Over $1B cocaine bust at Bartica
- several foreigners among Guyanese held Police have detained a Venezuelan and four Guyanese after intercepting a vessel with an estimated 204 kilograms (450 pounds) of cocaine at Batavia, an island located eight and a half kilometres (51/2miles) up the Cuyuni River. The cocaine (estimated street value US$5million) was found stashed in four large plastic [...]
Suriname restates claim to New River Triangle
- Bouterse eyeing int’l resolution Suriname is not backing down from its claim on the New River Triangle area, in Berbice, with President Desi Bouterse making it clear that the territory is theirs. According to the De Ware Tijd online news, Bouterse is quoted as saying to the National Assembly that his country will be [...]
Rains ease, but water still rising at Kwakwani
Though residents in Kwakwani are thankful that heavy rainfall has ceased temporarily for the past two days, this does not change the current situation with respect to their immediate surroundings being under water, and the fact that the level is slowly rising despite the relenting skies. According to Carl Liverpool, a resident of the community, [...]
Teacher jailed for stealing from school
Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday jailed a male teacher for stealing school property. The Charlestown Secondary School teacher who appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged with larceny was remorseful as he pleaded guilty, and asked to explain his action. Thirty-four-year-old father of three, Encoco King, who teaches Technical Drawing told the court, “I’m very sorry [...]
Supplies reaching stricken villages
Water levels continued to drop yesterday in flood-stricken Region Nine with vehicles starting to use some of the impassable trails and critical supplies of fuel flown in. According to Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall, the water levels have dropped significantly but remained high in the Pirara area, located some 22 [...]
Man fatally stabbed after row over cell-phone credit
The police up to press time yesterday were on the hunt for a 19-year-old mason who fatally stabbed his friend early yesterday morning. Thirty-four year-old Richard Anthony Skeete called ‘Troy’ of 763 ‘B’ Field Sophia was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital, minutes after he was stabbed by a man known to [...]
Dem boys seh…De police mekking joke wid foreign exchange
Bartica sleep early Thursday night. Fuh de fuss time de town shut down. Was like when Fine Man and he crazy band pass through. De police bust a whole heap of cocaine and right away dem people run home. One man start a gaff that de cocaine people coming to Bartica fuh tek back dem [...]
Team knows importance of tomorrow’s game-Henry
By Rawle Welch Stating vigorously that every player on the team knows the importance of tomorrow’s game, Head Coach of the national Rugby squad Theodore Henry told Kaieteur Sport that he sees no need for him to stress it further. Henry, who is spearheading Guyana’s preparation for the final game against Barbados in the NACRA [...]
Hemraj (115*), Byron (108*) pulverize East Bank
By Sean Devers A day after East Coast, led by a pugnacious unbeaten 156 from Brian Sattaur, piled up 275-3 off 48 overs against East Bank at Providence in the Demerara Inter-Association 50-overs Under-19 cricket competition, Georgetown put the hapless East Bank bowlers to the sword by posting the competition’s highest total. Left-hander Chanderpaul Hemraj [...]
Six emergency Caterpillar sets arrive
- to be connected within 10 days Six emergency Caterpillar generators which were diverted from earthquake-hit Japan are in Guyana, with the additional power expected to be connected within 10 days. The extra 10 megawatts (mw) of power is critical to boost generation in especially the Demerara area which has been hard hit within recent [...]
Secondary School football starts next week in Berbice
Hearts of Oaks Masters Football Club in collaboration with Sherlon Hetemyer and family will run off the Sherlon Hetemyer/Shaun Nurse Inter Secondary Independence Anniversary Football tournament for school in New Amsterdam. The tournament will begin on Monday and run for one week with the final to be contested on Friday. All matches will be played [...]
Lamp may have started N/A Fire, says Chief Fire Officer
Chief Fire Officer, Marlon Gentle, has said that the victim of Wednesday evening’s fire in Stanleytown, 52-year-old Hazel Johnson, may have been burnt to death while she was asleep on her bed. He added that investigations have revealed that the fire started in the hallway, just next to the bedroom of the Lot 30 Mudlot [...]
