WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING
Within two weeks, the people of Guyana would have forgotten about the Islamic cleric who was arrested in Guyana and who was released without any charges being laid. There will be from time to time occasional reminders about this arrest, but the people of Guyana would within fourteen days no longer have this issue as [...]
Breaking News…Sleeping toddlers perish in East Coast fire
Two toddlers left at home alone perished yesterday in an early morning fire that destroyed the family’s shack at Dazelle Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara. Julius De Clou, six, and his four-year-old brother, Josiah, were reportedly asleep when their mother, 27-year-old Ashona Letlow, left to go to a nearby house to iron a school shirt. [...]
Cost of US$12.5M packaging plant questionable
Kenya installs four times bigger plant for US$3M There are questions over the seemingly high cost of the recently commissioned US$12.5M ($2.5B) sugar packaging plant at Enmore. Last week, Christopher Ram, a newspaper columnist/accountant, in an article, noted that Kenya’s largest sugar company, Mumias Sugar Company (MSC), had recently built a packaging plant for US$3M. [...]
We’re here to take you anywhere
- ASL commissions new cessna As Air Services Limited operations continue to grow with an additional Cessna aircraft at the Ogle Airport, Government is calling for disagreements that exist at the airport to be resolved in a non-adversarial manner since there are controversies with usage of space at the airport. This sentiment was shared at [...]
Sugar worker dies… Joint GuySuCo-GAWU team to probe Enmore factory explosion
A sugar worker who was severely injured during an explosion at the recently upgraded section of the Enmore factory has died. The news came hours after the country’s main sugar workers’ union called for an “impartial enquiry” into the accident that occurred last week Sunday. The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), in a statement last evening, [...]
Amaila Falls Hydro Project … ‘Several millions’ already spent to develop project
- says Sithe Global Sithe Global, the company developing the Amaila Falls Hydro project, has already spent “several million dollars,” Senior Vice President James McGowan said yesterday. Civil society activist and chartered accountant Christopher Ram has already questioned Sithe Global’s stated intention to put US$200 million into the project. Financing for the project, estimated by [...]
Teen shot three times
Nineteen-year-old Colwyn Mercurius was shot thrice by a lone gunman following a heated argument yesterday morning at his mother’s North East La Penitence home. Mercurius was shot twice to the hand and once to the buttocks. Up to press time last night he was being treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital. His sister, Colleen, yesterday [...]
US denies allegations surrounding cleric’s arrest
By Latoya Giles The United States has denied that it provided any information to the Guyana Police Force to arrest Nation of Islam Advisor Akbar Muhammad. Muhammad, Guyana-born Canadian citizen, Philip Simon, and East Coast Demerara resident Tyrone Seymour, were arrested last Thursday by the police who claimed that the three men were wanted in [...]
Dem boys seh… HTC means Hide Thief Coming
Long time was cast-iron pipe fuh water. Then dem start fuh use copper because of de rust. But copper get expensive suh de White man devise a new, cheap and light pipe. He call it PVC. Dem boys seh that it mean Pipe Very Cheap. All over de world is PVC. In Guyana, dem boys [...]
UNASUR Council of Delegates meets in Guyana
The Council of Delegates of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) opens a two-day meeting in Guyana today in extraordinary session to discuss the structure and budget for the General Secretariat of UNASUR. It was at the IV Summit of the Heads of State and Government held on November 26, 2010, the Heads mandated [...]
Police detain businessman’s daughter among three
…find gold, stolen cash under suspect’s mattress Police have arrested three other suspects in connection with the murder of businessman, Victor Warner. They have also released his 21-year-old son whom they had held since the murder on May 19, on $ 50,000 station bail. According to reports, the three new suspects were detained on Saturday [...]
Two men found dead in Canje
Two men, both said to be alcoholics, were found dead at different locations in East Canje. The body of Abdul Satar Rasheed, 47, of Lot 9 Adelphi Settlement was discovered lying in his yard around 06:30 hrs on Monday. According to reports, the man was unemployed and was an epileptic. His relatives stated that he [...]
