Policeman gunned down in Joint Services Scheme
An on-duty policeman was shot dead by two gunmen shortly after 20:00 hrs last night at the entrance to Lamaha Springs. Police Constable 20740 Becram Singh, a 19-year-old Tactical Services Unit rank, was shot in the face, left side chest and abdomen, while standing sentry at the guard hut located near the entrance to the [...]
Policeman gunned down in Joint Services Scheme
An on-duty policeman was shot dead by two gunmen shortly after 20:00 hrs last night at the entrance to Lamaha Springs. Police Constable 20740 Becram Singh, a 19-year-old Tactical Services Unit rank, was shot in the face, left side chest and abdomen, while standing sentry at the guard hut located near the entrance to the [...]
Thief killed at Bourda
A suspected thief was last evening shot dead at Bourda Market, reportedly by a City Constabulary official. Officials gave the man’s name as “Abdul Kadir”, and market vendors last evening said that he was believed to have broken into several stalls. They described him as a nuisance. Shortly before 21:00hrs last evening, he was accosted [...]
‘Lady Jags’ qualify for Goal Cup, beat Cuba 3-1
The greatest day yet in the history of Guyana was achieved last evening at the Guyana national Stadium when the ‘Lady Jags’ rebounded from a 1-0 loss to Cuba in Havana to defeat the Cubans 3-1. Watched by a small but vociferous crowd at Guyana’s best sports facility the ‘Lady Jags’ showed great heart and [...]
Sophia lad was murdered, sexually molested
Police are treating the death of seven-year-old Dacwaun Sutherland as a murder, after a post mortem conducted yesterday revealed that he was sodomised and probably submerged in a canal until he drowned. Police sources said that the autopsy showed that for the child, who lived at ‘C’ Field, Sophia, death was due to drowning compounded [...]
GRA blames Kaieteur News for its failure to find smuggler’s boat
The Guyana Revenue Authority is blaming the Kaieteur News for its failure to locate a smuggler’s boat that disappeared from Customs Boat House a month ago. In a release issued yesterday, the GRA suggested that the leaking of information about the missing vessel to Kaieteur News had scared off informants who could have provided leads [...]
Guyanese in London protest against human rights violations
Guyanese protested Thursday outside Guyana High Commission at Bayswater in Central London against human rights violations in Guyana. This protest was organised to seek justice for 16-year-old schoolboy Kelvin Fraser, who was brutally gunned down at school by the Guyana Police on Monday, June 7, 2010. It has taken over three weeks for a charge [...]
Dem boys seh … Everybody neutral
Everything is a secret these days. Dem boys walk up to a crowd and dem hear some people whispering. When dem ask wha happening somebody holler “nutten” That mean that dem had a secret. People go to a crime scene and dem ask de police wha happen and de police does just walk away although [...]
Govt. sends emergency aid to Mahdia
The government yesterday airlifted emergency supplies of water, food and sleeping equipment to the key mining district of Mahdia, and the miners association set up a relief fund that immediately raised $10 million, after a late Saturday fire left 150 persons homeless. Vision Guyana, led by politician, Peter Ramsaroop, bemoaned the fact that the area [...]
Mahdia Fire… AFC to investigate no water despite $150M investment
The Alliance for Change will be dispatching a team to the mining town of Mahdia which was ravaged by a fire of historic proportions and will investigate why there was no water available to alleviate the situation. This is according to a party statement which pointed out that this will be done in light of [...]
Mandela dumpsite to close permanently this month-end
The city’s dumpsite, past its capacity and a health hazard for years now, is to be permanently closed from July 31, Georgetown’s Deputy Mayor Robert Williams said yesterday. But it is unclear whether a multi-million alternative landfill under construction at Haag Bosch, East Bank Demerara, will be ready on time. Yesterday, a senior engineer in [...]
Lusignan boy tops Region Four in Grade Six Assessment
Two and a half years after the bloody massacre of Lusignan, which shocked the country and made international headlines, students of the primary school in the East Coast Demerara community have done their school proud. Anand Ramdeo, Tiffany Metzger, Angelina Sattaur and Kimelle Wright were in Grade Four when a marauding gang of gunmen passed [...]
