Mother accused of receiving stolen property granted bail
A 25-year-old mother of three was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson. Ruby French is accused of receiving one tape deck, one motor car indicator light and other items, a total value of $92,000 from Julius James on February 20. The charge further read that French knew the items were [...]
GSA selects 2010 National Junior training squads
- Once again Girls team look strong The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) has short-listed 38 junior players to form its two training squads in preparation for the Caribbean Championships in the Cayman Islands scheduled for July this year. Twenty eight of the players will form the national training squad, while ten youngsters will shape the [...]
Contracts inked for two more training schools
- Structures to be completed in nine months Government yesterday signed two contracts that will see almost $1B being spent to build two more technical and vocational schools in the country. One of the institutions will be located at Leonora, West Coast Demerara, while the other will be built at Park, Mahaicony, in Region 5. [...]
Gold from Million Mountain project to go on sale next month
Sacre-Coeur Minerals, Ltd. a Canadian Mining Company, has announced that it will commence sale of gold from its Million Mountain project in the Mazaruni District within the next three weeks. In a press release on Wednesday, Gregory Sparks, President and CEO stated that the Company had achieved the objectives of its test mining programme; that [...]
Richard Latiff slams 176* in Regal X1’s 242; highest scores to date
As the battle for the top prize of ONE MILLION dollars in the GT&T sponsored nationwide 1010 cricket competition continues, Richard Latiff has recorded the highest score, blasting 176 for his team Regal X1 in a record score of 242. Following are the results of all the matches contested last weekend. Zone A, round 4 [...]
GRA announces new measures for donations to quake victims
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced new measures that will see individuals, businesses and other organizations having to seek exemptions before making any donations to earthquake-hit Haiti. In a notice published in Kaieteur News yesterday, GRA explained that based on the conditions, VAT exemptions will be given to approved charitable organizations and companies wishing [...]
Toolsie Persaud Hardware Golf tourney set for Sunday
Coming hot on the heels of the Mashramani Stableford, local golfers will this Sunday compete in the Toolsie Persaud Ltd. Hardware Division Medal Play tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club. It will be the local lumber giants, Toolsie Persaud’s entry into sponsoring tournaments at the Club and officials are expecting a large field of players [...]
Guyanese players win Singles titles
Guyanese players Sudesh Fitzgerald and Jean DeSouza carted off the Men’s and Ladies Singles titles over the weekend as the Guyana Darts Association (GDA) Mashramani Classic Competition concluded at Grand Coastal Inn on the East Coast of Demerara. The event saw players from Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago in the competition which got started last [...]
DC Jammers to return to Guyana
GABF wants them back on itinerary By Edison Jefford Guyana’s Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) is preparing to receive the Washington DC Jammers after the Maryland-based basketball team openly expressed a willingness to compete in Guyana some time this summer. Contacted via telephone yesterday, newly elected GABF President, David Patterson made it clear that he will [...]
Banks DIH to host Invitational softball cricket tourney
Twenty two teams will compete in a specially arranged four-over “One Tip, Two Tip” Invitational Softball Cricket competition on Sunday at Thirst Park ground starting at 09:00 hours. The tournament was conceived to roll back the years when children participated in the popular “One Tip, Two Tip” cricket, Banks DIH Sports Club Manager Jimmy Ramnarayan [...]
THE PPP REMAINS SOLID UNDER ‘THE DONALD’
If there was any doubt that while the opposition parties have been asleep the PPP has been doing its work, it was on Mash Day, when the PPP fielded a multi-racial band during the Float Parade. The PPP left many of the parade surprised not only with their participation in Mash but also with the [...]
Super League Football tournament launched
Three matches will herald the opening of this year’s Super League football tournament, scheduled to get underway on February 28. Rosignol United will take on Camptown at the Blairmont Community Centre Ground while Milerock and Buxton United clash at the MSC Ground, Linden. Over at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, the Guyana Defence Force tackle [...]
Stephens walks away with Mashramani race in Berbice
After a neck and neck battle Anthony Stephens was able to gather enough energy to move away from competitor Errol Rose and win the Unity For the nation Mashramani six mile walk race which was held on Mash Day around the town of New Amsterdam. The 16 yrs old Stephens won from 14 other competitors [...]
