Farmer knifed to death at Pomeroon
- identifies killers before succumbing A feud between two Pomeroon families ended in bloodshed at around 23:00 hrs on Thursday, with a 54-year-old farmer being cornered and stabbed to death near a backdam. Wilfred Williams, called ‘Willo’ of Grant Friendship, Lower Pomeroon, was stabbed in the face and legs about a mile from a wedding [...]
KN reporter refused entry to President’s press conference
- McCoy says must have govt. issued media pass – Jagdeo unaware of such a rule, unable to explain McCoy’s actions One of Kaieteur News’ senior reporters, Gary Eleazar was yesterday refused entry to the Office of the President (OP) for the Head of State’s press conference. Eleazar presented his Guyana Press Association (GPA) media [...]
Mazaruni escapee ‘Bull Eye’ shot, recaptured
Prison escapee Nigel Williams, called ‘Bull Eye’, was shot and recaptured at around 17:00 hrs yesterday, just a month after his brazen escape from the Mazaruni penitentiary. Police sources said that the 36-year-old fugitive was wounded in one of his legs after being cornered by Joint Services ranks near Bounty Hall, Essequibo. Kaieteur News understands [...]
President discusses “modern new airport” with Chinese
President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday unveiled preliminary discussions with Chinese companies on building a new airport in Guyana as the country looks to secure a national flag carrier. “If we’re going to make Guyana a hub we need at least bridges and currently we can only accommodate three or four aircraft standing on the tarmac at [...]
Govt. may or may not put money into Marriott – Jagdeo
- says one experience at Pegasus will turn any investor off this country In the face of scathing criticism from management of one of the country’s leading hotels over the government’s involvement in the Marriott Hotel project, President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said the government may or may not put any money into the venture. This [...]
Cop stable after cutlass attack
Detective Constable Parsram Samsundar, who was viciously attacked with a cutlass on Wednesday night, says that he was targeted because he had been taking a strong stand against drug dealers in Mahaica. The officer who is presently a patient in the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital said that his attacker is a [...]
Minister delivers on promise to have Competition Commission up and running
Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Manniram Prashad and his staff have delivered on their promise to have a functioning Competition Commission by summer. Several months ago as the Minister addressed members of a CARICOM delegation in a closed session on Competitiveness in the region, he pledged to have the Guyana Competition Commission up and [...]
Body of unidentified man found in cemetery drain
The body of an unidentified man was fished out of a trench in the New Roman Catholic Burial Site, Le Repentir Cemetery, yesterday. Kaieteur News understands that police received reports about a body being seen at Le Repentir Cemetery on Thursday evening, and they conducted a search of the perimeter, but found nothing. However, checks [...]
Education Trust Fund accounts to be paid
By Leonard Gildarie The news for account holders of the embattled Globe Trust and Investments Company Limited (GTICL) does not look good, its Liquidator, Nizam Ali, said yesterday. As a matter of fact, account holders in all likelihood will only be getting back a small part of their monies that they had been saving. And [...]
Authorities seize illegal pesticides
Authorities say that recent intelligence-driven inspections at several spots across the country have resulted in the seizure of large quantities of unregistered pesticides. According to the Ministry of Agriculture yesterday, in a statement, farmers during recent training programmes, had spoken of the availability of the illegal pesticides on the market. As a result, the Pesticides [...]
Guyana Watch Medical team gets down to it
The 32-member Guyana Watch Inc. (GWI) Medical Team landed here yesterday morning and paused only long enough to eat breakfast and gather their supplies before staging their first clinic in the afternoon. The clinic was set up at the Shaheed Boys Orphanage on Alexander Street, Kitty, where the team of medical specialists and their support [...]
Govt. may or may not put money into Marriott – Jagdeo
- says one experience at Pegasus will turn any investor off this country In the face of scathing criticism from management of one of the country’s leading hotels over the government’s involvement in the Marriott Hotel project, President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said the government may or may not put any money into the venture. This [...]
Dowlin’s 60 and Foo’s cameo take Guyana home
By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Digicel, Leisure Inn & Carib Beer Man-of-the Match Travis Dowlin produced another solid 20/20 performance for Guyana while 19-year-old debutant Jonathon Foo set tongues wagging with a boundary-filled unbeaten 10-ball 24 as Guyana beat the Windward Islands by 5 wickets at the Kensington Oval last evening in [...]
