The PPPC record in Linden is appalling
The Editor, Amazement, dismay and a deep sense of betrayal were some of the emotions that I am sure came to the youths of Linden who would have read the article in Monday’s Stabroek News. That article quoted ‘Jaffar’ Mohamed as working to handover their future to the PPPC regime after 19 years of providing [...]
Chris Ram to meet GuySuCo CEO today on forensic audit
Local accountant, Christopher Ram, who has accepted an offer to audit the recently commissioned US$12.5M Enmore Packaging Plant, is expected to meet with officials of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) today to work out the details. According to Paul Bhim, Chief Executive Officer of GuySuCo, he has received a request from Ram to have a [...]
Linden man believed executed on ganja farm
- cops still to recover body Police are searching for the body of a Linden man, who is believed killed execution-style Friday on a marijuana farm near the old Mackenzie airstrip at Ituni Road. Investigators have received reports that 21-year-old Clifton Bonus, called Motto, of Nottinghamshire, and of Silvertown, Wismar, Linden, was shot in the [...]
Convicted fugitive captured in Suriname with Guyana Prisons Officer
… both departed Guyana illegally About 13:30 hrs on Saturday, a Prison Officer attached to the Guyana Prison Service, Jaundoo, escorted convicted prisoner and fugitive businessman Paul Doerga, 52, out of the New Amsterdam prison compound and to the Prison Officers Recreational Hall across the street under the pretext of having him repair a sewing [...]
Food supplies, relief materials flown into Lethem
- power restored to some areas, relief stations set up to provide potable water By Kristen Macklingam Government has taken a ‘hands-on’ approach in assisting the flood affected residents of Region Nine by having food supplies and health resources flown into the various areas where residents have suffered tremendously after experiencing incessant rainfall for the [...]
Grenade thrown at sawmiller’s home
Police were yesterday still trying to ascertain who threw a grenade at the home of a well-known West Coast Demerara sawmiller. Kaieteur News understands that the device, identified as fragmentation grenade, was hurled at the businessman’s Crane, West Coast Demerara property shortly after midnight on Sunday. The front door and some windows were damaged but [...]
Dem boys seh… GuySuCo can’t duck de audit
De audit coming off. At least Guysuco meeting wid Chris Ram to talk bout it. Whole of last week dem boys sitting down and waiting fuh news bout de audit. Nobody was talking bout anything and it look like people forget. Then bright and early in this new week somebody light fire stick and start [...]
Presidential Guard Service defends rank fingered in cocaine find
The Office of the Head Presidential Guard Service has come to the defence of one of its ranks who was detained by police following the discovery of a small amount of cocaine during a routine stop and search on Saturday night by members of a Community Policing Group. In a strongly worded letter, the Service [...]
Marriott Hotel lists Guyana in four-year plan
… but Gov’t remains silent Marriott Hotels and Resorts has announced plans to grow its flagship brand with 50 new hotels around the world, including one here in Guyana, but details about the local project are hard to come by. Officials of the Guyana Office for Investment, the Privatisation Unit and the Minister of Tourism, [...]
Man killed on Soesdyke/Linden Highway in hit and run
- fate similar to father’s eight years ago In circumstances similar to his father’s death, a 24-year-old resident of the small Amerindian settlement, One Mile Waiakabrara, on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway was crushed to death in an apparent hit and run accident. Dead is Antonio De Santos, whose mangled body was found on the Linden Highway [...]
Cocaine in shoes woman jailed for 4 years
A woman expressed remorse yesterday when she made her appearance before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charge of illegal drug possession. However, that did not keep her out of jail where she will spend the next four years. The accused who was unrepresented pleaded guilty. According to [...]
Pirates leave Corentyne fishermen to drift ashore
Just when fishermen were beginning to feel safe working in the Atlantic Ocean, pirates returned with a vengeance on Sunday night, relieving two fishermen of their outboard engine and other valuables before leaving them to drift ashore. Dilchand Dindyal, 40, of Lot 262 Chesney Front, Corentyne, and Dilchand Bisnauth 24, also of Chesney Front were [...]
50 more homes for Capoey
Targeting the most vulnerable and especially young couples, 50 families within the occupancy of the Amerindian community of Capoey, in Region Two, are soon to receive homes and sanitation blocks, another venture of Food for the Poor and the Roctheli Lil Red Foundation. The project, which started last February, saw the rapid construction of 50 [...]
