Dr Vishwamintra Persaud remanded on child sex charge
Dr. Vishwamintra Persaud was yesterday refused bail and remanded to jail until August 3, next, by magistrate Roby Benn when he appeared before him at the Blairmont Magistrate’s court to answer to the charge having penetrative sex with a 13-year-old girl. Dr Persaud, 41, now a business man of Lot 55 C Bush Lot, West [...]
Homestretch Ave. horrific minibus crash… FOUR DEAD
Four people, including a nursery school head-teacher and her eight-year-old daughter were killed and several others badly injured at around 18:00 hrs yesterday, after a speeding bus suffered a blowout and rolled over four times on Homestretch Avenue. Confirmed dead are 39-year-old J. E Burnham Nursery School principal, Coretta Benjamin, of Lot 704 B Field [...]
Majority GECOM vote re-opens registration
…dissenting Commissioners worry about elections date, finances A majority vote by the country’s elections body, Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), will give persons who have not yet registered another chance to do so, but three of the six members on the body feel the process could be mired by financial and bureaucratic constraints and push the [...]
Dem boys seh… Only in Guyana
Is only a matter of time before lawlessness tek over. People know that if dem do something dem can always pay a small piece and people gun tun dem face. Some know that all dem got to call a big one who suppose to know de law but who use he power fuh be corrupt. [...]
Commission of Inquiry recommendations to be released this week
…as Home Affairs Ministry lauds capture of ‘Long Hair’ The Ministry of Home Affairs, some time later this week, is expected to disclose some of the recommendations made by the Commission of Inquiry with regards to the New Amsterdam Prison escape. The Commission, which was headed by Retired Major General Norman McLean, had submitted its [...]
City Council to meet delinquent taxpayers
The Mayor and City Council would be meeting delinquent taxpayers (worst cases identified) soon to discuss the payment of outstanding taxes, says Mayor Hamilton Green, at a press briefing yesterday. Mayor Green stressed that owing to the non-payment of taxes by businesses and individuals, the Council is having difficulties accumulating monies to pay staff and [...]
$444.6M to equip technical institutes
… MOE signs off on six contracts Technical and vocational education in the country will see a major boost in capacity after the signing of several contracts yesterday morning at the Ministry of Education. Nearly half a billion dollars was signed off in contracts between the Ministry and several contractors to equip and furnish two [...]
Brazilians shot during attack on Five Star mining camp
Police have dispatched a team to the Five Star Backdam in the North West District to investigate another robbery on a Brazilian-operated mining camp during which two men were shot. The incident occurred early yesterday morning and according to reports the two injured Brazilians were air-dashed to the city around 16:0 hours yesterday. One of [...]
Man remanded for unlicenced firearm possession
The 27-year-old Supply, East Bank Demerara resident who had in his possession an unlicensed firearm was yesterday remanded to prison after he pleaded not guilty to the offence. When John Simpson appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry he was told that the police have alleged that on July 15 he had in his possession one [...]
Home Affairs supports Canadian authorities’ refusal of refugee status for former soldier
In what can be considered an about face, the Ministry of Home of Affairs has supported a recent decision by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada to uphold the refusal on appeal, by a former member of the Guyana Defence Force, to be recognised as a refugee under the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating [...]
Due diligence undertaken and achieved – Ministry of Education
In the last two weeks the Ministry of Education has signed off more than $650M in contracts to the Private Sector for the procurement of equipment, tools and furniture. This perhaps would not be such a newsworthy point were it not for the fact that these contracts are with just four contractors; three of whom [...]
Laing Avenue family alleges abuse of power by police
Relatives of a 28-year-old mother of four are outraged at the police treatment the woman received on Sunday afternoon when ranks went to make an arrest at the Laing Avenue home. The woman, Onika Thompson, is alleging that she was psychically pulled from her grandmother’s home at Laing Avenue, while she was breast feeding her [...]
Roadside vending results in $$ losses for council
… says IMC Chairman As Rose Hall Town vendors continue to vend on the road shoulders, the Interim Management Committee (IMC) Chairman, Bhadenauth Somrah, has said that a lot of revenue is being lost daily. He stated that a mark-off point next to Bobby and Sons store was established on the market since the council [...]
