Two more armed robberies in Canje
- One held EAST CANEFIELD, CANJE – A three-man armed gang wreaked havoc in East Canefield early yesterday morning leaving the occupants of two homes traumatized and minus their cash and gold jewelry. At least one suspect has been detained by police in the Berbice Division and is said to be assisting with investigation. The [...]
Man kills brother following drinking spree
Constant fighting between two brothers yesterday ended in the brutal slaying of one. It occurred in the usually quiet Enmore community. Reports are that some time after 10:00 hours yesterday, 32-year-old Ganesh Nabi, called “Van Damme” was stabbed in the neck with a broken bottle allegedly by his brother. The dead man’s brother, Joseph Kaladin, [...]
Gunmen hit Eccles gold miner for $$M
Police are searching for four armed bandits who robbed the home of a miner at 69 AA Victoria Avenue, Eccles, East Bank Demerara yesterday. According to reports, the wife of the dredge owner, Leslyn Fernandes, was not at home at the time (13:30 hrs) of the robbery when gunmen visited the house and robbed the [...]
Two charged for killing Chateau Margot businessman
Appearing before Magistrate Judy Latchman, yesterday, at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court were 26-year-old Victor Bobb of ‘B’ Field Sophia, Georgetown, and 18-year-old Quincy Arthur of Plaisance, Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara, to answer a charge of murder. It is alleged that on Tuesday, last, the defendants murdered 64-year-old Dennis Ramah. Bobb was unrepresented and Arthur [...]
UG Council clears ‘sex-talking’ lecturer of allegations
- students, union protest ‘flawed’ investigations Lecturer at the University of Guyana, Evan Persaud, has been cleared of sex-talk charges and other improper conduct allegations, and can resume duties, the institution’s highest decision-making body decided yesterday. However, the decision was immediately met with a staged protest from a number of students and criticisms from the [...]
Murray’s condition unchanged
Shadow Minister of Finance, Mr. Winston Murray, who collapsed eight days ago, remains in the same condition, with no decision yet to detach him from the life support machine at the Georgetown Hospital. Richard VanWest Charles, who has been campaigning for Murray to be nominated as the Presidential Candidate for the main opposition party PNCR, [...]
Dem boys seh… Sam get a special award
Sam get an award and dem boys believe that it had to do wid de fact that he memory ain’t good. He is de man who forget that he promise cheap electricity five years ago and that Guyana woulda been better off. As far as he concern, blackout did done since 2004. Wid such a [...]
PNCR to elect Presidential Candidate in February
… Regional Town Hall styled meetings to be held in January General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Oscar Clarke, yesterday announced that the party will by February 19, next, hold a Special Congress where it will elect its Presidential Candidate for the 2011 General Election. Clarke said that on December 4, all [...]
Courts lights up Essequibo
Courts took its annual Road Show and Christmas tree light up, for its fourth consecutive year, to Essequibo, Thursday. The colorful show, which is designed to usher in the Christmas season, commenced Thursday morning, with a stop at the Danielstown Nursery School. The team visited the Danielstown Nursery School and followed up with the Road [...]
IGG open in the spirit of friendship
- nations concur on integration By Edison Jefford The central theme that dominated yesterday’s opening of the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) was the significant role of the Games in uniting the three nation which take part in the annual event and an urgent need to build on the relationships that are initiated. Performing the duties of [...]
Haniff and Sukhram emerge winners of EU Golf tourney
Muntaz Haniff and Christine Sukhram won the men’s and ladies titles respectively at Wednesday’s European Union (EU) Medal Play Golf tournament played at the Lusignan Golf Club, East Coast Demerara. Haniff was declared the overall winner of the tournament that attracted 45 players including several overseas golfers who are already here for this weekend’s Guyana [...]
Persaud wins two titles
Veteran tennis player Omar Persaud teamed up with two different partners to capture the 35 and 45 and over Doubles titles as play in this year’s Pegasus Open Championships continued, at the Hotel’s Hardcourts. Persaud teamed up with Berbician Godfrey Lowden to defeat the defending champions Don Singh / Sanjeev Datadin 6-4, 6-2 to capture [...]
