Detectives seek pathologist’s opinion
Detectives yesterday visited pathologist Dr. Vivekanand Bridgemohan to discuss his findings in the autopsy of Assistant Superintendant Ivelaw Murray. A source said that the senior detective officers from Georgetown spoke extensively with Dr. Bridgemohan in an attempt to ascertain whether they were dealing with a suicide or murder. Kaieteur News understands that the ranks are [...]
City police called in to guard troubled Le Repentir
Haags Bosch not ready until October – Govt. says By Leonard Gildarie Chaos hit the city’s dumpsite yesterday with officials calling in its security forces to man the aging facility against illegal dumping, even as Government disclosed that an almost $2B new landfill at Haags Bosch will not be ready in time for August 1. [...]
Accomplished strongman, inspirational coach and guide
Samuel Barker is a ‘Special Person’ “I ensured that I read extensively and kept myself up to date with the changing trends of the sport back then, and this was in order to guide those under my care in the right direction.” By Franklin Wilson It is not quite normal, or should I say common, [...]
Dem boys seh….Randy run from Bharrat
Randy gone and dem boys surprise. He was de man who pick up everything, lef right and centre, what anybody seh bout Bharrat. He was dem man who vex because somebody seh how Bharrat get a common award when dem shoulda seh that Bharrat get a capital AWARD. He claim how was eye pass. Well [...]
Leonora Primary continues to sparkle
They travelled from as far as Parika on the East Bank of Essequibo and Wales on the West Bank of Demerara but they were all exposed to the same experience which perhaps has set their ultimate path in life. They are in fact the top students of the Leonora Primary School who recently received their [...]
Health Ministry’s $100M allocation to fund extensive works
– Permanent Secretary By Sharmain Cornette Some $100M has been earmarked for infrastructural works at the Ministry of Health, but according to Permanent Secretary, Hydar Ally, the funds are not merely focused on reconstruction and rehabilitation works at the entity’s Brickdam headquarters. Ally noted that the building that is currently being erected within the Ministry’s [...]
MOH prepares to go to open tender for drugs procurement
- sister Pharmaceutical companies likely to bid at same time The Ministry of Health (MOH) has been over time been slammed for its method of procuring drugs through a sole agency, the New Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation. The current procurement method is by selective tendering, which a Cabinet decision in 2008 allowed, by consenting to a [...]
Man crushed by container truck in freak accident
Andel Franklin, 45, lost his life Friday night after he fell under a trailer truck on America Street. The incident occurred at approximately 21:50hrs at the junction of America and Water Streets where the gates to enter the John Fernandes container terminal are located. Franklin had been standing to the right of the truck which [...]
Flooding under control in Diamond/Grove area
The flash flood that was caused by the abrupt rains that affected coastal Guyana, especially the Diamond/Grove area one week ago, has subsided and things have returned to normalcy although rain continues to fall heavily intermittently. Authorities said that the initial rainfall figure for that period was estimated almost six inches between Prospect and Craig, [...]
‘Sweet-water’ fish under threat from over fishing, logging, mining
As stocks dwindle alarmingly, authorities say that they are moving to stamp out indiscriminate fishing in hinterland areas and that regulations may be coming soon. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, yesterday, the inland fisheries of Guyana has valuable resources that are declining and under threat. The Ministry of Agriculture’s Department of Fisheries has been [...]
Out of bitterness and pain comes a glimmer of hope -efforts being made for paralysed man to have surgery
At the tender age of twelve, Richard Fresco entered the grown-up world of work when he gained employment at the Amerally Sawmills in New Amsterdam, Berbice. He left the job several times, but kept returning. Richard was twenty-seven years old when his world almost ended and his dreams appeared to be forever shattered. Whilst on [...]
President Jagdeo promises Linden much
President Bharrat Jagdeo and his team of Ministers once again held interactive sessions with people from all across Region Ten. The occasion was a follow up fan out exercise and the people converged at the Watooka Complex, to hear of solutions to some of their problems, and to even air some more. The president assured [...]
