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  - ex-president’s lawyer tells court Newly appointed lead counsel in the Jagdeo libel suit, Bernard De Santos SC, described Kaieteur News Columnist Freddie Kissoon as someone who had a morbid obsession to defame former president Bharrat Jagdeo. After a long adjournment the matter continued yesterday before Justice Brassington Reynolds. The former president […]

    Several girls from a West Bank Demerara community have gone missing since last week Saturday, and their families fear that an unscrupulous woman has lured them to the interior to become sex workers. It is believed that a woman who goes by the names “Buck, Simone and Radika” may have taken the girls, […]

  The mining sector presents expanding opportunities for women miners. Though not well documented, women have made sterling contributions and continue to play a vital role in the development of mining in Guyana. However, women need to be more educated so that they can own claims and prospecting and mining permits; manage mining operations, and […]

With his murder still unsolved after almost a year, friends of taxi driver Charles Caesar are taking some unorthodox steps to track down the men who lured him to a lonely street and shot him dead. They are pooling their money to post a reward for anyone who can identify his killers. And even after […]

  The Caribbean’s capacity to respond to climate change will be strengthened with 4.9 million pounds from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), according to CARICOM. Mr. Alan Duncan Minister of State, DFID told journalists at the closing press conference of the seventh UK-Caribbean Ministerial Forum that DFID has signaled its […]

-UNAIDS HIV infection and AIDS-related deaths have fallen to the lowest levels since the peak of the epidemic. New HIV infections were reduced by 21 percent since 1997, and deaths from AIDS-related illnesses decreased by 21 percent since 2005, according to a new report by UNAIDS, the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS. The report […]

Recovering addicts at the Infinity Ralph Turpin’s Transitional House on Agriculture Road, East Coast Demerara, are experiencing extremely hard times since the murder of the facility’s founder, Ralph Turpin. Turpin was shot dead on September 15, 2011 during a confrontation outside the Stabroek Market Square. Since then, inmates at the facility have reportedly […]

  Fourteen lucky persons walked away with US $100 each from the ANSA McAL Trading Ltd as the “Hard Guava Season Cash Giveaway” promotion pulled its winners on Sunday.  The 14 are the first winners in the promotion which started on January 1 and has now been extended to February 18, 2012. On January 22, […]

    A 29-year-old father was yesterday remanded in connection with last Wednesday’s hit and run accident that caused the death of 58- year- old Barama Security Guard Ronville Roberts. Sahid Ali was slapped with two charges after being identified as the driver of motor lorry GLL 319, the vehicle that was allegedly involved in […]

  A former policeman, who was found guilty of forging his dead mother’s signature, was yesterday sentenced to an 18-month jail term by resident magistrate Ms. Leron Daly. Pooran Lall, 61, of Aberdeen Village, was also charged with forging witnesses’ signatures. The case against Lall took 17 months and according to reports, Lall who is […]

  Twenty persons were sworn in yesterday to lead the country’s 10 regions. The elections for the Chairpersons and their deputies of the Regional Democratic Councils (RDC) took place Wednesday with the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) taking control of six regions. Coalition party, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), won the chairmanship for thre […]

    An office assistant at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday admitted to swallowing 86 pellets of cocaine with the intent to smuggle it out of the country and was sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined $30,000. Terry De Freitas, 29, faced Magistrate Priya Sewnarine- Beharry with tearful eyes and pleaded guilty to the […]

  Ronald Daniels was on Thursday sentenced to 23 years’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Daniels was convicted by Justice Roxanne George at the Suddie High Court for the murder of Indar Gajadar, also called ‘Son’. The incident occurred on February 27, 2007. Prior to the manslaughter charge, the report added Daniels was […]

  The Public Works Ministry has dispatched a team to Mathews Ridge to inspect the area’s deteriorating airstrip. According to Alphonso Mangah, Assistant Aviation Inspector, owing to the airstrip’s condition there has been a significant reduction in flights entering Matthews Ridge. However, Roraima Airways continues to utilize the strip with two flights daily […]

-as medical reports show seven boys molested The 35-year-old Imam at the centre of a growing sexual abuse scandal was released on a further $200,000 station bail yesterday as medical tests confirmed that seven of his accusers were molested. Police are expected to send a file containing the statements of the first three accusers to […]

    Staffers and Faculty members of the University of Guyana came out in support of lecturer Freddie Kissoon, protesting what they deemed the wrongful termination of Kissoon’s contract. The protest was held yesterday outside the administration building, UG. On Monday Kissoon was formally told that his contract was terminated with immediate effect by the [... […]

  The Medical Council of Guyana has ordered a city doctor to respond to allegations that he performed an illegal abortion on 18-year-old Karen Bahdal that caused her death. Kaieteur News understands that the Council contacted the physician by letter and he has two weeks to respond. A relative of Bahdal’s has already filed a […]

    A former Headteacher was yesterday placed on $15,000 for allegedly using too much force in disciplining her adopted daughter. Jean Mentor yesterday appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton and pleaded not guilty to the offence of assault causing actual bodily harm. Mentor was said to have injured Nancy William, a young lady for whom […]

    A charge of felonious wounding was yesterday read by Magistrate Hazel Octive- Hamilton to a father and son said to be the owners of the Sheriff bar located on Sheriff Street Campbellville. Parmanand Singh and his son Rabindra Singh were yesterday remanded to jail for allegedly causing serious injuries to David Bacchus, a […]

  -criticizes delays at Customs, work permits issuance   -face shortage of skilled staffers By Leonard Gildarie The revival of manganese mining in Guyana will spur major growth in the North West District, Region One, with a Canadian investor yesterday signaling intentions to explore the establishment of a vessels’ facility, railway linkages and improved road […]