Criminal, victim killed in shootout
Chateau Margot supermarket robbery yesterday… – Another suspect in police custody, one hospitalized with gunshot wounds, three escape By Jenelle Carter and Latoya Giles A brazen daylight robbery at Lot 18 Second Street, Chateau Margot, East Coast Demerara, has left a businessman dead, one of his attackers killed, one in police custody, another seriously wounded [...]
Who is authorised to pull the plug?
- Hospital officials seek legal advice By Leonard Gildarie The country’s medical authorities may be finding themselves in a dilemma and entering new territory in the case of PNCR Parliamentarian, Winston Murray, who is currently hooked up on respiratory life support. As a matter of fact, officials confirmed yesterday, the case may be unprecedented with [...]
Dem boys seh…Prince William gift waiting wid a smile
Prince William, that is Princess Diana son, announce that he engage and of course nuff leaders done decide that dem would like to be at de wedding. Guyana even decide to select its own gift because it want to be counted. Bharrat done select Kwame. He tell some people that he fed up wid Kwame [...]
G/T thieves remanded in N/A
The two thieves from Georgetown who attempted to rob Kerry Boucher, an employee of the Stretch D Dollar store in New Amsterdam, were on Tuesday remanded by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when they appeared before her charged with attempting to commit a felony. Dellon Holder, 24, of 3814 North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, and Dexter Gibson, 21, of [...]
EU Medal Play Tournament on today
With just days to go before this weekend’s Guyana Open, golfers will be given one more chance to fine tune preparation at the European Union (EU) Medal Play tournament billed for today (Public Holiday), at the Lusignan Golf Club. The tournament is expected to attract a large field including several overseas players who are already [...]
GTTA Inter-Organisation Final set for today
- K&S to oppose GFS for coveted GBTI title The Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) and Guyana Fire Service (GFS) table tennis teams will go head to head today in a clash of the titans in the final of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Inter-Organisation tournament at 9am at the National Gymnasium. The K&S team [...]
Three Guyanese among 5 Cricketers of the year at TTCB’s Awards in T&T
Sweet Revenge walked away with a lion’s share of the prizes when the T&T Cricket Board’s North Zone Council hosted its 30th Annual Awards ceremony at the Hasely Crawford Stadium’s VIP Lounge over the weekend. The Diego Martin-based club, Captained by former Berbice medium pacer Luke Latiff, collected trophies for Club of the Year, Cricketer [...]
National YM Sports is on in major way
By Edison Jefford The Assemblies of God National Youth Ministries (YM) Sport Championships has all systems in place to become one of the biggest sport events at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary as a team of administrators continue to fine-tune the mega contest. Set for November 27, the National YM Sport Championships will [...]
10 minutes to clear Christmas barrels – GRA
- Customs examinations being relaxed Measures have been put in place that will now allow the clearing of barrels in the Christmas season to take as little as 10 minutes, with Customs examinations being discontinued. The measures, which take effect from December 1, will also see the ceiling for clearing personal effects being increased from [...]
Delay in identifying PNCR presidential candidate not a waste of time – Corbin
With the General Elections mere months away and the fact that the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) is yet to identify a Presidential Candidate, leader Robert Corbin is adamant that the party is not wasting time. Corbin recently told media operatives that any process that creates so much enthusiasm among the party members could not [...]
NaMilCo semi-final on today
The second semi-final of the NaMilCo Football Festival between hosts Fruta Conquerors and Santos will be played today from 19:00 hrs, at the Tucville ground. The match which was part of a double header that also featured Alpha United and Sunburst Camptown which the former won 3-1 was affected by a power outage that affected [...]
Fyrish are Berbice Ministry Inter-Block champs
When the curtain came down on the 2010 Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Berbice Inter-Block football competition on Sunday, Fyrish were crowned the Ancient County’s champion. At the Scottsburg ground in Corriverton Sunday night, Fyrish brushed aside Number 51 Village 6-1 to lay hands on the Ministry of Sport trophy. Sam Glasgow paved the [...]
Drowned man’s widow considers future without her ‘life’
Janet Boodhoo, who has now become a widow, is forced to make some mental adjustments. Her husband died by drowning on Saturday. On Monday, she said that her husband was her life; everywhere he went she had followed. The grief stricken woman last saw her husband on Saturday, moments after he left his Friendship Canal [...]
