Boat capsizes, woman feared dead
A family outing in the Essequibo River ended tragically on Sunday with the disappearance of 22-year-old Michelle Benjamin, who is feared dead. Benjamin, who was among a group of 10 persons travelling in a boat, disappeared off the coast of Parika, on Sunday afternoon, during a rescue operation to bring them ashore, after their vessel [...]
GPL defends decision not to buy cheaper Gensets
… would have had to still expend US$3.2M – Dindyal Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light, Bharat Dindyal, yesterday defended the company’s decision not to accept the proposal from Florida-based Power and Energy Works (PEW) saying that the company did not propose a complete power generation plant. According to Dindyal, what Sunil [...]
Man loses $3M from locked car
At least one local bank is calling on customers to review their handling of large cash transactions following an alleged incident last week in which one overseas-based Guyanese said that he lost $3M from a locked vehicle. The police are now investigating the matter which mystified Mahadeo Deokarran, 40, whose family is from Bell Vue, [...]
Fire destroys Main Street building
A fire of unknown origin early yesterday morning destroyed one of the oldest wooden buildings on Main Street, Georgetown. That building housed the Frandec Travel Service, LIAT Airlines Local, Dragon Tours and H&F Machinery Inc. Kaieteur News was told that the fire started shortly after 01:00 hrs yesterday. Kathryn Eytle-McLean, the CEO of Frandec, said [...]
300,000 tonnes target set this year
… Sugar price hits world market high As the sugar industry gets ready to commence operations after a two-week ‘premature’ closure, officials say that a 300,000-tonne target has been set for the year. The Ministry of Agriculture also insisted yesterday that government is making numerous interventions in the industry and pointed to a recent $2B [...]
Dem boys seh… Chinee got to save Guyana
Things bad wid Guyana. Dem boys seh that when a country got to depend on a Chinee man fuh bat and tek dem out of trouble dem deh bad. Chinee good fuh fry rice and low mein. Dem save nuff people who get hungry at all hours of de night. But not cricket. De Guyana [...]
Recent spate of violence not linked to elections – Jagdeo
Head of State, Bharrat Jagdeo, yesterday told media operatives that he does not believe that the recent spate of seemly related attacks such as the arson attempts on the schools at Annandale and Enterprise, the grenade explosion and the channa bomb attack on the home of a Member of Parliament are related to elections. He [...]
Govt. seeks to silence critics of Hope Canal Project
After one controversial article too many, Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud called a press conference yesterday to silence critics of the Hope Canal Project. The Minister spoke on a number of issues surrounding the project. These issues have been raised through articles and letters in the print media over recent months. Foremost among these was [...]
Deadly grenade blast victim remains ‘John Doe’
The police seem to have reached yet another dead end as all of their efforts to identify the man who was killed in last Wednesday’s grenade explosion are being frustrated. Yet again relatives of another man came forward saying they had reason to believe that the remains may be that of their relative, Gordon Baird. [...]
Child Protection Agency takes custody of children, police detain parents
The Child Protection Agency of the Ministry of Human Services, with support from the Guyana Police Force swooped down on a house at Free and Easy Village, Wakenaam, on Sunday, and removed four children from the custody of their parents. Three were left with a relative while the fourth was removed to Georgetown. Yesterday the [...]
Man found with cocaine during routine traffic arrest
- plays “run and catch me” game with traffic ranks Last Thursday, a passenger of a route 42 minibus was apprehended at the Texaco Gas Station at Providence, East Bank Demerara, by ranks of the Providence Police Station following reports of an assault charge. Deon Livan visited the police station to report that Keyon Harvey [...]
Bartica residents concerned about overloaded boats
Residents of the interior gateway community of Bartica are appealing to the maritime authorities to step up monitoring of passengers boats serving the Bartica/Parika route to reduce the number of river mishaps that are presently occurring. The appeal comes in the wake of another mishap in the Essequibo River last Sunday in which a young [...]
Cuban doctor depressed after surgical error
An investigation has been launched by senior medical officials at the Suddie Public Hospital into the case of a surgical instrument being left in a woman. The authorities said that contrary to what was previously reported by this newspaper, the instrument was not a pair of surgical scissors. They said that the instrument was discovered [...]
