Demerara Bank commissions $460M Diamond branch
By Leonard Gildarie Demerara Bank Limited yesterday launched a spanking new $460M facility at Diamond, and announced plans to be the first financial institution in the country to open a branch on the East Coast of Demerara. The announcement was made yesterday by DemBank officials. The commissioning, attended by President Bharrat Jagdeo, several members of [...]
Medical Council warns public against four doctors
Child sex-offender may still be practising in Guyana Child sex-offender Dr Vishwamintra Persaud, who was fired from the Georgetown Public Hospital when his conviction on a child sex offence in New York was revealed, may still be practising, the Guyana Medical Council fears. The Council has since issued a public warning against him and three [...]
$5.2M sluice door … Wood materials cost $400.000
The Ministry of Agriculture has refuted reports in the Monday issue of Kaieteur News regarding the construction of a sluice door at Stryken Hovel, West Bank of Demerara, saying that the report did not paint a true representation of the facts. Last week, during an opening of bids for the contract by the National Procurement [...]
Dem boys seh… Rob -Bert and Liar-Nel a pull wool over abee eye
When thieves get ketch dem does try fuh wriggle out. Some does try fuh dance out without any music, some does sing and dance to dem own tune. That is exactly what happen in de NDIA wid Rob- Bert, Liar-Nel and all of dem. De procurement people put out a contract fuh five million dollar [...]
Only two official counts at PNCR Poll – Returning Officer
In an attempt to clear the air on the polling results of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) voting exercise on Saturday, which saw Brigadier (Rtd) David Granger being elected the party’s Presidential Candidate, a statement was issued yesterday by Returning Officer, Earl B. John, of Sandra V. Jones and Associates. This newspaper had reported [...]
Woman remanded for killing her lover
Tiffany Clarke, 19, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry to answer to the indictable charge of murder, yesterday. She was charged with killing her 25-year-old lover, Sonobia James. A huge crowd of curious onlookers gathered in and around the court to catch a glimpse of the murder suspect. As she made her way escorted [...]
New GDF officers presented with Instruments of Commission
Thirty newly commissioned officers of the Guyana Defence Force, were yesterday presented with their instruments of commission by Commander-in-Chief, President Bharrat Jagdeo at a special ceremony at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Lilendaal. The new Officers comprised 12 from the recently concluded Reserve Officers’ Course. The remainder were those who came from the Standard Officers’ [...]
Work progresses on Hope Canal
After months of delays, the government called for bids to undertake the civil works in the $3B Hope/Dochfour Canal Project earlier this week. The long awaited contracts amount to almost $1.5B according to the engineer’s estimates advertised along with the invitations to tender. Among the works to be undertaken are the construction of a three-gate [...]
Police recover stolen PNCR boat, four in custody
The police in Berbice have apparently broken up a criminal gang and in the process, captured four men and recovered a boat and 48-horsepower engine owned by the People’s National Congress/Reform less than 48 hrs after they were stolen. The boat and engine were stolen from the party’s Kwakwani location in the Berbice River. The [...]
Dwindling prison staff will be dire for administration – Prison Officers
By Rabindra Rooplall Allegations of corruption, mismanagement, bribery, favouritism and dishonesty are being leveled against the Guyana Prison Service by present and past officers who are displeased with what is transpiring behind the Georgetown Prison walls. Complaining Prison officers requested anonymity for fear of victimisation, since under Section 10 A (2) of the Prison Act, [...]
Housing Ministry inks $262M housing development contracts
Minister of Housing and Water, Irfaan Ali yesterday signed contracts totalling $262,139,603. The three contracts will see developmental works in three locations including Culvert City, Lethem in Region Nine; Eccles/Providence, East Bank Demerara, and Good Hope, East Coast Demerara. The project at Culvert City for works costing $89.9 million is expected to be completed within [...]
Student sustains broken finger during whipping
The parents of a Form Two Cotton Field student want the relevant authorities to execute the appropriate disciplinary measure to the teacher who dealt their 14-year-old son, Shaheed Rasheed, four lashes with a stick and fractured the student’s small finger on his right hand. The child, who subsequently had to receive medical attention at the [...]
