‘Transporter’, accomplice detained
Ministry of Health fire… Police have held two more suspects in connection with last year’s attacks on two state buildings and two police stations. A police official identified the detained men as Basil Andre Morgan, also known as ‘Mr. Brown, and Anthony Reginald, known as ‘Tupac’. The official said that Morgan is suspected to be [...]
Police corporal detained for alleged rape of female prisoner
A detective accused of raping a juvenile about a year ago is now in custody for sodomising a 21-year-old woman at the Turkeyen Police Station, Thursday night. Kaieteur News understands that the woman was taken to the Turkeyen Police Station around 21:00 on Thursday for alleged simple larceny. She alleged that about an hour later, [...]
Creating paper trails or more headaches?
… Anti-money laundering laws hit Cambios Changing foreign currency your relatives send this year may include a little more hassle if you need more than US$100 converted. On Tuesday last, December 7, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Ministry of Finance met with several Cambio operators. According to Head of the FIU, Paul Geer, [...]
Police mum on Kissoon assault allegations
A week has passed and police are still to decide if charges will be instituted against businessman Eddie Boyer for his alleged physical assault of Kaieteur News columnist, Freddie Kissoon. Police have already taken detailed statements from both Kissoon and Boyer as well as a few eyewitnesses, and have prepared a report which they said [...]
Dem boys seh…No Norway money because BK got de plan
Reporters suppose to be people who know de country. Dem got to know everything suh when de boss send a young woman to de Project Dawn Place and she come back and tell dem that she couldn’t find de place people was surprised. Dem tell she that de place was project Dawn and that it [...]
Cherished community elder Jeremiah Mohabir is a ‘Special Person’
“I used to paddle from Biaboo to come to attend class in the afternoons and go back in the night, but I loved teaching. If I had to live my life over again, I would have been a teacher. It is what I wanted to do from the very beginning,” By Edison Jefford Having an [...]
The city needs more streets
With the startling increase in the number of vehicles being purchased on a daily basis during the Christmas season, the streets of Georgetown are becoming congested. Yesterday at a proximately 10:55 the panorama along Republic Avenue, in front of Hand in Hand Insurance Company was nothing but perplexing. Drivers who were proceeding toward High or [...]
Chronic Renal Failure victim seeks financial help
Seolall Budhram, 36, of 391 Diamond New Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, was once an ordinary man who laboured as a truck driver to maintain his family. Life for him had changed for the worse when he was diagnosed with Chronic Renal Failure early this year. On Tuesday, he visited Kaieteur news along with his [...]
Hollywood actor dies at Yarrokabra
Many Guyanese, if asked about an actor named Danny Daniels, would retort, “Danny who?” And if the truth be told many never heard the name or paid any attention when it scrolled across the cinema screen. He was a name in Hollywood. He died on December 6, of lung cancer. He was 83, having been [...]
Food for the Poor hosts annual children’s Christmas party
- over 100 children turn up to celebrate A large number of children was treated to a Christmas party held by the Food for the Poor organisation yesterday at the Festival City location. According to the Executive Director of Food for the Poor, Leon Davis, this activity is usually done every Christmas for children in [...]
Record 304,000 tonnes rice exported, earns US$136M
By Leonard Gildarie Despite suffering from a severe drought and then heavy rains coming during the latter part of he year, rice exports for the year, buoyed by excellent yields, have seen the country exporting a record 304,000 tonnes for the year. Authorities were estimating that it would have earned US$99.5M for the year but [...]
14-year-old girl alleges rape against a police rank
A 14 year-old Haslington girl is alleging that a 28-year-old police rank stationed somewhere on the East Coast Demerara, raped her. According to the girl’s aunt, the girl and an older cousin visited one of their aunts who lives at Grove, East Bank Demerara. She said that while they were returning to Georgetown she called [...]
Bartica miner accuses Odinga Lumumba of abuse of political power
…at stake are mining claims at Mariwa Ignatius Timmerman is fighting for his life. The mining claims he operated in the Mariwa area are now under threat and even the authorities seem bent on bowing to pressure being applied by an individual who is laying claim to some of the concessions. Timmerman, who spent his [...]
