Police Force furious at K/News report on drug links
-threatens to ‘deal’ with officers who leak info The Guyana Police Force has reacted angrily to a report in this newspaper that exposed the alleged linkage between two of its senior ranks and drug dealers. The force in a press release, which was issued hours after the publication of the article, [...]
Boy, 11, drowns in Garden of Eden canal
-after being invited to swim After being invited by a friend to take a swim, 11-year-old David Mohammed took his first and last plunge in the Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara (EBD) canal. The lad lived at Second Street, Friendship, East Bank Demerara with his five other siblings. According to [...]
18 year old to file law suit against Attorney General, Police
An 18 year old who was locked up at the Central police station by ranks of the Joint Services for over 18 hrs without being given food, water or even allowed a phone call is set to seek redress through the High Court. Prominent Attorney at law Mursaline Bacchus has dispatched a notice [...]
Meadow Bank Wharf falling apart- fishermen
Fishermen and boat owners, who operate at the Meadow Bank Wharf, are peeved about the deplorable condition and the lax management of the facility by the Georgetown Fishermen’s Cooperative Society Limited. Loose planking, slippery deck, damaged walkways, no sanitary facility, and the absence of professional guards are some of the inconveniences fishermen face at [...]
Dem boys seh……Burnham spirit come back
A piece a time de only thing people use to rent was a house. Nearly everybody use to rent a house. Then people start fuh rent suit. That was a change from the days when people use to mek new suit fuh wedding. But dem hear bout dem family in de States who does [...]
Port Kaituma miner drowns in mining pit
The body of a miner was discovered by his colleague at Falls Creek, Port Kaituma, around 01:15hrs on Friday, last, and police are now investigating the matter. Dead is Kirk Hinds, 25, of South Georgetown who was employed as a miner at a company located three hours from Port Kaituma. Reports are [...]
Truck-owners removing earth from Sophia dams
-irate residents block gate Irate residents from Sophia are taking a stand against persons who have been coming into the community with draglines and sand trucks to dig up the conservancy dams which prevent Sophia from flooding during heavy rainfall. It is alleged by one resident that persons had already dug the [...]
Playwright Harold Bascom on Guyana Prize shortlist
Novelist, playwright and artist Harold Bascom is aiming to win the coveted local award for a third time. Bascom is among those shortlisted for the 2010 Guyana Prize for Literature (Drama category). The winners are to be announced during the awards ceremony on September 1. Bascom, who now lives overseas, is a two-time winner [...]
$20M assistance to four fire victims in Berbice
Samuel Whyte Food for the Poor (Guyana Inc.) and the St Francis Community Developers on Friday presented over $20M dollars worth in materials to four families in East Berbice who were affected by recent fires, which completely gutted their homes. President of St Francis Community Developers and of the Food for the [...]
The joys of ‘sweet , sweet Guyana’
-through the eyes of a young tourist …..grandmother, former minister comes home after many years Guyana is heaven to many persons. People come here to have a good time and that is what young Jessica Rogers would like to share with us today. She looks up to this nation so much [...]
Fake items make shopping for school supplies more challenging
The new school year is around the corner and the streets are filled daily with parents purchasing school items. However, most parents question the quality of the items purchased, as from experience, shoes, bags, geometry sets, and calculators among others, are damaged within the first three weeks of school. But in Guyana, there [...]
Brighter days ahead for sugar industry
-Persaud tells sugar workers Guyana’s foundation was built through the hard work, the sweat and tears and blood of sugar workers. Those were the sentiments expressed by Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud at a recent Honours Roll function of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) at Blairmont, West Bank Berbice. “All of us here were [...]
Peanut butter, cassava bread generating income for Region Nine villagers
Approximately four thousand nursery and primary students in 45 Region Nine villages receive peanut butter spread on cassava bread with a cup of fruit juice daily, through the Ministry of Education’s school feeding programme. In 2009, the Ministry contracted a non-governmental organization, The Society for Sustainable Operational Strategies (SSOS), to expand its Pilot [...]
