Norman Whittaker to be new Local Gov’t Minister
- Kellawan Lall to be Ambassador to Brazil Minister of Local Government Kellawan Lall is being assigned a diplomatic posting in Brazil, while Parliamentarian Norman Whittaker will assume the duties of the Minister of Local Government, a source at the Office of the President has said. Both appointments are expected to be made tomorrow. Lall [...]
Family flees Linden in fear of wanted gunman
…but man says that he is against drug dealers Fear and lack of confidence in the police in the community of Wismar, Linden, combined with a gunman that carries an AK47, who also has associates that prowl at nights has caused an entire family to abandon their home and run for their lives. In an [...]
Housing Minister for ‘Parliamentary trial’ today
… Backer case to continue Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali will today begin his trial for Contempt of Parliament. This comes some eight months after he was committed to the Committee of Privileges. The Committee of Privileges, a Parliamentary body, last met on April 21, last year to deal with a matter involving [...]
Police nab notorious wanted man during drug bust
Berbice police on Saturday arrested a notorious wanted man who was on the run since last October following a murder committed up the Canje River. They held him at a back track crossing on the Corentyne. At the time of his arrest the man was found with a quantity of narcotics. He has since been [...]
Dem boys seh… See En vex bad
Last week See En decide that he gun mek dying more expensive. He decide that dem funeral parlour charging nuff money and he gun open he own wid de promise of free death announcements. But until he get a parlour he decide that he gun raise de rates fuh de jumbie parade. He decide fuh [...]
Magistrate Hamilton reports for duty after move to quash sacking decision
By Latoya Giles Magistrate Omeyana Hamilton, through her attorney Nigel Hughes, has filed an appeal against the Judicial Service Commission, indicating to the body the rules of 2010. The appeal simply means that the action which is taken against Hamilton is deemed quashed until the appeal is heard. A letter has been dispatched to the [...]
Chief witness collapses in court
… C.N. Sharma witness tampering case One of the chief witnesses in the witness tampering case against Chandra Narine Sharma and his five associates, Ravi Mangar, Tyrone Ali, Mark Reid, Raywattie Ramsaywack and Doodnauth, collapsed in court yesterday. The case was continuing before Magistrate Geeta Edmond-Chandan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. State-appointed prosecutor Sanjeev Datadin [...]
Plans to appoint King as Town Clerk akin to “political shenanigan” – Minister Lall
Efforts on the part of some members of the Georgetown City Council to have Public Relations Officer, Royston King, appointed as Town Clerk were labelled by Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Mr Kellawan Lall as movements akin to “political shenanigan”. Lall was at the time addressing a press conference at his Ministry’s Fort [...]
Chief witness still being examined
… Treason PI continues The preliminary inquiry (PI) in the treason case involving the trio, Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol-Ann Munroe and reserve officer Leonard Wharton continued yesterday before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Treason is a capital offence which is not bailable. The lawyers Nigel Hughes, Gregory Gaskin [...]
Neaz Subhan collapses at work
Head of Government and Information Agency Neaz Subhan was yesterday rushed to the Georgetown Hospital suffering from what has been described as a mild stroke. He collapsed at his office. This newspaper was told that Subhan had complained to co-workers about having a headache. Sources at NCN yesterday said that Subhan collapsed and had to [...]
Police Association again expresses concern over errant ranks
The Police Association, the body that represents ranks up to Inspectors, is again expressing concern about the attitude of some ranks who continue to deviate from the acceptable norms and from the Police Standing Orders. These ranks, according to the Association, engage in venalities, inappropriate conduct and other transgressions which tend to stigmatize the organization [...]
Police and Ministry investigating Leonora school invasion
- Students return to school Police on the West Coast of Demerara are still conducting investigations into the Leonora school invasion, which happened on Tuesday afternoon. Some 15 pupils from the Queenstown Secondary School and Christ Church Secondary School in Georgetown invaded the West Demerara School, to attack one of the students there. Police officials [...]
