First day after 18-yrs man returns to Guyana, shot dead by bandits
A US-based Guyanese was last evening shot dead by bandits, hours after he returned home for a one-week vacation with his wife. Dead is Roopnatine Ramodit, 59. He was shot dead at Chuk Street, Clifton Settlement, Corentyne, Berbice. He lived in Minnesota, USA. He and his wife, Loopwattie, arrived in Guyana yesterday. It was the [...]
Jailed Indonesian tax official, family had fake Guyanese passports
- claims CIA agent arranged them An Indonesian tax official who was jailed yesterday in a high profile case in that country for bribery had acquired fake Guyana passports and from all indications was planning to flee there to escape prosecution. This was disclosed yesterday by Indonesian law enforcement officials who also said that sons [...]
Trucks collide at Bartica
Another accident occurred on the road ways of Bartica, yesterday, around 12:45 hours at the junction of Sixth Avenue and Third Street, Bartica. This accident involved a Bedford army type motor lorry, GLL 9300 owned by Krishnadat Persaud of Lot 39 Sixth Avenue, Bartica, and driven by 19-year-old Ameallo Boodne, and Bedford army type motor [...]
Granny, 82, dies after police raid
An Albouystown family is convinced that the actions of the police on Tuesday night caused the death of 82-year-old Gloria St. John. The elderly woman collapsed shortly after heavily armed police ranks barged into her Curtis Street, Albouystown apartment during an operation there. She was rushed to the hospital where she succumbed within minutes of [...]
Exporter abducted by business partner
Police are hunting for three men who allegedly abducted a Campbellville businessman to demand monies owed to one of them. Mark Luke Edwards, 31, of Lot ‘E’ Enachu Street, Campbellville reported to police that he was forced into a car and beaten after he was lured to the Demerara Harbour Bridge by a female to [...]
Sugar workers on fifth day of strike
An early start of cane harvesting in the sugar industry continues to be dogged by strikes with more than 1,000 Rose Hall workers reportedly on their fifth day of strike yesterday. With Guyana setting its sights on almost 300,000 tonnes of sugar this year, about 80,000 more than what was declared in 2010, officials of [...]
Govt vows to remove obstacles to Afro Guyanese development
President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday promised that his government will remove obstacles to the development of African people wherever it is found, as Rastafarians called for job creation and hope for Black youths. President Jagdeo’s pronouncement also came as the country’s main African organisation boycotted the launch of the activities to mark the International Year for [...]
Dem boys seh… Kwame dress up like wan African bride
Was a big ceremony at de launching of de programme to launch a year of activities to recognise people of African descent. That mean that all dem douglah, mulatto, santantone, and bovianda get recognition because all of dem is people of African descent. But dem had some people who feel that was only fuh de [...]
Budget allocates $15.9 Billion for security sector
A whopping $15.9 billion has been allocated for enhancing security and for the Justice Public Safety and Security systems. This disclosure was made by Finance Minister Ashni Singh, at Monday’s budget presentation. Last year the government had allocated some $14.2 billions on institutional strengthening, capacity building, infrastructural works and equipment. According to the minister greater [...]
Le Repentir bandits attack Sussex St. couple
Two armed bandits used the cover of the Le Repentir Cemetery to launch an attack on a couple on Sussex street on Tuesday night then used the same route to make good their escape. Unwattie Dalli, 38, and Christopher Bokran, 34, both of 172 Curtis and Sussex Streets, Albouystown, were robbed of their personal belongings [...]
Banks DIH reports another record-breaking year for profits
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banks DIH, Clifford Reis, will this Saturday at the Annual General Meeting, report to shareholders of the company that they have recorded a profit before tax of $3.081B compared to $2.345B in 2009, an increase of $736.0M or 31 percent. He will report that profit after tax for [...]
Le Repentir landfill site set for closure next month – Finance Minister
The management of solid waste in the city has posed several challenges in terms of disposal. In this regard the Le Repentir landfill site will continue to receive solid waste until next month after which it will be completely closed in accordance with the Environmental Protection Agency regulations. This disclosure was made on Monday by [...]