Sponsorship issues relating to adopted children and orphans
The process of obtaining lawful permanent resident status for an adopted child or orphan is not an automatic process. The adoption process can be long and tedious but once an adoption is finalized, then the immigration process begins. In order for an adopted child or orphan to gain entry into the United States or/and lawful [...]
Damaged Boerasirie Dam could be repaired in four days
- Agriculture Ministry Works to repair a damaged section of the Boerasirie Water Conservancy Dam, East Bank Essequibo, could be completed within four days, authorities say. The dam is the main line of defense between scores of homes and the millions of gallons of water in the conservancy that stretches from West Bank Demerara to [...]
GAWU LEADERS SHOULD TAKE A SALARY CUT
Diaspora looking in… By Ralph Seeram I have developed a fear of phone calls–not just any phone calls, just the ones from Guyana. Phone calls from Guyana are in most instances a bearer of bad news. No one calls you to say “Hi” or to ask how I am doing, and frankly I do not [...]
Belles toll, top Men’s U-21 final group
- secure first national title in Guyana By Edison Jefford Guyana’s United States of America-based table tennis players, twins, Brad and Brandon Belle played their way into form after a slow start last weekend to top the Men’s Under-21 category in the ongoing National Table Tennis Championships. In the final round of the competition, Brad [...]
Murray’s Parliamentary seat to be filled shortly
- Robert Corbin While the seat has not yet been declared vacant by the Speaker of the National Assembly, the now unoccupied seat that belonged to the deceased Winston Shripal Murray will be filled shortly. This is according to the Leader of the Party, Robert Corbin, who assured that the seat will not be allowed [...]
Colours Store and Trophy Stall on board
Colours Store on Robb Street and The Trophy Stall of Bourda Market and the Camp Street Mall are the latest entities to lend support to the annual Kashif & Shanghai knock-out football tournament which officially starts today. Sales Representative of Colours Store Latoya Cort handed over a set of Umbro Footballs and a trophy to [...]
21st Kashif & Shanghai KO tourney to start today at Stadium
Atletico Roraima v K&S All Stars in feature after March Past: U20s face Linden U23s By Franklin Wilson The dust has settled and all systems are in place for the kick off of the 21st Edition of Guyana’s feature knock-out football tournament known as the Kashif & Shanghai. This tournament is undoubtedly the premiere competition [...]
Teen gang stabs bus conductor
- after he refuses to turn up ‘Gaza music’ Minibus conductor, Travis Price, can consider himself lucky to be alive after a gang of ice-pick toting teens stabbed, punched, kicked and stoned him on Thursday, over his refusal to turn up the ‘Gaza’ (dancehall) music in the vehicle. Price, 24, of ‘B’ Field, Sophia, was [...]
Woman robbed after being trailed from city bank
Two days ago, Police Commissioner Henry Greene pointed out that the force has upped the ante on criminals in the city, forcing them to go after soft targets. Well on Friday the criminals took him up on his word and soft targets they did attack. The first was an attack on a 53-year-old Belmont, Mahaica [...]
Jamaal Shabazz raps with media on return visit to Guyana
Believes K&S tournament excites the nation By Franklin Wilson Former Technical Director (TD) of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Trinidadian Jamaal Shabazz is on a brief visit to Guyana to be part of the festivities for the opening of the 21st Kashif & Shanghai Football Tournament today. Shabazz, who is a very close friend and [...]
Is he really guilty?
When Hafiz Hussein’s lawyer advised him to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter, he refused since he was so convinced that he would have been acquitted of murder. Maybe if he had taken the advice of his attorney he might have been a free man today. For 17 years he has been incarcerated, [...]
Kicking AIDS Out introduces sports for persons with disabilities
Ganesh Singh, who is currently a member of the Guyana Blind Cricket Association, yesterday shared a synopsis of his journey as a Guyanese citizen being visually impaired from the age of 17. Singh shared his experience with participants of a workshop facilitated by Kicking AIDS Out in collaboration with Caribbean Healthy Lifestyle Programme. The workshop [...]
