Man shot by police after stabbing brother to death

A man is currently under police guard at the West Demerara Regional Hospital after he was shot by police, minutes after stabbing his brother to death and attempting to flee. Reports are that 49-year-old Royston Peters of La Grange Old Road, West Bank Demerara, was pronounced dead on arrival at the West Demerara Regional Hospital [...]

Cops probe suspected murder on West Bank

- One arrested Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who was found with a wound to the back of the head. The body of 51 year-old Harrinarine Singh was discovered around 06:00 hrs yesterday in a yard at Plantain Walk, West Bank Demerara. A neighbour has reportedly been taken into [...]

Bid for Generation Plant foundation exceeds engineer’s estimate by $89M

The National Procurement and Tender Administration Board yesterday received a bid for the construction of the foundation for a 15.6MW Wartsila Generation Plant at Kingston, which was $89M more than the engineer’s estimate. The estimate is $120,784,220 and the bids submitted: Bidders Amount BK International $208, 976, 800 Courtney Benn $72, 563, 092 Nabi Constructions [...]

Bandit threatens to kill victim if robbery reported

A bandit operating in the Lamaha Park area has threatened to kill his female victim if she reported an attack he committed on her and her family last Monday night. Roxanne Ford, 43, a supervisor of Central Housing and Planning Authority, and resident of lot 265 Lamaha Park, was robbed of $34,000 cash and a [...]

Digicel invests more than US$60M in Guyana

… monopoly has restricted investment, stymied revenue inflow – CEO With a customer base exceeding more than 250,000 and investments in excess of US$60M Digicel Guyana now has coverage of some 95 per cent of the population, and according to the company’s Chief Executive Officer Gregory Dean, the company, “is truly the bigger, better network” [...]

Freddie Kissoon and Mark Benschop confined to lockups

Political activist Mark Bencshop and Columnist Freddie Kissoon were yesterday arrested by ranks of the Brickdam Police Station, reportedly for obstructing traffic along Cemetery Road and preventing ingress and egress at the cemetery. However, before police arrived at the location, Kissoon, who spoke with members of the media, said earlier in the day he and [...]

Dem boys seh…Love knows no bounds

It hard to separate some people. Dem boys seh that Benschop fall in love wid prison officers ever since de last time. Since he come out he doing everything to keep a date wid dem. When he fail he try other people. He try Witter and Lincoln Lewis, Dem spend two nights together but somehow [...]

Policy initiatives being reviewed to help improve education system

“I will not remain in the school system as Minister when children in the school system are failing and failing,” said Minister of Education Shaik Baksh recently as he addressed heads and other managers of schools across the country. The forum which was held at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD) was one [...]

Driver in Special Constable fatal accident remanded

While the relatives of Special Constable Marva McNabb are preparing to bury her remains, the driver of the car that struck her down was left to contemplate how he will spend his Christmas behind bars. Seodatt Harricharran, 35, of Coldingen, East Coast Demerara, was remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Issacs-Marcus at [...]

Booker Tate action preceded GuySuCo lawsuit

Skeldon factory fallout… Former managers of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Booker Tate Limited, are suing the state-owned entity, in excess of £664,000 (G$208M) for unpaid fees. According to court documents filed on September 30 by attorney Nigel Hughes, local lawyer for the UK-based sugar consultant, two separate actions were filed against GuySuCo. GuySuCo on [...]

Fire scare for Giftland OfficeMax

…as adjacent structure razed Christmas shoppers in Giftland OfficeMax had quite a scare yesterday when a fire broke out behind the store just after lunch. According to Roy Beepat, owner of the store, the alarm was raised at about 13:00hrs and trucks from the Guyana Fire Service were on the scene within 20 minutes of [...]

Digicel on board Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club Boxing Day Meet

In another solid demonstration of its commitment to sports across Guyana, Digicel added its name to the list of corporate entities to support the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club Boxing Day Meeting when Public Relations and Events Manager Shonnet Moore presented a cheque worth $330,000 to Club Representative Justice Cecil Kennard in the Company’s Boardroom yesterday. [...]

Basketball Review: Part I, Linden

By Edison Jefford The basketball schedule in Linden began this year with Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) President, Abdulla ‘Zico’ Hamid announcing his support for the incumbent President of the national federation, David Patterson. Hamid had expressed his support for Patterson against the background that Patterson had been a serving member of the Godwin McPherson-led [...]

Lima and Walton Hall book place in final

Lima and Walton Hall will clash in what is expected to be an exiting final of the Caricom Rice Mill twenty/20 cricket competition at the Anna Regina Community Centre ground in North Essequibo. Both teams recorded victories in their respective semifinal matches played recently at Walton Hall cricket ground. In the first semifinal Lima got [...]

Dr. Noel Blackman birthday 7-a-side football continues today

Action in the Dr. Noel Blackman birthday knockout 7-a-side football tournament continues today at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground Bourda. The tournament coordinated by Former national player and coach, Lennox Arthur, is in honour of the birth anniversary of another former footballer, Dr. Noel Blackman, who was also a Minister of Health during the [...]

Supenaam stelling could be ready by mid-2011 – Minister Benn

- material, equipment being mobilised for repairs By Leonard Gildarie Repairs to the troubled Supenaam stelling could be completed, with the facility being placed in use as early as the first half of 2011, government says. Already, a little more than $50M has been set aside to fix a number of flaws which saw the [...]

2010 was a historic year for Guyana’s Badminton says Ramdhani

By Sean Devers President of the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) and National Coach Gokarn Ramdhani told Kaieteur Sport that 2010 has been a historic year for Guyana’s Badminton and feels all of his hard work with the sport locally is paying off. “This is our most successful year ever, since for the first time we [...]

Another accident claims life on Grove Public Road

Shortly after 23:00 hours on Monday, last, a taxi driver who was travelling in his vehicle in a southerly direction on the Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara, collided with a minibus heading in the opposite direction, which resulted in his death. Dead is 56-year-old Clement Seabra of lot 33 Friendship, EBD, who was operating [...]

Ugly is as ugly does

While my oldest daughter, who is stunningly beautiful, was growing up, I always reminded her that no matter how beautiful she is on the outside, if she is ugly on the inside…then she is just plain ugly. Today she is a beautiful woman – on the outside and the inside. My hope is to convey [...]

National Reference Lab must keep improving – Dr. Ramsammy

The National Reference Laboratory has to be one that maintains accreditation and quality, as it is the lead laboratory in Guyana, says Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy. But according to him, with achievement comes an additional burden which should see the facility striving not only to be the best in Guyana but the Region, [...]

WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE CRIME STOPPERS INITIATIVE?

For the Narine family of Surat Drive, Triumph, East Coast Demerara, there will be no bright lights or decorations this Christmas. The family has been thrown into deep mourning following a robbery which saw the patriarch of the family shot. He succumbed subsequently to complications that developed as a result of the injuries he sustained [...]

Perfume, gunplay, fireworks: Welcome to the Guyanese nouveau riche

I thought I would ask the editor to repeat for today, my column of November 4 captioned, “Gunplay at the princess ball in a failed state.” That article was about a nouveau riche birthday party held at the Princess Hotel. Two nouveau riche young men refused to behave themselves and when spoken to by security, [...]