Govt. to truck supplies to critical areas
Chicken shortage… By Leonard Gildarie As chicken shortages continue to hit consumers hard, especially in the capital city, government yesterday said that it is moving to use its trucks to take supplies to key areas. The Ministry of Agriculture, updating Kaieteur News yesterday, explained that the situation is not one so much of supply, [...]
GDF Officer charged with sodomy, child molestation in USA
A Guyanese Lieutenant has been placed on US$50,000 bail after he was charged with sodomy and child molestation in the United States. The Guyana Defence Force officer was pursuing a military course in Missouri, USA. The army in a press statement yesterday afternoon said that Lieutenant Martin Douglas was arraigned on Thursday last before [...]
E’bo woman, 64, found dead in trench
The rapidly decomposing body of 64-year-old Eunice Hubbard was discovered early yesterday morning in a trench at Queenstown, Essequibo Coast. She had been missing for a little less than 48 hours. Roxanne Hubbard, the dead woman’s daughter, said she last saw her mother on Saturday, while she was visiting her daughter at her Queenstown residence. [...]
Customer accuses bank guard in $1.5M heist
West Bank Demerara taxi driver Dharmendra Harpashad is convinced beyond a shadow of doubt that a security guard played a part in him being robbed of cash he had just withdrawn from the Vreed-en-Hoop branch of a leading local bank. Harpashad was relieved of $1.5M mere minutes after he had left the bank, around midday [...]
Slaying of KN pressmen still vivid
By Dale Andrews Yesterday marked five years since a marauding gang of vicious, misguided and illiterate youths stormed the Eccles, East Bank Demerara printery of this newspaper and slaughtered five of our co-workers. Chetram Persaud, Eion Wegman, Richard Stewart, Mark Maikoo and Shazeem Mohamed were all placed to lie down and shot at point blank [...]
Teen remanded on gun, ammo charge
Magistrate Hazel Octave Hamilton yesterday remanded to prison, a teenager accused of having in his possession an unlicensed gun and a quantity of ammunition, after he denied the charges when they were read to him in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The charge against 19-year-old Colwyn Mercurius, states that on August 4 at East La Penitence, [...]
30-day defects liability period a mistake – Benn
Bids for roll-on/roll-off facilities… A 30-day defects liability period for a major, multi-million-dollar contract was in all likelihood a mistake and will be corrected, a government official said yesterday. The period, considered low and questioned by at least one prominent engineer, was contained in the bidding documents for the construction of roll-on/roll-off facilities at [...]
Dem boys seh…..Bar-Rat begging again
Is de holiday season and all of a sudden some people decide that dem gun tek a vacation. And that is because dem find out that Bar-Rat beg fuh get involve in a programme that some important people decide fuh keep. In America dem have wha dem call de Federation of Indian people. Was more [...]
GPL spends additional US$8M on fuel for first half of 2011
- Electricity theft estimated at $2 billion annually By Rabindra Rooplall For the first six months of 2011 escalating fuel prices has caused the state-owned Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) to spend an additional US$8 million in fuel, according to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Bharrat Dindyal. He said in order for consumers not to [...]
Accident at Parika leaves one injured
A woman is in severe pain following an accident that occurred on Sunday night. A car that left a wedding house a few doors away was reversing when it struck Rosanna Hernandes of Lot 38 Parika Outfall, East Bank Essequibo. The victim said that a few minutes prior to the accident she had stepped [...]
Hague fire victims receive assistance
Millions went up in flames as five persons were left homeless following a fire at 7 Hague Public Road, West Coast Demerara, last Wednesday. One of the tenants, Carmen Garcia, told this newspaper that she is still in a state of distress and disbelief after what had occurred. The senior citizen said that she resided [...]
Destitute man found dead in bus shed
The body of an unidentified man was discovered in a bus shed at Craig, East Bank Demerara, by villagers, at around 10:30 hrs yesterday. When Kaieteur News arrived at the scene, the half-naked body, clad only with a blue t-shirt, was in a crouched position surrounded by fruits which were scattered along the ground. Reports [...]
Black Bush Polder Road completion date now April 2012
The completion date of the US$6.6M Black Bush Polder Road, Region Six, scheduled for this year-end, is now set for April 2012, says Sunil Ganesh, Bridges Engineer, Ministry of Public Works and Communications. According to Ganesh, the new date was given to facilitate the installation of 80 pipe culverts, which were not in the initial [...]