More carelessness on the roadways
The occupants of these two vehicles were lucky to escape with minor injuries-and to escape drowning-after crashing in the vicinity of Church and Cummings Streets early yesterday morning.
Accused in rape/murder of girl facing High Court trial
The two young men who were charged for the November 2007 murder of nine-year-old Sade Stoby are to face a High Court trial. No date for the trial has been disclosed to this newspaper but it was noted that the prisoners are at the Camp Street Prison. Relatives of the slain girl had recently [...]
Rohee, police officials meet with road users
Increasing lawlessness on the roadways, resulting in road fatalities, has led the Ministry of Home Affairs to rethink its current policies and seek the creation of new ones to make the roads safer. To effect those changes, the Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee; Commander A Division, George Vyphius; Traffic and Road Safety [...]
More shoddy work on Good Hope/Lusignan bridge
The bridge which interlinks the Good Hope and Lusignan villages on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) appears to have been abandoned once again, this time by the Bovell Construction Company. On Tuesday, last, workmen of the said company were seen carrying out their duties as they “hammered” and “nailed” at various parts of [...]
National Toshaos Council mourns Executive Member’s passing
The National Toshaos Council (NTC) is mourning the death of one of its Executive Members, Toshao Lester Fleming of Muritaro Village, Region 10. Fleming died yesterday morning, following a period of brief illness, at age 45. The late Fleming was democratically elected Toshao of Muritaro in April 2009 and was later elected [...]
MDG Progress Report to be issued next month
– Finance Minister Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh earlier this week announced that Guyana will be issuing a national Progress Report on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) during the first half of next month. A GINA release said that the Minister made the announcement on the occasion of the signing of the country’s new United [...]
Woman seeks assistance for surgery to both knees
Crippled by rheumatoid arthritis… After seven years of agony, and requiring total knee replacement because of rheumatoid arthritis, Nalini Amarnauth of Best Village, West Coast Demerara is seeking public assistance to have surgery. The 40-year-old produced medical documents that revealed the surgery would cost approximately $4.5M. However, after being questioned by Orthopedic Surgeon [...]
Blood situation remains critical
-corporate Guyana urged to donate There still is a need for more blood just one week after Minister of Health Leslie Ramsammy had sent out an SOS call for donors. Coordinator at the Blood Bank, Shameeza Mangal yesterday told Kaieteur News that the situation is dire. According to her the situation has caused [...]
School dropouts, unsupportive homes, aid violent criminal behaviour
-UNODC report A thorough assessment of the country context should be a precursor to any crime prevention and criminal justice reform, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 2010-2011 report. The agency said in a 2010-2011 report that crime prevention and criminal justice reform should be undertaken in full knowledge of [...]
Dominican Republic is CRTTF Teams Champions
-Guyana secures bronze The Dominican Republic showed its superior class last night when it won both male and female team titles in the ongoing Caribbean and Regional Table Tennis Federation (CRTTF) Championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The Dominican Republic defeated Trinidad and Tobago 3-2 in the finals of both the men’s and [...]
Jamaicans take WICB Women’s title in style
Guyana claim fifth place Bridgetown, Barbados – The girls from Jamaica were crowned queens of West Indies cricket on Sunday when they beat Trinidad and Tobago by 30 runs to win the WICB Women’s League trophy. The Jamaicans made 136 and defended the score as T&T were bowled out for 106 at the historic [...]
Team Guyana win 6 games on opening day in SVGTA ITF Junior tourney
Nicola Ramdyhan and Aretta Dey led the way for team Guyana in the First Citizens Investment Services 2011 International Junior Tennis Tournament on the first day of action as they both picked up two wins apiece in round robin action in the Girl’s 14 division. Top Boy’s players Daniel Lopes and Gavin Lewis also [...]
