Child among four executed
Four persons were gunned down in an execution-style drive-by shooting that rocked the lower East Coast Demerara community of Cummingslodge last evening at about 19:30hrs. Among the dead is a four-year-old boy, Christopher Neil Jupiter, whose mother Fiona Singh of 280 Independence Boulevard, was also injured and was in a stable condition at the Georgetown [...]
Wood shredder victim earned $18,000 a month
- Father questions safety measures at Barama The father of the 19-year-old labourer whose mangled remains were found in a wood shredder on Thursday, is questioning whether lax safety measures at the Barama Timber Company could have caused his son’s demise. Jason Fraser Sr. also said that he would be seeking adequate compensation from the [...]
Price tag moves from $316 to $455 million
Olympic-size pre-fab pool at Pattense… When will it finish? Over two years after the initial construction started and a number of missed deadlines, the long-awaited Olympic-size swimming pool at Pattensen, the price tag of which moved from $316 million to $455 million, and which was scheduled to be completed this month, is nowhere near completion. [...]
Police yet to link ‘Cobra’ to crimes
Two days after wanted man Tyrone Kacey Rowe called ‘Cobra’ surrendered to the police, officials are yet to say whether they have sufficient evidence to lay any charges against him. Rowe, who according to the police was wanted in connection with at least one murder and a series of robberies, surrendered early Thursday morning, while [...]
Abuse of Lotto funds, NICIL revenues also addressed
… AFC complaints to US State Dept. Apart from the issues surrounding Makeshwar Fip Motilall and Synergy Holdings Inc that were raised by Alliance For Change Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan with members of the US State Department, it was revealed that several financial irregularities were highlighted. The AFC informed that the abuse of Contingencies Fund, pronouncements [...]
GRA employee charged for causing death
- placed on $200,000 bail Thirty-four year-old Ann Abigail Arthur, of South Ruimveldt Park, was yesterday placed on $200,000 bail for causing death by dangerous driving when she made her first appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The allegation is that on August 23, at the Providence Public Road, [...]
Alleged gold thief beaten to death at Mazaruni mining camp
Police are questioning several persons at Tamakay, Middle Mazaruni, in connection with the death of a 30-year-old man who was chopped and beaten to death while allegedly stealing gold from a mining camp. Reports from the area indicate that the victim, identified as Mervin Andrews, was killed by irate miners on Thursday after he was [...]
Colloquium in US today on Guyana’s future
A Colloquium will be held in the United States by some prominent Guyanese as well as members of the Diaspora to have a constructive dialogue to decipher a way forward locally. The meeting will benefit from a keynote address by Dr. Ivelaw Griffith and presentations by others such as Dr. Aubrey Bonnett, Dr David Hinds, [...]
General Marine Masters Cup and Female Softball cricket begins September 12
The Guyana Floodlights Cricket Association (GFCA) is now embarking on the third such tournament which starts next Sunday September 12 at various venues throughout the country. This third tournament is being sponsored by Kubota Industrial Generators and Engines and Tohatsu Outboards through distributors General Marine and was launched on Thursday. Director of Sports Mr. Neil [...]
Dependable Spares outfits DCC
Dependable Spares of Eccles, East Bank Demerara is maintaining their relationship with the Queenstown based Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) which began last year. Yesterday, Manager of the entity Joshua Garraway handed over 30 coloured uniforms and caps worth $300,000 to Guyana utility player Christopher Barnwell and West Indies youth opener Trevon Griffith who received the [...]
Guyana’s Rugby team must bring ‘A’ game to Delhi – Whipple
Technical Director, Joe Whipple speaking recently, said that Guyana needs “to bring our A game” to the forthcoming Commonwealth Games Rugby Sevens Tournament to be competitive with the other teams in their opening pool. Whipple offered his assessment of Guyana’s opportunities at the tournament as follows: “We would need some significant items to go our [...]
Overseas-based Guyanese contribute more $$
As Guyana CLT20 team get ready for South Africa By Sean Devers The Guyana Champions League Twenty/20 cricket team getting ready for their toughest assignment yet from next Sunday in South Africa next month continues to receive moral financial support from the overseas based Guyanese community. The team, which won the Caribbean T/20 Championship last [...]