RETRACTION
In yesterday’s edition of Kaieteur News a story titled “$111M disparity in bids to repair West Coast Demerara Public Road” was carried on pages two and six. We wish to point out that on page six, in the table titled ‘Upgrading Roads at Great Diamond, EBD, Region Four’ the second bidder is identified as Courtney [...]
Yuri Chandisingh steps down as CEO-GWI’s officials
Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Water Inc. (GWI), Yuri Chandisingh, is set to step down from the helm of that state-owned agency. GWI officials confirmed that Chandisingh, who was appointed to that post in early 2009 following the sacking of Karran Singh, has signaled his intentions to leave and from all indications will be [...]
GECOM Chairman briefs Private Sector Commission
Dr. Steve Surujbally, Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) briefed Representatives of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) about the status of the preparations for the conduct of the General and Regional Elections 2011. This was done at a meeting between Dr. Surujbally and the PSC representatives at a meeting on Monday at the Office [...]
NCERD moves to enhance science and technology in schools
The Ministry of Education’s National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD) in collaboration with the United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), yesterday, held a stakeholders’ workshop at the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC). The aim of the workshop was to develop a framework for a National Science and Technology Policy and action [...]
Missing Sandy yet to be found
The missing four year-old, Sandy Seeratten who was allegedly abducted by her father several weeks ago is yet to be found. Ishwantie Persaud, who resides at lot 94 Logwood, Enmore East Coast Demerara, and is the mother of the missing child, is pleading with the general public to assist in locating Sandy. The child is [...]
$9.1B for agri sector
- Abattoir construction, more credit facilities this year The country’s National Budget this year has released to the agriculture sector some $9.1 billion which represents a 35 percent increase in capital and an eight per cent percent decrease in current funding. The recent increase in its capital funding will see emphasis being placed this year [...]
Guyanese missing on Suriname/French Guiana border reportedly found alive
Three days after he disappeared while trying to enter French Guiana illegally, Ramdat Ramrattan has been found alive, much to the relief of relatives here. Word out of French Guiana is that Ramrattan, 42, was discovered by a search party in a remote location on the Cayenne side of the border with Suriname, some time [...]
GECOM Chairman not daunted by GLDA fallout
Following the fallout from his appointment as Chairman to the recently established Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA), head of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Dr. Steve Surujbally, has warned staffers not to be distracted, as the country gets ready for general elections later this year. The official made the call on Friday at the Georgetown [...]
Linden teen heads to NOC for two years
A 14-year-old Linden resident will spend the next two years at the New Opportunity Corps. The sentencing was imposed by Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty, who confessed to having difficulties trying to understand the teenager’s behaviour. The teenager, who hails from Linden, was sentenced at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s court, yesterday, on a conviction of break [...]
Heavenly Angels upset Number 68 All Stars to earn quarterfinal berth
Heavenly Angels crushed Number 68 All Stars by 6 wickets and earned the right to represent the Berbice zone in the impending quarterfinals when play in the Regal Stationery and Computer Centre cricket tournament continued on Sunday January 16. The tournament organised by the Guyana Softball League in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Youth [...]
Sophia man found with gun, ammo and stolen Blackberry
Gordon Klien of Sophia, Georgetown, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to charges ranging from unlawful possession of gun and ammunition to theft. It is alleged that on January 15, last, on Sheriff Street, Campbellville, Georgetown, Kline stole one .32 Taurus pistol valued $235,000; eleven .32 matching [...]
Modernizing the Justice Administration
Last year, Government allocated some $1.5 billion which according to Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh, was spent on upgrading the infrastructure in the justice system which resulted in the completion of the first family court. The cost of the construction was $58.8M and the court is still to be staffed. Two Magistrates’ Courts were constructed [...]
Chopped in neck, Guyanese woman dies in Trinidad
Trinidad Express- Another woman has been killed as a result of domestic violence. The victim, Guyanese national, Patricia Duncan, 41, last employed as a security guard at a Sea Lots fish processing company, succumbed to a chop injury to her neck around 6.30 p.m. Monday at the Port of Spain General Hospital, the Trinidad Express [...]