Bartica murder accused remanded
Oswald Leacock, who was charged with murder, was yesterday remanded. But before he left the prison he told the court, “I am innocent of the allegation brought against me and I will prove it to you. I am the owner of a dredge and remanding me leaves my business unprotected. I would like that when [...]
Brooklyn councilwoman supports AFC fundraiser
At an Alliance for Change fundraiser in the Bronx over the weekend, Una Clark was the guest speaker. Jamaica-born Clark was the first Caribbean-born woman to be elected to New York City’s legislature. She served her Brooklyn community for a decade in office and was responsible for sponsoring more than 300 pieces of legislation. Clark [...]
Lodge residents accuses mother of encouraging children to steal
- Woman beaten after confronting mother of child suspects Police are investigating a mother and her teenage son and some delinquent youths who orchestrated to break and enter the premises of a Minister of a church at Lot G Norton Street, Lodge, on Sunday night. This resulted in a confrontation between Peggy Julian, who is [...]
No lights and water for Bartica market
The Bartica Market has been without electricity since last Thursday, after Guyana Power and Light launched its disconnection campaign against those defaulting consumers on Bartica. This development, the vendors said, now even further compounds their plight. A few months ago the water supply to the Bartica Market was also cut off . Reports are that [...]
Chopping victim hospitalized, fears losing sight
… Fracas in Mocha The victim of Sunday’s brutal chopping that left the victim, Roy Sanders, badly wounded and hospitalized. The man is suffering from severe pain about the body, particularly, the right eye and hands where he was wounded. A chop on the left wrist resulted in the fingers on that hand being paralyzed [...]
Zelik creates major upset to take Tipple crown honours at RCMTC
Royal Champion, Dubai Duchess, Red Cloud and The Bailiff impressive By Samuel Whyte Zelik of the Night Eyes Racing Stable of Bush Lot West Coast Berbice and owned by Miss Lisa Ramkissoon ran the race of its life to upstage a star studded field and claimed it’s first victory in the feature B and Lower [...]
GVF President to attend CSV elective assembly in Rio, Brazil
- lauds FIVB, CSV, MCYS for support given President of the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF), Lennie Shuffler is scheduled to attend the South American Volleyball Federation (CSV) Elective Assembly from August 8-10 in RI0, Brazil. During the Assembly, elections will be held, while discussions on CSV’s plans will be addressed. Shuffler indicated that he will [...]
GCA rewards successful women’s team for commendable performance
The experts have posited that adequate recompense is a strong catalyst to continued success and the executive body of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) has demonstrated a true understanding of this concept when it presented a monetary incentive to the female cricketers that recently carted off the honours in the just concluded senior female inter-county [...]
Chanderpaul among Regional U-15 MVPs
Tournament format to be addressed Ramaal Lewis was named as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Under-15 Championships, while Brandon Chanderpaul, the son of West Indies Test batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul, was among the MVPs of this year’s Regional under-15 two-day competition which was played in Trinidad. Lewis, the Jamaican [...]
East Coast semis on tomorrow at BV Ground
The battle for bragging rights as the best GT&T FastBall team on the East Coast of Demerara has reached its high point with the finals of this zone set to unfold tomorrow at the BV Community Ground. The finalists will be known this afternoon when the semifinals are contested at the same venue; BV Triumph [...]
Treason PI … Magistrate insists on hearing recording
The preliminary inquiry into the treason charges against Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol-Ann, and former reserve officer Leonard Wharton, continued yesterday before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. On the last occasion the Chief Magistrate Beharry had given the prosecution 14 days to produce the tapes they hold as evidence [...]
Correction! Guyana did not win U-19 series in 1974
Contrary to the WICB Regional under-19 records, Guyana did not win the 1974 Regional under-19 three-day cricket in Guyana. That tournament was won by Trinidad and Tobago. Sean Devers used the WICB information in a story in yesterday’s issue of the Kaieteur News and the writer wish to apologise for giving T&T’s title to Guyana [...]