GDF employee steals $4,585 from army
Stacy Sampson 28, of El Dorado Village, West Coast Berbice, appeared before (ag) Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ to answer a charge of pilfering $4,585 from the Guyana Defense Force. Sampson, who was clad in blue jeans and multi-coloured jersey boldly told the Magistrate that she was guilty. She was unrepresented. [...]
Georgetown Sewage System to get further US$10M upgrade
More rehabilitation works will soon be undertaken by the Georgetown Sewage System as part of the continuous efforts of Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) to improve the integrity of the system. This is according to GWI’s Water Resources Engineer and Project Manager, Shimbhudyal Naitram, who revealed during an interview with Kaieteur News, yesterday, that works are [...]
‘Chiney’ surrenders to police
Popular Crabwood Creek businessman, Hareshnarine Sugrim, called ‘Chiney’ turned himself in to police in Berbice yesterday. His surrender came in the wake of a wanted bulletin for his arrest last week in connection with a causing death by dangerous driving probe. Police said that Sugrim was wanted for questioning in connection with the death of [...]
Teacher concerned about impact of suicide on dead youth’s classmates
Concerned teacher and form master of 10-year-old Christopher Owen Bernard, a grade six student of St Paul’s Primary School who was found hanging, is calling on the Ministry of Human Services to intervene and offer counseling to the two children who discovered the body, and his classmates. Ten-year-old Christopher Owen Bernard was found hanging from [...]
Body which was found hanging identified by relatives
Relatives of the man who was found hanging on Saturday from a length of pink rope in an incomplete building on Hadfield Street, Georgetown, said that the victim was 50-year- old Edwin Ramlogan. His sister and a brother-in-law visited Lyken Funeral Home at approximately 17:00 hrs yesterday and identified the body. Ramlogan, prior to his [...]
School thief awaits sentencing
Jamal Evance, 19, of Charity, Essequibo, was yesterday remanded after he pleaded guilty to break and enter before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Sentencing was deferred to January 31. Between December 29 and December 30, last, at Second Avenue, Bartica, Evance broke into the St John-the-Baptist Primary School and stole [...]
Dead man’s wife pleads for justice
Relatives of Ravindra Sookhoo who was killed last month at Diamond Housing Scheme is alleging that the police force is being lackadaisical in apprehending the perpetrator of the dastardly act. According to the dead man’s wife, Savitri Singh, she wants justice for her husband’s demise and is calling on the Police Force to step up [...]
Red Cross to hold blood drive today
The Guyana Red Cross Society (GRSC) will be hosting its first blood drive for the New Year today at the Headquarters, Eve Leary, Kingston. The event is to begin from 12 noon to 5:30pm. According to the GRSC, the organisation would like to surpass their 2010 target by 10 per cent of the national target [...]
Doctors forced to remove 17-year-old girl’s uterus
By Michael Jordan Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital were forced to remove the uterus of a 17-year-old girl after she almost bled to death because the hospital failed to have its operating theatre ready for her to have a caesarean section. Keane Austin, of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, suffered a ruptured uterus last week [...]
WI T20 Results
Guyana lost by 51 runs to Jamaica in their opening Caribbean T20 match at the Sir Vivian Richards stadium last night in Antigua. Royston Crandon took 3-21 as Jamaica were restricted to 115-7 off 20 overs but the Guyana top order produced another woeful display as they crashed to 65 all out in 17.3 overs. [...]
USA born midfielder Brandon Beresford joins U-20 squad
Junior Jags beat Winners Connection 5-2 in warm up game United Sates born midfielder Brandon Beresford who made his senior International debut for Guyana against Guatemala on November 17, 2010 has joined the National Under-20 squad preparing for the CONCACAF Under-20 qualifying competition. Guyana will take on host Suriname, Bermuda and the Netherlands Antilles from [...]
D’Andrade, Morgan top 10km race in Suriname
Lionel D’Andrade and Alika Morgan topped the male and female categories respectively Sunday morning when they competed in the Bigi Broki Waka 10km Road Race in Suriname to complete a clean sweep from Guyanese in the gruelling event. In the male race, D’Andrade ran an impressive 34:41 just out of the inactive Christmas Season to [...]
