Building Your Home
February 2, 2011 Building your home? Think again! By Leonard Gildarie I managed to move into my new home at La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, in late November after three months of hectic building. It was a grand experience. My first ever home, built the way it was envisioned. But it was not the [...]
Taxi driver killed in smash up with truck
A taxi driver was killed on the spot shortly after 23:00 hrs last night after the driver of an out of control truck smashed headlong into his vehicle on Mandela Avenue. The victim, employed by Oasis Taxi Service, was identified as Quincy Kellman of Belfield, East Coast Demerara. According to reports, Kellman, said to be [...]
Bandits hack off part of grocer’s ear
- residents vow to take matters into their own hands Four armed and masked bandits chopped off part of a businessman’s ear after invading his grocery store at Number 11 Farm, Corentyne at around midnight on Saturday. Deochand Deochand Hemchand was brutally chopped and beaten after he resisted the bandits, who eventually fled with a [...]
Man murdered over $500 cocaine debt
- suspect caught hiding in bushes near river A brawl over a $500 cocaine debt ended brutally at around 01:00 hrs yesterday with a 34-year-old drug addict from Herstelling, East Bank Demerara being knifed to death by the man he had allegedly owed. Eon Daniels, of Hassan Street, was slashed in the stomach while fighting [...]
Rice farmer shot as bandits invade family get-together
A Black Bush Polder rice farmer was shot by bandits at around 02:00 early yesterday morning at around 2:00 hrs at his sister’s No.56 Village, Corentyne home. Krishnadat Pydanna, was wounded in the shoulder and has been admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. Pydanna said he was at a family gathering, hosted by an [...]
Girl killed, father injured by speeding car
A driver is in custody at Wales Police Station after his Toyota Allion PMM 4315 collided with two pedestrians, killing six-year-old Althea Martin and severely injuring her father, 50-year-old Cedric Clement in Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara last evening. Althea Martin was pronounced dead on arrival at the West Demerara Regional Hospital and her father [...]
New CLICO proposal an ‘exit strategy’
(Trinidad Express) Almost a year after it inherited an agreement to repay thousands of CLICO policyholders more than $1 billion they invested in the failed insurance giant, the People’s Partnership Government is now close to a decision about ending its commitment. Sources close to Government, CLICO and its parent CL Financial, Saturday described a new [...]
Dem boys seh….People want shut down school
These days everybody want to do something that dem think gun mek money. Some young people don’t even want to go to school because dem claim that nuff of de rich people didn’t go to school and dem ain’t got to worry. In fact, dem boys seh that when dem look around dem seeing people [...]
Fire razes Digicel outlet, variety store in Linden
A raging inferno in Republic Avenue, Linden completely gutted a two-flat building housing the community’s Digicel /Cell Smart outlet and a Chinese Variety Store. Digicel reportedly lost some $800,000 in cash to the flames and an undisclosed amount in assets. The owners of the Chinese restaurant said that they lost some $20M in stocks and [...]
Ailing Top Cop could be flown overseas
Police Commissioner Henry Greene is expected to be flown to the Twin-Island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago for further medical attention to repair a ruptured vessel in his foot. Greene was rushed to the Balwant Singh Hospital on Friday morning bleeding profusely from the ruptured vessel and contrary to earlier reports, he is still hospitalised. [...]
44 murders, nearly half still unsolved
Police are struggling to solve close to half of the murders that have occurred this year. Statistics by Kaieteur News show that there have been 44 murders between January and May 8. Eighteen of them are still unsolved. In some of the cases, the suspects have been identified but are yet to be apprehended. Among [...]
Hire armed guards while transporting cash
- ‘A’ Division Commander urges businessmen to hire armed guards Following a spate of brazen robberies in his division, Assistant Police Commissioner George Vyphuis is urging the business community to be more security conscious, particularly when transporting large sums of cash. The A Division Commander made this plea the day after a lone gunman shot [...]
Man undergoes surgery to remove Rambo knife stuck in neck
An East La Penitence man who tried to part a fight between a warring couple, last night ended up with a knife in his neck. Eon Davidson, 49 underwent emergency to remove the knife after efforts by his relatives failed. This newspaper was told that sometime around 19:30 hours Davidson’s neighbours were having their usual [...]
