80,000 missing, tens of thousands feared
… Massive earthquake, tsunami rock Japan OKYO (Reuters) – Japan confronted devastation along its northeastern coast today with fires raging and parts of some cities under water after a massive earthquake and tsunami that likely killed tens of thousands with 80,000 missing. Daybreak was expected to reveal the full extent of the death and damage [...]
Nanda Gopaul rams into parked car, injures occupants
- denies being under the influence Deputy Cabinet Secretary and Permanent Secretary (PS) Office of the President, Dr. Nanda Gopaul, was questioned by police traffic ranks last night after driving his car into the back of another vehicle and injuring the other driver’s wife and a male passenger. The accident occurred at around 20:00 hrs [...]
BK Int’l trucks damage resurfaced E’bo road
- contractor Contractor Ramzan Ali Khan has said that he never did slipshod work on the approaches to the bridge outside the Anna Regina Police Station. Instead he blamed the regional officials for ignoring his instructions thus opening the roadway to heavy vehicular traffic almost immediately after repairs work had been completed. Yesterday, residents in [...]
Education Ministry facilitated mad man’s presence at Golden Grove school
A Golden Grove Secondary School teacher says that the Education Ministry officials should not be baffled about how a stranger easily infiltrated the school administration. Those officials are responsible. The teacher stated that the school is often visited by Ministry of Education officials, at least six times a year she said. The teacher, who demanded [...]
Brig. Granger accuses Jagdeo of ‘two mouth’
The People’s National Congress Reform Presidential Candidate David Granger has accused President Bharrat Jagdeo of being a man of double standards. Granger was at the time addressing members of the media at the Party’s weekly media briefing. Speaking about the government’s handling of the United Nations proclaimed, International Year for People of African Descent, “One [...]
Dem boys seh… Ganda drink R1 vodka and crash
De devil does find wuk fuh idle hands. Rob-burt nah got nutten fuh do suh every day he inspecting, he visiting and he meeting. Every day he sending out e-mail, bout 10 of dem announcing he visits and he meetings and he inspection. He sending more mail than GINA. Dem boys getting fed up wid [...]
No coalition talks with Granger held – Ramjattan
The Alliance For Change Presidential Candidate, Khemraj Ramjattan, yesterday denied having any meeting with the People’s National Congress Reform Candidate, Brig. David Granger, on any coalition talks. Ramjattan said that the party’s position at present is clear in that it will not be coaliting with either the PNCR or the People’s Progressive Party Civic as [...]
Gov’t against sexual discrimination
- but not ready to repeal laws against buggery, cross-dressing The government on Thursday restated its position against discrimination on the basis of a person’s sexual orientation, but stopped short of saying if it was ready to repeal laws which make it criminal for men to have sex with men or for anyone to cross-dress. [...]
Region Six Education Officer refutes article on Black Bush School situation
Region Six Education Officer, Mrs Shafiran Bhajan, has refuted allegations of neglect by parents of the Black Bush Secondary School. The allegations concerning the stench emanating from the Black Bush Secondary School on the Corentyne were reported in the Stabroek News on Wednesday. Bhajan, who said that she wanted to set the record straight, stated [...]
Parfait Harmonie residents marooned after contractor blocks entrance
Scores of residents complained of being marooned yesterday in Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, as a road repair company blocked Harmony Road, a key street, leading to the community. Other streets were rendered impassable by heavy rains and there were reports of vehicles being stuck on the roadway and other in drains. Kares Engineering, a [...]
PNC/R deems Jagdeo’s statement at Babu John ‘A national disgrace’
Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform Robert Corbin has regarded President’s Bharrat Jagdeo’s recent statement at Babu John as racist, inflammatory, untruthful and a national disgrace. The PNC/R leader made the statement at his party’s weekly cabinet briefing yesterday. Corbin noted that while Guyanese have become accustomed to the disgraceful utterances of the President [...]
Ansa McAl launches “Carib Domin.Nation” promotion
The Ansa McAl Company, the producers of and promoters of “Carib Beer” yesterday officially launched its “Carib Domin.Nation” promotion. The promotion which comes at an overall cost of $20M, and ends on May 31 is part of the trend which the beverage company has set to ensure that it “gives back to its customers”. Brand [...]
