Security driver says he organised heist
Courts $9M robbery… A driver from a well known security firm has reportedly confessed to helping two gunmen escape with $9M belonging to Courts Furniture Store. Police officials said that the man, who is a Charlestown resident, revealed that he received $1M to set up the heist, and also led police to a Number50 Village, [...]
Aspiring psychologist crowned Miss Guyana Universe
Forget dark horse. Kara Lord was not even being mentioned in the lead up to the Miss Guyana Universe pageant, but from the time she emerged on stage at the competition’s finals on Saturday evening, she sold herself a winner, and the judges conceded. At the start of Saturday evening’s event, the leggy Georgetown girl, [...]
Intruder gives pensioner brutal hammer beating
An elderly man is nursing head injuries after being the victim of a brutal hammer attack at his Lot 33 Durban Street Lodge apartment. Eighty-year-old Neville Thorne was allegedly cornered in his flat at around 14:00 hrs on Saturday and repeatedly struck with a hammer by a young man who is a regular visitor to [...]
Durban Street fire victim arrested
- as police investigate claim of robbery under arms Fire victim Jerry Chow was arrested and is in police custody just hours after his Lot 18 Durban Street business went up in flames. Kaieteur News was told by police sources that Chow and another man who claimed to be the landlord have been detained and [...]
Guyanese woman perishes in Trinidad fire
A GUYANESE woman was burnt to death on Friday night after she was trapped in her house. Nowmattie Ramnath-Ramphal, 39, who had been living in Trinidad for the past three years, lived at St John’s Trace, Avocat, Fyzabad. Her daughter, Amanda Ramnath, said she was resting in her room when she observed a fire in [...]
Victims left with permanent scars
By Leon Suseran The eight-year-old boy who survived the fatal accident that took the life of his sister has been experiencing excruciating pains, and may not be able to walk again for a very long time. According to the boy’s mother Tasha Ramnauth, the family wants justice to ensure that the driver of the car [...]
Dem boys seh…De Chinese tekking over
Dem setting up cameras all over de place because Clement claim that he can’t see everything and people ain’t telling he nutten. Well dem boys know that he can’t see nuff things, not even de goat that bite he and fuh sure he couldn’t see de problems he woulda cause when Bar-Rat put he fuh [...]
CARICOM Skilled Nationals Act to be amended
- categories of qualifications widened The categories of ‘skilled nationals’ may soon be widened if a proposed amendment to the Caricom Community (Free Entry of Skilled Nationals) Act is passed in Parliament. Drafted as a means of promoting the free entry of skilled nationals of qualifying Caribbean Community States, the act makes provisions for the [...]
LTI regain National Schools’ Basketball Championship
- Bobby’s ASP Girls, Kwakwani, NA also win titles By Edison Jefford There was no doubt at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall last night that the National Schools’ Basketball Division I Final between Kwakwani Secondary School and Linden’s Technical Institute (LTI) would have been a classic rematch. The two teams have now met six times [...]
Port Kaituma man hospitalised after being set afire
Gold miner Kenny France was yesterday admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after being severely burnt at Port Kaituma, in the North West District. He was reportedly set alight by a man who had shown an ‘interest’ in his girlfriend. This news paper understands that France was walking along what was described as [...]
Chanderpaul’s unbeaten 116 deny India victory
But visitors win series 1-nil By Sean Devers in Dominica In association with Digicel & Queensway A capacity crowd in a Carnival-like atmosphere watched as Dominica’s newest Citizen Shivnarine Chanderpaul registered his 23rd century in the inaugural Test to be played in Dominica to help West Indies to a draw against India as the final [...]
Speedboat passengers rescued after boat stalls in Essequibo River
Passengers who were on their way to Bartica, Region Seven, yesterday morning were given quite a scare after the speedboat they were travelling in began to take in water around an area in the Essequibo River known as “Baboon Hole”. Reports are that around 08:00 hrs while in the Essequibo River, the engine of the [...]
Plaisance woman still critical after fire
Twenty-two-year old mother of four Natasha Johnson, of Plaisance East Coast Demerara, still remains in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital. Reports are that the 22-year-old received third degree burns to her entire body while her boyfriend Delon Gordon, 19, was burnt to the face, hands and abdomen, after a loud explosion was [...]
