Winston Murray declared ‘brain dead’
…no surgical intervention could be done at this time – Dr Crandon Shadow Finance Minister, Winston Murray, was declared brain dead by Neurosurgeon Dr Ivor Crandon who arrived early yesterday morning in Guyana from Jamaica on a specially chartered flight to treat him. The government paid the US$30,000 to have Dr Crandon flown to Guyana [...]
Nurse stabbed, doused with acid
Police were last night hunting for a man who stabbed a young nurse and threw acid in her face after sneaking into the nurse’s quarters located above the Maternity Ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. The victim, Ursula Hutson, was stabbed in the left eye and other parts of her face. She was also [...]
Brothers quarrel ends in death
- killer takes victim to hospital An argument between two brothers at their Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara home ended fatally last evening when the younger brother knifed his elder sibling to death. This newspaper has learnt that the argument stemmed from one of the men owing the other money and the two ended up fighting. [...]
Dem boys seh…Weeder man cutlass get tired
Story does twist till sometimes people does want to know what is de truth. Last week, Robeson Benn tell de Waterfalls paper that de people who was cleaning de drain outside Freddie house, did done wuk fuh de day and that dem didn’t get to finish de job by Freddie house. Other people tell de [...]
Crime rate highest since Jagdeo tenure
- PNC/R Deborah Backer Shadow Home Affairs Minister of the People’s National Congress Reform, Deborah Backer, has stated that based statistics from the Guyana Police Force the crime rate in Guyana is at its all time highest. The statement was made on Friday during the party’s weekly media briefing. Backer stated that throughout the 11-year [...]
Ambulance driver blames brake failure for crash
Thirty-two year-old Sandor Walcott of 137 Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara is a patient at the Male Surgical Ward after he sustained following an accident, which occurred last Wednesday. Walcott, who is an Ambulance driver attached to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC), sustained lacerations to his face, a broken right arm and fractures to both [...]
Girl, 13 missing since October
Alwin Garcia, of 7 Hague Public Road, West Coast Demerara, is appealing to the public to help find his 13-year-old daughter, Alana Garcia. The teen, who is a student of the Leonora Secondary School, has been missing since October 19. She was last seen by her father when she had returned from school. She had [...]
Relative evicts elderly man
Every religion teaches that people should honour their parents, but that is not the treatment that 67-year-old Gopaul Singh received from a close relative last week. Singh, who fathered six children, is now living on the streets after allegedly being evicted from his home at Hagi Street, Herstelling, East Bank Demerara. According to neighbours in [...]
UG receives US$13,000 book donation
In an attempt to solidify the interest in the premium edification of Guyanese students, the Lions Club of Central Demerara in collaboration with Shamir Ally recently donated US$13,000 worth in books to the University of Guyana. The presentations of these books were made at the University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus. According to Sharon Letlow, president [...]
Guyana remembers World War heroes
Guyanese soldiers who died during World Wars One and Two were yesterday morning remembered at the Cenotaph, a monument dedicated to them. The Cenotaph is located in Central Georgetown near the Bank of Guyana. Wreaths were laid by members of the Diplomatic Corps, Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, Commodore Gary Best, [...]
Cummings holds nerve to capture title
As was predicted, first day leader Roy Cummings survived a dramatic scramble on the final day to emerge winner of this year’s Digicel Open Golf Tournament which ended yesterday at the Lusignan Course. Cummings, who carded a net 66 and gross 82 from a 16 handicap the previous day, finished with a combined net score [...]
Mahendra Persaud wins 2010 crown, Peter Persaud claims “O” Class
The 2010 National Full Bore Rifle Shooting Championships of the Guyana NRA concluded yesterday with Fullbore Captain Mahendra Persaud winning the final day’s shoot in the “X” class shooting 129 points with 10V-Bulls and being crowned 2010 National Fullbore Champion. Peter Persaud continued his fine shooting to capture the “O” class Grand aggregate and gain [...]
PYARG awards hundreds of youngsters for participation
Service before self, understanding and appreciating one’s country, community oriented action – these were just a few of the benefits participants in the President’s Youth Award: Republic of Guyana (PYARG) could have claimed on Saturday evening. In an award presentation ceremony held at the National Cultural Centre, several hundred young people were awarded for their [...]
