We are promoting dishonesty
About a decade ago, singer Rudy Grant moved to the courts to protest what he saw as the copyright infringement of a song he had composed. A local advertising agency had used this song in one of its advertisements without Grant’s express permission. Grant lost the case because of some caveat in the laws concerning [...]
Audit ordered on MRL’s records
- rice production set to better 2009 Authorities have ordered an audit of the books of Mahaicony Rice Limited (MRL) to determine how much is actually owed to farmers. This was disclosed Thursday by rice officials who also said that the Venezuela rice deal was closed earlier this week, but talks are ongoing with the [...]
GDF claw back to draw with Alpha 2-2; Gelder de Kourou 1, Inter Moengotapoe 1
By Franklin Wilson Fans witnessing day two of the 3rd Inter Guiana Club Football Championship had their monies worth with both games ending in exhilarating draws yesterday afternoon at the GCC Ground Bourda. The Guyana Defence Force displayed a high level of fitness and focus at the death to claw their way back for an [...]
BLAME IT ON THE WEATHER
It was one of those days when you wished that you could stay indoors. It was steaming hot. The early morning rain seemed to have had no effect at all. The sun came out in all its glory and steamed the environment. My regular pick-up was unavailable but had offered the advice that I should [...]
Banks DIH pumps $2.2M in sponsorship for Guyana Cup?
Beverage Giants Banks DIH has thrown its support behind the Guyana Cup, the largest horserace meet of the year. Outdoor Events Manager, Mortimer Stewart, presented the winner’s trophy and sponsorship package worth $2.2M to Event Coordinator Melissa Chattergoon for the main event on the programme, the Guyana Cup Classic (C & Lower) race. In making [...]
Golfers battle in Kings Jewellery World tourney today
Local golfers have been hard at training and will engage each other today in the King’s Jewellery World (KJW) sponsored Medal Play golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) Course, East Coast of Demerara. Club Captain Patrick Prashad said the Lusignan course has been a hive of activity during this week as players sharpened [...]
Guyana, HQ continue dominance
On the heel of a few solid and consistent performances, Guyana and Headquarters (HQ) retained the respective titles yesterday on the final day of the Annual Guyana Police Force (GPF) Athletic Championships at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary. Both Guyana and Headquarters dismissed their nearest rivals from even posting a challenge in an [...]
Young Achievers favoured to take top honours today
National champions Young Achievers will start as overwhelming favourites to take top honours again today when the Castrol Strikers / Guyana Volleyball Federation-organised Tournament continue, at the Port Mourant Training Centre. The West Demerara unit have so far dominated all three rounds of the Tradewind Tankers Shipping Company of Barcelona, Spain, playing unbeaten and in [...]
Guyana battle T&T tonight at Providence
Cavalier and Berbice face-off in opening game By Sean Devers Caribbean 20/20 champions Guyana will conclude their match practice for next month’s Champions League 20/20 cricket tournament in South Africa with two matches against dethroned Regional 20/20 champions Trinidad and Tobago under lights at the Guyana National Stadium tonight and tomorrow night. In addition to [...]
LaPenitence defeat NA in latest Inter Market Futsal Football
The first night was entertaining and the second night proved to be just as action packed and enthralling when the Stabroek Warriors Sports 5th Annual 5 a-side Inter Market Futsal Football tournament continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) on Thursday evening. Fans were entertained with six matches proper, plus an exhibition encounter and [...]
Missing man found dead in sand pit
By Latoya Giles The partly decomposed body of a man who disappeared on Tuesday was discovered face-down in a sand pit on the Linden/ Soesdyke Highway, yesterday afternoon. Police were unable to say whether the body bore any marks of violence. Rafeek Khan ,43, of Sand Road Soesdyke, was reported missing on Wednesday, after he [...]
US court jails Guyana-born immigration officer
NEW YORK, CMC – A New York judge has jailed a Guyana-born US immigration officer after he pleaded guilty to coercing oral sex from a 22-year-old Colombian woman. Justice James P. Griffin of New York State Supreme Court sentenced Isaac R. Baichu, 49, to almost four years in prison in the negotiated sentence. He had [...]
Angry clients beat bogus car dealer
Police last night escorted a controversial businessman to seek medical treatment for wounds he sustained allegedly at the hands of persons he fleeced out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The man was handed over to police at the Brickdam Police Station by persons who alleged that he had conned them of their money by [...]