June 1 is deadline for Motor Vehicle Licence purchases
The deadline for the sale of Motor Vehicle Licences is June 1, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says. The announcement was made in a statement by the tax collection agency yesterday which also apologised for delays experienced by taxpayers last Wednesday at the Licence Revenue Office (LRO). Persons visiting the office on Smyth Street were [...]
BILL COTTON/REFORM… NOT QUITE HANSARD LAST WEEK IN PARLIAMENT
Bill likes Parliaments and he also likes pantomimes. Sometimes he gets them mixed up. Last Thursday it was Guyana National Assembly time and the school kids were lining up outside. They were from Victoria, the first free Black village in BG, and were there to help present a petition with two very distinguished supporters-Triple President [...]
Man takes own life after first trying to kill wife on daughter’s birthday
The intended birthday celebration of a warring couple turned disastrous when Neville Samaroo, 57, of Timmers Dam, Mount Sinai, New Amsterdam, Berbice killed himself after first trying to kill his wife. Samaroo was found hanging from a rafter in the couple’s bedroom after he had injured his 35-year-old wife Shameeza Bacchus. She was subsequently rushed [...]
GECOM denies registration irregularity
- PPP says that neighbours, others used to register individuals The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has denied accusations by the ruling party, that its officials are disobeying regulations by using neighbours and other persons to verify a person’s identity during this claims and objections period. Yesterday, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) expressed concerns with the [...]
Nurses complete preliminary critical care programme
As part of its sustained effort to maximise the quality of nursing care service offered to patients, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has embraced yet another collaborative programme. According to a statement issued by the hospital’s public relations department yesterday, the GPHC has joined forced with Mr Rowland Ramdass, a United States-based Guyanese who [...]
Wet clothes thief jailed
Forty one year-old Mark Gibbons who on May 20, last allegedly acquired a quantity of clothing owned by Andrew Mc Intyre, appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, yesterday, at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to face the charge of simple larceny, and pleaded guilty. The clothing had been hung out on a clothes line in McIntyre’s [...]
Italian, Venezuelan busted with pistol in Pomeroon
Essequibo ranks have pulled in three persons for questioning, following the discovery of a 9 mm pistol, on Monday at Charity. The reports state that a male Italian, a Venezuelan woman and a male Guyanese, were arrested yesterday morning at Grant Buxton, Pomeroon River. According to information, the three were apprehended after the Italian man, [...]
Murder victim died from shock and hemorrhage
Verone Patoir, the 40-year-old mother of three of Lot 42 Mudflat, Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, who was brutally murdered by her paramour on Friday, died from Shock and hemorrhage due to multiple injuries and a fractured skull. Those were the findings of Dr Vivekanand Brijmohan who conducted the autopsy on Monday at the New Amsterdam hospital. [...]
Hospital refutes patient’s claims about abuse at the institution
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation has denied an allegation contained in an article carried in the Sunday edition of this publication which stated that a patient was being beaten by police. It was stated in the article that 26-year-old Randy Charles, who is a patient of the Male Surgical Ward, was complaining that police ranks [...]
American citizen to appear in court today
…Local entertainer released from police custody The 29-year-old American citizen who was nabbed on Sunday last with cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, is expected to appear in court later today. And the two persons who were detained based on information which the man provided have since been released. According to reports, the [...]
UG libraries now fully automated
The Department of Software Services of the University of Guyana, in collaboration with the UG Library, has produced another Information Communications Technology (ICT) application which is touted as the first of its kind in the country. Students will now be able to search for books online, reserve books, make purchase suggestions and perform other similar [...]
Aunty Olive joins centenarian community
Close relatives and friends gathered at the Jamoon Drive residence of Margery Kirkpatrick in Meadowbrook, Georgetown, yesterday, to celebrate 100 years of healthy existence for Mrs Olive Blackmore. Aunty Olive who was born on May 23, 1911 is the latest to join the local centenarian family. Her milestone was celebrated with a packed programme that [...]
Burglars cart off $8M in computer supplies
Four bandits were caught on security cameras carting off $8M in electronic items from Riaz Computer Centre at 105 Regent Road, Bourda in the wee hours of Monday morning. Reports indicate that around 3:00hrs Monday bandits clipped the telephone wires to the building, disabling the network connections and security system. Police visited the scene and [...]
