Cops checking licence number of getaway car
- businessman’s nephew still in custody Police reportedly have the licence number of a car that an eyewitness claimed transported the two gunmen who killed 72-year-old Clementine Parris in her Robb Street home, Thursday night. The licence number was reportedly provided to ranks yesterday by someone who saw the suspects fleeing the scene. Eyewitnesses have [...]
“AK-47” ammunition found at Haags/Bosch dumpsite
A discovery of 111 rounds of ’7.62′ by ’39′ ammunition was made some time yesterday at the Haags/ Bosch dumpsite, Eccles Industrial Site, East Bank Demerara after garbage collectors began dumping their loads of refuse. Reports are that shortly after 10:00hrs, workmen on the site found the rounds which were secured in black plastic bags. [...]
Newborn falls on Labour room floor at GPHC
Apparently the horrors maternity patients experience at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) will not cease, despite constant complaints and negative publicity. A 17-year-old mother, Bibi Khan, is worried that her baby boy, who was born on Thursday last, may have physical or mental complications later in life, as he fell onto the floor of [...]
A business magnate with an indomitable will, Lyla Kissoon, AA, is a ‘Special Person’
“I think in life one has to give openly, one has to be kind but one still has to be strong.” By Crystal Conway It can hardly be said of any family-owned businesses that they have become an empire over the years, there are only a handful; even fewer women can say that they have [...]
Dem boys seh…Too big to fit or too old to hold?
Every Sunday for quite a while de Waterfalls paper does feature somebody who dem think is a Special Person. That is a person who do something that mek other people feel comfortable. Some of dem special people help deliver so many women that dem is godmother to half of Guyana; some teach people fuh read [...]
Sithe Global wants to start construction year-end despite road delays
Amaila Falls Hydro Project… Sithe Global, the developers of the Amaila Falls Hydro Project, is not pushing back the date for the start of construction for the project despite uncertainty as to when the road to the site will actually be completed. “Our timeline for construction has not changed – we still aim to begin [...]
Building your home? (Security and your material)
By Leonard Gildarie Last week we spoke of the need to utilize space effectively…space not only improves the look of the home, but ultimately gives you that sense of comfort and eases the aches of cleaning. But using space effectively is not confined to buying or building the right size furniture. It has to do [...]
Linden residents vent spleen at Council forum
Residents of Richmond Hill, Fairs Rust, Noigtdacht and Watooka were recently given the opportunity to highlight issues affecting them, during an interactive session with Town Clerk Patrick Inniss at the Watooka Nursery School in Linden. The purpose of the meeting was to identify projects which need to be budgeted for in the 2012 budget. But [...]
Broadcasting Bill, skilled national’s amendment, road traffic Act to be upgraded
- Dr Luncheon Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, says that Cabinet has agreed that the Broadcasting Bill will be tabled in the National Assembly on Thursday. Dr Luncheon was speaking at his most recent post Cabinet Press where he pointed out that the constitutional responsibility for introducing legislation lies with the elected [...]
Man gets $15,000 for chopping neighbour
Victim granted self bail on damage to property charge Dwayne Sultan,.who was involved in fracas with his neighbour was placed on $15,000 bail by Magistrate Adele Nagamootoo when he appeared before her on Friday at the New Amsterdam magistrate’s court. Sultan, 26, a labourer of Lot 31 Lord Street, Number Two Village pleaded not guilty [...]
Scouting needed to promote positive development in youth
- Chief Commissioner There is no doubt that parents value what Scouting does for their children. In an independent survey, parents of Scouts said the pursuit is worthwhile for their children’s positive development. They opined that their children have more confidence, learn the importance of responsibility, have a wider cross-section of friends, and have a [...]
Victims of domestic violence prefer financial settlement out of court
- 2010 Human Rights Report By Rabindra Rooplall Jr Domestic violence and violence against women, including spousal abuse, are widespread and across racial and socioeconomic lines, according to a 2010 Human Rights Report. However, most victims preferred to reach a financial settlement out of court, the report stated. The report noted that there were instances [...]
