LONDON, (Reuters) – Using a mobile phone might increase the risk of developing certain types of brain tumours and consumers should consider ways of reducing their exposure, World Health Organisation (WHO) cancer experts said yesterday. A working group of 31 scientists from 14 countries meeting at the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) [...] [...more]
- sees role in upcoming General Elections Attorney-at-law, Timothy Jonas, was re-elected as President of the Guyana Bar Association during the body’s Annual General Meeting held last Friday at the Victoria Law Courts. Jonas is from the law firm, de Caires, Fitzpatrick & Karran. Mohamed Khan and Prabha Persaud-Kissoon were also elected First and Second Vice Presidents respectively, [...] [...more]
Even in the midst of a massive femininity campaign, yet another Guyanese woman was brutally murdered by her spouse. Seema Singh, 30, succumbed at the Georgetown Hospital around midday yesterday, hours after she was stabbed a reported nine times by her reputed husband, in the village of Helena Number One, Mahaica on the East Coast of [...] [...more]
- escape in boat with over $8M By Latoya Giles Six heavily armed gunmen dressed in military clothing robbed and terrorised a Meten-Meer-Zorg West Coast Demerara, business family on Saturday night before escaping with just over $8M cash and jewellery. The family’s grocery store, which is located at Lot 52 Meten-Meer-Zorg is owned and operated by Indranie [...] [...more]
- two excavators stuck in swamp for over a month By Michael Jordan It’s already behind schedule, and construction of the Amaila Falls roadway has now been hit by other problems that have led to further delays. Kaieteur News has confirmed that two excavators that were being used to clear away trees, have been stuck in swampland for [...] [...more]
Two policemen who were returning from a family outing at Berbice came under fire last night after stumbling upon a car in a ditch at Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara. Injured in the shooting were Police Constable Samuel Mootoo, who is attached to the Brickdam Police Station and Navindra Rantideo. Sergeant Alfred Parks was the other officer [...] [...more]
- 13 women slain, 28 cases still unsolved By Michael Jordan Fifty-four people have now been murdered between January and May 29. The victims include 13 women, three of whom were slain by their male partners within seven days. Carlos Pesaud Statistics compiled by Kaieteur News indicate that 18 victims died from gunshot injuries; 16 from stab and [...] [...more]
Some people does go to great lengths to prove de Waterfalls paper wrang. Bout three weeks ago de Waterfalls paper learn that dem gun have national awards this year. Before de people at de papers keep dem mouth shut dem open it. Bar-Rat get vex because he decide that this thing got to be a secret. [...] [...more]
- garden pumps again put to use For the second time in two days fire struck in the East Coast Demerara community of Mahaica but this time the efforts of residents failed to prevent a dwelling house of businessman Mathadall Persaud of Helena Number Two, from being extensively damaged. Businessman Mathadall Persaud who sustained injuries to [...] [...more]
On Saturday morning, several Lethem residents and post office staff were locked out of the Lethem Post Office compound for almost two hours before being allowed to enter the building. People from as far as Moco-Moco (15 miles away), Kumu and Annai were lined up in front of the compound along with the Post-Mistress and her [...] [...more]
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