All UNASUR detainees back on the streets
All the persons who were rounded up from the streets of Georgetown and bundled off to the National Psychiatric Hospital in Fort Canje, Berbice during the latter part of 2010, have all escaped. They are back on the streets of the capital and elsewhere, doing whatever they did best. Their detention was part of the [...]
Coordinator of $1billion Mangrove project resigns
The Coordinator of Guyana’s Mangrove Restoration Project, which is set to roll-out a $1 billion plan, has resigned over differences with chairman of the Mangrove Action Committee, Annette Arjoon, Kaieteur News understands. Dr Simpson Da Silva, who was only recently appointed, confirmed that he had given notice of his resignation but he did not want [...]
GDF troops for Exercise Tradewinds 2011 in Antigua & Barbuda
Four officers and 30 Other Ranks from the 1st and 2nd Infantry Battalions, Coast Guard, and Defence Headquarters will participate in EXCERCISE TRADEWINDS, which will be held in Antigua and Barbuda over the period March 1 to March 20. The Guyanese contingent will go to join military personnel from the United States and 20 other [...]
N/A Mash Sizzles; Berbicians ask for more GT floats
Berbicians turned out in their numbers on Sunday for the usual Mash last-lap tramp along Stanleytown and Main Street, New Amsterdam. The revelers moved off from Mark’s Bridge at Stanleytown just after 14:00 hrs and headed down New Amsterdam. Along the roadway were hundreds of onlookers, many with alcoholic and non- alcoholic beverages in hand. [...]
Immigration TALK: Reporting a Change of Address to Immigration
By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram, Gail@Go2Lawyer.com The law requires that most non-U.S. citizens report a change of address within 10 days of moving by completing a Change of Address form with USCIS. Additionally, petitioners and sponsors are required to report a change of address whether they are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. It is [...]
Burglars hit Parfait Harmonie residence of former Army Major
Burglars staged a daring daylight robbery yesterday at the Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara house occupied by former Army Major Augustus Stuart, carting of a large amount of cash. Augustus Stuart said he had $750,000 in a brief case because he intended to pay for construction materials later in the day. However, he had to [...]
Two freed of murder in lower court
The two persons who were accused of killing Albouystown resident Wendell Tappin yesterday walked out of the magistrate’s court free of the charge as Magistrate Fazil Azeez upheld no case submissions by their lawyer Euclin Gomes. The two men, Leonard Allicock and Randolph Allicock were charged in 2009, with the murder. The matter was prosecuted [...]
Rejected Guyanese ‘rape’ victim for new Canadian immigration hearing
Ottawa (Vancouver Sun) – The parallels in the five refugee cases are striking. All feature women seeking to remain in Canada because of well-founded fears for their safety in their home countries. All had their applications rejected by the Immigration and Refugee Board or officers of Citizenship and Immigration Canada even though, in 1993, Canada [...]
Berbice teacher in forged NGSA results slip hotwater
A Berbice teacher and an accomplice are expected to be disciplined by the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) and possibly charged by the police for forgery and fraud. The authorities uncovered a scam that points to a forged National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) results slip, bearing the name of a senior New Amsterdam secondary school, which [...]
Hit and run driver nabbed
Three days after he went into hiding after killing 16-year-old, Manclik Matthews, in a hit and run accident on the La Belle Alliance, Public Road, 51-year-old Monty Blake, the driver, has been apprehended. Police arrested the man, and detained and impounded his vehicle, HB 1816 at the Anna Regina Police Station, Friday evening. The man [...]
Mash camp gunman identified
Police now know the identity of one of the two gunmen who snatched $2.5M from costume designer Trevor Rose after invading the Bank DIH Mash camp at Burnham Court. Kaieteur News understands that an eyewitness identified the gunman after looking at a number of police mug shots. However, police have been unable to locate the [...]
ICC Technical Committee approves Bishoo application
St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board has received confirmation from the International Cricket Council that the Technical Committee has approved the WICB application for Devendra Bishoo to replace the injured Dwayne Bravo in the West Indies World Cup squad. Bishoo will join the West Indies squad in Dhaka, Bangladesh and is expected [...]
Broken septic tank clears Black Bush Secondary school
A broken septic tank caused teachers and students of Black Bush Secondary School to be displaced from the school building and forced to work in nearby masjids and churches while some chose not to attend school. According to a parent, Naline Inderjeet, the septic tank had been broken for the past couple weeks and the [...]
