APNU wants to end ‘paternalistic’ approach to Amerindian development
..Outlines hinterland agri development policy Amerindian development issues are treated in a “paternalistic” manner, being completely dictated by tight Government control, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has suggested. The coalition promises to reverse this trend if it manages to unseat the incumbent PPP/C at this year’s general elections. APNU executive, Lance Carberry, said [...]
Four-year-old caused Meadowbrook fire – Fire Chief
Fire Chief Marlon Gentle has reported that the fire which gutted a house in Meadowbrook on Tuesday last was started by a four-year-old child. In an invited comment, yesterday, Gentle said their findings revealed that the child who was left unattended by his mother was playing with matches and may have dropped it on [...]
GRA impounds limousine
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has impounded a stretch Limousine as it probes the possible evasion of taxes by the owner. The vehicle, PLL 7656, is currently lying in the compound of the GRA Headquarters on Lamaha Street. While senior GRA officials are tightlipped, this newspaper understands that the owner of the Limousine might have [...]
Police brutality…Businessman seeks redress after being robbed, beaten
Businessman Arnold Gajraj, who was brutally beaten and robbed of $15,000 on July 19, 2009 by three policemen in the vicinity of his home on Greenwich Park, East Bank Essequibo, is calling on the Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee and the relevant authorities to investigate these policemen. The businessman recounted that after [...]
City Council amnesty not as successful
The financial situation of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) yesterday came under severe scrutiny as a motion was moved to suspend the Standing Orders for the Council’s statutory meeting. The councilors stood firm, as they demanded accountability from the system and requested that the financial details of the Council must also be presented to [...]
The pioneer of teacher-training in Berbice
A tribute to the late Raj Mangal, MS (BA, Dip Ed) By Leon Suseran If you are or were a teacher, chances are, you would have made an indelible impression on lives. A teacher has that power; and the late Raj Mangal harnessed that power and used it for the benefit of the thing he [...]
Break and enter accused remanded for $5M theft
A man who gave his name as Terrence Joseph yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to answer to a break and enter charge. The man, who the prosecution says had an accomplice, is alleged to have stolen items exceeding five million dollars in value, from the home of [...]
Old hire car, motorcycle registration series end
“PPP” series to be available in time for elections Hire car (HB) and motorcycle (CF) motor vehicle registration series have come to an end, Guyana Revenue Authority announced yesterday. According to Wayne Austin, Senior Manager, Licence Revenue Office, as of September 1, 2011 there remained available a further 66 Motor Cycles in [...]
“Public spirited person” returns stolen pet macaw
Saturday morning, Sharon Khan was desperate to find her pet Macaw “Eddie”. Yesterday she was relieved because a public spirited person returned her stolen pet. Khan related that just as she wiped her tears and was making her way off to bed, the telephone rang. Holding her breath, Khan said that she managed to get [...]
Crushed mechanic died from shock, lacerations to liver- post mortem
Results of a post mortem carried out on Monday by Government Pathologist, Dr Vivekanand Brijmohan, have shown that 44-year-old Jaipaul Jaikishun, of Hampshire South, Corentyne died from shock, hemorrhaging and lacerations to the liver. Jaikishun, a mechanic for over 20 years with the Albion Estate, was crushed to death by a tractor last Thursday [...]
Ramsammy heads Caribbean Public Health Agency
Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy has been appointed Chairman of the Executive Board of the new Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), according to Caribbean Community (CARICOM). CARICOM further stated that Dr. Ramsammy’s appointment is in accordance with Article 9 Section 3 of the Inter- Governmental Agreement which established CARPHA as a legal [...]
Suspected burglar faces robbery, gun charges
A 29-year-old man of Lot 136 B- Field Sophia was yesterday remanded on charges of robbery, ammunition and gun possession charges. Nigel Wellington, the prosecution said, was apprehended with the gun and ammunition following a report that he had committed a robbery. On September 24, in Georgetown, the man allegedly jumped the fence of Patricia [...]
DPP’s advice to be sought on mentally ill murder suspect
Police on the East Coast of Demerara continue to detain a woman believed to be of unsound mind, who fatally stabbed a 39-year-old Clonbrook man on Saturday night. Like all murder matters, the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions will be sought. However, in this case where the alleged perpetrator is mentally challenged, the [...]
