MURDERED GRANNY, 80, FOUND NUDE, TIED TO BED
The nude, bound and gagged body of an 80-year-old woman was found shortly after 19:00 hrs last night in the Lot 66 Independence Street, La Grange, West Bank Demerara home in which she had lived alone. Relatives said that Kharpattie Shivnauth was found with her hands and left foot tied to her bed with pieces [...]
Taxi driver mudered
When 72-year-old Mohammed Nazir Khan, a hard-working taxi driver, did not return home as he should have on Thursday evening, his 62 year-old wife, Sursattie understandably became worried, but was never expecting the news she was awoken to early yesterday morning – that of the brutal death of her husband. Reports are that the man’s [...]
Bandits flee roadblock, nabbed by villagers
- bag with $millions recovered A substantial sum of cash, allegedly several millions, was recovered from three suspected bandits following a lively chase and manhunt on the foreshore of Weldaad Village, West Coast Berbice, late yesterday afternoon. Public spirited residents of the village chased the men and flushed them out of their hiding places in [...]
Resuced from burial ground – kinapper captured hours later
After three weeks of unbearable anxiety and uncertainty about her 4-year-old daughter’s whereabouts, a Leonora, West Coast Demerara mother was yesterday able to breathe a sigh of relief. However, the relief came as a result of a strange twist of events which saw the woman venturing to the Leonora Police Station to clear her name [...]
‘Concerned citizens’, PNCR picketers clash outside Congress Place
A group of just over a dozen persons calling themselves ‘concerned citizens’ was yesterday evicted from the roadway just outside the People’s National Congress Reform headquarters at Congress Place Sophia. When this newspaper visited the scene yesterday, there were picketers on both sides of the roadway as the PNCR picketers were just outside of the [...]
GTUC aims to ‘reverse decline into failed state’
Acting General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) Norris Witter yesterday announced the union’s plans to confront the Government of Guyana in a bid to reverse what it calls the decline of Guyana into a failed state. Witter informed media operatives that in keeping with the mandate given to the GTUC at the [...]
RUSAL sues union leaders- cites $$M strike losses
The Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI), the local subsidiary of Russian aluminum giant, United Company RUSAL, has instituted legal action against the leaders of the union representing workers and is seeking significant damages. The centre of the legal action is a strike called by workers in late May this year. The workers went on [...]
Persaud now wants comprehensive audit of agri projects
Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud has written Auditor General Deodat Sharma requesting his role in carrying out additional comprehensive audits of ongoing projects. In an August 28 letter to the Auditor General, released to the media, Persaud told Sharma “it is imperative that we get full value from all of our projects if we are [...]
IDB gives US$6,500 to Women Artists’ Association
The Guyana Women Artists’ Association (GWAA) will receive a grant of $US 6,500 to fund a project entitled ‘Art: Remembering and preserving our Heritage.’ The objective of this project is to stimulate interest in visual arts and encourage creative efforts through sharing of ideas in the form of seminars, workshops, exhibitions and publications. Yesterday, the [...]
Shondell Alfred intensifies preparations for world title encounter
By Michael Benjamin The bout is approximately four weeks away but local women’s bantamweight champion, Shondell Alfred, has already commenced sparring sessions as she aspires to be the second local female boxer, following Gwendolyn O’Neil’s victory over Kathy Rivers for the Women’s International Boxing Association (WIBA) light/heavyweight title, to win a world title for Guyana. [...]
Cry for Help
Two (2) of Guyana/British Guiana Prominent Sportsmen of the fifties (50’s) and sixties (60’s) are in need of Urgent attention. The name Compton Julian might not ring a bell amongst youngsters of this generation but this former Thomas United Footballer is probably one of the best these shores have ever produced. Julian along with Monty [...]
Neal & Massy cricket starts today in Demerara
Participation criteria for Demerara selection says DCB By Sean Devers Due to the playing-off of the Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) 2-Day First Division semi-finals, the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) has agreed to postpone some matches in the opening round of their National Neal & Massy 40-overs first division competition which were set for this weekend. [...]
Rangers Sports Club to clash with Die Hard XI in final
Rangers SC and Die Hard XI defeated Parika /Hydronie Sports Club and Young Warriors respectively to set up a clash today at the GCC, Bourda from 2:00pm. In the match between Rangers SC and Parika/Hydronie SC, which was an all West Coast Demerara affair, giant killers Parka/Hydronie SC won the toss and inserted Rangers SC [...]
