AFC commends NCN initiative to host weekly debate – Nagamootoo
- Notes panel was selected arbitrarily and disproportionally The Alliance For Change (AFC) has welcomed the initiative from National Communications Network (NCN) to host a weekly discussion on the television station on topical issues, according to executive member of AFC and Parliamentarian Moses Nagamootoo. According to the time table and notice dispatched to [...]
PAHO, OAS join forces to reduce demand for drugs in the Americas
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Organization of American States (OAS) have signed an agreement under which the two organizations will work together to reduce demand for illicit drugs in the countries of the Americas. They are going to work through coordinated technical cooperation based on human rights, public health and scientific [...]
Schoolgirls injured as Sophia bridge collapses
Two schoolgirls were injured when a bridge connecting Guyhoc Park to ‘A’ Field, Sophia collapsed yesterday morning, once again sparking concerns over dilapidated public infrastructure. Kaieteur News understands that one of the girls suffered a fractured foot, while the other received cuts and bruises. The wooden bridge which was built over 10 [...]
Ministry blames reckless driving, carelessness for spate of road deaths
Despite the fact that fewer persons have lost their lives as a result of traffic accidents, The Ministry of Home Affairs is still not satisfied that enough care and attention are paid by road users. The Ministry has taken note of the recent statistics that were released by the Guyana Police Force which [...]
Gunmen shoot, rob US-based Guyanese
Police have held a number of persons for questioning following the brutal robbery of three persons, including a United States-based Guyanese, on Wednesday around 02:00 hrs. Jafar Mohamed, 49, who only returned to the country on Sunday was shot, chopped and robbed along with friends, Narvindra “Vicky” Seepaul, 24, a businessman of [...]
Passengers arrested for not wearing seatbelts
Persons who forgot to wear their seatbelts got a rude awakening Tuesday when traffic officers pulled over numerous vehicles and charged persons for breaching the traffic law that provides for seatbelts to be worn. About 60 persons filled the traffic section of the Brickdam Police Station, pending charges for not complying with seatbelt [...]
Visually Impaired Association pleads for funding
In recognition of Blindness Awareness Month this year, the Guyana Association for the Visually Impaired (GAVI) is focusing on the advocacy of the prevention of blindness, preservation of sight and the sensitization on awareness policy. Blindness Awareness Month kicked off with a church service on April 29 and will continue throughout this month with [...]
Insurance manager’s heart and lungs were punctured
Insurance Company Manager Bert Whyte died from perforation of the heart and lungs due to stab wounds he received last Monday night. This is according to a post mortem examination performed on his body yesterday by Dr. Nehaul Singh. Whyte of Phoenix Park, Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara was stabbed twice by a lone [...]
Hypertension killed Mother’s Day party victim – PM
A post mortem examination performed on the body of 56-year old Judy Joseph, yesterday, revealed that she died of hypertension, ending speculation that she was a victim of foul play. Joseph called ‘Auntie Judy’, who lived at Waiakabra, Soesdyke-Linden Highway was found dead on Monday morning, lying under the shed of a shop where [...]
Port Kaituma man remanded for murder
…. victim sought to fight “baddest” man Ignatius France, 24, appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, yesterday on a charge of murder and was remanded. He was not required to plead. The court heard that on May 11, at Canal Bank Port Kaituma, France murdered Mark Ashby. It is alleged [...]
Grandmother on trial for manslaughter
The manslaughter trial of Thakurmani, 64, the West Berbice woman who is accused of killing her husband, began on Tuesday in the Berbice High Court before Justice James Bovell-Drakes and a mixed jury. However, after the swearing in of the jury the matter was put down to May 29 because the accused does not [...]
Corentyne man to face Judge and Jury over forgery
Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo sitting in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday ruled that a prima Facie case be made out against Ganesh Baldeo of Williamsburg Village, Corentyne, for forgery. As such he has been committed to stand trial in the next sitting of the Berbice High Court. The man who was on [...]
