Leopold St man fatally knifed
At about 0650h. today, the police say that Dean Macey was involved in an argument with a group of men at Leopold Street, Georgetown, during which he was stabbed about his body.
Articles published on Wednesday, September 2, 2015
At about 0650h. today, the police say that Dean Macey was involved in an argument with a group of men at Leopold Street, Georgetown, during which he was stabbed about his body.
(Trinidad Guardian) Two prison officers assigned to the Carrera Island Prison are under investigation after prisoners Steve McGilvery and Leroy “Redo” Mohammed escaped custody on Monday.
President David Granger last evening announced a rescue plan for Guyana’s fading Amerindian languages as Indigenous Heritage Month was launched.
A female tourist went missing following a trip to the Kaieteur National Park (KNP) yesterday and a search party found no sign of her.
An investigation has been launched into the death of a patient at the National Psychiatric Hospital at New Amsterdam, according to Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton, who yesterday once again decried the scandalous condition of the facility and announced a plan to rectify the situation.
A father and son made history when they landed a LIAT flight together at the Ogle International Airport yesterday.
Timothy Sampson, one of the men suspected of robbing a Corentyne family after sawing a hole into their house, appeared before a city court yesterday charged with armed robbery and shooting at police officers.
Millions went up in flames when a fire gutted the worksite of a furniture store at Bee Hive, East Coast Demerara early yesterday morning.
Given the steep decline in oil prices over the past months, Canadian oil explorer CGX Energy Inc has shelved plans for drilling on its Corentyne block for now and says its ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on additional financing being found.
After turning himself in, Shamir Barker, the driver accused in the hit and run accident that caused the death of Latoya Thompson last month, was yesterday charged and remanded to jail by a city magistrate.
The PPP last week complained to a US congressional delegation about what it said were arbitrary dismissals by the new government and also asserted the need for electoral reforms.
The government is working on a policy to ensure responsible reporting by the state media, Minister of the Presidency Joseph Harmon said last Friday.
The body of a sixty-seven-year old electrician was discovered in a desolate area of the abandoned train line between Silvertown and Half Mile, Wismar, around 15.30 hrs yesterday.
The Audit Office of Guyana yesterday received tenders for acquisition of Information Technology Equipment.
Just hours after being released from police custody, Kellon Hinds was gunned down on Monday evening in what is believed to be a reprisal killing.
With only days remaining for launch of the GFF Stag Beer Elite League, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) remains tight lipped on the financial aspects of the tourney as well as who will be awarded the event’s lucrative management contract.
Finance Minister Winston Jordan in a statement on Monday said that there had been a move to impose a further 55% increase in the tolls for the Berbice Bridge but that this would not be countenanced by the government.
The Information Technology (IT) Department of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has been upgraded with the donation of 10 computer systems, valued at US$8000.
A carpenter employed by the Ministry of Education was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail after denying a charge of cannabis possession.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Embattled off-spinner Sunil Narine could be available again soon for West Indies in the longest version of the game but first wants to continue fine-turning his action.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-West Indies and Trinidad and Tobago all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has been presented with the Hummingbird Medal, the country’s third highest award.
At about 2300h on Monday night, the police say that they responded to a report of the discharging of a firearm at Montrose, ECD, and arrested a man in whose possession was found an unlicensed 9mm.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Roger Federer glided to victory on another hot, steamy day at the U.S.
The alleged accomplice of shop owner Linden Hodge, who was on Monday charged with stealing a car, was yesterday charged.
The skeletal remains of a man was found in his collapsed Sophia home after he went missing four years ago.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Serena Williams began her final push towards a calendar year Grand Slam in devastating fashion on Monday by pounding Vitalia Diatchenko 6-0 2-0 before the overwhelmed Russian waved the white flag and retired.
A carpenter was stabbed in his hand and robbed of $200,000 in cash last night.
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A Surinamese national, who travelled to Guyana illegally to take his family back home, was yesterday fined for illegal entry at a city court.
SANDY, Utah, CMC – Seasoned goalkeeper Jan Michael Williams believes Friday’s friendly international against powerhouses Mexico will be great preparation for Trinidad and Tobago’s upcoming 2018 World Cup qualifying competition.
Mayor Hamilton Green yesterday announced that there would be zero tolerance for violations of the city’s by-laws “It will not be business as usual for persons who feel that they can mistreat Georgetown like they did for the past 23 years because we no longer have a ministry and a government that will tolerate the suffocation and the denigration of the capital,” Green told a news conference yesterday, shortly after he concluded a tour around the city.
Dear Editor, I have no doubt that the remarks by our Minster of Finance, that “the NIS investments in the Berbice Bridge and CLICO were criminal”, were only a manner of speaking in a heated debate.
Malteenoes Sports Club, the former home to table tennis, proved to be the top club when the Guyana Table Tennis Association staged its Summer Challenge tournament recently at the National Gymnasium.
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has started an investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the death of worker Mohamed Oosman, following an accident at the Rose Hall Estate, East Berbice on Monday night.
Dear Editor, Quick intervention by the coalition government has restored power to the entire Essequibo Coast.
With four sides already through to the quarterfinal stage, the final round of group fixtures in the inaugural GT Beer Futsal Championship will commence today at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with four fixtures.
Dear Editor I carefully read a letter in the Kaieteur News, August 26, written by Patrick E Mentore under the captioned ‘GPF can probably learn from the GDF in terms of attracting manpower’, and the rapid response from the police the following day in the same newspaper to certain sections of the missive.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Guatemala’s Congress yesterday voted unanimously to strip President Otto Perez of immunity, paving the way for prosecutors to charge him in a graft scandal that could lead to his ouster.
BERNE, (Reuters) – FIFA presidential candidate Zico has invited his potential rivals to take part in an early debate about soccer’s troubled governing body.
Dear Editor, Inclusionary democracy is grounded in the constitution, laws and internationally acceptable time-honoured principles.
(Reuters) – Struggling with a major corruption crisis, FIFA convenes the first meeting of a new reform committee today.
BUDAPEST/BERLIN, (Reuters) – Hundreds of angry migrants demonstrated outside Budapest’s Eastern Railway Terminus yesterday demanding they be allowed to travel on to Germany, as the biggest ever influx of migrants into the European Union left its asylum policies in tatters.
Dear Editor, With due respect, I am absolutely appalled at the standard of reporting seen in your online news reports; it is sometimes quite embarrassing to know that this quality of reporting comes from a country where English is the primary language.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Home captain Angelo Mathews’ batting heroics went in vain as India beat Sri Lanka by 117 runs in the final test to win the three-match series 2-1 yesterday.
VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Pope Francis will give all priests discretion during the Roman Catholic Church’s Holy Year to formally forgive women who have had abortions — the Argentine pontiff’s latest move towards a more open and inclusive church.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Federal Police yesterday charged Jose Dirceu, former chief of staff to former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, with four crimes related to his alleged involvement in bribery and bid-rigging at Petrobras and other state-run companies.
Dear Editor, Audreyanna Thomas’ letter titled, ‘We have to select leaders who are good for the country,’ (SN, Sept 1) should stimulate discussion on how to overcome “fears of the other race”, and simultaneously reduce the excessively high levels of racial voting.
It is worth taking account of the difficulties being experienced by our neighhbour Brazil, as President Dilma Rousseff continues into her second term of office.
We became accustomed to the PPP/C government not caring much about the distinction that should exist between politicians and public – particularly top public – servants.
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