Vehicles, spare parts prices to jump with Japan earthquake
Guyanese could lose money from roadside dealers The disaster in Japan is having a ripple effect on the entire global auto industry, which may soon be coping with parts shortages across the world. Guyana is not excluded. A leading dealer in Guyana who spoke with Kaieteur News said that the price of vehicles could also [...]
Commander Vyphuis sues Benschop for $20M
Assistant Commissioner of Police George Vyphuis has filed a lawsuit against Social Activist, Mark Benschop, seeking $20M in damages for libel and defamation of character. The suit stems from publications on Benschop’s website guyanaobservernews.org. Vyphuis, through his attorneys, Sanjeev Datadin and Mohamed Ali, is seeking an ex-parte injunction from the court, restraining Benschop and his [...]
Govt. releases ‘blackmail’ letter
The government has released the communication between Judson Lohmeyer, the now resigned Project Manager of the One Laptop Per Family project, and Steve Grin. Lohmeyer, who came to Guyana as a Peace Corps officer, was paid a whopping US$100,000 per annum ($20 million) a sum that he said shocked him. Office of the President accused [...]
Bogus Education Officer jailed
A man who infiltrated the Golden Grove Secondary School, East Coast Demerara, and actually took over the running of the administration of the institution for almost two weeks has been jailed for six months. The man, Collis Akeem Peters, also known as Collis Duncan and Collis Dos Santos, 21, of Inner Bagotville, Canal No. 1, [...]
Who owns this armoured vehicle?
There was no notable disclosure of the importation of an armoured vehicle by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) or the Guyana Defence Force into the country. However, yesterday there was one such vehicle parked on top of several containers at the Guyana National Shipping Corporation Limited (GNSC) on Lombard Street. The last armoured vehicle was [...]
Dem boys seh… Is pressure pun de sewerage
In birth people didn’t have a choice. In death dem also don’t have a choice. But dem boys seh that in life dem have a choice. De other night dem had a choice whether to eat free food or to ignore de food. Was Brassy birthday and he invite all he friends fuh food at [...]
Labourer’s body pulled from trench
Early yesterday morning children making their way to the Kawall Primary School in Canal Number Two Polder discovered a man’s body floating in a trench. Reports are that the discovery was made some time around 07:30 hours yesterday. The man has since been identified as 58 year-old Mohamed Shadeek Hanniff of Stanleytown West Bank Demerara. [...]
NICIL takes Guyana Stores to court over unpaid balance
The High Court action between the National Industrial and Commercial Investment Limited and Royal Investment Inc. which owns and operates by Guyana Stores, was again called up before Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire, yesterday. Royal Investment Inc. is headed by proprietor Tony Yassin. NICIL is being represented by Rafiq Turhan Khan, while Yassin is being represented by [...]
Man remanded for robbing police officer
A Georgetown man who traveled to Berbice during the Berbice leg of the Mashramani celebrations is in jail. While in the company of others, he allegedly took the liberty to rob a senior police officer and then fled back to the city. Linden Green, 31, of Non Pareil Street, Albouystown was remanded yesterday when he [...]
Guyanese philanthropist wins big at L.A. poker event
Los Angeles, US – Team PokerStars Pro, Victor Ramdin, collected $500,000 after a win at The Big Event Main Event in Los Angeles last week, with an incredible performance that saw him maintain a huge chip lead for much of the multi-day tournament. It was a long-overdue return to the limelight for the talented Ramdin, [...]
Guyanese released pending immigration hearing
Immigration officials have decided to release a Queens immigrant who had been held without a bail hearing since November after his story appeared in the Daily News. Rafeik Baksh, 40, faces deportation because of a 17-year-old conviction. He had been held in New Jersey’s Monmouth County Jail without the right to bail because he was [...]
Potholes, drainage and lackadaisical NDC irk Herstelling residents
Residents of the New Herstelling Housing (GuySuCo) Scheme, East Bank Demerara, aback of the Buddy’s Scheme are calling on the Herstelling Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) to renovate the severely damaged roads and to clean the clogged drains in the scheme. They say that the potholes are so large that the bottoms of cars are being [...]
