Crippled man found dead in septic tank, house set ablaze
By Jenelle Carter Up to late yesterday evening, police were in the Mon Repos Pasture, East Coast Demerara area taking statements, in an attempt to come up with a possible motive for the setting afire of a crippled pensioner’s house and the discovery of his body in a septic tank aback of the building. Reports [...]
Three escape death
…after horrific crash on Mandela Avenue Shortly after 05:00 hours yesterday, a car, PKK 5001, slammed into an electrical pole supporting high tension electric wires and a pre-paid meter assigned to the Chinese Embassy. The impact snapped the pole and caused the top with all the connections to come crashing down on the car which [...]
Mother of three clings to life after knife attack by husband
Doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital were up to press time battling to save the life of 34-year-old mother of three, Malini Basir, who was viciously knifed by her estranged husband at their Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara home early yesterday morning. According to reports Mrs. Basir was attacked in full view of two of her [...]
Relatives begging driver to come forward to assist with furneral expenses
A Corentyne man was killed on the Fyrish Public Road, in a suspected hit-and-run, just before midnight on Wednesday, after he had left a wake house not far away. And a few hours later his relatives were pleading with the driver to come forward and assist with the funeral expenses, since they are very poor. [...]
Dem boys seh…Check dem kavakamites house fuh de laptops
Big headline in de papers. De government sharing out laptop according to de plan. One of dem paper wha nobody does buy had big photo wid a girl and she mother collecting a laptop. And was a Lenovo. Dem boys didn’t know that de programme start because was only de other day de government announce [...]
Baugh, Bravo hit fifties on another rain hit day
Carlton Baugh (60) and Daren Bravo (50) scored half-centuries but failed to go on as West Indies struggled to 204 all out on another rain-hit day at Windsor Park in Dominica in the third and final Test against India yesterday. India were 8-0 off four overs in reply when the second day’s play was called [...]
Hackers attack PPP/C Facebook page
The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has expressed strong condemnation against the individual(s) who hacked into the party’s Facebook page sometime yesterday morning. The party immediately issued a press release to all media outlets, in an effort to reach its followers on the popular social networking site. “Our IT Technicians are currently working to recover from [...]
Barker rewrites record books with smashing performance
Sets new NAPF squat record; breaks into world top 10 It’s the Dawn of a new Barker as far as the North American circuit is concerned. Guyana’s strongest woman, Dawn Mc Cammon Barker rewrote the record books yet again when she not only won gold in the Women 84+kg weight class at the International Powerlifting [...]
New training programmes to boost human resources capacity
Persons suffering from neuropsychiatric illness will soon be able to get their first level of treatment at the hospitals in their respective areas as efforts are ongoing to provide this service at hospitals around the country. Already the Ministry of Health has begun training for its first ever formal Psychiatric Practitioner’s Programme. According to Health [...]
Brother still traumatised after witnessing sister’s execution
A week after two gunmen walked brazenly past him and executed his sister, Fitzroy Fiedtkou is still having flashbacks about that horrible night and his own narrow escape. Two Thursday nights ago, Mr. Fietdkou was sitting on the front step of his sister’s home “waiting to see Oprah” on television, when “two very young men [...]
Breach of all rules facilitated escape – Rohee
The escape of notorious pirate Kevin ‘Long Hair’ Narine and three other prisoners was facilitated by a breach of all the rules at the New Amsterdam Prison, and the Ministry of Home Affairs is presently studying all the recommendations made by a Commission of Inquiry that was set up to look into the circumstances of [...]
Amerindian Hostel’s maternity department refurbished
High risk expectant mothers from hinterland communities who have been referred to Georgetown could now relax in a comfortable, clean environment at the recently refurbished maternity department of the Amerindian Hostel in Princess Street, Georgetown. The facility also caters for women who would have already given birth and need to rest a few days before [...]
Rohee says US crime report on Guyana is over exaggerated
Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has dismissed as inaccurate, certain contents in the recently published US State Department report on crimes and safety in Guyana. Speaking to reporters yesterday, Rohee said that while he is still studying the document, there are aspects that he has already noted that the Guyana government will be responding to [...]
