Simels calls more names
Courtesy of Enrico Woolford in New York The contentious eavesdropping equipment surfaced again in the New York Eastern District courthouse when one of the defendants, Criminal Attorney Robert Simels, took the stand in his own defence yesterday. Simels was once the lead attorney for Guyanese Shaheed Roger Khan who has since entered into a plea [...]
Two-vehicle collision leaves vendor dead
Sixty-four year-old Latchmin Lalta was just putting out her greens on a stand to sell outside the Annandale market when a car spun across the road and slammed into her. The greens vendor of 198 Beezie, Enmore, East Coast Demerara became the country’s latest road fatality when she was pronounced dead on arrival at the [...]
PNCR to boycott Parliament until objective is met
The People’s National Congress Reform leader, Robert Corbin, along with his Members of Parliament and scores of supporters, yesterday staged another picketing exercise in protest of what the party is calling human rights violations, drug links and the Government unwillingness to investigate. According to Corbin, he was confident that extra parliamentary measures would see the [...]
Entire finance staff fingerprinted
The entire staff at the Police Finance Office has been fingerprinted as the police continue to probe the break-in at the facility. However, investigators appear to be nowhere near establishing who was responsible for the Eve Leary break-in after nearly two weeks. This newspaper was reliably informed that the 35 staff members at the Finance [...]
Grenade found tied under car
A Republic Park, East Bank Demerara resident appears to have narrowly escaped death by finding a grenade strapped beneath his car. A police press statement said that Tarachandra Persaud of Republic Park, East Bank Demerara, was driving his vehicle out of his residence about 10:30hrs yesterday when he was alerted to an unusual sound coming [...]
Major fire averted at UG
Quick reaction by students of the University of Guyana averted what could have been a major fire at the Caribbean Research Library, Turkèyn campus last evening. According to reports the library was crowded with students who are preparing for examinations when an alarm was raised that the building was on fire. Pandemonium broke out at [...]
Regional Powerlifting ‘King’ Morgan leaves for Miami today
IPF/NAPF/FESUPO Pan-American Powerlifting Championships on this weekend By Franklin Wilson Reigning Caribbean Powerlifting King in the 82.5kg class Randolph Morgan left Guyana early this morning for Miami Florida via New York to compete at the 12th Pan-American and 7th North American Powerlifting Championships this weekend. Garnering funds to purchase his ticket proved almost a [...]
Kumar invites b/ball sub-associations to meeting Monday
- “future plans” of sport cited as main reason By Edison Jefford Director of Sport Neil Kumar has invited the Presidents or representatives of the two sub-associations of basketball to a meeting on Monday where they are to discuss the “future plans” of the sport after the death of Godwin McPherson. At the time [...]
Meusa wins DDL Topco Juice Emancipation Chess tourney
Wendell Meusa’s sterling performances continue as he made it four in a row when captured the DDL Topco Juice Emancipation Chess tournament, which was held over the weekend at Keishar’s Sport Club. Meusa played undefeated with one draw coming against Shiv Nandalall. In the Meusa-Nandalall encounter, Nandalall clearly had the edge as he was up [...]
Clinical Jamaica beat Guyana by 206 runs
- Move within a match of the ‘double’ crown By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Digicel, TCL, Western Union, Pepsi, Smalta, Demerara Power Company & Michelle Playter’s Modeling Agency Three-Day champions Jamaica produced another clinical performance to defeat Guyana by 206 runs in their 4th round TCL Group Regional Under-19 One-Day [...]
Ali says Housing Fund for vulnerable groups
Minister of Housing, Irfaan Ali, yesterday said that the Revolving Housing Fund the government is creating will benefit vulnerable groups. The Fund will start with an initial $400 million, which received Parliamentary approval yesterday. However, the details regarding how the Fund can be accessed have not been finalized. Minister Ali told Kaieteur News that the [...]
Anna Regina town council stalls family transport
…almost five years have passed Mr. Seusankar Ramlagan, of Reliance Village, Essequibo Coast, is one of seven siblings who were left with a joint family will almost five years ago after his mother, Nandranie’s death. Ramlagan said that his mother in a will left 11,925 acres of rice land to be shared between himself and [...]