CPCE under water as heavy rainfall continues
The Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) is once again under the spotlight as a number of trainee teachers who attend classes there are faced with serious problems due to the heavy rainfall which has resulted in the building being flooded. When Kaieteur News visited the CPCE location at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara (ECD), the [...]
“Vigilante” murder trial continues
As the murder trial for Jainarine Persaud, 42, and Andy Jagmohan, 26, continued yesterday before Justice Winston Patterson, two more witnesses were called to the stand to give evidence. One of them was the victim’s mother. The two, Persaud and Jagmohan, are accused of killing Andy Peters at Grove, East Bank Demerara, in January 2008. [...]
Three UG students on drug, burglary charges
Three University of Guyana (UG) students yesterday appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to charges ranging from simple larceny to burglary to cultivation of marijuana. Kestta Brian, 21; Sanjay Surajpaul, 18; and Carren Fiedtkou, 23. The court was told by police prosecutor, Sergeant Lionel Harvey, that on [...]
Severe power outages hit Parfait Harmonie, Canal Number One
Up to press time yesterday, Guyana Power Light (GPL) maintenance division was working to correct the power outage that affected hundreds residents of Parfait Harmonie and Canal Number One. Residents of the affected communities had said that they were experiencing power outages since Friday last. Some residents explained that recently, whenever there is electricity it [...]
Guyana needs training in Nephrology – Dr Nicholson
- As part of efforts to tackle renal failure The introduction of a nephrology programme is being touted as a crucial factor that could help address the kidney disease challenge which Guyana faces today. This is according to renowned Nephrologist, George Nicholson, of the Caribbean Dialysis Inc. in Barbados. He recently pointed to the need [...]
Rainfall pounds agriculture sector
…Gov’t looks to India for more pumps Heavy rainfall over recent days is threatening the rice and sugar harvests. The result is that the Ministry of Agriculture is looking to the public to help monitor the operations of pump stations to drain as much water off the land as possible. Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud said [...]
Remittances poised to rise this year – MIF
After stabilising in 2010, money transfers to Latin America and the Caribbean are poised to rise this year, according to the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF). This rise will occur although a weaker dollar and higher inflation are reducing their purchasing power in many countries, according to the Inter-American Development Bank’s Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF). Money [...]
Single parent training to commence in Region Seven
Some 30 single mothers living in and around Bartica are soon to benefit from the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security’s Single Parent Training programme. According to Ms. Genevieve Blackman, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Board of Industrial Training, the programme is scheduled to commence in Bartica within another week. Ms. Blackman [...]
Vector education to be undertaken in schools
The lack of awareness has led to many people creating suitable environments for the breeding of vectors, Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy has revealed. He noted that information education strategies are among the most important components of the Health Ministry’s approach to prevent and control the impact of dengue. “We must educate every citizen [...]
Woman died of blunt trauma to head
Husband turns self over to police in lawyer’s presence A post mortem examination performed on the remains of Nebert Isaacs-Bacon, whose body was pulled from a canal in ‘D’ Field Sophia, has revealed that she was murdered. This newspaper was told that the woman died as a result of blunt trauma to the head and [...]
ERC trains elections campaign Monitors
With the imminent elections campaign, the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) concluded a two-day training workshop on Saturday for part-time Media and Elections Campaign Monitors. These monitors will be deployed to political meetings/campaigns/rallies countrywide. This is to dissuade the use of any language or action aimed at inciting or exciting racial hostility or ill-will which can [...]
Fishing vessels contribute to flooding in Meadow Bank – Deputy City Engineer
Three days of persistent rainfall have left residents of Meadow Bank with flooded roadways and homes. Residents told Kaieteur News that they were still wading through knee-deep water in the mornings especially, and occupants of lower-flats in parts of the village have to move their household appliances from off the ground and placed them on [...]
Man stabbed by cop still to give statement to police
Police Constable 18170 Baldeo remained under close arrest at the Leonora Police Station yesterday as police continued to investigate his alleged stabbing of Parika resident, Clyde Daniels. A senior police official told Kaieteur News yesterday that investigators are still to question the injured man and are also taking statements from eyewitnesses. Daniels has been transferred [...]