Veteran boxing coach embellishes his love for the sport
Opines that ProAm cards are good for boxers By Michael Benjamin Ever since the inauguration of the monthly Friday Night Fights, staged on the last Friday of each month, local boxers seem to have benefitted immensely. Several of these pugilists have won prestigious titles ranging from local accolades to Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) belts. The [...]
Woman fears son killed during capture of Suriname’s most wanted
A Guyanese woman is travelling to Suriname to ascertain if the person killed in a shootout in Suriname last week, during which two of that country’s most wanted were captured, is her son. Lavern Graham, of Georgetown, told this newspaper that on Sunday, last, she received word from a man that her son, 23-year-old Tumaine [...]
National female hockey team completes training camp in T&T
- hosts fundraiser at Mojo’s tonight In preparation for the PAHF Challenge to be held in Rio de Janeiro at the end of the month, the national ladies hockey team underwent a weekend training camp, from July 1 – 4 in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) where they made use of the artificial hockey pitch at [...]
Digicel Nationwide Schools Football Tournament
Annai, St.Ignatius battle for right to meet Aishalton for Region 7 title Annai and St.Ignatius will meet today to earn the right to challenge Aishalton in the final of the Region 7 segment of the Digicel-sponsored Nationwide Schools Football Tournament which continues at various venues across the country.The survivor of the final to be played [...]
Protected Areas Bill passed, Opposition voices suspicions
The Protected Areas Bill of 2011 made its way through the Parliamentary gauntlet successfully yesterday, but not without some lively exchanges. Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud, who presented the Bill for its second and third readings, told the House that this piece of legislation comes at a time when the world has seen the disastrous [...]
GTT fastball Matches at BV, GFC, MSC, Anna Regina, Uitvlugt, and Diamond Grounds this weekend
The pursuit for a place in the group-of-32 for the inaugural GT&T FastBall knock-out football competition shifts into another gear this weekend with three days of pulsating play anticipated at Grounds across Guyana. Beginning this afternoon at the BV Ground on the East Coast, two matches will be played from 16:30hrs; Plaisance Panthers challenge Arthur’s [...]
Charges against businessman dismissed
After facing eight counts of obtaining money by false pretence, Fazil Ramzan of Umana Developments had those charges dismissed yesterday. The 61-year-old businessman had applied to the High Court for pre-trial liberty and was granted bail in the sum of $125,000. Less than two months after being charged with the offence, Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry [...]
Supporting malpractice, it seems
DEAR EDITOR, There seems to be a number of malpractices which is tantamount to fraud within the government system, particularly within the local government department. This is due to the fact that we have a very incompetent Minister and his equally incapable Permanent Secretary. I think the Minister should do the honest thing and resign. [...]
Magistrate’s chamber broken into
During the morning session of yesterday’s proceedings at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry was performing her duties before the court when her chamber was broken into. Magistrate Beharry was convinced that she had secured her chamber before entering the court room to commence the morning session. After the adjournment of the court, [...]
It’s dishonest and disrespectful to attack the WPA over APNU
DEAR EDITOR, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has introduced itself to Guyanese and is progressively taking on a definite form. Very soon it is expected to present its election frontrunners to the nation. This long awaited partnership is generating a lot of buzz in both the traditional and new media as Guyanese share their [...]
Potential tropical cyclone developing – Hydromet Office
Satellite Imagery has shown, and the United States National Hurricane Centre has identified, an area of disturbed weather associated with a tropical wave centered about 550 miles east – southeast of the southern Windward Islands (north-north west of French Guiana), the Hydrometeorological Office said yesterday. It was disclosed that although development of this system is [...]
Bartica getting ready for Summer Regatta
Following was has described as one of the best Easter Regatta’s, Barticians are gearing up for an even better Summer Regatta come July 24 at the Bartica Regatta Pavilion. Plans have been steaming ahead and the organisers, Guyana Regatta Racers Club in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, they are promising an event that will [...]
