Juror forces Judge to abort murder trial
A juror did not disclose that he had an indictable matter in court and that the defense counsel is his attorney in Magistrate court. The result was that Justice Brassington Reynolds was forced to abort the retrial of murder accused Alfred Campbell, called Sobers, when he learnt that one of the jurors sitting in the [...]
Woman accused of fleecing 31 house lot seekers of $9M
A 40-year-old woman of Grass Field, Lusignan, has been remanded after being read a total of 31 charges relating to fraud. The accused, Chandrawattie Sedarie, made her appearance yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. It is alleged that between January and March this year she collected large sums of [...]
Remigrant suffers two robberies in three days
… now rethinks options Re-migrant Guyanese businessman, Gopichand Niranjan, says that he is going to seriously rethink his options after three armed men invaded his Courbane Park, Annandale home and Auto Sales business, shortly after 07.00 hrs today. It was the second time that he had been robbed in three days, and the sixth time [...]
Kadir accused of spying for Iran
New York- The trial of two men accused of plotting to attack Kennedy International Airport took an unexpected twist on Wednesday when prosecutors suggested that one of the men, a former government official in Guyana, spent decades secretly working as an Iranian spy — passing along information about the country’s economy, foreign policy and military [...]
PSC meets Kuwait’s investment representatives
Guyana’s private sector is exploring business opportunities with Kuwait, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) has disclosed. A high-level group, part of a delegation that came on Monday with Kuwaiti Prime Minister, Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, met representative of the PSC at the Princess Hotel. A brief presentation on tax laws, incentive regimes, land ownership [...]
Dem boys seh…Guyana got a visiting president
Last night dem boys turn on dem TV and dem hear that Guyana got a visiting President. In dem other country de President live deh and he always meeting wid he people. But lo and behold, de Guyana President live overseas and he does visit he people once in a while. That couldn’t be because [...]
Emotional service precedes burial of Assistant Supt. Murray
- police barred from attending funeral in uniform Police Assistant Superintendent, Ivelaw Murray, was laid to rest yesterday following a simple yet emotional funeral service at the Glory Light Tabernacle in Plaisance. The internment took place amidst continuing controversy surrounding how he met his death. Scores of relatives and friends were present and even a [...]
22-year-old delivers triplets outside GPHC
It’s been said that every birth is a miracle. For 22-year-old Tricia Persaud a better description of the events of Tuesday night may be hard to find. The young woman who was bearing triplets went into labour late Tuesday night. While she was being driven to the hospital however, the first of the babies could [...]
New garbage trucks for Linden
The garbage collection system in Linden, which for a long time had been severely challenged by inadequate equipment, was recently boosted with the purchase of two new compactor trucks at a cost of some $7M. The trucks were purchased from funds released for the 2009 $10M subvention. Town clerk, Patrick Inniss, is advising persons to [...]
IDB approves US$118 million in grants for Haiti
- power, water services, roads targeted The Inter-American Development Bank yesterday approved grants totaling $118 million for Haiti to improve electricity and water services in Port-au-Prince, which were severely affected by the January 12 earthquake, and to upgrade highways and roads. A US$14 million grant will help Haiti speed up the recovery of electricity services [...]
GGDMA consults with Mahdia miners on relief fund
The executive members of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners’ Association (GGDMA) on Monday last met with the residents of Mahdia to discuss with them, how the monies donated by the association through the relief fund can be best used to meet their needs. The visiting team explained to residents that while they had established [...]
Berbice police in major drug bust, net 34 kilos of Compressed marijuana
Police in East Berbice on Wednesday made a major drug haul which netted over 80 pounds of compressed marijuana. At about 07:00 hours yesterday, ranks acting on information conducted a search of a white Toyota 212 Carina motorcar, HB 4285 at the No 51 public Road. The car was being driven by Stanton Baird of 62 [...]
18 companies vie for Ram & McRae Business Report awards
The first ever Award in Guyana directed at a company for its performances as it relates to its annual report is underway. The Ram and McRae initiative which coincides with that entity’s 25th Anniversary views the Annual Reports of 18 of Guyana’s leading Businesses and the winner will be announced on Saturday July 31 at [...]
