Survivors recollect horrifying ordeal
Several hours after 12 persons lost their lives on the No. 19 Corentyne Public Road, their relatives and close friends were still trying to grapple with the horrific news of the manner in which they met their demise. When this newspaper visited the homes of the dead and even the family members of the survivors [...]
Contractors overpaid by millions of dollars – Auditor General
The findings of the accounts of Guyana remain almost unchanged, according to Auditor General, Deodat Sharma. Sharma recently presented the 2009 Auditor General’s report to Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran. This report would be made public on Thursday when the Speaker presents it to the House. Asked to comment on the report, Mr [...]
Slain bandit was before court for $2.2M fraud
Blankenburg shootout… The bandit who was slain in last Friday night’s shootout with businessman Ryan Boodhoo at Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara, was also a confidence trickster who was before the court in connection with a $2.2 pluck chicken scam. A police release yesterday identified the bandit as Drepaul Persaud, called ‘Deportee’, of Canal Number Two, [...]
Norman McLean – A Major General and a ‘Special Person’
“We need to underline the importance of education to bring talented youths to the point of achievement through education then we could say that we have started the reconciliatory process.” By Michael Benjamin A surreptitious glance of his profile would convince even the uninitiated of his deep-seated commitment to Guyanese in various and crucial facets [...]
Fip Motilall survives 40-foot fall
This vehicle, transporting the controversial Amaila Falls access road contractor Makeshwar “Fip” Motilall, plunged down a 40-foot ravine at a location near 45 Miles, Mabura Road two Saturdays ago. Motilall sustained lacerations to the head and some damage to his mouth. His rescuers said that they saw him spitting blood. Motilall was granted a US$15.4M [...]
Dem boys seh… Fip flips forty feet
Cat got nine lives. At least that is wha dem boys seh. When dem see a cat dead pun de road dem does seh that de cat live reckless and use up all dem life. Dem boys seh that Fip got to be a cat because he got nuff life. He use up one de [...]
Revetments may not be enough
East Bank Road: The East Bank Demerara Public Road was laid out early in the colonial days when all of the countryside was plantations and not the villages that abound now. Over the years, as the country grew, the original dirt roads were eventually capped and paved further and further from the city. According to [...]
GPHC launches investigation into death of seven-year-old
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday said that it has launched an internal investigation into the death of seven-year-old Quincy Jr. Softleigh, who died Friday at the hospital under controversial circumstances. The boy’s mother, Natasha Softleigh, said Thursday evening that she left her son with an oxygen tube attached to his body, but when [...]
“Police Day Care Centre”- a blessing for police officers
The Juliet Griffith Day Care Centre, also known as the “Police Day Care Centre”, located at the Police Officers’ Mess, Eve Leary, was established on October 3, 1994, an initiative of the late Juliet Griffith, who was the wife of a senior officer in Berbice. It is currently being governed by the Guyana Police Force [...]
Debt collector accuses City treasurer of bribery
…says he has witnesses to prove his contention Leon Phillips, who is a debt collector, is contending that he was wrongfully assaulted by ranks of the City Constabulary, when he was escorted out of the Municipal compound on Wednesday, last. At the time he was attempting to retrieve outstanding money from the Mayor and City [...]
Japan gives US$2 billion for conservation work in developing countries
…Conservation International lauds effort Conservation International, which works on conservation projects here in Guyana, has welcomed the announcement by Japan that it will provide US$2 billion in three years starting in 2010 to help developing countries in their efforts to protect biodiversity. The announcement was made at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Nagoya, [...]
Minibus crashes into cow
This minibus was transporting passengers along the East Coast Demerara route yesterday, when it collided with a cow. Eyewitnesses recalled that a man was “chasing his cows”, when one of them ran onto the public road at Success, forcing the driver of minibus, BKK 7424 to collide with the animal and come to an abrupt [...]
