$30M Parfait Harmonie Bridge disintegrates after nine years
…Cabinet Secretary announces new $80M structure A bridge that links Canal No.1 Polder and the expanding Parfait Harmonie Housing Scheme has disintegrated nine years after it was built at a cost of an estimated $30M. The government now intends to replace the bridge with a concrete structure. It also plans to construct another access to [...]
Neesa’s family wants DNA tests for positive ID
- “We don’t want this case to fall apart” Relatives of slain Queen’s College student Neesa Lalita Gopaul are pleading with the police to have DNA tests conducted on her remains to ensure that she is positively identified. DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the hereditary material in humans and almost all other organisms. Nearly every [...]
Murder accused Onika King nabbed in French Guiana
After two years on the run… After almost two years on the run, murder suspect Onika King is back behind bars, following her arrest in French Guiana. Kaieteur News understands that King was nabbed by French Guiana authorities on Sunday after being arrested for simple larceny. She was subsequently deported and is being held at [...]
N/A family brutalised, robbed
- Mother of nine-day-old also beaten A New Amsterdam family was beaten and robbed of jewellery and cash, including US and Canadian currencies, by three armed bandits who invaded their Lot 21 St Magdalene Street home around 04:00 hrs yesterday, just as they were preparing to go to the Port Mourant Market to purchase fish [...]
Body found in canal with gunshot wound
Early yesterday morning persons passing the canal separating Meadow Brook from Sophia raised an alarm after spotting the remains of a man in the waterway. The discovery was made at around 06:00 hours. According to a police reports the body bore a single gunshot wound to the back of the head. The man is said [...]
Dem boys seh…Irfaan call Dr. Roger a liar
Everything in Guyana got problem and de government proving that it operating in real secrecy. Couple days ago Dr Roger announce how de government gun spend $80 million pun a bridge. He claim how this decision mek at Cabinet. But dem boys get a surprise when de Minister who responsible fuh de bridge tell dem [...]
‘Monster’ gets 18 years for killing wife
By Latoya Giles Fisherman and father of five, Chetram Singh, 45, called ‘Monster’ who pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter on Monday, last, was yesterday sentenced to 18 years imprisonment as the matter concluded before Justice Winston Patterson. Singh, of Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, was charged with the February 6, 2007 murder of [...]
DPP orders inquest
Man plunges to death in Mahaicony River… The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended an inquest into the death of Mahaicony resident Godwin Maxwell. Maxwell had jumped into the Mahaicony River on Monday August 30, last, in an effort to escape from custody of the police at the Mahaicony Station after a court appearance. [...]
Another bandit captured on WCD
Relentless work by the police on the West Coast of Demerara has led to the capture of yet another bandit early yesterday morning. This time the bandit is a suspect in the robbery committed on the Sue Chinese Restaurant at Parika on Monday. This is the fourth armed robbery suspect captured by police in the [...]
New agreement inked for DST workers
All workers of the Demerara Sugar Terminal (DST) are to benefit from a pioneering agreement signed between the Guyana Labour Union (GLU) and GuySuCo, yesterday at the Ministry of Labour, Brickdam office. Chief Labour Officer (CLO) Yoganand Persaud facilitated the formalizing of the “Recognition Agreement and a Collective Labour Agreement” that represents a bargaining unit [...]
Mainstay-Whyaka receives US$6,000 grant from IDB
The Inter- American Development Bank (IDB), through its Cultural Center, has issued a grant of US$6,000 to the Mainstay-Whyaka Village Council to fund a project title “Mainstreaming Culture Diversity in the Livelihood of Residents”. The presentation took place yesterday at the IDB boardroom, Kingston, Georgetown, in the presence of media operatives and representatives of the [...]
Ramjattan hosts puja on 50th birth anniversary
Congratulations are in order for Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan, Chairman of the AFC who marked both his 50th birthday and 21st wedding anniversary last night with a puja—a religious ceremony of thanksgiving. He, his wife Sita, and their two sons were at the centre of the religious service held at the Gandhi Youth Organisation on Woolford [...]
Sugar workers’ attendance plunges to lowly 57%
- 1.3M tonnes still to cut, rain is biggest worry By Leonard Gildarie Amidst increasing scrutiny of the country’s ailing sugar industry, management yesterday warned that dismal workers’ attendance could see a further reduction of the annual targets, with at least two Demerara factories recording dismal performances for the current crop. Yesterday, management and members [...]