DIGICEL launches Spin N’ Win promotion
Mobile giant, Digicel, launched its 2010 summer promotion Wednesday evening at the Princess Hotel and Casino. Each year Digicel stages a promotion where its customer base gets the opportunity to win several ‘extravagant’ prizes. This year is no different. Wednesday marked the beginning of the Spin N’ Win Promotion where Digicel customers would have the [...]
Kwakwani, New Silver City reach NSBF U-18 semis
It was Region 10′s day at the National Schools Basketball Festival yesterday when two of its teams in the tournament, Kwakwani and New Silver City Secondary both reached the Under-18 semi-finals with comfortable wins. Kwakwani Secondary thrashed a Berbice combined team 57-37 with Dominique Douglas and Dave Plass scoring 21 points each. Kwakwani is also [...]
Lindener joins ranks of published writers
‘Intertwined’ a book of short stories by Sherene Noble, was launched on Monday at the Watooka Complex in Linden, in front of a fair gathering of literary enthusiasts. But, ‘disappointing’ is how Noble described the showing; while many expressed dismay that no one from the Region Ten Education Department thought it fit to attend. Even [...]
CAC boxers prepare for hectic tournament
Acquired American visas yesterday morning The six boxers scheduled to compete in the Central American and Caribbean Championships scheduled to get underway in San Juan Puerto Rico from July 18 – August 3 have all received American visas to facilitate the trip and are scheduled to leave Guyana shortly for that American state. They are [...]
Restaurant owner burnt in gas explosion
A 33-year-old, Chinese national who has been operating his restaurant for the past three years in Guyana, is thanking God for his survival following his near death experience Thursday morning. The incident left him with first degree burns and as a patient at the Suddie Public Hospital. Jians Yao Young, who lives and operates his [...]
GRA extends deadline for new Motor Vehicle Licence
Purchase of Motor Vehicle Licences has been extended to July 13, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) said yesterday. According to GRA, the sale of the licences was scheduled to expire on July 6 but a decision was taken to extend it by a week. “Persons are urged to make use for this extended time and [...]
Two Golf tournaments set for Caricom weekend
Two major golf tournaments will highlight Caricom weekend at the Lusignan Golf Club with players showcasing their talent on Saturday and Monday. The Annual Sanjay’s Jewelry Medal play tournament billed for Saturday will attract close to 35 golfers who will battle for attractive prizes at stake. According to Club Captain Patrick Prashad, prizes will be [...]
Cheating at Port Kaituma Secondary School
- Students to re-write end of term exams Three students of the Port Kaituma Secondary School are to re-write the Fourth Form end of year examinations. According to one of the parents, one of the students was caught cheating, and because the child and her two children were close friends, they were all suspended and [...]
Buxton Stars are Mackeson Premier League football champs
Buxton Stars FC have been declared the second Mackeson Premier Football League champions of the tournament organized by the East Demerara Football Association for the period 2009/10 which was played on a two round basis. This league kicked off in 2009 with seven clubs and saw an incompletion of participation from one of the club’s. [...]
Divorce rate continues to rise
-more than 1,000 filed for 2009 By Rabindra Rooplall Statistics from the Supreme Court show that 1,235 divorce matters were filed between January and December 2009. For this year to June 28, there were 636 divorce matters recorded. Sources from the court said that in almost all the cases filed, the main reason given was [...]
Inter Zone tournaments launched by BCB
Republic Bank (Guyana) Ltd. U-17 & Poonai’s Pharmacy U-13 The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) launched the 2nd Annual Poonai’s Pharmacy Under-13 and Republic Bank (Guyana) Ltd. Under-17 Inter Zone tournaments on Wednesday last. The launching of the two tournaments completed the busiest cricket season ever for junior cricketers in Berbice to go along with the [...]
RHTG&G contribute to Rose Hall Town 40th Anniversary Project
The Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets First Division team, as part of their Personal Development and Community Outreach Programme, on Tuesday last made a financial contribution towards the re-construction of a relaxation corner for residents of Rose Hall Town. The donation was handed over to the Da’ Entertainment Group which has been mandated by [...]
Rice farmers fight losing battle with millers
- Mandatory 10% security deposit being mulled By Leonard Gildarie Regulators are moving to introduce stern measures that will mandate rice millers to put down at least 10 per cent of their last crop paddy purchases as a cash surety, as current legislations fail to protect rice farmers. Government officials on Thursday admitted that they [...]