Osafo Johnson still in lockups
Sandra Johnson, the mother of 17-year-old Osafo Johnson, who was shot twice in the back by the police on Sunday is now claiming that police are refusing to allow relatives to visit the injured teen at the Brickdam Police Lockups. Osafo Johnson, of 707 East Ruimveldt, was reportedly shot just as he walked out of [...]
Inmates to be charged for attempted arson
The inmates of the Georgetown Prisons who are said to be responsible for setting fire to a mattress in the ‘brick’ section of the Georgetown Prisons are expected in court sometime early next week. A source close to the investigation told this newspaper that three inmates have since given statements to the police. According to [...]
Investigators await injured rank’s recovery
On April 15, last, Police rank Sherwyn Richardson, was struck down while manning a road block aback of the Botanical Gardens. Since the incident the person responsible has been released on station bail without being charged as Richardson remains unresponsive and bedridden. When contacted yesterday, Traffic Chief Neil Semple, said that the investigation into the [...]
One dies in Lethem accident
Passengers had begged driver to “slow down” Ronald Johnny, 61, one of the three survivors of last Friday’s accident at Lethem, said that he had begged pickup driver, Aaron Batson, to slow down. Johnny, who sustained a fractured skull and injuries to the hand, is recovering at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Male surgical ward. Aaron [...]
The cop who killed himself twice
By Michael Jordan If there is one thing that retired Police Senior Superintendant Ivan Daniels is sure of, it is that his son is no killer. Call it a father’s love, but Mr. Daniels refuses to believe that his son, 32-year-old Assistant Superintendant Ivelaw Murray, went berserk on Sunday, July 4, 2010, and shot a [...]
UG’s Centre for Communication Studies hosts renowned journalist
Local journalists will be engaged for the next two weeks as a result of an initiative of the University of Guyana’s Centre for Communication Studies (CCS) to host a workshop for local print media. The programme commences tomorrow in the Eddie Rodway Foyer of the Theatre Guild of Guyana. Sessions will continue each day except [...]
Let’s compare private and public schools
Dear Editor, As a tax payer and a responsible citizen it would be appreciated if the publication of results of the National Grade Six Assessment and the Caribbean Secondary Examination Council be done as follows:- That there be a distinction to show what percentage of the overall results for both the NGSA and the CSEC [...]
The US trafficking in person report
Dear Editor, The letter by the Minister of Human Services and Social Security, “The govt. has always said there is no evidence to prove claims that there are large numbers of TIP victims”, (SN June 28, 2010) states, “Guyana does not have trafficking on the scale that should attract the attention of the United States….” [...]
Mrs Holder has not learnt about a valuable lesson of life
Dear Editor, Here are further notes to my column of Friday July 9 in relation to the letter by AFC Parliamentarian, Sheila Holder in the July 8 edition of SN in which she responds to my criticism of her not adding her voice to the demand by me, Everall Franklyn of GAP-ROAR and Coretta Mc [...]
QC foreign language teacher to compete in Miss Jamzone
Yes, he’s ‘closer’ than you could ever imagine. International singer-songwriter, Ne-Yo, has been roped in by the Hits and Jams crew for the tenth anniversary of Jamzone, the country’s biggest beach jam – well it’s not a beach jam event anymore. What started off as a band on the beach with a $40,000 first prize [...]
Mother’s hope vindicated
Indra Persaud-Moonadai refused to believe that her missing 17-year-old son was dead. Mikey Moonadai, who left home last Diwali to work at Mahdia, had called his family on New Year’s Day 2010, and had told them he would be home for the Easter Holidays. They never heard from the teenager again. Desperate for news of [...]
We have a state of anarchy staring us in the face
Dear Editor, There is a very disturbing social phenomenon being institutionalised in Guyana where the people are now electing to take the law into their own hands as a matter of course in their apparent attempts to redress issues which should be the sole responsibility of the Guyana Police Force. There have been two recent [...]
Congratulations students but not Guyana
Dear Editor, Please let me use this opportunity to congratulate the students who were successful at the SSEE examinations 2010. What I have observed in this set of results and the recent pass are major shift from where the top students are emanating, that is, mainly from private schools. This is a very worrying trend [...]