Williams shine as Shamrock register record total
Shamrock, Ruby United, Windsor Forest and Vergenoegen registered wins in the latest round of action in the Barakat Brothers West Demerara 40-overs cricket while favorites Meten-Meer-Zorg ‘A’ and Zeeburg lost their matches. SATURDAY AT ZEEBURG Ruby United trashed Joint Zone A leader Zeeburg in their own back yard by 102 runs. Batting first Ruby made [...]
Floodlights XI take on Nand Persaud & Co. Ltd at GCC tonight
Kaieteur Sport inadvertently stated that cricket action was fixed for the GCC ground last evening, however, that match will be contested tonight. Cricket buffs will be treated to a keen tussle when Karibee Rice, stages a 30 over softball cricket match in memory of the late rice magnate, Nand Persaud, under floodlights, at the GCC [...]
GCA’s Cellink Plus cricket semis start today
Intriguing battles anticipated at Everest & MSC By Sean Devers Intriguing cricket is anticipated today and tomorrow in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Cellink plus 2-day first division cricket semi-finals at the Everest and Malteenoes Sports Club grounds. Action in both matches is scheduled to commence at 09:30hrs today and the winners will face-off in [...]
Guyana, HQ successfully defend titles
Guyana and Headquarters successfully defended their respective titles yesterday when the Guyana Police Force 55th Annual Track and Field Championships ended at the Police Sport Club ground, Eve Leary in an emphatic manner. Headquarters amassed 470 points while ‘A’ Division finished with the second score, 313 points in the Divisional competition while ‘B’ Division was [...]
De Edward, Hopetown clash in final at Blairmont tomorrow
Hopetown and De Edward will clash tomorrow at Blairmont in the final of the New Building Society (NBS) challenge second division 40-over Cricket Competition which attracted over one hundred teams from Berbice. It is a fitting venue since for the first time two teams from West Berbice will meet in a countywide final in Berbice. [...]
Guyanese drivers have work cut out
By Rawle Welch in Barbados Compliments of Ansa McAl and Demerara Power Company With less than 48 hours remaining before D-day, Bushy Park resembled race day and there is no doubt that tomorrow’s Barbados Auto Racing League’s Seaboard Marine Caribbean Series will see a packed house. Led by the veteran Andrew King, the Guyanese contingent [...]
Squash Association applauds team results
The Guyana Squash Association is of the view that the final results for the overall team championships and the Men, Women and Veterans in the just concluded Caribbean Championships show a reasonable performance for the young Guyana team. In a release, the GSA stated, the Men’s team of Kristian Jeffrey, Regan Pollard, Alexander Arjoon, Oliver [...]
Novices battle as GASP wraps up inter-active sessions
More than seventy-five students who over the past six weeks received expert tutoring from the more seasoned scrabble players would pit their skills against each other when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) concludes their inter-active sessions with a tournament at the old Guyana National Service Sports Complex, Carifesta Avenue this morning. The students [...]
Stop trivializing the seriousness of democracy, justice and rights
Dear Editor, I respond to Dr. Randy Persaud’s article captioned, “The PNCR Congress and a note to Mr. L Lewis” (GC, August 13, 2009) Attempts to trivialize serious issues of democracy, justice and rights will find no ally in me. Dr. Persaud’s first note is built on his understanding of democracy, wherein he involved me [...]
NAMILCO introduces health line of products
National Milling Company (NAMILCO) has introduced three new products as part of its “Maid Marian Range”. These are Whole Wheat Flour, Multigrain Flour and Toasted Wheat Germ. This ‘Health Line’ of products was developed, the company emphasizes, with the health of the customer in mind. Many consumers are only familiar with white flour, which is [...]
Questions about the LCDS
Dear Editor, While recently vacationing in Guyana, I was provided with a correspondence issued by the office of the President to the Guyanese populace. This served as my first introduction to the LCDS. My ignorance of the issue forced me to do some research on it albeit not significantly affecting my vacation time. In the [...]
Coast Guard rescue five from Essequibo River
According to press release from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), on Monday last at around 1345 hours, the Coast Guard, rescued 31-year-old Dennis Williams, a chain saw operator and father of three along with Babi, Dean, Mark and another man known as “Black Ants,” from the murky Essequibo River. The release stated that the five [...]
