Man charged with raping 12-year-old stepdaughter
A Guyana-born man is currently a guest of the state in New York awaiting trial on a charge of raping a minor. The 46-year-old man, Jagmohan Singh, has been charged for allegedly raping his 12-year-old stepdaughter. He was arrested last week Thursday in New York and will have to appear in court again on March [...]
East Canje Lions Club continue to contribute in Berbice
The East Canje Lions Club, in an effort to instill the values of proper hygiene on the younger generation, conducted counselling sessions and gifted 52 youngsters with hygiene kits. The hygiene kits were handed out to kids at the Edinborough, Gay Park and Lansdale Mandirs. The children were very grateful for the kits that included [...]
Violent woman on $350,000 bail
Samantha Roberts, 30, of Mora Point, Bartica and a mother of six, appeared in the Bartica Magistrate ‘s Court on Friday to face the charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm on 29-year-old Colleen Gonsalves, also of Mora Point Bartica. It is alleged that on Sunday February 20, last, Samantha Roberts inflicted grievous bodily harm onto [...]
Schoolboys on bail with indecently assaulting 18-yr-old
Two 15-year-old schoolboys of the Vryman’s Erven Secondary School and of Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, were on Friday placed on $30,000 bail each by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo. They had appeared before her on a charge of indecently assaulting an 18-years-old neighbour on Wednesday. Prosecutor, Sergeant Godfrey Playter, told the court that on the day in question [...]
Guyana in charge in their own backyard
Bajans 88-5 replying to homesters 330 By Sean Devers at Providence Back in familiar home conditions of the Providence Stadium, Guyana produced their best batting performance this season as Vishaul Singh scored a maiden First-Class fifty and Derwin Christian (27) and Chris Barnwell (24) chipped in to help the hosts to 330 against a Barbados [...]
No projects submitted yet for Norway funds
…three months after Jagdeo’s outburst about World Bank delay The Guyana Government has not submitted a single project for funding to the Steering Committee which has to approve the projects and allow for the release of Norwegian funds, the Norwegian Government has revealed. This comes almost three months after President Bharrat Jagdeo derided the World [...]
GUYANA HAS HIGH GRADE CRUDE OIL
From Ralph Seeram As I am writing this article the world price of oil has jumped to US$100per barrel, the highest price in two years. Oil has increased by 14 percent in the past week. No doubt this is due to the present wave of protests in the Arab and other oil producing countries. These [...]
Region Three Eco Club targets schools
Region Three Eco Coordinator, Marcel Lieaping, yesterday told Kaieteur News that there is a group of youngsters from her Eco-club who are engaged in fund raising activities to achieve sufficient money to fund a trip they have planned to Brazil. Fund-raising activities include an inter-school debate on Tuesday between the schools in Region Three, regular [...]
Teen identified as Linden businessman’s killer
An 18-year-old on several armed robbery charges and who was once charged with murder has been positively identified as the gunman who killed Linden businessman Albert ‘Bolo’ Joseph last month. Police said that the suspect, Collis Collison, of South Better Hope, East Coast Demerara, was picked out during a police identification parade yesterday. He is [...]
Battered body found in bush corner
By Rabindra Rooplall The battered body of Rishi Persaud, 36, called “Web or Spider” of Lot 12 Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara, (EBD) was found in the bush corner of Esau Street, Land of Canaan, yesterday. Residents in the area disclosed that the body was discovered lying in the bush corner at sunrise, and [...]
Amaila Falls Road 15 per cent complete
…contractor will be penalized if necessary – Dr Luncheon “The government couldn’t help but be concerned about the delays,” as these relate to the construction of the Amaila Falls Road Project currently being undertaken by Makeshwar ‘Fip’ Motilall’s Synergy Holdings Inc. This is according to Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, who recently [...]
Buck-Hill accident truck not missing
Thursday’s accident in Buck Hall that subsequently caused the death of Chitram Sooknarine, of Anna Regina, New Housing Scheme and others being hospitalised, was not a case of hit and run.. The driver and owner of the truck involved in the accident, Paabindra Ramcharran, of Cotton Field Village, Essiquibo Coast today said that contrary to [...]