Another maternal death rocks GPHC
- Mother of five succumbs after delivering healthy girl By Latoya Giles Yet another maternal death has rocked the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and this time the victim is a mother of five. Dead is Miriam Bristol, 38, of 47 Miles Mabura, Upper Demerara River, who died at around 22:30 hrs on Monday, after [...]
Guyana Police Force – Serving and protecting for the festive season
By Michael Benjamin As the Christmas season commences, Guyanese of all walks of life are beginning to gravitate to the capital city in search of the usual bargains that could be had around this time of the year. The itinerant vendors are visible features around Regent Street, Water Street, around the Stabroek Market and other [...]
Nurses ‘created conditions that led to attack on colleague’
- Security staffers suspended Lapses on the part of some colleagues of nurse/midwife Ursula Hutson may have enabled the woman’s ex-boyfriend to sneak into the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)’s Maternity Ward and attack her. This is the allegation being made by some hospital sources who believe that GPHC’s security personnel are being wrongly blamed [...]
Arrest warrant for Benschop withdrawn
The case against political and social activist Mark Benschop was called again yesterday before Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond, and an arrest warrant which was issued for his arrest was withdrawn, as he appeared in court on his own volition. Benschop is charged with allegedly driving motor pick-up GLL3101 without a licence being in force at the [...]
Tractor pins Black Bush Polder resident
…son, 12, witnesses deadly incident A Black Bush Polder resident lost his life yesterday in the back dam when he was pinned in a trench after the tractor he was driving turned turtle. Sarga Persaud, called ‘Fat Boy’, 33, of 155 South Mibicuri, Black Bush Polder, was one of two operators working for one Outram [...]
GPL inks deal for additional power
The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Incorporated, yesterday, inked a contract with the Wartsila Company that will see 15.68 megawatts being added to the existing 20.7 megawatt plant at Kingston. Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Bharat Dindyal, said that the signing of the contract which is valued at approximately US$18M marks the conclusion of negotiations between [...]
Two dead in mining accident
Two of the seven miners are now dead after a tree fell on the pit in which they were working at Upper Barama. The dead were listed as 32-year-old Anand Pooran of Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara and Michael Allen a/k Mikey Bug of Grant Adventure, Lower Pomeroon. Those who sustained injuries are Dason Williams,18, of [...]
Well-behaved women?
There is a certain etiquette little girls are taught from young and they take these lessons into adulthood. For example, well-behaved women do what they are told, regardless of what they truly want to do. Well-behaved women know to keep their mouths shut on issues of politics and other important matters that men have long [...]
Robeson Benn should resign for his facile excuse – Christopher Ram
The President should call for the resignation of Public Works’ Minister, Robeson Benn, over his excuse on the Freddie Kissoon trench-clearing exercise last week. This is the opinion of columnist/attorney-at-law, Christopher Ram. Last week Wednesday, workers preparing for the upcoming UNASUR meeting in which several Latin Heads of Government are scheduled to come to Guyana, [...]
I never had an acquaintance much less a close friendship with Bharrat Jagdeo
Mr. Lionel Peters, a former Central Committee member of the PPP has been in the news recently for his breathtaking revelations of the shocking dictatorship Cheddi and Mrs. Jagan ran inside the PPP for decades. No doubt he has enriched the tapestry of history with his details. I acknowledge the kind words Mr. Peters wrote [...]
PROVIDING “TOTAL SECURITY” SHOULD NOW BE THE OBJECTIVE OF COMMUNITY POLICING GROUPS
Yesterday’s tragic incidents at Chateau Margot, on the East Coast of Demerara, have exposed both the value and weaknesses of Community Policing Groups (CPGs) in dealing with this new breed of crime in which bandits brandishing weapons are invading businesses and homes. Community policing was not originally formed to deal with such crimes. Community policing [...]
The Aid Game
T&T PM Kamla Persad-Bissesar’s off-the-cuff comment that aid to fellow CARICOM countries in the wake of Hurricane Tomas would be tied to business generated for her country provoked stinging criticism from some of her peers, but more so from irate citizens of the affected countries. The comments seemed quite uncaring and even crass against, say, [...]