Guyana mulls importing plywood
- boiler repairs, replacement could take at least 18 months By Leonard Gildarie Following the sudden closure of its plywood factory at Land of Canaan and the ripple effect fallout from the loss of jobs, as well as setbacks in the local and international markets, Barama Company Limited (BCL) is exploring options of importing or [...]
Tulsidai Ramsarran is best NCERD graduate
The National Centre of Education and Resource Development (NCERD) at its annual graduation and prize giving exercise at the Queens College auditorium on Thursday. The Best Graduating Student was Tulsidai Ramsarran while Mohamed Roshan Shakoor and Carol Austin also walked away with special prizes. The 18-month programme started with 100 students, only 80 of whom [...]
‘Golden Jags’ have a score to settle with Haiti
Dear Editor, When the Golden Jaguars meet Haiti in the opening match of the Digicel Caribbean Championship second round in Soca Land on November second, only one word Skipper Howard Lowe will whisper to his troops (revenge). The 1974 World Cup Finalist humbled the land of the Majestic Kaieteur Falls one nil and three-one the [...]
Rice farmers now selling directly to Venezuela
Confidence in the Venezuelan rice market has risen considerably with farmers now clamouring to grab a foothold, authorities say. The disclosure was made yesterday as several rice farmers from Essequibo and Berbice took up an invitation to fill what has been described as a lucrative quota of rice and paddy for the Venezuelan market. An [...]
AFC to identify Presidential Candidate today
The Alliance For Change will today, at its Special National Convention at the Ocean View International Hotel, announce who the party has selected as its Presidential Candidate. At a retreat earlier this year, the party’s executive had agreed that the candidate be the current Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan. Michael Carrington had also recently signaled his intention [...]
Grieving husband concerned at silence from hospital
Chandradatt Gobin, the husband of the 21-year-old mother who died at the New Amsterdam Hospital one week ago, after delivering her baby, is peeved over the way the health authorities had handled the case. He compared his late wife’s death to the recent maternal deaths and slammed the way the Health Ministry has been taking [...]
Illegal construction being scrutinised in the city
Persons who dare to undertake construction work within the confines of the city of Georgetown without due approval, could be subjected to immense loss, as the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown has engaged a campaign to arrest such undesirable practices. At the municipality’s most recent statutory meeting, councillors have expressed concerns about the state [...]
Police patrol crashes while transporting dead man
A police patrol motor vehicle, PJJ 9093, collided with a minibus at the junction of Sandy Babb Street and Vlissengen Road, Kitty, yesterday, while transporting a dead man to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Saroop Vijymal, the driver of the minibus, BMM 3108, said that he was travelling in a southerly direction on Vlissengen [...]
Contractors make site visit to Tipperary Hall
Advisor to the President on Community Development, Odinga Lumumba, met with potential contractors for a site visit and pre-bid meeting in preparation for the re-construction of the Tipperary Hall, located at Buxton, East Coast Demerara. Office of the President invited sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the proposed building. Among those in attendance [...]
Cartoons – Sun. Oct. 31
All roads lead to Rising Sun Turf Club Rodeo today
The day has finally arrived and its Rodeo time again and the Place to be is the Rising Sun Turf Club, Arima Park, West Coast Berbice, where the Rising Sun Rodeo Committee brings off a grand one day action packed event. All the Vaqueros and other participants from overseas and others from the far flung [...]
Alpha United, Fruta Conquerors advance
By Rawle Welch Alpha United behind a double from Shavane Seaforth registered an impressive 4-2 win over Linden’s Milerock as play in this year’s NaMilCo Knockout Football Festival continued on Friday, at the Tucville ground. Seaforth goals came in the 6th and 84th minutes of play and his effort was supported by a single each [...]
Is this a case of a person being the law unto himself?
Dear Editor, Last Sunday, 24th October, some boys of Saraswati Vidya Niketan (more popularly known as the Swami School), Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara, were sent by the school’s deputy principal in the community to get some dried coconuts to be used for decoration purposes in preparation for the school’s annual graduation which was to [...]
