Gayle, Deonarine fire against Zimbabwe as Windies end 14-match winless streak
By Sean Devers West Indies beat Zimbabwe by four wickets yesterday at the Guyana National Stadium to end a 14-match winless streak and the smiles on the faces of the home fans were back with the 5-match ODI series now leveled one-all. There are three matches remaining and these will be played in St Vincent. [...]
$$ paid for work never started
More frauds at Region Four RDC… – Region 4 Chairman Almost half a million dollars was paid to clean the septic tank and weed the Diamond Regional Hospital early last year but officials there denied that any work was ever done. Additionally monies were paid to repair the bucket of a Region Four excavator—the cost, [...]
Cops take $4000 bribe plus demanded cellphone from unlicensed driver
Two more police ranks are facing criminal charges after demanding money from a motorist who happened to be the relative of a senior police officer. The ranks took away $4,000 and a cellular phone from the motorist who was at the time driving without his licence. This newspaper was told that on Friday night, the [...]
‘Lady Jags’ on crest of qualifying for next stage
On the crest of qualifying for the next stage of the CFU World Cup qualifying preliminary phase, Guyana’s ‘Lady Jaguars’ head into today’s encounter against St. Vincent & the Grenadines brimming with confidence after their easy 2-0 win over Suriname on Friday. The Lady Jags will be looking to win the group and cement their [...]
A lifelong love affair with radio
Noel Adams is a ‘Special Person’ “I gave my life to radio and entertainment, and since retirement, I have still tried to focus on entertainment activities…I would love to see radio inspire and motivate our nation much more than it is doing at present.” By Rabindra Rooplall Noel Adams is what I would describe as [...]
Government urges corporate community to invest in sports
Government urged the corporate community to invest in local sport Friday night when the National Sport Commission (NSC) hosted its prize giving ceremony for the national sport awardees at the National Cultural Centre. Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr Frank Anthony told an audience of mostly sport enthusiasts among other patrons that the ministry [...]
Dem boys seh….Dem mouth get quiet
When dem arrest de REO people expect fuh hear all de dirty story—how who thief and who encourage who, and who tek bribe. Dem boys sit back but all of a sudden is like people get frighten. Dem boys seh that somebody corner de REO and tell he that he gun get back de wuk [...]
City Hall targets Norton Street scrap metal dealer
Little tolerance will be shown to scrap metal dealers who have been obstructing the city’s parapets and drainage systems. This disclosure was made recently by Deputy City Engineer, Lloyd Alleyne, and was demonstrated last Friday when city workers descended on the premises of a scrap metal dealer on Norton Street, Georgetown. And no small amount [...]
Palms deficiencies being addressed
- Manickchand As part of efforts to improve on the services offered at the Palms Geriatric facility, the administrators of the facility and the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, requested a Value For Money Audit covering the period January to December 2008. According to Minister Priya Manikchand, they welcomed the audit report. There [...]
Lethem Traffic Police mobile after decades
At long last the Traffic Department at the Lethem Police Station has acquired a motorcycle. And as if to prove that they deserved it, in less than a half day they had instituted 10 charges for traffic violations. The motorcycle was delivered to the district last week and was immediately put into operation. This stems [...]
Ex-convict chops wife after release from jail
A man who spent six months in prison for assaulting his wife of 23 years, is on the run again. This time he severely chopped the woman about her body on Friday morning as she walked to work. The woman, Roxanne Goodman, 41, had ended the relationship some 14 months ago, but had still received [...]
Man appeals for $1.7M donation for heart surgery
Ronald Bobb, 74, of 53 Stone Avenue, Blygezight Gardens, Georgetown, is appealing to the public for donations to assist him with the cost of his heart surgery in the sum of $1.7M. He only has $150,000 to date and is using medications that are also very costly until he acquires the needed amount to have [...]
Plans in train for 2010 Bartica Regatta
Nine delegates to contest crown (By Mondale Smith) Calling all tourists, domestic and international, mark your calendars as plans have commenced to make Bartica Regatta 2010 even bigger. Regional Chairman Holbert Knights has informed that the events will be staged for the period March 13 to April 5 this year. Aside from the boat races, [...]
