Albion, RHTWSB clash today at stadium
By Sean Devers With National defending champions Young Warriors being knocked out at the Berbice semi-finals, a new Neal & Massy 1st division 40-overs National champion will be crowned tonight at the Guyana National Stadium. In an all Berbice final, Berbice champions Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar face-off with runners-up Albion from 14:0hrs today [...]
Guyana’s male b/ball team down French Guiana
Mixed fortunes for cycling, volleyball and chess By Edison Jefford in Suriname Compliments of Bryden and Fernandes, Warsila, Fon-J Cycle Store and Kiskadee Day Care Individual skill and team work came together in an assured combination for Guyana Friday night when the national junior male basketball team extinguished the challenges of French Guiana in a [...]
Selfless contributions make Winston Kassim a Special Person
“I think we as a general society should go out and look for those people we can help… rather than giving the person the fish, teach them how to fish” By Gary Eleazar This is a trait that is seemingly desired in Guyana especially when there is perception [...]
Diwali mishap lands child in manhole
Six-year-old J’anay Nedd fell into a man hole last Friday night and was forced to tread in the filthy murky sewage water for some five minutes. The young girl and other family members were out enjoying the Diwali Motorcade close by the Celina Resort at the head of Vlissengen Road, when they decided to return [...]
Dem boys seh…Third term done fail Mr Yong
Some people like hide but dem boys know that moon does run till day ketch am. Dem boys also seh that de longest rope got an end. Well, Day ketch de Moon that run and start fuh beg people fuh give Bharrat a third term. Donald Ramotar describe de same Moon as somebody “bent on [...]
Trini company has rights to 800 megawatt hydro project
- awaiting completion of feasibility studies A Trinidad company says it is awaiting the completion of a final feasibility to apply for a licence to develop a massive 800 megawatt hydropower project in the Mazaruni River. According to a statement posted on online news, ENMAN Services Limited of Port of Spain, Trinidad, on Friday expressed [...]
President ignores pertinent issues at home in his global LCDS quest
- AFC The Alliance for Change (AFC) has chided President Bharrat Jagdeo for what they see as total disregard for burning issues that are festering and stymieing Guyana’s development even as he (President Jagdeo) goes global in his quest to champion his much touted Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS). According to leader of the AFC, [...]
Guyana to reinstate CET on Cement
Attorney General Charles Ramson S.C.,on Thursday told reporters that the government is left with no option but to reimpose the Common External Tariff (CET) on Cement imported from outside the region as was ruled by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). Ramson told reporters ahead of the sitting of the National Assembly that Guyana will [...]
John Fernandes celebrates 50 years in shipping
- 80,000 sqaure feet farm for Timehri Fifty years of committed excellence to shipping in Guyana was celebrated last Thursday evening by John Fernandes Limited. With dinner and dancing, the company kicked off their 50th anniversary in the ‘Big Yard’ in Third Avenue, Subryanville, Georgetown. The ceremony saw the attendance of President Bharrat Jagdeo, members [...]
GPL taking too long to process claim
Bourda stall fire… On July 20 last, Jean Rajnarina’s Bourda market stall (Sections K4) was burnt to ashes. Her losses are pegged at $3 million and she is now claiming a delay in the process of being compensated by the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL). According to the woman, several complaints filed were not [...]
Linden Highway accident survivor feels lucky
Paulette Yaw, of 150 Wismar Housing Scheme, said that she feels lucky to be alive, after the accident Friday night that took the life of her uncle- in-law, Aubrey Yaw. Yaw said that contrary to reports given by a member of the family to this newspaper, it was she who was in the front seat [...]
Four Domestic Violence Protocols handed over to Human Services Ministry
Help and Shelter handed over four Sexual Domestic Violence Protocols to the Ministry of Human Services last Thursday, for the benefit of staff working under the sectors that interact constantly with the victims of domestic violence. Attorney-at-Law and Legal Consultant to Help and Shelter and lecturer at the University of Guyana, Marcella Thompson, and Co-ordinator [...]
