Opposition to call on DPP to pursue criminal investigation
- Trotman says parliamentary motion will not yield desired results Leader of the Alliance For Change Raphael Trotman is of the opinion that a motion in the House to force an investigation into the affairs of Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) Guyana will not yield the desired result and will turn out to be a [...]
Villagers come together to help rebuild fire victim’s home
Villagers showed their community spirit when the pooled their meager resources to help a family whose lives were devastated when fire destroyed their home. Over the past two weeks, villagers of Windsor Forest/La Jalousie on the West Coast Demerara donated what little money they could, to help Soobas Ramgobin and his family, rebuild their Lot [...]
French ‘coke’ swallower admitted to GPHC
By Latoya Giles A French national was nabbed yesterday at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport after it was suspected that he had swallowed cocaine. The man, 22-year-old Agwintie Joel, was an outgoing passenger on a Delta flight back to his homeland. According to police sources, officers from the Police Narcotics Unit arrested the man after [...]
Foreign Geologist to be buried in Guyana
Mining pit tragedy… A French Geologist, who perished when the walls of a mining pit he was working in caved in around Friday midday last, will be buried in Guyana on a date to be announced. Guy Gois, 56, of French Guiana, who was attached to the River Gold Guyana Inc, a mining company operating [...]
Human Services to probe school washroom abortion
By Latoya Giles Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Priya Manickchand said that the ministry would be launching an investigation into last Friday’s incident in which a 13 year old aborted a well-formed foetus in a school’s washroom. The Minister said that whenever something like this happens, the Ministry usually moves aggressively to ensure [...]
Women need to take prompt action to stop domestic violence
- Minister Manickchand “The Government cannot know what is happening in each and every house. We cannot help you if you do not report these actions to the police and seek our help…” With the recent increase in the number of cases of domestic violence in the country, that mostly end with the woman being [...]
AFC leader says President must offer less talk, more action
Alliance For Change Leader Raphael Trotman says that to date President Bharrat Jagdeo is yet to formally respond to his call for inclusivity, which was adumbrated by the President during his inaugural address to the ninth Parliament in September 2006. The President had ledged to join forces with the parliamentary opposition and “to find innovative [...]
Poor dams affect reaping of 13, 000 acres of rice
Some 13, 000 acres of rice ready for harvesting on the Corentyne Coast cannot be reaped because of the nature of the dams used to transport the paddy, Region Six Chairman Zulfikar Mustafa confirmed yesterday. Mustafa has ordered that due to the prevailing adverse weather conditions, no heavy-duty machinery would traverse the dams until April [...]
Two new rice varieties released
Two new lines of rice varieties were on Friday released after the Guyana Rice Development Board conducted successful trials and evaluations. The aim of the rice breeding program, Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud said, is to develop varieties superior to the existing ones in yielding ability, disease (blast) resistance, tolerance to lodging, excellent milling, cooking [...]
Puruni accident victims identified
Police have identified the two persons who died on Saturday when a truck overturned in the Puruni area. The victims are 37 year-old Brian Hendy of Berbice and 40 year-old Albert Persaud of the Pomeroon. Both men were miners. Meanwhile, those who were injured in the accident have also been identified. According to a police [...]
Car theft, a growing concern among taxi drivers
Once again, taxi drivers are appealing to the police to put measures in place to help curb the increased incidence of car theft, which is being experienced since the beginning of the year, especially along the coast. In many instances, the stolen cars are recovered, stripped of various parts, abandoned in remote areas. Conversely, some [...]
Too many instances of blood being wasted
Blood Guidelines launched – Dr. Ramsammy By Fareeza Haniff At a time when the National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) is experiencing a prolonged shortage of blood, Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has said that there are too many instances where blood is being wasted in this country. During a seminar yesterday at the Regency [...]
Man tells wife to prostitute herself to get money
- remanded for beating her Thirty-seven year old Richie Hicks called Richie Alexander who told his wife she should go and prostitute herself to get money to cook and send their children to school was given some time to reflect on his attitude with a couple of days on remand. Hicks of 5th Street, Whim, [...]
