‘Barber shop’ company gets $300 MILLION computer contracts
Digital Technology, the company which was handed two Government contracts valued at a $293 million to supply computers and related equipment to schools, has been found to have as its head office what is now a Brooklyn, USA barber shop, in a case that bears a striking resemblance to Fip Motilall. Motilall pocketed a US$15.4 [...]
Any delay will see Jagdeo Presidency go well into 2012 or beyond – AFC
“We wish to remind the Guyanese public that the list of electors currently being prepared is designed to capture those persons who have attained the age of 18 years on or before September 30, 2011. Should there be no elections within 90 days of this cut-off date then the registration process will have to be [...]
Road fatality figures jump by 8% over 2010 figures
Already for the year, 68 persons have lost their lives in road accidents from 62 accidents. For the same period last year there were 57 accidents resulting in 62 deaths. For this year six of the victims were children. For the corresponding period last year four children died. The most recent accident was on Monday [...]
Police ranks to be interdicted for absenteeism in court
Police ranks who repeatedly absent themselves from court without a valid reason will be interdicted from duty. The warning came from Commissioner of Police Henry Greene, during an address yesterday to ranks at the Force’s annual mid-year awards ceremony to mark the organisation’s 172nd anniversary. “Once we realize that you have deliberately stayed away from [...]
Police ranks ordered to get rid of minibus and hire cars
If an order from within the Guyana Police force holds true, no police rank, whether junior or senior, should be involved in the minibus or hire car business unless they receive the consent of the Commissioner of Police. According to Top Cop Henry Greene, the force had given its ranks a moratorium to delink themselves [...]
Getting GECOM out of debt ‘a work in progress’ – Dr Luncheon
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) owes various contractors an estimated $40 million, but it seems a far way from paying off that debt, even as a new round of the Claims and Objections period that would cost millions more. Two GECOM Commissioners this week expressed concern that the government had committed funds for a new [...]
Dem boys seh… Guyana promising
Guyana got lots of promise. Dem foreign people use to tell de whole world that since before World War Two. After de war dem same people use to talk how Guyana got much promise. Dem boys seh that dem people use to talk how Guyana is a promising country. Today is really true. Everybody promising [...]
PPP’s call to reopen registration is desperate – APNU
Recently formed coalition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), views the call by the incumbent PPP/C to re-open the Claims and Objections period a desperate measure. GECOM, this week, voted by majority to re-open the period of Claims and Objections to allow for registration of persons who were not allowed to do so. The APNU [...]
Police hunt molester of three-year-old
Law enforcement officers in Region Two have launched an investigation into the arrest of a 33-year-old porter who reportedly sexually molested his three-year-old neice. Investigation revealed that on July 18, at Suddie, Pradeep Singh, a\k Goat, after committing the act on his neice, has since gone into hiding. On the day in question, the toddler [...]
AFC calls for immediate revamp of licencing system
In light of the increasing frequency of road fatalities and accidents, the Alliance For Change (AFC) is calling for the immediate revamp of the licencing system in order to weed out those unsuitable for driving. Executive Member Gerhard Ramsaroop indicated that the political party is cognizant that there are some people who require a driver’s [...]
Man upbraided for beating up family, douses schoolboy with acid
Kevin Joshua called “Joshua Singh” and “Topo”, 22, an unemployed man of 142 Victoria Street, Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice, was described as a bully. He was on Wednesday remanded to prison by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when he appeared before her at the Reliance Magistrate court and pleaded not guilty to the charge of inflicting grievously [...]
300 respond to Guyana Watch Berbice clinic
The Guyana Watch Inc team took its medical mission to Region Six on Wednesday. The base was Tain Primary School in the Corentyne. Thousands of Guyanese have benefited from the US-based team over the past 19 years and President of Guyana Watch Inc, Tony Yassin, revealed that over US$2M thus far have been spent since [...]