Guyana open CAC Rugby C/ships against Costa Rica
Hosts Guyana will open their pursuit for top honours in the CAC Sevens Rugby Championship against Costa Rica, starting from 11:50 hrs today. The Guyanese who’re the defending four-time NACRA champions have selected a strong twelve-man squad which will be captained by the experienced West Indies skipper Claudius Butts and include players the calibre of [...]
Local karatekas clinch sponsorship from Ansa McAl and Bakewell
The 11th Pan American Karate Championships gets underway from August 12-15 next at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) and beverage giants Ansa McAl has risen to the corporate call to render corporate assistance to the local team of karatekas as they wind down preparations for this prestigious event. More than 80 local karatekas would [...]
No b/ball tryouts this weekend
- CASH unavailable After two poor weekends of attendance at the national senior basketball tryouts, there will be no sessions this weekend due to the unavailability of the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH). Vice-President in charge of Operations at the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF), Floyd Levi told Kaieteur Sport yesterday that the venue is [...]
Mangrove Action Plan completed
- No clear date for release of EU funds The Mangrove Action Committee yesterday presented a key management plan for mangrove forests to the Minister of Agriculture as the country looks to secure funding from the European Union. The total area of mangrove forest in Guyana is estimated at 80,432 hectares. The Management plan seeks [...]
GAPF selects 5 for IPF/NAPF Powerlifting C/ships in Puerto Rico
World record hopeful Vijay Rahim among 3 denied US Visa, appeal submitted By Franklin Wilson Following their historical performance at the 4th IPF/NPAF Caribbean Islands Bench Press & Powerlifting Championships held at the Princess Hotel March 18-20, 2010 where Guyana hosting for the first time won the team championships and raked in a number of [...]
Where does the PPP get these people from?
I lived under President Burnham’s administration and I can recall two appointments that people found some hilarity in. Mind you, not curiosity or vexation. There were no hard feelings against the two Ministers just that people thought they were not serious personalities to be given high-level portfolios. One was Lord Canary, who was made a [...]
Victim died of smoke inhalation
A post mortem examination performed on the remains of 62-year-old Bibi Latif has revealed that the woman died as a result of smoke inhalation. The post mortem was done yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital mortuary by Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh. Immediately after the post mortem the woman’s remains were handed over to relatives, [...]
Guyana Rifle Team win Overseas Challenge Cup at Bisley
The Guyana NRA rifle team continued their winning streak by winning the prestigious Overseas Challenge Cup, a four man team shoot. The Team of four shooters comprising Team Captain Mahendra Persaud, Ransford Goodluck, John Fraser and Sigmond Douglas, picked up from where they left off in Barbados recently and beat the Falkland Islands who got [...]
Temporary bypass brings some relief
Light traffic on a key trail linking Linden and Kwakwani started to flow again yesterday as Kwakwani residents reportedly teamed up with government emergency workers to build a temporary bypass after flood waters last week washed away a section of the road. Minister of Public Works, Robeson Benn, while disclosing that the bypass was accommodating [...]
STEPPING INTO ANOTHER WORLD
AN INSIDE-OUT VIEW I heard him before I saw him. I was pleased however that he had arrived outside of the bank before I did. He was prompt, not always a virtue that people are proud to display. “What happening partner? Like you still suffering from jet lag. You don’t know this is Guyana?” he [...]
Aspiring cricketers learn basics as ECCB Annual Academy concludes
West Indies cricket is at the crossroads and it is now that administrators in the various territories are agitating for broader initiatives to reinstate the sport to the level of competence as in the days of yore. Maybe it is with the sorry state of Regional cricket in mind that the administrators of the East [...]
Two remanded for ganja
Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday refused to grant bail to two men accused of having cannabis in their possession. Roger Francis of Kumu Village, Central Rupununi, and Brazilian citizen Sadalas Sena Silva of Boa Vista, both pleaded not guilty to the charge of illegal possession of cannabis. It is alleged that on July 19, at Lethem [...]
