Fugitive handed over to Brazilian Feds at border
…despite relatives obtaining court order to block expulsion By Dale Andrews The family of a businessman, through their attorney Nigel Hughes, is in the process of lodging a formal protest to the Brazilian government over what is being described as his illegal removal from Guyana. The businessman, Euclid Da Silva, who operates a business on [...]
Workers strike as four dismissed for negligence
By Leonard Gildarie Workers of the Skeldon sugar factory yesterday took strike action after four employees were dismissed following a fire at the multi-million-dollar facility two Saturdays ago. Calling for the workers to return to work with harvesting under full swing, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) yesterday said that gross negligence resulted in the fire [...]
Equipment offloaded, but questions abound
US$15.4M Amaila Falls Road Project… – no statement after 72 hours There was a buzz of activity early yesterday morning at the OMAI wharf in Linden, as some 28 pieces of equipment to be used in the Amaila Falls Road Project were offloaded from the barge that was docked at the facility. The pieces of [...]
Heavy rains continue to hinder efforts in Lethem
As authorities rush to repair a key section of the Linden/Lethem road which has been opened to light traffic, heavy rains continue to have a say in the progress, or lack thereof. Yesterday, a section at Hunt Oil, continued to trouble road users with minibuses finding the going tough and many vehicles being stuck for [...]
US-based teacher accuses police officer of indecent assault
“It was just an unfortunate experience for someone to return home and have this kind of treatment from the police. I read the papers everyday from New York and I see and I hear all kinds of stories, but never thought that I would have had a personal experience like this from a senior officer [...]
Guyana, T&T ‘grudge’ match confirmed for Providence
Trinidadians gets to ‘back up talk’ on Aug 28 & 29 By Sean Devers Almost an entire nation took it for granted that defending Regional 20/20 champions and losing 2009 Champions League finalist Trinidad and Tobago would once again waltz into next month’s Airtel Champions League in South Africa to represent the entire West Indies. [...]
T&T finally win
Trinidad and Tobago ended their tour of Guyana on a positive note after defeating the hosts by three wickets last Friday, at the Albion Sports Complex in Berbice. The result meant that the visitors lost the Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport, AL Sport & Tour Promotions, NSC 4th Regional T20 School Girls Windball Champions [...]
Guyanese Community in London delighted with GFF All Stars performance
Island Vibes Caribbean Restaurant host team dinner It was truly a historic moment and a proud one too when the Guyana Football Federation All Star team in collaboration with Temptation Promotion and GT Promotion took to the field to take on Cray Wanderers on Sunday August 8, 2010 at the Dulwich Hamlet Football Club Champion [...]
5th Annual Republic Bank Summer Camp wraps up
A total of 72 youths drawn from the Lower Corentyne area are now better equipped to enter Secondary School for the first time after successfully graduating from the 5th Republic Bank sponsored Summer Camp organised by the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) and facilitated by their Pepsi Under-19 and Gizmos & Gadgets Senior teams. [...]
National Supligen dominoes contest underway
- upsets dominate New Spot Seven Major upsets were recorded in the National Supligen Domino Competition that got underway Monday night at The New Spot Seven, Freeman Street, East La Penitence. Zone One favourites, Specialist, were booted out without having to play the final sitting against new comers, Go Getters and Lightning Reflection Bar while [...]
RHTY&SC launches 20th Anniversary celebrations with Church Service
Two months of activities planned Guyana’s leading Youth Club, Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) launched its 20th Anniversary Celebrations on Sunday last with a Religious Church Service at its Area ‘H’ Ground Head Office, Rose Hall Town, Corentyne. The Church service was attended by the Club’s Management, members and special invitees and [...]
Gender-based violence workshop underway
A three-day gender-based violence workshop began yesterday at the Carifesta Sports Complex, Carifesta Avenue. The activity is the result of the collaboration of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security (MLHSSS). Twenty youth participants from Regions Four, Six and Ten will benefit from the [...]
Mc Doom grocery store attacked by gunmen
Police on the East Bank of Demerara are currently investigating yet another armed robbery. Karmindra Ghansian of Middle Street, Mc Doom, said around 19:45 on Monday while his brother Komal Ram was closing up their grocery shop, they were attacked by three men – two of whom were armed with handguns. According to the businessman, [...]
RUM DRINKING IS NOT ILLEGAL
There are no laws against the drinking of rum in Guyana. In fact, so long as the alcohol consumed is not bush rum, then there are no laws against its imbibing. There are laws, of course, against the sale of liquor to a minor. But there are no laws which state how much an adult [...]
GPL, GuySuCo to sign agreement within days
An agreement is to be signed within days between the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) and the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to formalise the sale of electricity from the new Skeldon sugar facility. According to a senior official close to the deal, GuySuCo is expected to provide an average of 8 megawatts of power [...]
In the hierarchy of influence the AFC is a distant tenth
Dear Editor, I was deeply amused by Sheila Holder’s statement about ACDA in the recent SN Sunday article, “Opposition admits voters disenchanted”. Her statement about ACDA calling for a Government of National Unity and constitutional reform before any new elections was reported to be: “I don’t understand how intelligent people make such an unintelligent call,” [...]
Unstoppable China
One surprisingly low-keyed headline, “China Passes Japan as Second-Largest Economy” and an editorial, “Return of the (US) Killer Trade Deficit”, in Monday’s New York Times pronounced on a rather seismic change in the present and future world order. While the headline was expected for some time, the editorial added weight to what the World Bank [...]
Let’s make this area safe for the kids
Dear Editor, Allow me to highlight two observations. The management of Churches Chicken in Linden, situated in Coop Crescent, formally J. P. Santos may have glossed over erecting a safety device in the open space along the river bank outside the building. This landmark building, once a general store that provided valuable service to the [...]
“Trust and obey, for there’s no other way.”
I am not a religious person but I know there is a popular Christian hymn with the above title. If that hymn applies to any human being or institution or process in this country, it is to the men and women who formed the PPP over sixty years ago and to those who presently control [...]
Gender-based violence workshop underway
A three-day gender-based violence workshop began yesterday at the Carifesta Sports Complex, Carifesta Avenue. The activity is the result of the collaboration of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security (MLHSSS). Twenty youth participants from Regions Four, Six and Ten will benefit from the [...]
I Can See Clearly Now: The Case of the Former First Lady
As I read through the various articles on my chosen topic, I was so upset that I was physically trembling. The anger, frustration and sense of betrayal on behalf of another were overwhelming. It was difficult to get a firm grasp on the depth of the ramifications of what I was reading. Since I started [...]