Linden Waterfront – from slum to attraction
“A spectacular metamorphosis!” would probably be fitting words to describe the Mackenzie River Front in the vicinity of Coop Crescent, if one were to compare the present site to what existed before. This transformation which took place over the past couple of months saw an area which was dotted with ugly makeshift vending stalls and [...]
Lacklustre Alpha go down to Tempete 2-0
A lacklustre performance from Guyana’s Alpha ‘The hammer’ United and a hungrier Tempete resulted in the Haitian football club recording a 2-0 victory on their home turf in the return leg of the CFU/CONCACAF Club Football Championship yesterday. Goals in either half saw the home team advancing to the next stage of the competition, while [...]
Dane ‘Spooky’ Blair leads after rain affected 1st day
By Franklin Wilson Dane ‘Spooky’ Blair found form on day-one of the 2009 Guyana National Rifle Association Fullbore Championship being contested at the Timehri Rifle Ranges, Yarrowkabra, to canter into the top spot ahead of a very experienced field. In taking top honours after winning the 300 yard range with 35 points and [...]
Caribbean Games selection shrouded in mystery
- locals appear not to be favoured In just 68 days time Guyana will hopefully join 25 other regional territories that will congregate in Trinidad and Tobago to participate in the inaugural Caribbean Games which will be held from July 12-19. It will mark the first time that many people in the region get [...]
Jamaica take 1st innings points from Guyana
By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Western Union, Noble House Seafoods & Jamaica Pegasus Jamaica took an 81-run lead on first innings against Guyana on the penultimate day of their 13th round four-day WICB regional first-class cricket tournament at Jarrett Park yesterday. By the close Jamaica were 215-7 in their second innings enjoying [...]
GABA plans b/ball family fun day
Continuing on its stated and publicised mandate to proliferate basketball, the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) will host a five–a–side basketball competition and fun day on Burnham Basketball Court this weekend. The event, which was officially identified as the ‘GABA Five–A–Side Basketball Family Fun Day’, is expected to be in the form of a retreat [...]
Scrabble Association AGM postponed but executives unveil hectic itinerary
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP), scheduled for March 29, has been postponed indefinitely because executives of that Association are not yet ready to present the accounting figures to their auditors. Acting President of GASP, Colin Chichester made this disclosure during a telephone interview with this newspaper. He [...]
Boxers step up training in preparation of S&S slugfest
By Michael Benjamin With the S&S Promotions, boxing extravaganza less than three weeks away the boxers have intensified their preparation for what undoubtedly promises to be a humdinger. The highly anticipated middleweight title clash between Lennox ‘Pretty Boy’ Alleyne and Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman, for the latter’s middleweight title promises to be a scorcher [...]
Bartica Regatta Football kicks off this evening
Red Earth of New York to compete The 2009 Bartica Regatta Football competition is set to kick off this evening at the Bartica Community Centre ground featuring six teams. A top prize of $100,000 will be at stake for the winning team with $60,000 and $40,000 set aside for the 2nd and 3rd placed teams. [...]
Overseas college students construct home for Sophia family
A Sophia man who single-handedly took care of his five children after his wife died from cancer is expected to move his family into a brand new home today. The two-bedroom home was built by a group of foreign students who have taken time off from their studies to engage in humanitarian [...]
McDougall Report is an exceptionally good analysis of the social situation in Guyana
Dear Editor, The McDougall Report on Promotion and Protection of all Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, including the Right to Development, presents us with an exceptionally good analysis of the social situation in Guyana. It is a report that should be seized upon by a Government interested in racial harmony. It [...]
Floodwater recedes in Region Six
NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – By yesterday Sunday only some sections of Region Six were affected by excess water. Region Six Chairman Zulfikar Mustapha indicated that most of the water has already receded. Late Thursday afternoon, heavy showers have been had in East Berbice /Corentyne. Within a 12-hour period, three inches of rainfall was recorded. During [...]
