Woman’s semi-nude body found Zeelugt cemetery
For the second time in two weeks, police on the West Coast of Demerara are faced with another brutal case of rape and murder. The partly nude body of 40 year-old Afroze Ali, called Aunty ‘Lizzy’, was found in a Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo Cemetery at around 11:00 hours yesterday. It is strongly [...]
‘Fip’ Motilall signed away any right to legal redress
By Gary Eleazar Makeswhar ‘Fip’ Motilall the President of Synergy Holdings, whose contract for the construction of the Amaila Falls Hydro Electric Plant Access road was recently terminated, had signed away any ‘right to seek legal redress.’ Motilall on Thursday last told media operatives that he was exploring the legal options available to [...]
Jamaican team leaves after completing probe
Top Cop rape allegations….. The Jamaican Investigators who were brought in to investigate rape allegations against embattled Police Commissioner Henry Greene have completed their work and the resulting file is expected to be sent off early this week to the Director of Public Prosecutions, for legal advice. This disclosure was made by Acting Police Commissioner [...]
T&T Farmers in land row claim: Guyanese ‘squeezing us out’
An invasion of Guyanese farmers in the food basket of Aranguez is stirring up a hornet’s nest among Trinidadian farmers who claim they are forced to pay exorbitant rent for agricultural lands and are being denied a livelihood, the result of the outsiders’ presence. The complaint was leveled by a group of Aranguez farmers last [...]
Dem boys seh…This Bee got to lose he contract too
Some people still talking bout de contract dem tek way from Fip. Uncle Donald did meet wid de man and talk to he one month before de contract get tek way. Was a warning. Now dem boys seh that he should meet wid one of de Bees. This one tek two contract fuh build de [...]
Fledgling university reveals ambitious plans to expand
Premised on a mission to help develop health services in Guyana while caring for its people, the Greenheart Medical University (GMU) has been making an impact in the society. Although it opened its doors in 2004 and changed management just last year, the University, which is situated at Croal Street, Stabroek, Georgetown, was just recently [...]
Robbery, kidnapping trio remanded
Quick and decisive work by members of the Guyana Police Force resulted in the arrest, positive identification, charge and subsequent remanding to jail of three of the suspects in the daring daylight robbery and kidnapping, which occurred on Tuesday at the Lot 14 No.22 Bel Air, West Coast Berbice home and grocery store of Albert [...]
Essequibo students become more computer savvy
Forty-two students from Essequibo have now become more computer savvy after completing a one-month Information Technology (IT) training programme at the Essequibo Technical Institute (ETI. The four weeks Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) programme began on September 12 and concluded on October 14, 2011. Forty-five participants from places ranging from the Pomeroon River to the [...]
Berbice Sweeper/cleaners receiving irregular and late payments
Sweeper/Cleaners attached to several Berbice schools have complained about the irregular and late payments that they have been experiencing for a very long time. They have not been paid for November 2011, even though they were paid for the two weeks of school time which they worked in December. Sweeper/Cleaners are employed directly under the [...]
PPYC arrests three awards at AAG Annual Awards Ceremony
The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) conducted their Annual Awards Ceremony under the motto “Moulding and shaping our athletics for 2012 and beyond” at YMCA, Thomas Lands last Saturday evening for the outstanding athletes in Guyana, and AAG President, Colin Boyce, revealed some of their major plans for the year. Giving the review of the [...]
Barbados beat Jamaica in Regional T20
Barbados thrashed Jamaica by 62 runs at North Sound to inflict a first defeat on their opponents. In what has been a low-scoring tournament by Twenty20 standards, Barbados managed a match-winning 157 for 7 after choosing to bat. Dwayne Smith guided the innings, blasting seven fours and six sixes in his 86 off 57 balls. [...]
Malteenoes SC hold special meeting with club’s cricketers Thursday
The Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) will be holding a special meeting with all cricketers registered with the club on Thursday January 19, 2011 at the Club’s Pavilion, Thomas Lands, Georgetown commencing at 17.30 hrs. All matters pertaining to the playing and development of cricket and cricketers of the club will be fully discussed. All cricketers (senior [...]