An opinion…Reliance on Privy Council is a shame
The failures of CARICOM have become so notorious that talking about them incites more contemptuous laughter than lawyer jokes. And there’s probably no greater monument to these failures than the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), which was established in 2001 to replace the Privy Council as our regional judicial tribunal of last resort. Establishing the [...]
Two win Plasma TV after visiting GuyExpo Exhibition
By simply filling up coupons during their visits to Gizmos and Gadgets and Wireless Rush booths at the recently concluded GuyExpo, two lucky customers were each able to cart off a plasma television. Ms Michelle McTurk, of Bel Air Park, Georgetown, became eligible for her 42-inch plasma TV from Gizmos and Gadgets while Ms Amkeeka [...]
City Hall to pay $1M to GPL for electrification of New Vendors Mall
They were assured by City Mayor Hamilton Green that they would be able to access affordable electrical supply from the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL), but even after five months and the official opening of the New Vendors Mall, ‘the occupants are still awaiting a transformer to facilitate the process. The vendors recently disclosed [...]
Guyana comes alive with lights for Diwali
Guyanese of every class, creed and race, last evening took to the streets as has become tradition to view the beautifully lit buildings and edifices as Hindus observed Deepavali or Diwali. The event is annually celebrated marking the homecoming of Lord Rama, King of Ayodhya, with his wife Sita, and brother Lakshmana to Ayodhya after [...]
Man further remanded, as police await DPP’s advice
Detention of four-year-old… An unrepresented Sherwin Lewis was further remanded to prison on Friday when he appeared before Magistrate Fazil Azeez at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court. According to Police Prosecutor, Sherwin Matthews, the way forward for the case is dependent on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutor (DPP) which should be forthcoming shortly. [...]
British national says Guyana jail a hell hole
By Phillipa Cherryson Julie Warner, 30, spent five weeks in a South American jail after being wrongly accused of smuggling drugs. The secretary finally had all charges dropped in August, but not before living a nightmare she’ll never forget. Here she shares her diary. Saturday, July 25, 2009 I can’t believe I fly home [...]
LBI sugar workers still on strike
Sugar workers at the La Bonne Intention (LBI) estate are still on strike action, as they continue to press their demand to obtain an acceptable target for sugar production for their estate to secure the weekly production incentive (WPI) for week-ending October 17, 2009. However, General Secretary of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union [...]
Riverview businessman robbed
- a stone throw away from police station A Riverview businessman was robbed by two gun-toting men just a stone throw away from the Ruimveldt Police Station. The two men attacked Chris Seymour just before midnight on Friday. According to Seymour, he was at his shop preparing to close up when the two men approached [...]
Corentyne man remanded for school girl sex
Another man has been placed in the custody of the state for having sexual relations with an underaged girl. This time, charges has been levelled against a Corentyne resident who it is alleged was having sex with his 14 year-old neighbour. He appeared in the New Amsterdam Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo who read [...]
New Wartsila sets to test run this week
- PM Hinds tells Parliament Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, during an impromptu debate in the National Assembly on Thursday, sparked by a motion led by Leader of the Opposition Robert Corbin, has disclosed that the new 20 MW Kingston Power Station will commence test runs in the coming week. It is expected that consumers will [...]
UG Pro Chancellor at UWI on capacity building stint
“I want UG to regain its national and regional credibility… and so, I would like to believe that my UWI visit would eventually make some difference to UG, no matter how incremental it may be.” Pro-Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Dr Prem Misir will today be travelling to the University of the West Indies [...]
Meadow Brook road in dire need of repair
Residences of Meadow Brook Gardens are asking the relevant authorities to fix their road. A section of the Silverballi Road of Meadowbrook Gardens is in need of repairs. According to the residents, the road has been in such state for about two years and they themselves have made unsuccessful efforts to repair it. The matter [...]
GuySuCo to appoint former board member as Deputy CEO
…will be tasked with marketing among other portfolios – source By Gary Eleazar This newspaper has been reliably informed that the Guyana Sugar Corporation, following the resignation of its Marketing Director Nisa Surujbally will be rehiring a former board member to be installed as a Deputy Chief Executive Officer. It is unclear at this point [...]