Wife allegedly beaten by husband’s mistress
Sisters Sacota Fortune and Ananda Alivar, appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to face charges of inflecting grievous bodily harm to the wife of a man one of the sisters was allegedly having an affair with. Reports stated that the women, on September 21, last, reportedly teamed up to attack Lolita Rogers while [...]
Correction !!!!
Homestretch Avenue Accident …. Kaieteur News wishes apologize to Yohla Lewis who was identified as one of the people injured in the Homestretch Avenue accident, Sunday morning. She was not.
Dead Bristols leave suspicions in their wake
It is just sheer coincidence that just one year after businesswoman Learia Bristol was executed as she was entering her South Ruimveldt Home, her daughter and only child Shakese Bristol, 14, and sole beneficiary of her divorce proceedings and life insurance has died under mysterious circumstances. The 14-year-old who suffered from Cerebral palsy died [...]
Octogenarian found dead in Wakenaam trench
The body of 86-year-old Cecil Birbal, of Free and Easy Village, Wakenaam, was found in a trench at Maria’s Pleasure. A relative told this newspaper that Birbal had been losing his senses recently and was in the habit of leaving his house and walking along the road. Efforts by relatives to keep Bibal at home [...]
GEA seizes boat smuggled gasoline
Officials from the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) in collaboration with ranks of the Guyana Police Force have seized a boat with over 60 drums of smuggled gasoline. The boat which was intercepted last Wednesday at Hampton Court, Essequibo Coast, is presently moored at the Parika Stelling, before making the onward journey to Port Georgetown. According [...]
Linden houselot owners claim lands being coveted by the wealthy
Wenda Hooper of South Amelia’s Ward, Linden, is a struggling, partly disabled single parent of six. Presently, Wenda cannot move around, unless it is with the aid of a walking stick, due to her arthritic condition. But she has learnt to live with her condition, and has adjusted accordingly. What she can however [...]
Hundreds thrilled at Annual Gymkhana
The Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary came alive yesterday at the Guyana Police Force’s Annual Gymkhana, where ranks and others displayed their daredevil skills that thrilled a massive crowd. The Gymkhana which was revived in 2008 has now become a regular feature of entertainment for members of the public. Hundreds flocked to [...]
Mentally ill woman captured after slitting man’s throat
Police yesterday captured a mentally challenged woman, hours after she had slit the throat of a 39-year old Clonbrook, East Coast Demerara man. The woman managed to escape from angry but cautious residents after she had murdered Sherriff Balmacoon, called ‘Boutam’ or ‘Massa, an unemployed father of two around 21:30 hours on Saturday [...]
Guyanese woman killed in Brooklyn hit-and-run
A Guyanese woman in Brooklyn was killed crossing an intersection in a hit-and-run accident last Friday night, according to the New York Post. Gillian Persaud Hall, 56, was crossing Flatlands and Utica Avenue around 9:05 p.m. when she was hit by a car heading east. Hall was rushed to Brookdale Hospital, where she [...]
Dem boys seh….Life really strange
Life can play some funny tricks pun people. Tek cricket. Dem boys watch de game between West Indies and England de other day and dem realize that West Indies got nuff schoolboys, that dem don’t have a team. Dem bat and England mek dem look like some old lady going to de supermarket. Everybody vex. [...]
B’ce retain El Dorado 50-over title with six-wicket win against Demerara
By Sean Devers at Albion Berbice Skipper Assad Fudadin registered the competition’s only century as his team retained their El Dorado 50-overs cricket title with a six-wicket victory against Demerara at Albion yesterday. Asked to bat first, Demerara slumped from 148-1 to 236-9 in 50 overs as Trevon Griffith led the way with an attractive [...]
Windies stun England with 25-run win in second T20I
London (AFP): Spinner Garey Mathurin enjoyed a memorable debut as he inspired the West Indies to a surprise 25-run win over England in the second Twenty20 international at the Oval on Sunday. The 28-year-old left-armer from St Lucia took 3-9 in his four overs as England crumbled in pursuit of the West Indies’ total of [...]
