Latest update March 28th, 2026 12:30 AM

Guyana's largest selling daily and New York's most popular weekly

Latest News

Boy, 11, electrocuted in Golden Grove

Aug 22, 2016 News

An eleven-year-old student of the Golden Grove Primary School, East Coast Demerara was electrocuted yesterday afternoon, after he reportedly came into contact with an exposed Guyana Power and Light (GPL) cable.
Dead is Jermaine Holder of Lot 70 President’s College Road, Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara. His father, Travis Holder, said that he learnt of his son’s demise after his nephew came running with Jermaine Holder’s lifeless body in his arms.
Mr. Holder said that his son and nephew were assisting him with building a septic tank in their yard minutes before his son was electrocuted a short distance from their home.
The dead boy’s cousin said that he and Jermaine were fetching construction materials into the yard for his uncle. The cousin said that after a while he left the yard and ventured to the ‘line top’.
According to the cousin, a boy from the village ran to him screaming “Jermaine get shock. Jermaine get shock.”
The relative said that he ventured to the scene and found his cousin lying motionless on the ground. He stated that he also felt a jolt of electricity while trying to rescue the lad.
He added that Jermaine had touched a chain link fence that is near a roof on which an exposed electricity cable rests. The relative said that he and his uncle rushed Jermaine to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where his cousin was pronounced dead.
Jermaine Holder leaves to mourn his parents- his mother who is overseas- and four siblings.

Discover more from Kaieteur News

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Similar Articles

Listen to the The Glenn Lall Show

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

Your children are starving, and you giving away their food to an already fat pussycat.

THE BLUNT OF THE DAY

Sports

Ann’s Grove hunt second win against New Campbellville Sec’

Ann’s Grove hunt second win against New Campbellville Sec’

Mar 28, 2026

– Massy Distribution Schools U18 Football kick off round 2 action today Kaieteur Sports – The race for knockout qualification sharpens today as round two of the 12th Annual Massy...
Read More

VIEW ALL SPORTS

Features/Columnists

Jagdeo and the myth of climate realism

Jagdeo and the myth of climate realism

Mar 28, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo arrived at the 124th Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) brandishing what he seemed to believe was a cudgel of hard truth: the Caribbean must move “from rhetoric to realism.” One almost admires his...
Read More

Sir. Ronald Sanders

War in Iran, Pain in the Caribbean

War in Iran, Pain in the Caribbean

Mar 22, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The war in Iran is already at Caribbean doors. The attacks in Iran and the Gulf are being justified by some on the grounds that Iran’s record on terrorism, nuclear ambition, and regional meddling leaves the “free world” with no choice but to act...
Read More

The GHK Lall Column

Mission Mohameds Extradition – beware, PPP beware

Mission Mohameds Extradition – beware, PPP beware

Mar 28, 2026

Hard Truths by GHK Lall (Kaieteur News) – The father-son Mohamed team heads to the CCJ.  It’s honored as the apex court.  Though impressive sounding, and deserving that loftiness, here’s something more visceral.  Last Chance Chambers.   Lose there, and it’s finished.  Handcuffs...
Read More

Publisher’s Note

Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.

Feel free to send us your comments and/or criticisms.
Contact: 624-6456; 225-8452; 225-8458; 225-8463; 225-8465; 225-8473 or 225-8491.
Or by Email: glennlall2000@gmail.com / kaieteurnews@yahoo.com

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

> Berbice Bridge […]