Allen stops Brinson in 7 to claim New York State Super Middleweight
Lennox Allen survived a first round knockdown to score a sensational knockout over Nick Brinson when the two fighters clashed for the New York State Super Middleweight title Saturday evening last at the Albany, New York’s Washington Ave. Armory. Both fighters entered the ring with unbeaten records and the chant was ‘somebody’s ‘O’ has gotta [...]
Alpha United beat Camptown to reach final
- Power outage forces abandonment of second semi-final A power outage that affected almost the entire City forced the abandonment of the feature game of the scheduled semi-finals double-header in this year’s NaMilCo Football Festival, at the Tucville ground on Friday. The match between Santos and hosts Fruta Conquerors had to be rescheduled after a [...]
Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ Football continues tonight
Action in the Guinness ‘Greatest of de Streets’ 4-a-side Football Tournament continues tonight, at the Burnham Court on Middle Street. Starting at 18:00 hrs- Norton Street-Werk-en-rust takes on Plaisance and that will be followed by the clash between Hope Street Tiger Bay versus Back Circle; West Back Road vs. Woolford Avenue; Albouystown A vs. Kingstown; [...]
Hemraj, Griffith score tons, Bishun grab 13 wkts
- as Everest, GCC & DCC register wins By Sean Devers West Indies under-19 opener Trevon Griffith (168) and Chanderpaul Hemraj (147) scored centuries while teenage left-arm spinner Totaram Bishun grabbed a 13-wicket match haul and national player Steven Jacobs took 7-35 as Everest, GCC and DCC registered victories yesterday in the Carib Beer Heroes [...]
Fernandes’ 177 spurs GCC to victory
Former Guyana under-17 left-hander Delon Fernandes hammered 10 fours and 15 sixes in a commanding 177 to spearhead GCC to an innings and 239-run victory against MYO/Vikings in their 2-day GCA Noble House Seafood 2dn division cricket match at the MYO ground yesterday. Debutant Shamar Graham took 3-26 while Winston Forrester, Devon Lord and Fernandes [...]
Carelessness leads to collision
Just after 13:00 hours yesterday, this car, PNN 75, was knocked off the East Canje Public Road by a Sports Utility Vehicle. The car was heading to the town from Corentyne, while the other vehicle was heading into Canje. It reportedly did not stop at the intersection before proceeding into the Canje Road. This resulted [...]
GASA Nationals set for November 17-21 at Castellani Pool
Swimmers are eagerly looking forward to the 2010 edition of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) National Championships which is set for November 17 – 21, at the Castellani House Swimming Pool, Homestretch Avenue in the City. The five-day competition will start on Wednesday morning at 07:00hrs with the athletes competing in the 1500m Freestyle, [...]
Six Sagicor HPC players in Windies A ‘Test’ squad
St John’s Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board has announced that six players from the Sagicor High Performance Centre have been named in the West Indies A ‘Test’ squad to face Pakistan A in two Digicel ‘Tests’ in St Vincent. Three of those players are Guyanese. Veersammy Permaul, Brandon Bess and Assad Fudadin have [...]
GDF exposes Berbicians to its potential
It is not often that Berbicians get a special treat that takes away that ‘quietness’ of living in the countryside. Under the theme “Transforming for Continued Service”, the Guyana Defence Force is continuing its month-long activities to mark its 45th anniversary. Last weekend, Berbicians were thrilled by at least two sightseeing events. The first was [...]
Goveia and Sue-Ho spring doubles upset
Exciting doubles play punctuated Saturday’s play at the Pegasus Open as the top two seeds in the Men’s Doubles were in action. Play went past the midnight hour as Andy Goveia /Ezra Sue-Ho upset the number two seeds Jeremy Miller/Jason Andrews in one of the best matches of the tournament. Both teams were evenly matched and [...]
Region Six completes Capital Works
NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The Region Six Democratic Council completed its 2010 Capital Work Programme earlier this month. In light of this, additional projects were identified and are being executed with the saving from the various ventures. In the 2010 Capital Expenditure Budget for Region Six, some $102 million was allotted for drainage and irrigation. [...]
Region Six awards top performers
NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The Department of Education in Region Six has awarded the top performers at the 2010 National Grade Six Assessment, Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE). The sixth annual ceremony was held at the Little Rock Suites in New Amsterdam last week. Eighteen-year old Eileen Selina [...]