Timber trading, training, new technology to be explored
… Guyana/Congo forestry agreement Guyana has inked a significant agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo, to increase cooperation between the two countries in the field of forestry and wood industries. The five-year Memorandum of Understanding, which was signed by Guyana’s Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud and Congolese Minister of Forestry and Sustainable Development Henri Djombo, [...]
High profile prisoners charged with prisoner’s murder, attacked reporters
Three men, including two high profile prisoners, were on Monday remanded to prison on the charge of murder by Magistrate Krishendat Persaud when they appeared before him at the New Amsterdam Magistrate court. A fourth man arrested at his home on Monday in connection with the crime, did not appear in court. The men, Jason [...]
Labourers accuse Ogle businesswoman, henchmen of beating
An Ogle labourer and his family are calling for charges to be laid after he was beaten severely by several men Saturday. The men, he said, are closely linked to an Ogle businesswoman who was recently embroiled in another incident in which a maid was locked in a bond and threatened after she was accused [...]
Missing two-year-old returns home
The Vreed-en-Hoop woman who was devastated when her two-year-old granddaughter went missing on Wednesday, was yesterday ecstatic at the safe return of the toddler. The worried relatives were just outside their New Road home when they noticed little Anna Peters making her way towards their home through a passageway. However the teen who allegedly abducted [...]
$300,000 bail for businessman in shootout with police
Businessman Navindra Ramatedeo, who was involved in a shootout with police ranks two Sundays ago, was released on $300,000 bail when he finally appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore at the Mahaicony Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Ramatedeo, who is being represented by attorney at law, Satesh Kissoon, pleaded not guilty to a charge of discharging a loaded [...]
Blackout to continue as power plant released for maintenance
- GPL load shedding guide to be published The country’s power company has warned that there will be more blackouts as another engine goes out for maintenance. Guyana Power Light (GPL) advised consumers that the 5.5MW, No. 4 Unit at the Wartsila plant at Garden-of-Eden was released from service at midnight for major maintenance. According [...]
IMC Chairman reflects on recent Linden Town Week
- identifies projects for execution using funds garnered Interim Management Committee Chairman Orrin Gordon was high in praise of several groups who were instrumental in making the Last Linden Town Week a success. Singled out for special commendations were the Linden Chamber of Commerce, the Linden Fund USA , the Poker Street group headed by [...]
Angry husband attempts to burn down Sophia house
Police have arrested a man who set fire to an ‘E’ Field, Sophia house with intent to burn it down following a heated quarrel with his reputed wife on Sunday night. Fortunately, the house was saved from destruction and was only slightly scorched before neighbours put out the fire. Reports reaching this newspaper stated that [...]
Exporters of fresh produce facing challenges
Government has written Caribbean Airlines underscoring irregular schedules and cargo capacities being air-lifted out of Guyana. Kaieteur News understands that last January, the Ministry of Agriculture and the New Guyana Marketing Corporation arranged a meeting with exporters and the Caribbean Airline officials. At that meeting Caribbean Airlines disclosed that it will be providing an all [...]
GT&T FastBall awareness games heightens excitement
Pele reign supreme at GFC; one game played at MSC City as well as Linden players and fans are more aware now of the latest addition to the football family, GT&T’s FastBall following a series of Awareness matches at the Georgetown Football Club and the Mackenzie Sports Club Grounds on Sunday evening last. At GFC, [...]
Dookhoo returned as PSC Chairman
The Private Sector Commission (PSC), a grouping of several businesses, has re-elected Ramesh Dookhoo at its Chairman and has returned its Executive Management Committee. Dookhoo is the Business Development Executive at Banks DIH Limited. The PSC in a release yesterday also stated that Yog Mahadeo, Chief Executive Officer of Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company, has [...]
The Media lead list of three quarterfinalists
The Media, Son/Son Barber Shop Melanie and John Fernandes were the first three teams through to the quarterfinals of the 2011 Inter-Organisation Basketball Championship after enduring hours of gruelling competition in the preliminary round of the tournament. With some 32 teams registered for the competition, eight groups of four teams emerged with the top two [...]
