Bartica Massacre accused bares his soul
… implicates Fine Man, prison officer The men accused of murdering 12 people in Bartica on February 17, 2008, were yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court, after Magistrate Fazil Azeez found that a prima facie case was made out against them. Charged with the murders were Mark Royden Roberts, called ‘Durant Williams’; [...]
Corentyne Pastor accused of raping underaged girl
A second form female of a Corentyne Secondary School was allegedly raped by her pastor, Lionel Seebarran. According to reports, the pastor, who is in his mid-thirties allegedly raped the girl in the vicinity of the University of Guyana Berbice Campus, while in his car. According to sources, the girl attends the pastor’s church and [...]
Magistrate’s sacking places further burden on court
The sacking of Magistrate Omeyana Hamilton has now placed a further burden on the already heavily populated judicial system. The magistrate received her dismissal letter Tuesday morning, from the Judicial Service Commission. According to sources close to the magistrate the dismissal came after Hamilton refused to travel on a speedboat to the mining town of [...]
Late response to consumers’ complaints could cost GPL
Guyana Power and Light Company Incorporated (GPL) could be fined as much as $40,000 for failure to provide a service to consumers within a specified period. Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Justice Prem Persaud, during a press briefing yesterday, revealed that where the power company exceeds the allotted time for a new service [...]
TRIPS failure at GRA affects clients
Hiccups with the Total Revenue Integrated Processing System (TRIPS) system at all locations of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) in the city caused frustration among clients who visited the entity only to be told to return Friday. Persons requesting road services licences, revenue licences, compliances, work permits for various countries and other documentations and services [...]
Dem boys seh… Magistrate got to like speedboat
De rainy season exposing nuff shoddy wuk. Road collapsing and dem bridge developing hole. Is like if is sheer dry weather wuk dem contractor does do. But dem boys realize that is one easy way fuh dem contractor to mek money because once de rain come de government got to repair wuk that done at [...]
Six men sodomise Corentyne secondary school student
Six men reportedly gang raped a Form Two female student of the Corentyne area. The act allegedly took place last Friday at the Hooters Bar which is located at Port Mourant, Corentyne. According to reports, the female left to go to a friend’s home and ended up being sodomised by six men who were at [...]
15.6MW plants for GPL to arrive in May
The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has reported that works associated with the 15.6MW expansion of the new Kingston Power Plant are on track. The company says that on the second Friday this month negotiations for the two 7.8MW generators were successfully completed and the Units are now being prepared for their sea voyage. “They [...]
New Spanish Envoy accredited by CARICOM
Plenipotentiary Representative (Designate) of Spain to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Joaquin de Aristegui, was accepted by the Acting Secretary-General of CARICOM, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite at a simple ceremony at the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara yesterday. The Spanish envoy said that Spain wants to move one level up in its relationship with CARICOM [...]
Property dispute lands woman in hospital
- neighbour dealt her several blows during argument over passageway Diana Bowen, of Lot 11 Henry Street, Werk-en-Rust, is currently hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) Female Surgical Ward, after being badly beaten by her neighbour. She was involved in an argument over ownership of a mutual passageway. The woman told Kaieteur News [...]
PUC recovers $7.5M for consumers last year
A whopping total of $7.5M in credit was recovered for consumers last year from three utility companies through the unwavering effort of the Public Utilities Commission last year. A major chunk of that total, $6.51M, was recovered from the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL), according to PUC Chairman, Prem Persaud. He revealed that the [...]
Bare Roots flooded for past five weeks
Residents of Bare Roots, an East Coast Demerara village, have been flooded since February 15. The village has a record of being very susceptible to flooding. Many school children have been staying away from school while livestock farmers have lost thousands of dollars. One of the residents, Ms. Sheron Joseph, said that the main reason [...]
Fitness Express pumps up GABBFF
Category & Overall winners to receive hampers Ahead of their Annual Novices and Intermediate Championships which will be held on Sunday at the National Cultural Centre, the Guyana Amateur Body Building and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) received a timely booster, compliments of Fitness Express. Specialising in health and fitness products, Fitness express located at John and [...]