Chris Ram seeks to modify New Building Society Act
Chartered accountant Christopher Ram will today be invoking a clause of the New Building Societies Act that the Minister of Finance is seeking to have amended in Parliament. Bill no. 7/2010 which was tabled in Parliament last Thursday and will be debated today, seeks to make amendments to the New Building Society Act. According to [...]
‘Sponge Bob’ remanded for attempting house break
Odell Beresford, called ‘Sponge Bob’, has been remanded on a charge of being charged with attempting to commit a felony. The accused made his appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates Court yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. It is alleged that on July 15, last, he attempted to commit a felony by attempting to enter [...]
Jagdeo gets special treatment in Venezuela
President Bharrat Jagdeo traveled to Caracas, Venezuela, yesterday, to a ceremonial welcome following which he engaged in talks with his counterpart, Hugo Chavez, at the Venezuelan President’s Mariflores Palace residence. The visit by President Jagdeo signals a deepening of relations between Guyana and Venezuela especially in the area of trade which according to the Venezuela [...]
No foul play suspected in fiery death
As police in the West Demerara district continue their investigation into the fire at Canal Number Two, which left a 62-year-old woman dead, there is no suspicion of foul play. Commander of the Division Balram Persaud told this newspaper that they are still waiting on a post mortem examination results but so far, based on [...]
US$370M is a lot of money to be unaccounted for
Dear Editor, To quote from page 27 of the 2006 PPP/C Manifesto, “The PPP/C will continue to build on its solid track record of strengthening accountability, transparency and good governance”. This is the promise that President Bharrat Jagdeo made to the Guyanese people in an effort to get reelected. Unfortunately, a more truthful statement would [...]
A few hours at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre
- only Cuban Doctors working By Rabindra Rooplall After many complaints from patients who visit the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, Kaieteur News decided to investigate some of the complaints. Arriving at 7:26 hrs Monday, the benches were packed and persons were standing in front the entrance of the Center awaiting the arrival of the doctors, who [...]
Clerical sex-abuse scandal
Dear Editor, An impartial reading of reactions in the media to the clerical sex-abuse scandal in the Catholic Church shows that, consciously or unconsciously, the writers are applying double standards – a much stricter standard to the Catholic Church and a rather lenient standard (even to the point of ignoring that the problem exists) to [...]
Kamla’s party heading for massive local govt. victory
Dear Editor, For the first time in its history, the ruling UNC (and its coalition partners branded the Peoples Partnership) is heading for a massive victory in a local government election in Trinidad. The most seats (electoral districts) the UNC has ever won were 64 and the most local bodies it has ever won are [...]
21-yr-old motorcyclist hospitalized after crashing into cow
Marcus James, 21, of Tucber Park, is in a critical condition at the New Amsterdam Hospital following an accident with a cow in the vicinity of Main and Alexander Streets, New Amsterdam around 23:30 hrs. Reports reaching Kaieteur News stated that, James who is an unlicensed rider, was not wearing a helmet at the time [...]
Government seizes control of Belle Vue co-op
-sale of repossessed lands questioned By Leonard Gildarie Government has seized control of a West Bank Demerara cane farmers’ cooperative following complaints that lands were repossessed and then sold without due process. Yesterday, Chief Co-operative Development Officer (CCDO) in the Ministry of Labour, Kareem Abdul-Jabar, announced that a new management team will replace the current [...]
The closing days of the Bharrat Jagdeo regime
Dear Editor, In the closing days of the Jagdeo regime, Guyanese are being daily bombarded with further disgusting descents in its standards of public behaviour. The macabre statement by the Local Government Minister to justify withholding public funding from the City Council: “that if there is a health crisis in the City I’ll be glad [...]
Why render useless the very tool needed to fight corruption, crime and poor governance
Dear Editor, Observation is made of the campaign to dictate to the PNC with no regard or respect for the PNC’s rules. It seems that there is no end to those who stay from afar and who believe that they can dictate what the PNC and its leader must and should be doing. If persons [...]