Guyana continues its dominance of regional Squash
By Rawle Welch Up to press time, defending Caribbean overall champions Guyana had already grabbed four individual titles from eight and in a firm position to maintain its dominance on the regional circuit as the Digicel-sponsored Caribbean Area Squash Association Junior Championships continued yesterday, at the Georgetown Club. The remaining match was between Alexander Arjoon [...]
Chanderpaul given Dominican Citizenship
By Sean Devers in Dominica In association with Digicel and Queensway Thirty-six year-old Guyanese Shivnarine Chanderpaul is to become a Citizen of Dominica after the Island’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerritt made the announcement during yesterday’s play of the first ever Test match to be played in the 290 square mile Island. The Prime Minister said [...]
Man on slow road to recovery after being hit by truck
Abdul Sheriff, who suffered multiple injuries after being involved in an accident on June 27, has now been transferred to the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). When Kaieteur News visited the injured man yesterday, his wife explained that Sheriff is now slowly recovering though he still experiences severe pain [...]
We did not want to risk series win says Dhoni
By Sean Devers in Dominica With a capacity crowd on hand and in glorious sunshine, India surprisingly opted to call off the contest with 86 required from 90 balls but Indian Skipper MS Dhoni said his side was not disappointed in the draw at Windsor Park yesterday. No Indian team has ever won two Tests [...]
TUF launches first official party group in Region 10
The United Force (TUF) on Saturday formed its first official party group in Wismar, Linden. According to a press release issued by the party, the move is in keeping with a promise made by Party Leader and Presidential Candidate Valerie Garrido-Lowe and is part of the party’s commitment to “rebuilding and revitalizing”. Garrido-Lowe was accompanied [...]
Victoria Kings & BV Triumph United notch up wins
Former champions BV Triumph United (BVTU) and Victoria Kings both opened their quest to for top honours in the 2011 edition of the Mackeson / East Coast Football Association (EDFA) Senior League with contrasting wins on day one of the competition Saturday last the BV Community Centre Ground. While Victoria Kings easily brushed aside their [...]
Queenstown A play Henrietta A in Essequibo final today
GT&T FastBall football has taken the Cinderella County of Essequibo by storm over the past days and now it is down to the final between the best two teams to emerge from this zone. The Queenstown and Henrietta A teams will contest the final today from 17:00hrs at the Hampton Court Ground following three days [...]
New Stelling View Mall to open July month-end
Created out of the need to provide alternative accommodation for street vendors, the New Stelling View Mall is expected to benefit 60 vendors. The facility is scheduled to be fully operational by July month-end, says Schulder Griffith, Clerk of Markets. According to Griffith, vendors who are utilizing the eastern section of the Stabroek Market would [...]
Meten-Meer-Zorg well experiencing operational difficulties – GWI
- residents asked to desist from tampering with water mains Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is advising customers from DeWilliam to DeKendren West Coast Demerara of a service disruption at the Meten-Meer-Zorg Well Station due to operational difficulties. According to GWI, due to these difficulties all customers served by the well station will experience low water [...]
Writing lab, 3 scholarships secured for UGBC, says Director
Among the areas of progress within the University of Guyana, Berbice Campus, is the Summer Reading Programme which the campus will be launching shortly, targeting students from Tain Primary and Mc Gowan Primary Schools on the Corentyne. Director of the campus, Prof. Hon. Daizal Samad said the campus is providing free transportation for the children [...]
SCAMS, SCANDALS AND SKULLDUGGERY
P.T. Barnum, the great American showman and circus owner, is credited with the observation, “There’s a sucker born every minute” and he definitely was not referring to banana plants. Bernard Madoff (pronounced “made off”), the New Yorker who used the Barnum dictum to his advantage, perpetrated the biggest financial fraud in history and “madoff” with [...]
Patient Charter to be ready by year-end – Ramsammy
The Ministry of Health is anticipating the completion of the Patient Charter, which has been in the making for a decade, by year-end, according to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy. The Patient Charter, also known as the Patient Bill of Rights, sets out the rights of patients of general practice, hospital treatment, community treatment [...]