Wendell Meusa unbeaten in second DDL/Topco rapid chess tournament
- Anthony Drayton dominates the juniors Wendell Meusa showed his supremacy at rapid chess as he demolished all eight of his opponents in this year’s second DDL/TOPCO Juices Rapid Chess Tournament held on Monday March 21 at the KEI-SHAR’S Sports Club in Georgetown. Meusa scored the maximum eight points from eight games without any opponent [...]
G Division Police host Domino competition
In an effort to establish a closer relationship with members of the public, the membership of ‘G’ Division Policing Administration, hosted the first in a series of competitive Domino Competitions recently. The Competition, which was held in the Confines of the Anna Regina Police Station, saw matches among Strollers, the police C.P.G and the Local [...]
Chief witness testifies as PI commences
With evident relief, Colin Jones, Randy Mars, Anthony Watson, Jahfar Sampson and Basil Morgan, who are facing multiple charges, ranging from attempted murders to setting alight of the Supreme Court, saw the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the attempted murders charges starting yesterday. Like several other of the charges, acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry, is hearing [...]
Linden Foundation continues unbeaten run
Inaugural Champions Linden Foundation Secondary remained unbeaten in this year’s Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Memorial Schools Football Competition after scoring a narrow 3-2 win over Christianburg / Wismar when the two teams clashed on Tuesday, at the Bayroc Community Centre ground. The win made it three in as many matches in the tournament so far, while [...]
Toddler survives fall from two-storey house
Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) were fighting to save three-year-old Amanda Sankar who reportedly fell through the window of her two-storey home 23 David Rose Housing Scheme, Unity, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara. According to reports at the time of the misfortune neither of the parents was home, the mother was at work [...]
Rising Sun Pre Easter race meet set for Sunday April 17
By Samuel Whyte The Rising Sun Turf club, Arima Park West Coast Berbice will be abuzz of activities come Sunday April 17, that the date set by the organisers for that entities Pre Easter one day Horserace meet. The organizers have put together the same programme that was listed for their previously postponed Pre Mashramani [...]
Man jailed for setting fire to villager’s vehicle
A West Coast Berbice man will spend the next year in jail after he pleaded guilty to the charge of damage to property. Compton Mingo, 34, of Number Four village West Coast Berbice was handed the penalty on Wednesday at the New Amsterdam magistrate court by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when he appeared before her, charged [...]
Ravens launch Inaugural KLM Basketball Championship
- Event set for Saturday at Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Memories of Kevin Lawrence, the deceased former Ravens Basketball Club player, were rife at a formal launch of the Kevin Lawrence Memorial (KLM) Basketball Championships yesterday at the Windjammers International Hotel in Kitty. Family and players turned up for the launching of the event, which [...]
Three weeks after chopping incident, 70-year-old squatter not charged
…Police says file with DPP Close to three weeks after severing the arm of a man, 70-year-old squatter Milton Payne has not yet been charged. And residents are not too pleased with the situation. Payne, a PPP activist and former Mirror newspaper vendor, has been occupying a Government reserve in the Vryman’s Erven/ Smythfield area [...]
Brazilians remanded for ganja possession
Two Brazilians, Evilayaro Costa Mangabeira, 19, and his brother, Evandro Costa Mangabeira, 15, yesterday appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. They were provided with an interpreter. Both of the accused through their interpreter declared their [...]
Stephenson at CONSANAT Youth C/ships
Jessica Stephenson, Guyana’s first representative at the CONSANAT Youth Championships 2011, Lime, Peru in eight (8) years began her quest to do her country and self proud yesterday morning when competition got underway. The T&T based athlete, who has been doing this country proud at the regional and International levels, is competing in the Girls [...]
Government and businesses are not going to throw money into endless pit
- says UG Berbice campus head The Director of the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC), Professor Daizal Samad, says that the friction between the UG administration at Turkeyen and the government is a serious one that has very important ramifications and implications. He alluded to students at Turkeyen who have expressed disappointment with the [...]