Albouystown man says police refuse to help him
…as vandals shatter his windscreen Desmond Pompey of 23 Hill Street, Albouystown, has criticized actions by officers of Ruimveldt Police Station for failing to assist him in recovering his losses which he suffered as a result of malicious actions by a group of youngsters who reside in Albouystown. Pompey said that due to lack of [...]
Overflowing sewage affects Pressy Enterprise
The backed up and over flowing sewage at the rear of Pressy Enterprise Ltd. at 94 Regent Street, Lacytown, is causing major discomfort at the location. The staff members feel that the conditions pose a serious health hazard. The location is home to a photo studio. The staff said that Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) was [...]
Deranged man causes confusion in Reliance Magistrate’s Court
The precincts of the Reliance Magistrate’s Court being conducted by magistrate Adela Nagamootoo was in uproar yesterday when a mentally deranged man who was scantly dressed refused to be taken upstairs when his matter was called. The man, Jene Alvin April, 31, of Errol’s Ville Angoy’s Avenue, is before the court on a charge of [...]
Youngster shot in Albouystown
Seventeen-year-old Jonathan Soodoo of 26 Hill Street, Albouystown, now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation was reportedly shot in his lower abdomen some time after 9:00pm on Monday night. According to the victim, every afternoon he would normally hang out with his peers at the street corner in his neighbourhood. “We does jus [...]
Shop owner robbed, shot in interior
Arnold Tourrils, 34 of Moruka, North West District, is now hospitalized with a bullet in his chest following an attack by bandit on Monday. The victim was at his shop in the interior at an area called Butterfly Backdam in Cuyuni. Tourrils yesterday told this publication that approximately 8:15 Monday night a short, big man [...]
Fire tenders always have water
But canals are integral – says fire service After the recent fire at Stewartville, West Coast Demerara, the Guyana Fire Service is calling on persons not to throw garbage into nearby canals in their respective villages. Apart from the limited supply of water in the fire tenders the canals are the only other source of [...]
Bids in for final closure of troublesome Le Repentir Dumpsite
Bids were opened for the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development on Tuesday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration for the final closure of the Le Repentir Dumpsite for which Engineer’s Estimate should cost $74,999,450 and the bids submitted are: Bidders Amount H Persaud & Company Limited [...]
Fire Service makes no preliminary finding
… Meten-Meer-Zorg fire Fire Chief Marlon Gentle has stated that so far they have not come up with any preliminary finding into Tuesday morning’s fire which gutted a West Demerara business place and a family’s dwelling house. When contacted, yesterday, Gentle said that the investigations are ongoing and that the Fire Service has not come [...]
Pele FC 40th Anniversary celebrations to kick off Easter Sunday
Pele Football Club (Pele F.C) will be celebrating its 40th Anniversary with a week of activities commencing Easter Sunday, April 24 and will last until the 29th. According to Club President Cecil Jacques, plans have been in the making ever since last year between the local Pele Executive Committee and the Pele FC Alumni of [...]
GT&T 10/10 Cricket reaches Super 16 stage
With the Super 16 action scheduled to commence this weekend, the GT&T 1010 Cricket Competition is expected to get into top gear with matches planned for the Uitvlugt Community Centre ground and Everest Cricket Club on Saturday and Sunday respectively. On Saturday in the Men’s category, four matches are scheduled, while in the Women’s segment [...]
GTTA shifts focus to Bartica
After successful clinics and promulgations of the sport in New Amsterdam and Linden, Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) shifted focus to Bartica last week for its first of two coaching sessions before returning to the community this weekend. Residents and schools are the beneficiaries of training that International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Level II Coach, [...]
Scotia Bank Golf tourney set for Saturday
The local golf season is expected to resume on Saturday with the Annual Scotia Bank Medal Play tournament at Lusignan Golf Course. Club Captain Patrick Prashad said that the rain has affected the season and all the golfers are eager to get back on the course. Close to 40 players are expected to tee off [...]
Pele FC congratulates Richardson on return to MLS
Inks contract with Seattle Sounders The President, Executive and membership of the Pele Football Club have sent a congratulatory message to Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson on his return to Major League Soccer in the United States of America. Following is the full text of the message. I am feeling very happy and proud today in [...]