Beloved “Aunt Millie” dies at 105
The Cinderella County lost one of its most cherished residents on Monday last, when 105-year-old Millicent Jackson, fondly referred to as “Aunt Millie” died at her Reliance, Essequibo Coast residence, shortly after complaining of feeling unwell. A police report stated that on Monday afternoon a neighbor had informed of her suspicions that Aunt Millie had [...]
Sarwan replaces Chanderpaul as Guyana seek final round consolation win
By Sean Devers in Grenada In association with Lifetime Reality & Juliette’s Book Library & Dating Service Guyana’s cricketer of the year Ramnaresh Sarwan returns for Guyana’s final match in what has been a dismal 2010 Regional 4-day cricket tournament for the Guyanese who seek a win against the Windwards from today in Grenada to [...]
Floodlights to play Fundraiser at Canal #1 tomorrow night
The Guyana Floodlights A & B Squad, just back from the USA where they played in the Florida Cup Masters Tournament, will tomorrow night play against the Canal #1 Masters at the Ochoo Cricket Ground, which is close the to conservancy. Action starts 9:00am tomorrow where sixteen teams will be engaged in five overs, seven-a-side, [...]
Vanilla wears Road March crown for a third time
(By Mondale Smith) For the second year in a row, 27-year-old Melissa ‘Vanilla’ Roberts has copped the Road March title. This represents the third time that the energetic and talented artiste has been adjudged winner of the competition. The Mash Secretariat, which provided the official results, stated that her song ‘High’ was the most played [...]
Intelligence has become the first line of defence in a country’s national security
Dear Editor, The recent announcement by Government of a new intelligence organisation to be named the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has since proven a contentious issue. From time immemorial societies were preoccupied with various forms of security. Thus, in modern times, governments and civil society have found it prudent to place primacy on intelligence, it [...]
Leading Scrabble players have two cracks at McDonald
- GASP hosts Youman Nabi and Phagwah Open Competitions By Rawle Welch The country’s leading word formers will have two opportunities starting tomorrow and Monday to stop the juggernaut Abigail McDonald from continuing her imperious form which has not relented since her return from the World Scrabble Championship in Malaysia. Starting tomorrow, the country’s leading [...]
AFC’s Ramjattan does it again
Dear Editor, It appears that the AFC leadership is in crisis. They are hopping from one blunder to another. Things appear to be getting from bad to worse, with Mr. Ramjattan at the centre of the AFC’s dilemma. On Wednesday (24-02-10), the Speaker of the House, Mr. Ralph Ramkarran, forcefully rejected Mr. Ramjattan’s claim that [...]
National Qaseeda competition slated for March 7
- Guest artistes expected from Suriname, T & T The Anna Catherina Islamic Complex will be the venue for the eighth consecutive year, for the Annual National Qaseeda (Muslim Songs in praise of Prophet Muhammad (SAS) Singing Competition to be held on Sunday, March 7. Competition will be in four categories—Male Senior & Junior and [...]
‘Enemies of the State’ yet again!
Dear Editor, History is said to return again and again with the same basic script and a change in the cast of characters. Unfortunately, it appears that evil rather than good works are repeated again and again. These states of affairs are due to stronger holds which ‘evil’ has on flawed men who gain power [...]
Cross-dressing in Guyana: Is the Supreme Court courageous?
Dear Editor, In recent times, it seems that those occasions when a 40th anniversary is celebrated, that as a milestone event, it has taken on a greater significance beyond, as the saying goes, “life begins at 40.” The Indian High Court ruled in its landmark decision in June 2009 that being homosexual is not a [...]
Doctor, police analyst among latest to testify
Four more witness were called to testify when the trial of murder accused Khemraj Gopaul of Angoy’s Avenue continued on Wednesday at the Berbice High Court before Justice Winston Patterson and a mixed jury. Gopaul who stands accused of the August 17, 2005 murder of Nethu Singh, the sister of his son’s mother, is being [...]
Greek Wisdom for now
The author Mark Vernon feels that the ancient Greeks have relevance for our frenetic times. He offers ten tips. Go with the flow: To live in a high-tech world is to live in a world of change. Alexander the Great reshaped the known world. Technologies that could build the Parthenon were being developed. So, said [...]
