Man hurled to death from pavilion
– after pool game row A 33-year-old man was hurled to his death from the pavilion in the Stathaven Play Ground, East Coast Demerara (ECD) late yesterday afternoon after an argument between him and another man. The dead man has been identified as Ganesh Rattan of Cane Grove Scheme, ECD. Reports are that [...]
Rohee cannot prevent $90M audit
– Auditor General During a recent barrage of impromptu questions in the National Assembly by Volda Lawrence of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee dismissed the need for an audit into the $90M allocated to the Guyana Police Force, but the Auditor General says ‘not so fast.’ This [...]
Dem boys seh…De COST shaatie, de COST……
De government release de contract. Dem boys study dem and dem want to know how de Cost fuh build de hotel reach US$58 million. But even before that, dem boys want to know why de Marriott contract got a clause in a funny language. De ordinary man believe that Republic Bank putting money in de [...]
All Greys, Hikers register wins
John Fernandes Insurance Services 2nd Division Hockey Competition All Greys, a team more known for being stacked with players who’re either grey or bald rolled back the years when they defeated a blend of youth and experience that characterised the recently formed Saints Hockey Club by a 3-1 margin when play in this year’s John [...]
Windjammer International Cuisine supports powerlifters
Two of Guyana’s powerlifters selected to represent the country at the 6th IPF / NAPF Caribbean Championships, which runs from March 28-31 in the USVI, were the recipients of support compliments of Windjammer International Cuisine & Comfort Inn of Queen Street, Kitty. Manager of the entity Carey Griffith, who is the current Super Bike amateur [...]
Bryan, Lowe cash in on big bucks
- after topping GTTA Invitational By Edison Jefford Nigel ‘Poster Boy’ Bryan could not let the prospects of winning a whopping $300,000 purse pass him by, especially since he seems to be on top of his game after becoming the youngest player to win a national senior men’s table tennis title last December. Bryan defeated [...]
Guyana’s female b/ball team reach final
- after beating St. Kitts, Antigua select Adding an All-American point guard to the local female basketball team proved how important it is to have a premier ball-handler in the team with the national ladies easing to the final of the 12th Annual Gillian Brazier Basketball Shoot-Out in Antigua. Guyana played CPTSA Wings in the [...]
Hits & Jams All Stars (U-12 team) upstage seniors on another absorbing day
On another absorbing day’s play in the GT&T 10/10 nationwide softball cricket competition, more encouraging individual performances were recorded with the most interesting game contested in the West Demerara Zone. Playing at the Leonora Primary School Ground on the West Coast of Demerara, it was a David versus Goliath scenario when Hits and Jams All [...]
UDFA LEAGUE KICKS OFF THIS EVENING AT MSC, LINDEN
The opening matches in this year’s Upper Demerara Football Association’s First Division League will be played this evening when Bakewell Topp XX take on Winners Connection in game one at 5:00pm and the second pits Silver Shattas against Net Rockers at 7:00pm at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground, Linden. This comes after yesterday’s opening ceremony [...]
Drug trafficker jailed for four years, fined $847,200
David Grant, 42, of Lot 3066 North Ruimveldt Georgetown, was on Wednesday jailed for four years by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo on drug trafficking charges. It is alleged that on Friday, October 14, 2011 at Belle View East Bank Berbice, the accused had four Kgs and 800 Grams of marijuana concealed in a bag in a car. [...]
Prison Fellowship Ministry seeks volunteers to counsel prisoners
In an effort to enable prisoners to become better persons once they are reintegrated into society, the Prison Fellowship Ministry is seeking volunteers to help inmates develop life, social and parenting skills. The Fellowship’s key method in accomplishing this mission is to equip and empower local churches and volunteers to reach out to prisoners, ex-prisoners [...]
Plans apace to train local health workers to better deliver kidney treatment
Even fruit juices in too large quantities could negatively affect persons suffering from diabetes. This is according to Clinical Manager at the Walter Reed Army Military Medical Center in Washington D.C., Dave Oliver, who is a specialist in clinical dialysis and a registered nurse infusionist. In essence, he has the expert capacity to support all [...]