Paint samples from vessels do not match – Crime Chief
Paint samples taken from the damaged army coast guard boat last year have not matched those taken from the vessel which missing 10-year-old Ricky Jainarine and two others were aboard. On August 11, 2009, a boat mishap in the Essequibo River left the child’s father, Jainarine Dinanauth, and his close friend Henry Gibson dead, while [...]
Local cops praised for nabbing ‘one of Brazil’s most wanted’
The Guyana Police Force has come in for high praise from their Brazilian counterparts for the capture of a man described as one of Brazil’s most wanted. Last week local police handed over Euclid Da Silva, who also goes by the name Euclides Erian Da Silva, to Brazilian authorities at the Guyana/Brazil border. The man [...]
Pit bulls rip man’s face apart
Fifty-four year-old Patrick Gordon of Lot 610 Back Circle, East Ruimveldt Housing Scheme, had to be rushed to hospital on Monday after being mauled by two pit bulls in his neighbourhood. The man, who was severely bitten in the face (the left side requiring stitches from the lip to the earlobe) recounted that he was [...]
Do you know these children?
The Childcare and Protection Agency, an arm of the Ministry of Labour, Human Services & Social Security, would like to make urgent contact with the parents or relatives of the children shown here. Persons who have any information or knowledge of the parents or relatives, are being asked to contact the agency on telephone numbers [...]
Driver charged with ‘causing death’
- granted $350,000 bail Twenty-year-old Christopher George appeared in court yesterday afternoon to answer a charge of causing death by dangerous driving – the death of 19-year-old Christopher Crawford. George appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The accused, who was not required to plead to the indictable charge, was represented by [...]
No reports of drug shortage at Lethem Hospital – Minister Ramsammy
“No reports have reached my office that there is a shortage of drugs at the Lethem Hospital,” Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, asserted last evening. His remarks came in response to this newspaper’s disclosure that complaints have been surfacing that the Lethem Hospital has had a shortage of drugs for the past few weeks. [...]
Norwegian Finance Ministry clarifies logging issue
- assures support for, impressed by efforts of Guyana Govt. The Norwegian State Secretary, Ministry of Finance Hilde Singsaas yesterday wrote to Guyana’s Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud clarifying his country’s position as it relates to the divestment from Barama Company Limited, Samling Global Limited. In that letter, Ms. Singsaas informed Persaud that the recommendation document [...]
Alpha match skills with GDF; Gelder tackles Inter Moengotapoe from 14:00hrs
Alpha has set the perfect platform from which to launch their bid to win the 3rd Annual Inter Guiana Football Club Championship. The leading local club side will face the number club in the land, Guyana Defense Force from 16:00hrs in a crucial match-up for both teams. The two visiting clubs will go head to [...]
Mohamed to lead East Coast Jaguars on Sunday
Cush arrives for clash against T&T tomorrow By Sean Devers First-Class off-spinning all-rounder Zaheer Mohamed will lead the East Coast Jaguars against the Georgetown Pit bulls from 16:00hrs on Sunday at the Guyana National Stadium Providence before Guyana face Trinidad and Tobago in game two of their 20/20 cricket match-up from 20:00hrs. Mohamed will have [...]
ESPN enters 3-year deal with ESPN Star Sports
Owns exclusive C’bean rights for CLT20, NCN to broadcast tournament By Sean Devers Kaieteur Sport was informed yesterday that ESPN has entered into a three-year agreement with ESPN STAR Sports (ESS), Asia’s premier sports content provider and the global commercial partner of Champions League T20 (CTL20), for the exclusive Caribbean television, internet and mobile rights [...]
Eugene LaFleur to captain Berbice against NLC tomorrow
Former Guyana Under-19 skipper Eugene LaFleur will lead the 14-man Universal DVD Berbice Titans in their Twenty20 match against the New Line Cavaliers tomorrow at the Guyana National Stadium Providence. This will be the first game of two days of exciting Twenty20 matches organised by the Guyana Cricket Board with feature play between Guyana and [...]
Mandessa Moses/Sharon Ward should be a scorcher tonight
If you had seen the clinical way that Mandessa Moses had disposed of Alisa Marques and the classical moves she employed on her way to a lopsided shutdown of Margaret ‘Chicho’ Walcott, then you would no doubt predict an easy win for her when she tackles Sharon Ward in a catchweight encounter when the Guyana [...]