GT&T FastBall Awareness games set for Sunday
Berbice, Essequibo & East Coast targeted With exactly one week to go before the end of registration for the inaugural GT&T FastBall knock-out football competition, more awareness games are set for this Sunday as the organisers seek to ensure teams and fans are well ceased with the rules and regulations of the tournament. Last weekend, [...]
Annual Tradewind Tankers V/ball Tournament starts June 18
The second annual Tradewind Tankers-sponsored Volleyball Tournament organised by Castrol Strikers is set to serve off on June 18, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, starting from 09:00hrs. According to a release from the Organisers, the tournament which provides a unique variety of the game is expected to be played in three locations across the [...]
Fatima House crowned champions
Fatima House with a total of 15 points emerged the Champions House of the Marian Academy Primary and Secondary School Inter-House Badminton competition. The champions left in their wake second placed Coromoto House with 6 points, Lourdes House ended 3rd with 2 points with Guadalupe House bringing up the rear on a single point. The [...]
Parents seek legal advice
By Michael Jordan The parents of 17-year-old maternal patient Joanne Peters are accusing staff at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) of causing her to bleed to death last March. They have contacted an attorney to ascertain whether they can take the persons allegedly responsible to court. The teen from Craig, East Bank Demerara, died [...]
GFF invite 28 for Olympic U-23 trials
Five overseas based included The Technical Committee of the Guyana Football Federation has named a 28-man squad including seven (7) overseas based who will be vying for places on the final team that will contest the Caribbean Football Union / Olympic Qualifying competition later this month. Preparations would have already commenced with most of the [...]
Linden police score big on marijuana raid
Police in the mining town of Linden have destroyed over 8000 marijuana plants, 15000 seedlings and about 600 kilograms in dried ganja during a successful drug raid on Wednesday. Police in a press release yesterday said that following up investigations into a report of alleged threats involving the use of a firearm, at about 09:30 [...]
CARICOM needs to get its act together – Persaud
“CARICOM needs to get its act together to manage high food prices and food security,” says Agriculture Minister, Robert Persaud. He noted that Guyana has been a firm advocate for food production in the Region and there is potential for other countries to pick up. He revealed that next week a high level meeting comprising [...]
11th P&P Insurance Brooker & CL cycle meet set for tomorrow
Greaves and De Nobrega to defend open & juvenile titles The inner circuit of the National Park will come alive for another programme organised by National Cycling Coach Hassan Mohamed tomorrow. Cyclists will be competing in the 11th Annual P & P Insurance Brokers and Consultants Limited 11-race Meet which pedals off at 09:00hrs. Expected [...]
Thanks to some very special police officers
Dear Editor, It was one of those hot sticky June days when you don’t want to leave the shade. I was heading home, driving South on Cummings Street, when a well known animal lover flagged me down. She asked me to park and walk with her; she took me to the back of her home [...]
Why this PPP attack on the US?
Dear editor, As someone born and raised in Guyana, and now settled in the United States, I take personal offense at Dave Martindale’s use of language calling the United States a “vermin”. See Martindale’s letter titled, “SN and AFC are wrong about Jagdeo’s Middle East thrust” in Kaieteur News of June 8. Dave Martindale has [...]
Tang stars as Walton Hall beat Charity by 20 runs
Ryan Tang slammed a fine half century to lead Walton Hall to victory over Charity by 20 runs in the New Building Society 40 overs cricket competition which continued recently in North Essequibo with third rounds matches. At Charity, in a match which was reduced to 30 overs due to rain, Walton Hall took first [...]
Neal and Massy re-capture Inter-Organisation B’ball title
League for organisations set to start next month Neal and Massy Group of Companies ensured that obvious preparation and organisation helped them retake the Inter-Organisation Basketball Championship early Thursday Morning at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall following hours of gruelling competition. In the end, when the dust was settled after the final chapter of the [...]
Winston Pompey confident as he leaves for fistic duties in Jamaica
Local middleweight boxing contender, Winston Pompey will leave Guyana next Tuesday for Jamaica to engage in a ten rounds contest against Jamaican, Sakima Mullings, two days after his arrival in the Caribbean Island. The local pugilist is confident of doing well. Pompey affixed his signature to the contract yesterday and heightened training sessions at the [...]
