Barama restarts Buckhall plant under close watch
Barama worker Jason Fraser’s death has been ruled an industrial accident and the company has received permission to resume its Buckhall operation after several occupational safety recommendations were made. Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud, in a letter to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Barama Company Limited (BCL) Clement Ooi, gave approval for the [...]
Vigilance woman endured years of abuse before murder
-13th woman to die by partner’s hands for the year During the last seven years of her life Dionne Stephens battled constant physical, verbal and psychological abuse. Leon Robinson, her alleged tormentor and the man who brutally stabbed her on Monday night, was reported to be wounded yesterday but he remained on the run up [...]
Policing in my time was excellent -former Senior Superintendent
Corruption and an increase in crime have greatly deteriorated the “excellent” quality of policing which was practised in his time (the mid 1950s to 1980s), former Senior Superintendent Rambaran says. “Policing in my time was excellent,” Rambaran (his only name) told Stabroek News during a recent interview. “In my time police officers gave the necessary [...]
Cummings Lodge woman stabbed in back by husband, house set afire
Several months after her reputed husband lashed her to the head a Cummings Lodge woman continued to live with him and early yesterday morning the man stabbed her from behind before setting their house ablaze. Nanda Latchman, 37, is currently a patient in the Female Surgical Ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC). Latchman, speaking [...]
Lancaster Secondary gets computers
but needs a lot more help Amidst its struggle to maintain and educate an overcrowded school the Lancaster Secondary yesterday welcomed a donation of six computers worth more than half a million dollars. The computers, donated by US-based Guyanese Bobby Deonarine, were handed over to the school by Dr. Randy Persaud on behalf of President [...]
Suspect in Uitvlugt stabbing murder held
-victim’s wife made two attempts to lodge complaint with Leonora police Terrified residents looked on as a man viciously stabbed his employer to death on Tuesday afternoon at a street corner in De Groot Housing Scheme and then calmly walked away. The suspect has since been arrested. Some time around 12.30 pm that day the [...]
Guyana eyes Fair Trade for rice
In 18 months Guyana may have its rice certified by the Fair Trade Organization (FTO), which should see farmers getting higher prices among other advantages, EU contracted International Fair Trade Expert Graham Young says. Young explained that at the request of the Caribbean Rice Association, a study into the scope for a Fair Trade Certification [...]
Police yet to charge anyone in murders of two guards
-security organization says emergency calls system under discussion Police are yet to charge anyone in connection with the recent murders of two guards although multiple attackers were involved and President of the Guyana Association of Private Security Organizations (GAPSO), Gregory Gaskin says a high speed network to facilitate calls in emergencies has been discussed with [...]
Of pretence, passionate cricketers and mind-boggling statistics
The stirring performance by the team from Cave Hill in the extraordinary regional T20 double-tie with Barbados at Kensington Oval that ran through Friday night and into the witching hour should not have come as a surprise. If they have ended in the bottom half of the table in the three seasons since the West [...]
Wardens quell blaze set by Camp St inmates
-mattresses torched Fire-fighters were summoned to the Georgetown Prisons yesterday afternoon after several inmates set mattresses ablaze in the western section of the facility. The incident occurred some time before 5 pm and it was a Camp Street resident, this newspaper understands, who first saw flames and smoke coming from the building. An alarm was [...]
Hung jury in wife human torch murder trial
Dilip Lambert will face trial again for the murder of his wife at the next assizes after a hung jury returned to the courtroom of Justice Roxane George following several hours of deliberations yesterday, unable to reach a unanimous or near unanimous verdict. Lambert went on trial for the November 2007 murder of his wife [...]
Man struck dead by truck on Soesdyke road
-construction work, bad parking endangering pedestrians A 46-year-old man died late Saturday night after he was hit by a truck while walking along the Soesdyke Public Road, East Bank Demerara near a bridge which is currently under construction. The driver of the truck (GLL 8640) is currently in custody at the Timehri Police Station and [...]
St Lawrence retiree dies after battered by drunk employee
On Monday evening, 73-year-old Rudolph Moonsammy was battered to the head and chopped by a drunken employee. After the attack he lapsed into a state of unconsciousness and finally succumbed to his wounds early yesterday morning. Moonsammy, a retiree with a passion for fishing, lived alone in his Lot 3 St. Lawrence, East Bank Essequibo [...]
Dochfour in familiar waters
…after 30 minutes of rain With the Hope Canal threatening their future and the drought-like El Nino just behind them, Dochfour residents are under inches of floodwater again and are blaming poor drainage maintenance. Approximately 30 minutes of moderate to heavy rainfall along the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) early yesterday morning resulted in water [...]
Historic plea deal in taxi driver murder case
-accused to testify against other in return for lighter sentence Murder accused Daywan Kawal yesterday became the first defendant to sign a plea bargaining agreement under which he will be eligible for a lighter sentence in return for testifying against a co-accused. Kawal’s attorney Peter Hugh made the proposal to Director of Public Prosecu-tions (DPP) [...]