DeGroot holds weight advantage over Alfred
Corinne DeGroot drew first blood when she weighed in at 117.6lbs to Shondell Alfred’s 114.8lbs going into their bantamweight clash in the S&S/HEP Promotions card for the WIBA bantamweight title at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall tonight. Obviously DeGroot would want to regard this as an advantage but Alfred shrugged it off as inconsequential. Leon [...]
‘Starving’ chain snatcher gets two years’ free lodging and board
On Saturday, September 5, Sean Anthony, 28, of Fourth Avenue, Bartica, snatched a gold chain valued at $60,000 from Vanilla Thomas who was walking along King Street, Georgetown. The woman immediately raised an alarm and the culprit who was making his escape was captured by a police rank. The chain was also retrieved from him. [...]
Nationwide Softball Cricket Competition launched
Over 160 teams across the country have registered for the Guyana Softball League /Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport / Carib Beer/Ansa McAl nationwide Cricket Tournament which is expected to commence on October 11, at various venues. Speaking at the launching which was held in the Ministry’s Boardroom yesterday, Minister of Sport Dr. Frank Anthony, [...]
WHAT IS EARNED SHOULD NOT HAVE CONDITIONS ATTACHED
There is an age-old adage which states that impediments should not be placed in the way of a man receiving what is rightly due to him. Thus, if someone has worked, he should be allowed to receive his earnings and benefits without extraneous considerations. There is also however a responsibility on the part of the [...]
Stone was stoned when he made that film
What I find inexplicable about the American film maker, Oliver Stone, and the Caribbean economist, Professor Norman Girvan, is that despite all their panegyrics of Castro’s Cuba and Venezuela’s Chavez, they would not work and live in those two countries and they wouldn’t send their children to universities there. Girvan is happy to remain on [...]
GDF awards twenty nine bursaries for 2009
David B. Ramroop, Keianna T. Simon, and Dale D. De Mendonca were the top three awardees when the Guyana Defence Force shared out 29 bursaries to children who successfully completed the National Grade Six Examinations and gained places at secondary schools, this year. Valued at $25,000 each, the bursaries are usually awarded each year to [...]
Flying Stars gear to host event tomorrow
The Flying Stars Cycle Club will host the seventh annual Victor Macedo Memorial Cycle Race tomorrow, with the event scheduled to pedal off outside Macedo’s residence located at Lance Gibbs and Peter Rose Streets, Queenstown. According to one of the officials from the club, Julian Alves, the race will commence with a “rolling start” from [...]
Freed murder accused, deportee masterminded Hogstye gang
Three of the five men who police have nabbed in their latest interception of gangs in Berbice are well known characters, according to a source close to the investigation. One of the suspects was recently released from jail on a murder charge in Berbice. This newspaper was told that the suspect, Samuel Fraser, who was [...]
City Hall owed more than $600M in taxes
…over $400M accrued interest still outstanding Despite engaging desperate measures to reverse its cash-strapped state, the Mayor and City Council is yet to collect outstanding rates and taxes for the period July to December, amounting to more than $600M. This state of affairs was highlighted last evening when municipal officials met with representatives of the [...]
Manickchand must remove McCoy from ROC – says PNCR Shadow Minister
…Child Care unit seeks ‘Julius’ to provide assistance The Child Care and Protection Services Unit of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security is currently actively seeking the 15-year-old male identified as Julius on a tape-recording with an older person. The teen called this older person Kwame and the conversation continues with this older [...]
Whale grounded on North West beach
Valiant efforts on the part of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Guyana Defence Force coupled with support from volunteers have so far failed to rescue a beached whale in Region One. Based on reports from Region One, on Tuesday a black and gray whale had drifted ashore at Almond Beach. Residents first discovered the [...]
Burn victims on the road to recovery
NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE Marlyn Lindi and her younger reputed husband, Paul Edghilo, the parents of the burnt Angoy’s Avenue girls remain in police custody as ranks continue their probe. Natashia Lindi, 11, a first form student of the Vryman’s Erven Community High School, and her eight-year old sister Kimberly Lindi of St. Aloysius Primary School [...]
Govt. did not allocate any house lots to PPP party-Ali
Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali, yesterday, said that the government has not allocated any land to the People’s Progressive Party. Ali was responding to a query by the Alliance for Change which was in receipt of information that the ruling PPP received three house lots or parcels of land by way of Transport. [...]