Education Ministry honours child-friendly schools
In a keenly contested competition organized by the Education Ministry with the support of the United Nations Children’s Fund – UNICEF–, St. Margaret’s, Rose Hall Estate and Hampton Court Primary Schools have been adjudged the best child-friendly schools in Guyana. The competition was open to primary schools in Regions Two, Four, Six and Georgetown last [...]
Surama, Moco Moco bridges back in operation
- Works Minister The bridges at Surama and Moco Moco on the Lethem trail have been repaired and open to traffic once more. They were damaged on Thursday by overloaded trucks, says Minister of Transport and Hydraulics, Robeson Benn. According to Minister Benn, contractors, Roger King and Cyril King, have been working on bridge structures [...]
From the Diaspora…DIASPORA FEEDBACK
By Ralph Seeram The global reach of Kaieteur News Online is amazing. One would assume that Kaieteur News online readers would be drawn mainly from Guyanese and the larger West Indian community in the Diaspora. Well not so. Shortly after my article on my grandmother who was an Indentured Laborer, I received an email from [...]
Autism – the Misunderstood Malady (Part 4)
Today’s foray into the world of autism begins with a look at another autistic hero and closes with ten things an autistic child wishes you knew. Isaac Newton “In 1665, when Isaac Newton was at Cambridge University, something very bad happened. A terrible disease swept across England. It was not safe to be in the [...]
Guilty as charged
By Michael Benjamin As a journalist, I have always been inspired by court proceedings but never had the urge to work the court beat. The reason is obvious; the court reporter was always required to be as accurate as possible and while this is a primary cornerstone of the trade, it has hardly been the [...]
No incubator, premature baby dies at Bartica Hospital
An investigation has been launched into the death of a baby girl at the Bartica Hospital, a few hours after the child was born, yesterday. Kaieteur News was told that Amanda De Freitas, a secretary attached to the Regional Executive Officer, was taken to the Bartica Hospital yesterday by relatives after she started experiencing contractions. [...]
Cops checking licence number of getaway car
- businessman’s nephew still in custody Police reportedly have the licence number of a car that an eyewitness claimed transported the two gunmen who killed 72-year-old Clementine Parris in her Robb Street home, Thursday night. The licence number was reportedly provided to ranks yesterday by someone who saw the suspects fleeing the scene. Eyewitnesses have [...]
Bravo’s fifty and rain spoil India’s victory hopes
As Windies hold on for a draw By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Digicel, Carib Beer & Queensway Set 281 to win from over two and a half sessions and at least 83 overs, West Indies, led by an attractive 73 from Darren Bravo and assistance from the rain, held on for a [...]
Wide Ranging Protected Areas Proposed
A Bill soon be debated in Parliament, proposes that parts of Guyana can be deemed protected areas, and any person or organization would be able to apply for parcels of lands to be so named. According to the Protected Areas Bill that was tabled in the National Assembly on June 23, the objectives of a [...]
The C.E.O. Story
A successful businessman was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business. Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in his company together. He said, “It is time for me to step [...]
Inner Wheel of Georgetown installs new office bearers
Isha Singh is now the president of the Inner Wheel Club of Georgetown. She was elected on June 15, last, when the organization held its annual general meeting. Alfo Deen and Stella Mitchell are the Treasurer and Secretary, respectively. The installation of the new officer bearers took place at the Georgetown Club and they will [...]
PNCR slams PPPC’s Road Safety strategies
People’s National Congress Reform presidential candidate, Brigadier David Granger, is calling on the current administration to implement correct policing, rigorous law-enforcement, efficient road engineering and proper licensing of vehicle drivers. This call comes in the wake of the recent spate of road fatalities. In a recent public statement Brigadier Granger said that the road deaths [...]
Friendship man pulled from canal
A Friendship, East Bank Demerara man was on Friday evening pulled from a canal in his village. Reports are that the man may have fallen and hit his head and then drowned in the canal. The man has been identified as 32-year-old Samuel Victor. The dead man’s mother, Joy Victor, told this publication that her [...]