Regal Stationary S/ball cricket continues tomorrow
The Regal Stationary & Computer Centre Over-35 Male T/20 & Females Open 10/10 softball cricket tournaments organised by the Guyana Softball League (GSL) in collaboration with Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport is scheduled to continue tomorrow. Fixtures read: Males – Over-35 T/20 At Helena Ground: 10.00 AM: Marshon SC versus Mahaica Kings XI – Umpires: [...]
Guyana Lawyers Cricket team depart for Trinidad
- to play in tri-nation series ahead of World Cup The Guyana Lawyers Cricket Team departed Guyana Thursday for Trinidad and Tobago to play a regional lawyers tournament in preparation for the 3rd Lawyers World Cup scheduled to play in August 2011 in Barbados. The Guyana Team played the Barbados Lawyers team yesterday and the [...]
Brutal Jammers win E/Coast Zone 2
Brutal Jammers overcame Double Deuce and Trappers to claim the East Coast zone of the Ivanoff Domino Competition. In full results of the latest matches through to the final stage: Area : East Coast Demerara Zone # : Two Round # One Venue: Pieces Match 1- More Fire 74 games defeated Double Juice on 70 [...]
UG students mount protest on campus
… raise pickets against the return of Evan Persaud Students at the University of Guyana yesterday chose to speak out in protest against the powers-that-be. Yesterday morning several students gathered in front of the Education Lecture Theatre (ELT) with their placards and staged what was described as a peaceful protest. Chief among their issues was [...]
Family refutes accusation of “evicting elderly from home”
The family of Gopaul Singh is refuting the allegation that they are responsible for Gopaul living on the street. Shirley Singh, Gopaul’s wife, stated that approximately 35 years ago, he sold the house they were living in for $750 to one of his sisters and her husband, The two are now deceased. She was inside [...]
Schools examine the effect of disability
… people should not stare at us, call us names or make silly remarks – say disabled students As part of the preliminary activities leading to National Week for Persons with Disabilities, the Guyana Council of Organizations for Persons with Disabilities, in collaboration with the National Commission on Disability, hosted a symposium at St Joseph [...]
Moakan clan dominates new BCUA
The Moakan clan will have a major say in the affaires of Cricket Umpires in Berbice for the period November 2010 to November 2012 after Roshan Moakan and his two sons were among those elected to office on the new Berbice Cricket Umpires Association (BCUA). Roshan Moakan was elected President while his son Zaheer was [...]
General Marine Softball Tournament Quarterfinals start tomorrow
The General Marine Male and Female Softball tournament has entered its knockout stage. This competition was launched in September 2010 with Director of Sports Mr. Neil Kumar, and it is run by the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports. The final is set for December 5 [...]
Kitty resident wants police to investigate beating at bar
Kitty resident, Stanley Mark-Clement, 38, is alleging that he was severely beaten at a popular Station Street, Kitty bar by an alleged drug dealer and his associates, Tuesday night. He is appealing to the police to investigate the injustice that has been meted out to him. “Me and my friends were drinking at the bar, [...]
Floodlights A&B, Trophy Stall Angels win at Mahaicony
Donate $175,000 to Macouba Mandir Softball fans turned up in their numbers last Sunday to witness three softball matches at Heido Park at Pine Ground up in the Mahaicony River. This was the first time that a female match was played at this venue. The home team Mahaicony Females were unlucky and they were easily [...]
Plenty action still to come for 2010 racing season
Ryan Crawford race meet heat things up tomorrow With the final segment of the horse racing season set to get going tomorrow, all the major racing stables and over 200 racehorses are well rested and ready for the final charge with plenty action still to come for the horseracing calendar for the 2010 season. With [...]
Guyanese students studying in US increase by 5.7%
According to Open Doors 2010, the annual report on international academic mobility published by the Institute of International Education (IIE) with support from the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State, the number of Guyanese students enrolled in U.S. institutions of higher education in 2009/10 increased from 280 to [...]
Demerara’s match abandoned, 2nd day washed out in Berbice
Leaders Demerara had to settle for 4 points in their 2nd round GCB senior 4-day cricket match against the Rest Team after the game was abandoned at the DCC ground in the city without a ball being bowled. Originally scheduled to commence on Thursday, the GCB postponed the commencement to yesterday due to the wet [...]