Devers to miss C’bean Cup t20 after suffering seizures
Past champions Guyana begin the second phase of their 2012 Caribbean Cup t20 regional cricket campaign on Tuesday in Barbados against Canada and a notable absentee from their contingent is Guyana’s leading cricket Radio Broadcaster Sean Devers. Devers has traveled with the team as a journalist on every overseas tour since 1997 in Grenada and was also [...]
APNU to hone in on vexatious issue of Mining in demarcated lands
By Gary Eleazar With the formation of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, coupled with the fact that A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) does not have enough seats to Shadow each of the members of the other side of the aisle in the National Assembly, the main Opposition party has taken [...]
Tilapia farming boosted aquaculture in 2011
Tilapia farming contributed to half of all local freshwater fish production last year, statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture show. Total fresh water fish production for last year amounted to over 400,000 kilogrammes. Reports by the Agriculture Ministry revealed that tilapia production during the first six months of 2011 yielded 120,000 kg and [...]
Assaulted four month old has 50% chance of recovery
– perpetrator still on the run Patrice Hardy, the four month old baby girl who was pushed out of the arms of her mother and suffered a fractured skull as a result of the fall, is now expected to undergo surgery for which she has only a 50% chance of recovery. In medical [...]
First-time mom blames GPHC for baby’s death
A 21-year-old woman is alleging that the carelessness of the staff at Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) may have caused her baby’s death, last Tuesday. The woman, Francesca Daly, of Lot A 63 East La Penitence, Georgetown was admitted a patient at the hospital’s Maternity Ward on January, 8, last. According to Daly’s [...]
Rosignol schoolgirl raped
– parents say police are dragging feet on matter The parents of a West Berbice teenage girl are desperately appealing to the police to arrest the man who raped their 16- year- old daughter, and bring about some justice once and for all. The teen, of Number 4, West Bank Berbice, had joined [...]
Guyanese Medical students to soon benefit from Post Grad. Prog in India
Guyanese Medical students could be able to benefit from a Post Graduate Medical Programme in a matter of months. This disclosure was made recently by Dean of the Greenheart Medical University (GMU), Dr. Reza Chowdhury during an interview with this publication. He revealed that currently, the university is developing the programme in collaboration [...]
Raining Bottles caused Pandemonium at Fandemonium
(By Mondale Smith) The Hits and Jams entertainment team has expressed great disappointment at some overzealous patrons whose actions brought a premature end to an evening of fun and give-back to their diehard fans. The event was the second annual Fandemonium, which was staged at the National Park Saturday night. The event got [...]
New York temple donates GY$1.6M to local charities
Six charitable organizations around Guyana benefited from a GY$1.6M donation from a New York, USA, Hindu temple. The Mandir, “Vighneshwar”, was founded 14-years ago and has since assisted less fortunate persons in and around the Caribbean. Pandit Mochan Persaud, President of the Mandir, noted that he and members of the temple would annually [...]
A PADLOCK GOVERNMENT
When you think of the source of electricity that powers your household appliances, you do not often think about the generating plants which feed electricity to the national grid. You think of the electrical power that spins your blender or powers your computer as coming from a point in your home. The ultimate [...]
KUNG POO PANDA TOO: LEGENDS OF AWFULNESS
You’ve heard about Kung Fu Panda but what about Kung Poo Panda? If you thought that Kung Fu Panda was a knockout wait until you try Kung Poo Panda. According to media reports, a Chinese entrepreneur named An Yanshi is convinced he has found the key ingredient to produce the world’s most expensive [...]
Parliament must still review the Amaila Falls road project
Dear Editor, If the PPP thinks this latest nasty act of chicanery will work, it will have another think coming. Let me be absolutely clear on the PPP’s cancellation of Fip Motilall’s epic travesty of a road to nowhere; it was done by the PPP in the hope that the APNU and AFC controlled Parliament [...]
Miners, Loggers, Amerindians: who has more rights to lands and natural resources?
Dear Editor, As President Ramotar and Minister Persaud meet with stakeholders of natural resources (KN Sunday, January 15, 2012), one cannot but miss that no mention has been made of another group of key stakeholders and rights holders – the Amerindians, the indigenous peoples of this great land. What role would they be allowed to [...]