Nursing poised to reduce health inequality
– ICN Despite major achievements in the realisation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), there are still major gaps in the health status and life expectancy between high, middle and low income countries, between men and women and between rural and urban residents, according to the International Council of Nurses (ICN). The ICN has underscored [...]
Region 6 RDC signs contracts for community roads
Several contracts for the construction of community roads were signed on Saturday at the Boardroom of the Region 6 Administration. According to Regional Chairman of Region 6, Zulfikar Mustapha, contracts have been signed for some 225 community roads across the region from last year to present, not including 72 urban roads that have been rehabilitated [...]
Smith stakes claim for first Test with unbeaten 130 at DCC
Twenty-one year-old Grenadian Devon Smith staked a claim for a place in the West Indies team to oppose Pakistan in the first Test at Providence from Thursday with an unbeaten 130 on the first day of the West Indies’ two day practice match at the DCC ground in Georgetown. West Indies ended the day in [...]
Govt., aquaculture farmers roast IDB over funding delay
By Leonard Gildarie A major project to promote aquaculture export is stalled with a number of farmers claiming lost opportunities and the government expressing its frustration at delays on the part of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The project, under the Ministry of Agriculture’s (MOA) Agriculture Export Diversification Program (ADP) is funded by the Inter [...]
Lethem mortuary not functioning for over one month
Residents of Lethem are now wondering who will fix the mortuary which has not been functioning for weeks. Reports are that the mortuary which plays an integral part in areas such as Lethem, Saint Ignatius and others has been out of operation for at least a week. One resident stated that he personally visited the [...]
Ul Haq hits unbeaten ton as Pakistan make 330-7 declared against Guyana
By Sean Devers Pakistan Captain Misbah Ul Haq led from the front with a solid unbeaten 101 as the visitors declared at 330-7 just before the close of the opening day of their two-day match against Guyana at Bourda yesterday. Mohammed Hafeez (52) and Azhar Ali (57) added 92 for the first wicket after Pakistan [...]
Out- of-control car causes four-vehicle smash-up at Montrose
- pedestrian critical Doctors at the Georgetown Hospital had their hands full last night battling to save the life of a 70- year -old man who suffered severe injuries as a result of a four vehicle crash on the Montrose Public Road East Coast Demerara. Kaieteur News understands that the man whose name was given [...]
Georgetown snatches Linwest title on introduction
Georgetown defeated Linden by 38 points on their introduction to the annual Linwest Games to win the title at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary, yesterday. On the heels of stellar performances from seasoned national athletes, Tiffany Carto and Stephan James Georgetown amassed 327 points to win over their archrivals. Linden finished second with [...]
Traffic light improvement project 95 percent completed
The conclusion of the Geometric Improvements to Traffic light Intersections in and around Georgetown project has been rescheduled for May month-end as works were affected by poor weather conditions, Nigel Erskine, Traffic/ Road Safety Engineer of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications stated. Construction, which begun last August is approximately 95 percent completed and [...]
Le Repentir dumpsite to be closed in three months
- Puran Brothers begins $64 million works Works for the final closing of the Le Repentir dumpsite has finally begun as the contract has been awarded to Puran Brothers. According to Government Engineer Walter Willis, the closing of the site has been contracted out at a cost of $64,473,700 and works at the site began [...]
Disabilities Act workshop held at N/A Special Needs School
A workshop to sensitize stakeholders and disabled persons themselves about the recently signed Persons with Disabilities Act, which was signed into law by President Bharrat Jagdeo on November 2, 2010. The workshop was held at the New Amsterdam Special Needs School and was facilitated by the National Council of Organizations of Persons with Disability. According [...]
Annandale residents want government to fulfill 2006 promise
No light, No vote… The ruling People’s Progressive Party could lose a chunk of their votes for the upcoming General Elections if some of their traditional supporters do not receive electricity to their homes soon. Residents in about 75 households on the Annandale Railway Embankment have vowed to withhold their votes for the party as [...]
