana in the fifth Regional West Indies Blind Cricket Championship scheduled for June 5 to June 16, next, in Barbados. Yesterday, Food for the Poor (Guyana) Inc., donated a quantity of cricket gear (bats, batting gloves and wicket keeping gloves) as well as [...]
17-year-old missing since January 1
… parents receive reports of his death but seek confirmation Seventeen-year-old Mikey Moonadai, of Friendship Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara, has been reported missing since New Year’s Day, and his parents have received reports of his alleged death by malaria. However, investigations by his parents and the Police have not confirmed this report. Mikey’s mother, [...]
ERC regional meetings start today
The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has contracted Mr. Lawrence Lachmansingh, a consultant, who will assess the commission’s performance, and effectiveness to date. The ERC will be hosting its Annual Regional Meetings and Strategic Assessment Process with key stakeholders today to Friday June 4, 2010. According to chairman of the ERC, Bishop Juan Edghill, with the [...]
PNCR open to coalition approach in 2011 elections – Corbin
While a presidential candidate is yet to be identified for the People’s National Congress Reform, the party leader stresses that the party is looking at a broad platform to contest the 2011 elections and has not ruled out a coalition approach. Party Leader Robert Corbin, at a recent press briefing, said that the PNCR position [...]
11-year-old boy under State’s protection
- mother to appear in Court today Laverne Brummell, 36, has been formally charged and will appear in court today to face charges of brutally beating her 11-year-old son. The child was immediately taken into the custody of the Child Care Services of the Human Services Ministry on Monday after Police charged the mother and [...]
Suspected chain snatcher heads to jail
Ryan Brown was remanded to prison yesterday by acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson for simple larceny on a motorist who was at the junction of Camp and Regent Streets. It is alleged that Brown snatched a gold chain valued at $350,000 from Nandalall Awad on May 28 while Awad was in his car waiting for [...]
Two Berbice smugglers escape as GRA seizes $2M in goods
- one man jailed for two years Two Berbice smugglers are on the run and another jailed for two years following the seizure of a vessel last Friday at the Number 7 Village beach. According to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), almost $2M in goods was seized by the agency’s Law Enforcement and Investigations Division. [...]
US Govt. petitions court to suppress ‘evidence’
The US Government yesterday moved to petition the Eastern District of New York, specifically Justice Dora Irizarry, to have her preclude some of the defendants in the JFK Terror Plot from admitting into evidence recorded conversations involving themselves and their co conspirators. In the attorney’s motion in the court the Government stated that they want [...]
Hope Estate road in deplorable state
…vehicles refuse to traverse the area The access road to Plantation Hope East Coast Demerara, has been in a deplorable state for some one month now and with the rainy weather the condition is worsening. According to residents, the road, which is some 3.5 kilometers long, is also the only access road to the Hope [...]
Investigators await statement from acid burnt GCB official
Police investigating last Wednesday’s acid throwing incident committed on Guyana Cricket Board official, Pretipaul Jaigobin, are still awaiting a statement from the victim in order to actively pursue the matter. A source at the Vigilance Police Station told Kaieteur News that although Jaigobin provided them with the names of persons he suspected were responsible for [...]
Guyanese East Indians must understand the logics of Walter Rodney
Dr. Randy Persaud and Ravi Dev have an undying theme. If other East Indians do not vigorously denounce the dangerously misleading advocacy of these two men (there are others but these two write frequently, with Dev having a weekly column,) young Indian minds might digest their sociological venom, and poisonous it is indeed. The theme [...]
TOO BIG FOR THE PPP!
The publisher of Kaieteur News got a call yesterday indicating that this column was inaccurate in its assessment that Venezuela did not object to the Upper Mazaruni Hydroelectric Project. The caller asserted that Venezuela did object in the strongest possible language to the World Bank, and therefore urged that this column make the necessary correction. [...]
Where was the flood preparation?
During the dry spell the government through the Ministry of Agriculture, announced that it was spending hundreds of millions of dollars to prepare for the rainy season. The preparations would have entailed clearing drains and outfall channels, repairing dams to farms and the backlands, and creating new waterways for drainage. On one occasion, Minister of [...]