ProAm television programme to be aired on HBTV 9 this weekend
President of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) Peter Abdool is pleased with the impact that the ProAm boxing cards have made since it’s inauguration on February 28 last. Towards this end, boxing officials have completed the necessary logistics for a television programme to discuss the pros and cons, while bringing the public up [...]
GNIC workers down tools for brief period
- call for more pay, better working conditions More than 50 workers of the Guyana National Industrial Corporation Inc. (GNIC), Lombard Street, yesterday downed tools, calling for higher pay and better working conditions. However, only after about two hours off the job, the workers were persuaded to return to their duties. According to President of [...]
Region to benefit from IICA Director General’s visit
The Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Dr. Víctor Villalobos, will pay an official visit to Guyana from September 6 -9. This is his first official visit to the country since his appointment as Director General of the Institute on January 15 this year. The IICA Delegation from the Institute’s [...]
Roy Beepat versus “Fip” Motilall: Time to rumble
Just when you thought it was safe to travel on the East Bank highway, another product will fill up the stadium. It is not football, cricket or a musical concert, it is a boxing match set up by no other than His Excellency. In the arena are Roy Beepat, owner of Giftland Office Max and [...]
Govt. subsidising entertainment while CLICO victims wait – Corbin
“While the administration continues to squander the people’s resources for politically sponsored activities, and provide tax exemptions to foreign artistes, the victims of the CLICO debacle are still to be advised on the exact time and manner that the Government will honour President Jagdeo’s and the Parliament’s commitment that no policy holder or contributor would [...]
Countrywide fixtures released as Super Sixes cricket tournament gets underway
Merely hours after the launching of the Super Sixes cricket tournament, the organizers have released the fixtures with the first set of matches scheduled to get underway on Sunday September 5. Already several sponsors have agreed to support the tournament including GT&T, Ramotar Investments, R & M Shipping, Regal Stationery and Computer Centre, Imran and [...]
GLU officially calls off strike action
M&CC pays wages and salaries Strike action proposed by the Guyana Labour Union (GLU) is officially off as the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown was yesterday able to fulfil a promise to pay its workers overdue wages and salaries. Public Relations Officer, Royston King, confirmed that staffers were paid by early afternoon thus appeasing [...]
‘We are supporting you every minute’ DCB tells Guyana Amazon Conquerors
Demerara Cricket Board President Bissoon Singh said in a press release yesterday that the DCB were supporting the Guyana Amazon Conquerors T/20 cricket team which will represent the entire Caribbean in the Champions League T/20 tournament in South Africa from next week Sunday when they face the Royal Challengers Bangalore in their opening match. Singh, [...]
Aspiring writers given tips to improve skills
Education Month officially begins on Monday September 6 and ends on October 6 and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport in partnership with the Caribbean Press, facilitated a one-day creative writing workshop for aspiring writers, at the Carifesta Sports Complex on Thursday. Participants included youths from across the country and the exercise was aimed [...]
THE BICYCLE TALES
This time I was in one of the yellow cabs proceeding eastwards along Church Street. At the junction of Camp Street, the driver braked and rolled to a stop as the traffic signal was red. It was a long wait which allowed the roving eye to take in the beautiful tree-lined avenue on Camp Street, [...]
Cougars swamp Strike Force 9-0; Pistons edge Mahaica Determinators 2-1
When rivalry in the 3rd Annual Cheddi Jagan KO memorial football competition continued last weekend in Berbice, a total of 12 goals were recorded in the two matches contested at Burnham Park, New Amsterdam. The highlight of the weekend was Cougars FC’s comprehensive 9-0 drubbing of Strike Force who failed to ignite on a sunny [...]
The AFC is the only political force with credibility to engage in constitutional transformation
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in the independent press captioned, “The traditional PPP historiography is fundamentally flawed”, by Dr Jeffrey on August 28, 2010, in response to a letter penned by yours truly. What rehash is Dr Jeffrey talking about? I did not get my facts from the West on Trail, Eusi Kwayana’s [...]
Roy Beepat versus “Fip” Motilall: Time to rumble
Just when you thought it was safe to travel on the East Bank highway, another product will fill up the stadium. It is not football, cricket or a musical concert, it is a boxing match set up by no other than His Excellency. In the arena are Roy Beepat, owner of Giftland Office Max and [...]