Three discharged, shooter remains critical
Three days after a shooting incident outside the National Gymnasium, three of the men shot during the fracas were discharged with the shooter still critical at a private hospital. The three discharged are Jason Marks, Dwayne Wharton and Terrence Edwards. Jamel Thomas is still a patient at the Georgetown Hospital with a bullet still lodged [...]
Guyana continues to waive CET despite CCJ ruling
…Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados objected to waiver It is now more than five weeks since the President of the Caribbean Court of Justice, Justice Michael A. de la Bastide, ruled against Guyana in the case against the Trinidadian Cement Company and TCL Guyana Incorporated. Justice de la Bastide had ordered that Guyana reinstate the Common [...]
Pamenos edges Johnson, D’Andrade in Trinidad
Guyanese duo on podium in Newsday 5k race Guyanese distance athletes Kelvin Johnson and Lionel D’Andrade came second and third respectively yesterday in the Newsday Newspapers 5km Road Race Run in Trinidad and Tobago behind regional star, Pamenos Ballantyne. The St Vincent and the Grenadines distance athlete won the race in 14:56 seconds while a [...]
Central Mackenzie, Back Scheme into semis
Despite Front Scheme Amelia’s Ward one-point win against Central Mackenzie/Retrieve and Kara Kara combined Wednesday night at the Mackenzie Sports Club court, it was the latter that advanced to the semi-finals on aggregate. Front Scheme needed to hand the Mackenzie team a heavy loss to beat them to the Final Four of the Ministry of [...]
‘Bags full of confidential information’
Dear Editor, It is a lot of nonsense that Freddie Kissoon spouts in his columns, but it takes a lot to equal the following, “Mr. Jagdeo cannot be that myopic not to know that there are bags full of confidential information on his Government lying somewhere in the offices of the Kaieteur News, Prime News, [...]
Torginol Paint sponsors tomorrow’s golf tourney
Following an action-filled competition last weekend, local golfers will return to the Lusignan course for the Torginol Paint sponsored Stableford tournament tomorrow. More than 35 golfers are expected to participate in the tournament including most of the top performers from last weekend’s two-day event. Among the participants listed to compete are Joann Deo, Munnaf Arjune, [...]
Education Ministry mounts exhibition
…seeks to improve teachers’ capabilities In recognition of the fact that teachers are not utilising the teaching materials that are readily provided by the Ministry of Education, an exhibition has been opened in the auditorium of the National Centre for Education and Research Development (NCERD). The elaborate exhibition which opened on Tuesday, is geared at [...]
GTM remains sound despite global crisis – Chairman
(By Brushell Blackman) The Guyana and Trinidad Mutual Life Insurance Company Limited (GTM) recorded growth in a number of areas during the previous year, according to the report produced at the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday. Chairman Harold Davis told the gathering that despite the year under review being a tumultuous one the company remains [...]
A marvelous exploit by Rudy Mitchell
Dear Editor, For me it was heartening to read “Mitchell chalks up 100th consecutive local victory”. While I did somewhat harbour the thought about one of his younger and determine rivals “clipping his wings” en route to his golden goal as I had mentioned when he had chalked up 80 consecutive victories, I still was [...]
Ravens beat Walton Hall by 18 runs in final
Ravens defeated Walton Hall by 18 runs to win the final of the Caricom Rice Mill 20/20 cricket competition played recently at the Anna Regina Community Centre Ground on the Essequibo Coast. Ravens took first strike and made 155-4 in 20 overs. Mahendra Bennet top scored with 57 while Elroy Stephney supported with 29 and [...]
Linden fans in for a treat as Inter-Block football concludes
The Linden leg of the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport Inter-Block football tournament is set to conclude tomorrow at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground with a mouth watering clash that should bring out fans in their numbers to support their respective areas. Tournament favourites Amelia’s Ward will challenge Christianburg in the championship contest following [...]
Would LCDS funds be used wisely?
Dear Editor, With regards to low carbon development strategy as being advocated by our government, Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the UK , in an op-ed piece in the New York Times (September 23) is calling on the wealthy countries to establish a fund for poor developing countries that adopt a low carbon strategy. Brown [...]
