Suspects confess to robbing, killing victim
- tried to make it look like an accident In a dramatic twist of events, the police are now treating the Soesdyke/Linden Highway crash which claimed the life of 23-year-old taxi driver Damion Lindore as a murder, since one person has admitted that he was part of a gang that beat and robbed the man. [...]
Gunmen relieve DDL guards of firearms
- camera footage leads to arrests, recovery of revolver Armed bandits struck the Demerara Distillers Limited Head Office at Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara early yesterday morning, overpowering three guards and relieving them of two firearms. Their attempts to cut their way through security locks were however thwarted by the prompt response of [...]
Cop tries to sodomise pensioner in lock-ups
Sixty-eight year-old Neville Oxford was not prepared to have his manhood violated by a policeman who arrested him last Sunday night, so he put a fierce fight, wounding the cop in the process. Oxford, called ‘Sleepy’,of 161 Mocha, East Bank Demerara, was made to strip almost naked by the policeman who then attempted to sodomise [...]
Pig rearer continues to defy EPA
Despite several warning notices, a pig rearer at Good Hope, on the East Coast of Demerara, continues to defy the Environmental Protection Agency, leaving his swine to roam unattended in the community much to the annoyance of residents there. The pig rearer, who operates an aluminum window factory, also runs a huge pig farm at [...]
Dem boys seh.. Is greedy dem greedy
How much land a man really need? Dem boys still asking that question and people giving all kind of answer. One man seh ask Lumumba; another seh ask Nokta and things like that. Dem boys brave because dem ask Lumumba and he tell dem that a man need all de land he can get, even [...]
Sex, other abuses rock Enmore Children’s Home
- Mentally challenged woman pregnant for boy, 13 A nasty scandal in which a 13-year-old boy had sex with a mentally challenged woman, who is now pregnant, is among a number of other cases of abuse, mistreatment and fraud leveled against the Hope Children’s Home at Enmore, East Coast Demerara. The Director of the Home, [...]
Guyanese get 15 years for cocaine smuggling in UK
Guyanese Brandon Coates who was involved in a plot to smuggle £22.5 million worth of cocaine in scrap metal into the UK from Guyana, has been jailed for 15 years. Coates, 34, of Springbank Road, Gildersome, United Kingdom, is the third gang member to be jailed over two days for his role in the plot, [...]
NDC Chairman reports to police
The Chairman of an Essequibo NDC who allegations of attempted rape were made against is said to have reported voluntarily to the Leonora Police Station yesterday morning. The official reportedly recorded his statement, refuting the allegations made against him by the Parika couple. Kaieteur News understands that the man was instructed by Acting Commander of [...]
Prisoner escapes for second time from same station
The police have launched a manhunt for escapee Chetram Singh, 26, a deportee of Betsy Ground, East Canje, Berbice. The man on Wednesday disappeared from the Reliance Police Station during the court session. This is the second time that the man has made a daring escape from the precincts of the Reliance Police Station. Singh [...]
Teen in hospital after battered by seaman father
- mother asks for leniency In a clear case which highlighted the reluctance of some family members to report domestic abuse, a 15-year-old Pouderoyen, West Demerara, girl was badly beaten Wednesday night by her father and has since been hospitalised. The 41-year-old father, a seaman, has been arrested and his wife is now pleading for [...]
I will not be intimidated by any hired pen – ERC Chairman
Head of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) Bishop Juan Edghill yesterday expressed regret that an issue that could have been addressed through moral suasion, and by applying alternative dispute resolution techniques, has now become a matter in the public domain. Edghill was referring to the issue of the Fazia’s Collections’ chain of stores being accused [...]
PPP had nothing to do with attack on Freddie Kissoon – Ramotar
General Secretary of the Peoples Progressive Party Donald Ramotar has condemned the recent attack on University of Guyana Lecturer and Kaieteur News Columnist Frederick Kissoon. Ramotar insists that his party had nothing to do with the attack as has been suggested in some quarters. The party’s General Secretary said that it was a damning thing [...]
New post office commissioned at Melanie Damishana
While the United States of America is scaling down on the number of Post Offices there, the Guyana Post Office Corporation continues to increase the number of its facilities despite the presence of fierce competition. This was disclosed by Postmaster General Henry Dundas at the official opening of the new $6.7M facility at Melanie Damishana, [...]