Barbadian man gets 15 years for killing Guyanese wife
Yesterday, less than a year after her death, Bibi Ifill’s murderer, Mark Ifill, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The sentence was handed down in the Barbados Supreme Court. The tragic tale which came to its end yesterday began on August 15, 2010, the last day that Bibi Ifill was seen alive. A few [...]
Amerindian leaders to discuss land rights, other concerns in Georgetown
Amerindian leaders from across the country are being brought to Georgetown next week and are slated to discuss vexing land rights issues and other concerns. Called Toshaos, the Amerindian leaders will meet for five days from Monday, and will hold discussions with President Bharrat Jagdeo and Government Ministers on a range of issues. The government [...]
Missing Guyanese woman body found; adopted son charged with murder
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (WSVN) — Police have charged the adopted son of Guyana-born Realtor, Natalie Belmonte, with first-degree murder after police found what they believe is her body in a marsh near her home. Just after 4 p.m., yesterday, Pembroke Pines Police could be seen placing 21-year-old Gerard “Gery” Belmonte into handcuffs in front of [...]
Abandoned properties concern Linden residents
Residents of Christianburg, particularly those persons residing in and around John and Alstrom Alleys, have expressed their concern about an abandoned, unfinished house, which is presently overgrown by weeds and thick vegetation. The concerned residents said that the tall bushes, which practically obscure the house from view, provide a perfect hiding place for persons with [...]
Men Affairs Bureau makes pact with Wakenaam males to stop brutality
… Domestic violence outreach By Rabindra Rooplall Many fathers, brothers, uncles and sons signed a declaration on Wakenaam Island yesterday to try their best to cease domestic violence under the caption “No more Black and Blue.” The event was held in collaboration with the Ministry of Human Services and the Men’s Affairs Bureau (MAB) at [...]
Woman loses two sons under different circumstances
After receiving the news of her eldest son being sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice Franklyn Holder, Dularie Sookdeo, whose son, Devanand Sookdeo, was murdered by his older brother, Jainte Lall, 34, in 2007, said that a piece of her has been lost too. The aggrieved, single-parent mother, who was given a last opportunity to [...]
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Police Force ready for elections
The Guyana Police Force has started its preparations for the policing of this year’s General and Regional Elections. The elections are scheduled to be held in another few months and according to Police Commissioner Henry Greene, the Force has already had presentations from the various Commanders on how they propose to deal with the period [...]
Another suicide
A Henrietta family is mourning the loss, of a family member, who took his life last month. Devin Avinash Lall, 18, was discovered hanging from a beam in his aunt’s Drupattie house, by his cousin, Hefan Rasheed. According to Lall’s aunt, Drupattie Goberdhan, the victim, a welder who lived for some time, with his mother, [...]
WHO calls for ban on ‘unreliable’ TB blood tests
Geneva (AFP) – The World Health Organisation warned, on Wednesday, that millions of blood tests conducted every year to diagnose tuberculosis are unreliable and putting patients’ lives in danger. “Based on the evidence, (these) tests lead to misdiagnosis and mistreatment of patients. They are a waste of time and resources,” Mario Raviglione, director of the [...]
Overseas-based business says power of attorney fleeced him
Some time between April and May, an overseas-based Guyanese discovered that his relative had robbed his newly established store of brand name items worth US$50,000. Deryck Dowdhari, the owner of the store, said that he is a legal permanent resident in the United States of America (USA) and has been so since 2004. He said [...]
Treason PI further adjourned
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. Previously, the magistrate had given the prosecution 14 days to produce the tapes they hold as evidence so that she could determine [...]
GWI commissions $104M Canefield well
…residents displeased with water quality Guyana Water Inc commissioned a new $104M well station yesterday, at Canefield, East Canje Berbice. The new well will serve some 14,000 residents of East and West Canefield, as well as New Area Housing Scheme, Canefield, and surrounding areas. Previously, the Cumberland well station supplied water to Canefield on a [...]