Schoolgirl’s fingers severed by classroom door
An eight-year old girl was forced to travel to neighbouring Brazil to save two of her fingers which were almost severed by a closing door at her school in the Rupununi on Friday. Mickaila Malcolm was standing at the door with her fingers between the crack when another student slammed the door shut. The little [...]
Necrophiliac strikes in Berbice
Sumintra Shaw Narayan, 75, died on Phagwah Day, hours after she was admitted to hospital with a heart condition. She was buried at the cemetery at Reliance, East Canje, Berbice near to the Reliance Police Station. Her relatives buried her with two US dollars in her hand. Yesterday, police sources reported that the woman’s son, [...]
HIV counselling and testing activities grow by over 21,000 last year
The local fight against the dreaded HIV/AIDS virus has not been a simple task but with the commitment on the part of local health workers, the Government of Guyana and support and funding from the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), massive headways have been made over the years. Over the period [...]
UNDP funds study on Guyana’s social climate
… findings reveal need for greater police/community communication Stakeholders yesterday met and validated the findings of the Enhanced Public Trust, Security and Inclusion (EPTSI) project baseline study that was funded by the United Nations Development Fund and undertaken by the University of the West Indies. The stakeholders included policy makers, among them Government Minister’s Clement [...]
Home Affairs Ministry concerned about domestic violence
Violence against women and children is a universal phenomenon that persists in all countries of the world. The perpetrators of that violence are often well known to their victims. Domestic violence, in particular, continues to be frighteningly common and is allowed to continue unchecked in too many cases eventually resulting in deaths—deaths that are entirely [...]
International Women’s day to be greeted by PROMISES AND MORE PROMISES… says GHRA
International Women’s Day 2010 will no doubt produce from official sources, local and abroad, a predictable list of gains made by women. A cursory reading of the statement for International Women’s Day 2010 by the Secretary-General (SG) of the United Nations (UN) suggests that the advancement of women is a central concern of that organisation. [...]
Guyanese fraudster nabbed in Brooklyn
A Guyanese man who was wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in connection with a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud has been nabbed. Ishwardat ‘Danny’ Raghunath was taken into custody on Wednesday. Investigators reportedly received a tip that led them to East New York, in Brooklyn, where they took him in. The details of [...]
Guyana joins UK, Ethiopia and Norway to raise US$100 billion in climate finance
- UN Secretary General Announces Members of Climate Finance Advisory Group At the request of Ban ki-Moon, the United Nations Secretary General, President Bharrat Jagdeo will join his British, Ethiopian and Norwegian counterparts to mobilise US$100 billion in annual finance for developing countries’ efforts to combat climate change. The establishment of the advisory group builds [...]
Bajans to rear Black Belly sheep in Guyana
Guyana’s participation at last weekend’s Agro-Fest exhibition in Barbados is expected to result in more Barbadian investors coming to Guyana to engage in livestock rearing and other projects in the agricultural sector there. This is according to Guyana’s Honorary Consul in Barbados, Norman Faria. The Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) set up at booth at Agro-Fest, informing [...]
Murders, gun crimes dropped in 2009
Rohee says reductions the most favourable in Caribbean A review of murders committed in five countries in the Caribbean for the year 2009 reveals that Guyana recorded the highest reduction in murders. Guyana recorded 117 murders in 2009, compared to 158 the previous year, representing a reduction of 26 percent. Jamaica reported 1,680 murders – [...]
Berbice clubs receive $1.8M equipment boost
The Corriverton Development Association (CDA) recently collected over $1.8M in sports and other key pieces of equipment from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. According to a the CDA, the items include laptops, projector, printer, microphones, amplifiers and speakers, DVD players, footballs, volleyballs, basketballs, crickets bats, balls and pads, table tennis equipment, [...]
GPSU pays tribute on International women’s day
The new millennium has witnessed a significant change and attitudinal shift in both women’s and society’s thoughts about women’s equality and emancipation on International Women’s Day yesterday. The theme was “Rights at Work-Ending Poverty and Inequality.” A release from the General and Executive Councils of the Guyana Public Service Union, said that on International Women’s [...]