One charged with ‘Li’l Mark’ murder
By Latoya Giles One person has been charged in connection with the execution-style killing of Charlestown resident Mark Caesar called ‘Lil Mark’. The man Dexter Marshall, 21, of Lot 8 Front Road, West Ruimveldt, was not required to plead to the indictable charge of murder when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown [...]
High gold price threatening forests and eco-system – WWF
The climbing price of gold could be destroying forests and eco systems in Guyana, global conservation body World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said yesterday. “Large numbers of miners and their families, as well as the services industry catering to the sub-sector, depend on mining for their livelihood. Current indications are that the very high price of [...]
Guyana’s Rifle Shooters endure trying day to move up one spot at C/wealth Games
Guyana’s marksmen at the Commonwealth Games, Ransford Goodluck and Mahendra Persaud had to endure what is being said to have been one of the most controversial days in Fullbore shooting but still managed to move one place up the standings to 11th. According to reports coming out of India, the day started with Guyana shooting [...]
‘B’ Division gets fully-loaded armoured vehicle
NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force now has a Rakshak fully-loaded bulletproof vehicle (PLL 8357) added to its fleet. On Monday, Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene, gave the vehicle to Berbice to be used as required. The vehicle was displayed to the media at a briefing held at the Central [...]
Guyanese Martial Artists perform outstanding in overseas tourney
A 14-member team of Martial Artists from the Harpy Eagles and Black Hawks schools turned in impressive performances at the Pan Caribbean Classic Martial Arts Championships held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Trinidad and Tobago on October 8 and 9. Some 20 World championship belts along with a wide array of silver and bronze [...]
‘Golden Jaguars’ face St. Lucia in opener today
- Suriname oppose Netherlands Antilles By Franklin Wilson in Suriname compliments of Digicel The ‘Golden Jaguars’ are set and ready to go all the way in 2010 edition of the Caribbean’s biggest football tournament, the Digicel Caribbean Cup when Group C action kicks off at the Andre Kamperveen Stadium this evening. Guyana will open the [...]
Saffon Street ‘still one-way’
Police have confirmed that Saffon Street, La Penitence, earmarked to be opened to two-way traffic again shortly, is still a one-way between 06:00-18:00hrs. This was following days of confusion in which drivers heading south to the East Bank of Demerara suddenly encountered traffic moving in the opposite direction. Yesterday, police ordered cars heading north to [...]
Hundreds pay homage with prayers, libations and floral tributes
African Holocaust (Maafa) Day observed… By Rabindra Rooplall and Abena Rockcliffe As Afro-Guyanese paid homage to their ancestors who were lost in the Middle Passage; hundreds came out to the Seawall Bandstand yesterday where the message was clear as they chanted “Tu ta Shinda – We will win.” As part of the 17th observance of [...]
Nigel’s Supermarket Junior Classic Tennis Tournament starts Saturday
The GLTA’s most anticipated Junior Tournament serves off on Saturday, October 16 from 8:00am and will run for three weekends October 16 and 17, 23 and 24 and the 30th and 31st. Marketing Executive of Nigel’s Supermarket Ms Nicole Waldron expressed the commitment of Nigel’s Supermarket to Junior Tennis development in Guyana. Since 2004 the Nigel’s [...]
Comfortsleep sponsors Alfred/ Julio fight on ‘C’bean Fury 2’ Boxing card
By Sean Devers Producers of super comfortable mattresses, Comfortsleep of Industrial Site, Eccles is ensuring that World Bantamweight female Boxing Champion Guyana’s Shondell ‘Mystery lady’ Alfred keep all of her fans awake when she matches gloves with Colombian Light Flyweight Olga ‘La Mona’ Julio in a 6-round at the Princess Hotel on November 6 on [...]
Heated action anticipated as tournament kicks off today
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Frank Anthony will this afternoon visit the Plaisance Community Center Ground ECD when the 3rd Annual Mackeson/Digicel Sweet Sixteen football tournament kicks off with two exciting matches. In the first at 18:00hrs, Santos FC opposes New Amsterdam United FC in a highly anticipated match while Golden Stars FC comes [...]
Is Guyana in line to draw down?
Australia’s $60M worth of kindness must be tapped into Just recently, the Ministry of Youth Sports and Culture, the Jamaica Football Federation and the Football Federation Australia (FFA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which will see the FFA provide support to the ministry and the JFF for CONCACAF and other JFF-related projects in Jamaica [...]
