Month: August 2010

   Deputy Director of Prisons, Lieutenant Colonel Malcolm McAndrew told Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee that Cadets Olivia Alfred-Cox and Deoraj Gyandatt will help to enhance the managerial capacity of the prison service. Understudying is on-going since it equips the officers with the necessary tools to aid in managing the prisons.

The difference

Local Miss Universe franchise holder, Ian Lee, says he is “quite shocked” that this country’s representative at the Miss Universe Pageant, Latoya Woods, did not make the final 15.
Lee says a “postmortem” will be done, as all indicators showed Woods making the top 15 and being a contender for the crown.
Woods is expected to spend a few days in New York to recuperate before returning to this country.
Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete was crowned Miss Universe 2010 last night.

Forty seven year old pedal cyclist Rajpaul Jagroop lost his life today after he was hit down by a mini bus. According to the Police at Berbice, Jagroop a neighbourhood Police from Bath on the West Coast of Berbice was riding his bicycle along the roadway when it is alleged that he swerved into the path of a mini bus proceeding in the same direction and was struck down. He was taken to the GPHC where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The driver of the mini bus is in police custody assisting with the investigations.

   New Port of Spain Mayor Louis Lee Sing says there will be a zero tolerance approach by his administration to vagrancy, illegal dumping of garbage and vending on the city streets. Talking tough at City Hall last night, Lee Sing said the PoS market continues to be underutilised while vendors sell illegally on the streets.

THE son and daughter-in-law of deceased businessman Hafeez Karamath were granted a total of $3 million bail by a Port of Spain magistrate today.
Khalil Karamath, and his wife, Sabeera Mohammed, were granted $1.5 million bail each by Senior Magistrate Joan Eversley-Gill in the Port of Spain fourth magistrate’s court.
The duo, from Palm Road, Valsayn, were among six arrested last week following a raid at their home.

WITH the rain that pounded the island this morning, residents are being warned to watch out for landslides in particular areas.
The Organisation for Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) is advising the public to be careful when travelling along the North Coast, Lady Young and the Western Main Roads.
The Met office has said that the country is still being affected by an Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone and, while we are not under a storm watch, rains are expected to continue in different parts of the country until at least 3pm today.

  Education Minister came out with a comprehensive analysis claiming that the six strongest public secondary schools in Guyana are out- performing the six strongest private secondary schools by a ratio of 60 percent. Statistics have showed in the recent CSEC results that the six public schools secured a 76.2 percent pass rate while the six private schools got 20.62 percent.