Articles published on Saturday, September 27, 2008
Bulletins issued for Trini, other man Police last evening issued wanted bulletins for businessman Clayton Hutson, Trinidadian Joseph Aboud and a 23-year-old man in connection with the discovery of high-powered arms and ammunition at a Regent Street house on Wednesday.
Police investigators have made a formal request of the telephone service provider to verify whether the mobile phone used by miner Dax Arokium was in his possession at Lindo Creek where he and seven other men were killed in June.
Magistrate Chandra Sohan remanded a policeman to prison yesterday when he appeared at the New Amsterdam Court on charges of demanding money with menace and with larceny of a revolver and ammunition.
A man appeared before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with the murder of ‘Lion’, the internet café owner who was fatally stabbed on Tuesday.
Four persons including a newborn are now homeless after a fire, suspected to be electrical in origin, completely destroyed their one-flat two-bedroom house at Number Two Village, West Berbice around 5 pm yesterday.
-ferried by army to city A six-year-old girl of Tacama Waterfront on the Berbice River was admitted to the Georgetown Hospital yesterday after she sustained severe burns to her upper body.
Bandit posed as watchman when MMC arrived A Lens Showroom watchman was yesterday attacked and a quantity of paint was taken from the bond where he was posted at Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara.
Some 1,000 students from across the country have already benefitted from activities held to observe deaf awareness week, a ‘Support Group for Deaf Person’ press release said yesterday.
An 18-year-old West Coast Berbician left his stall in the Rosignol Market to buy a sno cone last Saturday morning and has not been seen since.
An escaped prisoner was yesterday shot in his left thigh in a confrontation with the police.
The Zoom Inn Hotel, located at 109 Croal Street, Georgetown is on the market, only a year and a half after it was opened to business during the Cricket World Cup hype with high expectations.
A financial agreement initially signed in 2001 between the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) was yesterday renewed for a further three years.
Caretaker not saying where she is A St. Lucian national, living in the United Kingdom who has been supporting his mother here for many years, has returned to Guyana only to find the woman missing and one of her caretakers denying any knowledge of where the other caretaker and the elderly woman might be.
The call by persons residing on the East Bank of Demerara for the widening of several bridges along the highway may soon be answered.
Digicel has donated $200,000 in trophies to the Mabaruma Heritage Committee as a way of complementing Amerindian Heritage Month activities.
A businessman was on Thursday robbed by two gunmen in `C’ Field Sophia of US$1500 ($300,000), seconds after he stopped his car to ask for directions.
– court hears A trio who allegedly assaulted each other was granted bail Thursday when they appeared before Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Wanita Huburn is a name that is well known since the voice behind the name has been heard on some of the more popular radio programmes for almost eight years.
A court clerk of the Georgetown Magistrate’s court was arrested yesterday after the case jackets for the two senior prison officers charged with the death of prisoner Edwin Niles, went missing.
Dear Editor, I refer to your cartoon ‘The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc.
Torture Every week, and I mean every week, I endure a form of torture as I plan the daily menu for my family.
Dear Editor, It was most distressing reading the Wednesday Kaieteur News of September 24, which reported that my friend and colleague was attacked in Port Mourant whilst on her way home.
Comfort in a bowl of rice Hi Everyone, Lately I have been giving a lot of thought to the whole idea of comfort food.
Dear Editor, The majority of us depended on the disciplined forces to protect us from internal and external hostility and illegal elements.
-Lumumba When former World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight champion Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis steps into the ring to engage Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman next Saturday at the Guyana National Stadium, Pro-vidence, it will be the ‘Perfect Storm’, promoter Odinga Lumumba has promised.
Two women and a boy who allegedly forged three United States of America visas were each granted $95,000 bail when they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Dear Editor, The decision by Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning and three islands from the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to form a new alliance is correct and the way forward.
-ITF to assist with equipment The Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) in association with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) will from today start a series of workshops aimed at carrying the game into the school system.
Come November 1, 13 mature, professional women will converge on the National Cultural Centre stage to compete in the fourth Ms Renaissance pageant.
A surveyor has been hired to value city properties as the city council recommences a bid to improve its data.
As of yesterday the US Congress had not yet reached agreement on the proposed US$700 billion bailout of the US financial system; in fact, early yesterday morning it was reported that talks had stalled.
Dear Editor, The reluctance of the Ministry of Education to provide for the safety of the employees and students is just baffling.
Godfrey Naughton’s No Tricks, No Business, which packs a serious dramatic punch and delivers an interesting, humorous story about relationships in today’s society, is set for the National Cultural Centre (NCC) next month.
Debutant Rajendra Chandrika stroked his way to an attractive half century as Demerara defeated Essequibo by 83 runs in the first round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/El Dorado-sponsored Inter-county limited-overs competition at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday.
At the New Amsterdam (NA) Court yesterday, Magistrate Chandra Sohan sentenced a man to five years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to escaping from lawful custody.