GPHC staffer hurt in Camp Street accident
Nigel Glen, 26, of One-Mile, Linden, is currently obtaining medical treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after being involved in a motor-vehicular accident at Camp Street yesterday afternoon. The accident which took place around 16:30 hrs resulted in the man sustaining head injuries. Glen is a staff of the GPHC who only came [...]
I Would Willingly Go To Jail for Some Men
Says Michael Benjamin The Christian-minded individual, versed in the scriptures, would remember that God worked feverishly for seven days to fashion a world out of virtually nothing. He began by creating the heaven and earth. “And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep and God said, [...]
Woman being sought after attempting to post cocaine to the US
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit is currently looking for a woman who attempted to post cocaine out of the country. Reports are that some time around 9:00 hours yesterday the woman turned up at the Guyana Post Office Corporation’s main office where she attempted to post the package. As she was posting the box, after [...]
We have lost a hardworking, dynamic and visionary journalist
Dear Editor, On behalf of the New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir, Inc., Humanitarian Mission and its Guyana Chapter, I would like to join with the Government and people of Guyana to express how deeply sorry I am to learn of the passing of a great icon figure to our nation in the field of journalism. [...]
A reaction to Mash 2011
Dear Editor, After all, the Heavens stayed its hands; and the much predicted continuation of the early week’s heavy deluge did not occur on the night prior to Mash. Came Wednesday, the sun shone in all its tropical glory and the Guyanese people were allowed to celebrate what has been described as the biggest Mash [...]
Alonzo Greaves whips field again
By Franklin Wilson Sprint King Alonzo Greaves for the second-time in three feature events at the National Park finished out-foxed his rivals to take the top podium spot when the 20th R&R International sponsored 11-race cycle programme came off at the inner circuit of the National Park yesterday. Greaves’ winning time in the feature school [...]
Friendly police force needed to fight crime – Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin
Crime must be tackled simultaneously if the Government is to achieve any long term sustainable reduction By Rabindra Rooplall “The police force bequeathed to us is what I term the British export version of police modeled off the Royal Ulster Constabulary. They are paramilitary forces designed to suppress riots and insurrections, and generally to keep [...]
How to obtain a Student Visa to Study in The United States?
By Attorney Gail S. Seeram, gail@go2lawyer.com Who is allowed to study in the United States? People who are coming to the United States to pursue full-time academic or vocational studies are usually admitted in one of two non-immigrant categories. The F-1 category includes academic students in colleges, universities, seminaries, conservatories, academic high schools, other academic [...]
Teachers and students leave because they see no development taking place
Dear Editor, Perhaps, Dr. Roger Luncheon and the people at the Office of the President (OP) do not think and believe that the youth, more specifically the next and younger generation do not see the regular wholesale debaucheries that have taken place in corridors of power of Guyana. Most Guyanese youth, by the time they [...]
GT&T 10/10 makes successful start
The GT&T 10/10 has begun with over 400 matches completed over the weekend according to a release from the organisers, the Guyana Softball League. The atmosphere at most grounds was very heartening as lots of people turned out and witnessed exciting cricket. The first day saw the Minister of Sport Dr. Frank Anthony and Mr. [...]
“West Indies cricket needs an Egypt-like revolution now!”
By Colin E. H. Croft “A little revolution, now and then, is a healthy thing; do you not think?” – Sean Connery, acting as Captain Marco Ramius in film’s adaptation of Tom Clancy’s excellent novel ‘The Hunt for Red October’. “A little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing!” – Future, (No. 3), USA [...]
Poverty birthed during the Burnham era
Dear Editor, I was surprised to read in SN, February 25, 2011, that Mr. Hamilton Green is showing his concerns about the welfare of poor people in Guyana. During the Burnham era, Mr. Green was Prime Minister and did nothing at that time to stop the suffering meted to Guyanese people. Many Guyanese had to [...]
Aquaculture cluster boosted with donation from New Line Aqua Farm Inc.
No hormones, antibiotics, growth promoters or other additives are used in the production system New Line Aqua Farm Inc. has provided 100 Red Tilapia brood stock and 500 Tambaqui fingerlings to members of the Aquaculture Cluster. This is in keeping with New Line’s commitment to facilitate the development of the local aquaculture sector, for the [...]