M&CC to pay garbage collectors by next week – Deputy Mayor
Deputy Mayor, Robert Williams, on Wednesday stated that payments to garbage collection contractors are scheduled to be made by next week. He explained that the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) owes its garbage collectors retroactively to November last year. Kaieteur News was told that the M&CC’s payment of expenses depends on the amount of money [...]
Rain hit Guyana, England Lions four-day game
First day washed out at Providence By Sean Devers Torrential overnight rain which continued for most of yesterday washed out the opening day of Guyana’s fifth round Regional four-day First Class cricket match at the Guyana National Stadium yesterday without a ball being bowled. Umpires Clyde Duncan, Luther Kelly and Standby Shannon Crawford called off [...]
Captain Eon Murray to contest for LABA Presidency tomorrow
Just when it seemed that Sports Journalist Rawle Toney was the lone candidate for the Presidency of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA), Guyana Defense Force Captain Eon Murray has been approached by a number of clubs in Linden to run for the top basketball position in the Bauxite Mining Town. The LABA will hold [...]
DDL/Topco Juices one-day Rapid Chess fixed for March 21
Another Topco Juices one-day Rapid Chess tournament is fixed for Monday March 21, 2011, a national holiday, at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club, Hadfield Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown. Registration begins at 09:00hrs and the competition starts one hour later. The Swiss System tournament consists of eight rounds with a time limit of 40 minutes per game. The [...]
No arrests in South Ruimveldt murder
The police are yet to come up with a motive for the murder of South Ruimveldt resident, Khirul Najidam, called Babloo Saddick, who was found, bound and gagged in the storage room of her Gaulding Place home. Police sources yesterday said that they are still unable to identify any possible suspects. One neighbour said yesterday, [...]
Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym take top honours
Samuel Whyte Hosts, Pocket Rocket Boxing Gym (PRBG) took the top spot at a recent Inter Gym competition for Berbice gyms that was held at the New Amsterdam Town Hall to coincide with their 5th Anniversary. It was fistic fury and non-stop action as Berbicians witnessed a night of exciting bouts. The other gyms competing [...]
Opening of rugby season pushed back
Due to the inclement weather, the Guyana Rugby Football Union would like to announce the postponement of the Opening of its Rugby Season which was to get cracking tomorrow with the staging of the traditional Banks DIH Sevens Tournament. The start of the season will now be on to Sunday, March 20.
Defending champion makes early exodus
Friendship Secondary School Girls created the first upset of this year’s upset National Sports Commission / Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport / Al Sport & Tour Promotions Secondary Schools Windball Cricket Championships after defeating defending champion Bladen Hall Multilateral on Wednesday, at the National Gymnasium. Friendship beat Bladen Hall by 2 runs. Friendship invited [...]
Pontoon comes to the rescue of stranded truckers
Wednesday evening a private owned pontoon came to the rescue of the stranded truckers at the Parika Stelling. However, the pontoon couldn’t transport all 35 trucks but 12 of them and two Canters and an excavator finally got to go home. Thursday night, the MV Torani began transportation services and was transporting about seven trucks [...]
Rain affects start
The eagerly anticipated Len’s Craft Optical/Sunburst Orange Juice Under-15 football league which was scheduled to kick off today at the GFC Ground has been postponed due to consistent rain which has left the venue in an unplayable state. Consistent rain on Thursday which continued yesterday and last evening forced the organisers to cancel the start [...]
Student stabs Dolphin Secondary colleague
Fifteen-year-old Akeem Lammy, of Dolphin Secondary School was viciously stabbed five times in his back by a student attending the nearby Carmel Secondary School. Around midday on Thursday this student attacked Lammy and stabbed him from behind with a knife. An eyewitness said that she saw Lammy walking on Charles Street between Broad and Howes [...]
Man died from shock and haemorrhage
A post mortem examination conducted on the remains of Timehri, East Bank Demerara resident Mc Lean Benjamin, 55, has revealed that the man died from shock and haemorrhage, due to blunt force trauma to the head. Benjamin, 55, of Alliance Road, Timehri, and also of Barima, Region One was found murdered on Monday morning. The [...]
70 yr old squatter released on bail
Milton Payne, the 70-year-old squatter who on Friday severed the arm of an alleged intruder, has been released on station bail. Payne, a farmer who has been occupying a government reserve at Vryman’s Erven/ Smythfield, for a very long time, allegedly used a cutlass to sever the left arm of Ray Anthony, called ‘Rambo’, 25, [...]