Two remanded for guns, ammo and drug find at airport
Two men who attempted to smuggle two handguns and a quantity of cocaine through the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, on Sunday last, were both remanded to prison when they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Adrian Beckles and Dexter Lewis, the latter being a St Kitts national, both pleaded not [...]
“Weed” in biscuit box lands man in court
Shem John, who allegedly had in his possession 690 grams of cannabis sativa for the purpose of trafficking was yesterday refused bail when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton. The allegation was that on June 1, at the Port Kaituma airstrip, John had the substance in his possession. He pleaded guilty to the charge. He [...]
US military hands over 10 trucks to GDF
Ten (10) Ford 350 trucks were yesterday added to the Guyana Defence Force’s fleet of vehicles, compliments of the United States Southern Command (US SOUTH COM). US SOUTHCOM Commander, General Douglas Fraser, handed over the vehicles to Commodore Gary Best at Base Camp Ayanganna. The donation forms part of the US Force’s programme to train [...]
UG unveils Associate Degree progamme in Anthropology
For the first time in the English-speaking Caribbean, an Associate Degree programme in Anthropology will be offered to students at the University of Guyana. Professor Al Creighton of the university’s administrative body explained that the two-year course will take students up to a level below the Bachelor’s Degree. “It will give them a body of [...]
Four more nurses secure Master’s Degrees
The local nursing fraternity has been bolstered with four nurses, who on May 16 last, graduated with their Master’s Degree in Nursing from the Saint Joseph College in Connecticut, United States of America. The online programme commenced in 2008 and culminated last month. The graduates, all members of the Guyana Nurses Association (GNA), are Mandy [...]
One jailed for four years, three others granted bail
Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, on Tuesday jailed a father of three to four years imprisonment, after he pleaded guilty to stealing his employer’s $5.2M Toyota Tundra pick-up, some three months ago. It is alleged that Diyodhan Ramkirit, 24, of Vreed-en-Hoop Squatting Area, stole the vehicle (GKK 4274) – the property of Farouk Ghani of [...]
Hector Camacho, Corrine DeGroot here to keep ring dates this weekend
By Michael Benjamin Hector ‘Machito’ Camacho arrived in Guyana early yesterday morning to keep his ring date with ‘Deadly’ Denny Dalton mere hours before Corrine ‘Sexy Panther’ Van Ryck DeGroot arrived for her return bout against Shondell ‘Mystery Lady’ Alfred at the Princess International Hotel, Providence EBD on Saturday night. ‘Machito’ is accompanied by a [...]
New Hope residents at odds with businessman over location of dam
Residents of New Hope, on the East Bank Demerara, complain that they are constantly under flood water as a result of the breaking down of a main dam. On Tuesday, the residents were making attempts to rebuild the structure which separates them from a soon to be developed housing scheme. Representatives from the Neighbourhood Democratic [...]
‘Chicken Dharry will regret giving me this opportunity’ – says Rogers
“I will take care of Elton ‘Collie Bully’ Dharry, I mean ‘Chicken Dharry’. I will give this so call bully a sound trashing”. “The time for talk is over, now it’s time for action. I have spoken enough; I will let my fist do the talking. Now a days when you talk, officials get an [...]
National basketball coaching choices peeve Panday
- Scorpions’ Coach frustrated with being overlooked By Edison Jefford Scorpions’ Head Coach, Vijay Panday yesterday expressed his frustration over frequently being overlooked for national coaching jobs, following the announcement of the Coaches that will prepare Guyana’s teams for international duties. Kaieteur Sport reported in its Wednesday edition that the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) [...]
PS King retained at Football Referees boss
Permanent Secretary in the Sports Ministry, Alfred King along with Dwayne Lovell has been returned as President and Treasurer respectively when the Guyana Football Referees’ Council (GRFC) held its Annual General Meeting at Carifesta Sports Complex. Dion Inniss who previously served as Assistant Secretary Treasurer was elected to the post of senior Vice President while [...]
Jeffrey thanks team for sterling effort
- Feels that Guyana’s chances of winning c/ship good By Rawle Welch Kevin Jeffrey, the most outstanding Guyanese driver at the opening even of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) which was held at the Dover Raceway recently thanked his team for the sterling effort they produced in getting the car ready for race day. [...]