Three weeks after protest, East Bank Berbice road still impassable
– AFC lambastes officials over shoddy remedial works BY LEON SUSERAN More than three weeks after residents and drivers shut down the East Bank road, and promises for a better road were made, the situation is still very much the same. This is not going down well with residents who may very well [...]
Guyana to get two more Paediatricians by 2013
Two more Guyanese doctors are set to graduate next year with their Masters Degree in Paediatrics Programme, bringing the total number of Paediatricians to a mere four. The programme, which is being spearheaded by the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s Institute of Health Science Education in collaboration with the University of Guyana and the Humber River [...]
Close associates still in custody as cops seek third man
Diamond businessman’s execution… Up to late last evening the two close associates of slain Diamond businessman Leonard Mahadeo were still in police custody as police seek to question a third man. This publication was also told that there were no new leads into the matter as of yesterday but the police will [...]
Boat crash survivor seeks new legal team in bid to collect $9.5M settlement
Former goldsmith and survivor of a near fatal boat accident, Tulsiram Sukdeo says he intends to employ a new legal team to ensure that he gets every cent of a $9.5M settlement from the owners of the US vessel responsible for the mishap. Almost three years ago, Sukdeo was involved in an early [...]
Technician allegedly beaten by woman over faulty camera
Rohan Sugrim, a 35- year- old technician of lot 104 Third Street, Agricola, East Bank Demerara, is alleging that he was badly beaten by a woman and two men over a camera the assailants claimed he damaged. Sugrim claims that the woman, who lives not far from him, gave him a digital camera [...]
Suspect captured in Mabaruma hideout
Venezuela-based businessman’s murder… Police have captured the Mabaruma resident suspected of strangling and robbing Venezuela-based Guyanese Jose Ramong Valenzuela following a drinking spree last week Saturday. Kaieteur News confirmed that the suspect, identified as Lawrence Semple, was arrested at around 05:00 hrs yesterday by ranks who were searching the community after receiving [...]
Salon burglars jailed for four years
Radesh Garib and Claude Howard, 40, of Timmers Dam Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, were on Friday both jailed for four years by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo after pleading guilty to two counts each of break and enter and larceny. They appeared in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court. Prosecutor, Corporal Roberto Figueira stated that between Friday, March [...]
Health Ministry warns against use of cosmetics containing Mercury
- consumers should check labels before when purchasing The Food and Drug Department under the Ministry of Health is warning consumers not to use skin creams, beauty and antiseptic soaps or lotions that might contain mercury. According to the FDA, these products are marketed as skin lighteners and anti-aging treatments that remove age [...]
One hospitalised, another in custody after $500,000 brawl
A quarrel over $G500, 000 has left one miner nursing wounds at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) while a dredge operator is in police custody after being treated and discharged with stab wounds about the body. Royston Abrahams sustained at least five stab wounds about the head, arms and chest area while [...]
TENANTS IN OUR OWN HOUSE!
Donald Ramotar has to stop the Marriott- branded hotel project, and stop it now! It is not good for Guyana and if it is allowed to proceed along the present lines, it will attract the wrong kind of investors. As such it should be scrapped and scrapped immediately. While the government has made public the [...]
Chief Medical Officers to discuss Health system integration – Caricom
The progress on the Elimination Initiative and policy dialogue on the integration of HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) into health systems will be the focus of the First Special Meeting of Regional Chief Medical Officers (CMOs). The meeting which is being sponsored by the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) will be [...]
Search called off for missing fishermen
Search and rescue teams have officially called off the search for missing crew members John Vansluytman, and Julian Garraway. The two were on board the tug, MV Christann-V, which was towing a barge when it sank somewhere in the vicinity of the Pomeroon River, earlier this month. Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn told Kaieteur [...]
Lady Northcote to be back in operation by next week
The Lady Northcote, which suffered damage after its engine room caught fire is expected to be back in operation by next week. This is according to Minister of Transport Robeson Benn who spoke with this publication yesterday. Minister Benn said that the report he received from the engineers revealed that the damage to the engine [...]