Police release post office staff as robbery probe continues
ROSE HALL TOWN, CORENTYNE – As the police in Division ‘B’ of the Guyana Police Force continue the probe into the $6 million robbery committed at the Rose Hall Town Post Office on Friday, the Post Mistress and the Postal Apprentice were both released from the Whim Police Station on station bail on Monday. They [...]
Peacemakers thump Coomacka 3-0, Flamingo, Netrockers lead points table
Play in the Stag / Upper Demerara Football Association B-League continues this afternoon at the Bayrock Community Centre ground with Peacemakers taking on Flamingo. Yesterday afternoon, Amelia’s Ward United were scheduled to play Coomacka United at the same venue. In latest action on Sunday last, Peacemakers whipped Coomacka United 3-0. Eon Pluck netted in the [...]
Jehovah’s Witnesses gear for convention
Key Bible texts explaining the meaning of what many people refer to as the end of the world will be discussed in the Witnesses’ upcoming three-day “Keep on the Watch!” district convention. Jehovah’s Witnesses are active in 236 lands and are best known for their house-to-house preaching activity and the distribution of the Awake and [...]
GRA says no VAT on school uniforms
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is advising the general public that school uniforms made in Guyana is not subject to Valued Added Tax (VAT) and hence they are not required to pay the 16 percent charge. In a press release, the GRA said Schedule 1 of the Value Added Tax Act provides the list of [...]
Response to ‘Swimming Pool is a result of intense lobbying’
By Rawle Welch In response to Miranda La Rose’s letter ‘Swimming Pool is a result of intense lobbying’ she failed to admit that at no time did I put forward or even imply that Guyana, or more directly, those who aspire to become involved in competitive swimming, is not deserving of an Olympic-size Pool. Rather, [...]
MHS hands out domino prizes
‘C’ Division tops MHS and ‘A’ Division The Ministry of Home Affairs handed out prizes won in the recently concluded domino competition which saw C Division emerging as victors with 70 games, edging out Ministry of Home Affairs (MHS) who ended on the same amount of games but lost out on sixes. The winners, who [...]
Relatives feel justice has been served
On Monday it was considered a bittersweet moment at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court for an Enmore family who, after more than a year, is of the opinion that justice has been served. For the Sawh family, of Log Wood, despite the fact that the completion of an inquest would not bring back their [...]
Tropical Passion, La Bayamosa, Peaceful outstanding
Thousands were on hand to witness a grand day of horse racing when the Port Mourant Turf club successfully staged it grand one day Emancipation horserace meet on Sunday last at the Clubs track at Port Mourant, Corentyne Berbice. Seven races were held on the day with Tropical Passion owned by Steve Mootoo of the [...]
UG, Ohio University target better TV production
A recent research has shown that there are substantial needs in all sectors of the media but the most pressing ones are in television. As such two television production workshops in Georgetown and in New Amsterdam have commenced with the overarching goal to “raise the professional quality of television in Guyana.” The programme will also [...]
ERC meets select groups
The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) on Monday commenced a series of meetings with its constituencies to create feedback on the work of the Commission and for them to express their concerns on issues that the ERC can help resolve. The first meeting was held in the ERC Boardroom with 13 representatives of the Hindu community, [...]
Keon Joseph joins Guyanese Speedsters capturing five wkt hauls at Regional U-19 Level
Dear Editor, Eion Katchy’s 12 wickets against the Leeward Islands 1997 at Everest still remains the best match analysis by a Guyanese fast bowler at the Regional Under-19 Level. Katchy’s performance bettered Port Mourant’s David Fingall match haul of 11 taken against the Windward Islands during the 1988 Northern Telecoms Regional Tournament in Barbados. The [...]
Guyana humble Castro’s men in famous football victory
DEar Editor, Guyana National Football Team won its first series against Cuba in January 1985. After tasting defeats in previous series (1974), (1976) and (1978) the Land of Many Waters, backed by a partisan and boisterous crowd at the G.C.C ground, won the opening contest one nil courtesy of a Mickey Layne goal to needle [...]
US-based Guyanese dies after car exolodes
SCHENECTADY — The Fire Department is investigating a car explosion on George Street that severely burned a city man who died several days later. Yesterday, family members described the victim, Kooldeep Premraj, 53, as a loving family man and good neighbour. They said that Premraj woke up in the early morning hours of July 27 [...]
