President Ramotar to visit US State Department
- for economic engagements, political and bilateral talks President Donald Ramotar will be attending a series of engagements with US administration officials, multilateral agencies and the Guyanese Diasporas in Washington DC, and New York City from May 12 to May 19, according to Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon. At the [...]
GTM collaborates with GPHC to host health fair
Members of the public turned out in their numbers yesterday at the GTM Group of Insurance Companies, Hinck and Robb Streets, Georgetown office to benefit from a number of free health services. The event was a health fair spearheaded by GTM in collaboration with the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and came as [...]
‘Operation Safeway’ results is 23,385 traffic cases in first four months
The police have stated that as a result of their zero tolerance traffic enforcement ‘Operation Safeway’, 23,385 cases have been brought before the courts against motorists breaching traffic laws between January and April this year. In 2009 the Police Traffic Department embarked on a campaign to reduce the carnage on Guyana’s roadways. As a result [...]
Guyana Sex Work Coalition takes campaign to Mahdia
Over the weekend, officials from the Guyana Sex Work Coalition visited Mahdia where they held a sensitization campaign targeting sex workers and youths. A representative from the group, Quacy Fernandes, said that the aim of the campaign is to sensitize sex workers and youths in the mining community to safe sex practices. According to [...]
Speeding car smashes concrete fence
The tranquility of the Essequibo Coast was shattered around 11:00am on Tuesday when a grey coloured car crashed into a building owned by Drepaul Persaud at Lot 8 Golden Fleece , Essequibo Coast. In the process it shattered sections of the concrete fence on both sides of the location. Reports indicated that the [...]
Logger missing after Pomeroon River boat collision
Police are currently probing an accident that occurred Tuesday night in the vicinity of Jacklow, in the Upper Pomeroon River. And in the wake of the accident, a logger, Samuel James, a/k,Sammy, of Arapiako, Upper Pomeroon River, is reportedly missing. He fathered 11. His boat and 75-horsepower engine were discovered floating by persons in [...]
Region Ten residents meet over flood concerns
The Region Ten Administration, the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority and the Linden Town Council are to collaborate to address the issue of flooding in Region Ten, particularly Linden. Some $21M which was proposed for the clearing of canals and drains last year has been earmarked to facilitate the requisite works to alleviate flooding. [...]
Shot teen claims his condition is “worsening”
The teenager, who is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), nursing gunshot wounds to his feet is claiming that his condition is worsening day by day. Reports are that 19-year-old Leon Jabar of Courbane Park, Annandale, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was shot in his left leg after he was confronted [...]
Edghill contempt case against Freddie Kissoon …
Defence lawyers question validity of proceedings Defence lawyers for Kaieteur News’ columnist Freddie Kissoon and the newspaper’s Publisher, Glenn Lall, have argued that the contempt proceedings filed by Bishop Juan Edghill are not consistent with the rules of the court. Edghill, who headed the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), and who later joined the ruling [...]
Berbice tug crash victim died of fractured neck and drowning
…survived a similar earlier incident A post mortem performed yesterday on the body of 42-year-old Andre Thompson of Number 28 Village, West Coast Berbice, revealed that he died of a fractured neck and drowning. Government Pathologist, Dr Nehaul Singh performed the examination at the New Amsterdam Hospital. Thompson died early Saturday after [...]
Regional Chairman’s quarters cleared at last
Residents of Mahdia have reported that within hours of an article in Kaieteur News highlighting ‘political spite’ aimed at the office of the Regional Chairman the overgrown weed surrounding his living quarters has been cleared. Early last week some weeding was done around central Mahdia clearing the parapet at several government and other [...]
Two more prosecution witnesses testify in Neesa Gopaul PI
Prosecution star witness, Simone De Nobrega and Assistant Superintendent (ASP) of Police Marlon Chapman, were yesterday’s witnesses to take the stand in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the death of 16-year-old Queen’s College student, Neesa Lalita Gopaul. The pre-trial matter that involves the mother of the dead teen, Bibi Gopaul and her lover, [...]
More police ranks needed in mining districts
The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners’ Association (GGDMA) is dissatisfied with the limited numbers of police personnel that are dispatched in mining districts to protect citizens and their properties. With increases in the price of gold, mining in the interior is a lucrative business that many enjoy. This has attracted an increase in criminal activities [...]
Debating competition in Bartica… Businessman makes donation to Bartica Secondary School
Local businessman and mining entrepreneur, Chunilall Baboolall, in a show of abundant generosity and sincere community interest, has sponsored a five-year inter-house debating competition for students of Three Miles Secondary School, in Bartica. Baboolall, owner of C.B & R Mining Enterprise, last week handed over the first of five cheques each worth $500,000 [...]