Customer claims police also beat him at White Castle
A customer of the White Castle Fish Shop is claiming that police ranks also assaulted him Friday night at the popular hangout spot on Hadfield Street. The customer, who gave his name as Justin Cozier, said that he was assaulted along with proprietor, Jermaine Langevine and his staff. Ranks from the Guyana Police Force [...]
UNESCO funds Creative Writing Workshop
To rekindle the art of reading, enhance writing skills, and allow another adventure into the industry of literature, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) sponsored a five-day creative writing workshop, organized by Writers in Concert (WICK). Inge Nathoo, Secretary General, UNESCO Commission Guyana, yesterday, at the opening of the workshop held at [...]
Family court yet to be utilised
Almost one year after works have finished on the country’s first family court, the building is yet to be utilised. Yesterday when this newspaper contacted the Ministry of Legal Affairs, all calls and questions were forwarded to the Permanent Secretary. However after two unsuccessful attempts to contact the PS by phone, a reporter visited the [...]
77-yr-old dies after fall from steps
The death of a 77-year-old retired lands development officer has brought immense sadness to his family and community at large. Datadin, of Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast, was pronounced dead at the Suddie Public Hospital, yesterday morning, after falling from his back step. Datadin’s daughter, Leena, said she was told of the incident concerning her father’s [...]
Production in 2010 was our lowest in years
– GuySuCo CEO By Leon Suseran Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GuySuCo, Paul Bhim, labelled 2010 as a year full of challenges for the sugar industry citing production of just 220,000 tons of sugar – the lowest in a number of years. He was addressing the Champion Workers and their families, as [...]
Many challenges faced in maintaining identity, traditions and customs
Int’l Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples… – Ban Ki-moon Under the theme “Indigenous designs: celebrating stories and cultures, crafting our own future,” Amerindians in Guyana will join their brothers and sisters worldwide in observing International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples today. Indigenous issues are consistently mainstreamed in European Commission development cooperation strategies. [...]
Four homeless as Linden house collapses
A 46-year-old Linden woman and her four children are presently homeless, after their house collapsed shortly before midnight on Sunday. According to Anne Morrison, of 30 Bruce Alley, Christianburg, she was at work when her son Dingo, who was at home at the time of the incident, went to her workplace to inform her of [...]
Ozone unit to host seminar later this month
The Ministry of Agriculture, in recognition of the fact that greater efforts need to be made to protect the earth’s ozone layer, is reaching out to consumers, particularly refrigerator technicians and agencies that use refrigerators and air conditioning systems to inform them of the different types of refrigerants or refrigerating gases, and the harm that [...]
Alleged $$M fraudster arraigned
Twenty-three year-old Travis Ward was placed on $700,000 bail when he appeared yesterday before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton charged with obtaining just over $6.6M by false pretence. He was not required to plead to the two indictable matters. It is alleged that on April 21 with intent to defraud he obtained the sum of $2,160,000 [...]
Govt. to truck supplies to critical areas
Chicken shortage… By Leonard Gildarie As chicken shortages continue to hit consumers hard, especially in the capital city, government yesterday said that it is moving to use its trucks to take supplies to key areas. The Ministry of Agriculture, updating Kaieteur News yesterday, explained that the situation is not one so much of supply, [...]
Pele Gold & Trophy Stall All Stars are GT&T FastBall Kings & Queens
Shawn Johnson & Nicola Leacock are MVP’s By Franklin Wilson Pele Gold whipped BK International Western Tigers A 3-0 and Trophy Stall All Stars (Georgetown) squeezed to a thrilling 3-2 win over Eagles United (Lethem) to lift the respective male and female championships when the inaugural GT&T FastBall knock-out football competitions ended in grand [...]
Enmore Track Club returns from Trinidad with seven medals
The Enmore Track and Field Club returned from Trinidad and Tobago last week with a seven-medal haul from the Morvant Jets/Mustangs Games that was held at the Hasley Crawford Stadium in the capital of Port-of-Spain. The team, which left Guyana on July 25, returned last Friday with five gold medals, one silver and one bronze [...]
