Derick Lalsa Jnr. blasts 181 for Rosignol Secondary
Fourteen-year-old Derick Lalsa Junior hit a magnificent 181 to highlight the latest action in the Berbice/Mahaicony zone of the Ministry of Education/National Sports Commission/Guyana Cricket Board Secondary School 40-over Under-15 Cricket Competition. Lalsa, of Rosignol Secondary pulverized the Fort Wellington Secondary bowlers by smashing 19 fours and 10 sixes in his pugnacious century and scoring [...]
KEN CORSBIE: “A WILD AND WONDERFUL RIDE”
PART 3 It is 1968; the Guyana Broadcasting Service (radio) is being born. I’m leaving Rose Bruford Drama College to attend a three-month BBC course in radio and television broadcasting. Then I’m back in Guyana to discover that the only television is in the Prime Minister’s home! However, the GBS building is ready and the [...]
Don Singh takes Men’s Over 35 title
Leacock almost pulls off upset; Miller advances to face Squires in Men’s Finals When play in the Pegasus Open continued on Friday last Don Singh emerged as the top 35 & Over Men’s Single player when he defeated Gilbert Barckoy in straight sets to claim the title. Singh used his first serve as a weapon [...]
Jagdeo again slams US for limited assistance in drug fight
Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo who is also the current Pro Tempore President of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) on Friday last blasted the United States of America for its half-hearted approach to fighting narco-trafficking on this continent. He was at the time speaking to media operatives shortly after the close of the [...]
A Tale of Two Countries?
By Raphael Trotman, AFC Leader The job of any government should be to improve the lives of the citizens by not only raising their economic standard of living, but also by relieving them from oppression and injustice, and ameliorating harsh realities such as hunger, homelessness, prejudice, and other social ills that beset every society. And [...]
A simple rally became a political issue
By Adam Harris This past week a group of women hosted a forum devoted to highlighting violence against women, and in some cases men, in a domestic situation. It was advertised mainly by word of mouth and by friends telling each other about the event through social networking. The first thing that struck me was [...]
Teach our good girls to be bad girls, too
I once heard a woman say she allows her daughter to explore the not-so-nice aspects of her personality. With wisdom, the mother said it is important to have that stronger side of us – as well as the nice, well-mannered side – since the world can be cruel at times. Although I never thought to [...]
Mr. Jagdeo did what no other leader has done in recent memory in world politics
You wonder how low Mr. Jagdeo can stoop (no pun intended) after what he did in Berbice on Saturday, November 20. Mr. Jagdeo had as his guest, President Bouterse of Suriname. He invited his guest to accompany him to meet with university students of the Berbice campus. In his delivery in the presence of Mr. [...]
The bogeyman of Stanleytown
By Michael Jordan Travel through Inner Stanleytown, on the West Bank of Demerara and you’ll observe the canefields, the canals and the thick vegetation. It may then dawn on you that this area would be a good hiding place for a fugitive. One man found this terrain to his liking just a few years ago. [...]
The Baccoo speaks
It has not escaped notice that even the river accident of which I spoke became a reality. They found the body so they know that he drowned. What has not yet happened are the arrests of some prominent people for being involved in a plot of immense proportions. A man in custody is talking non-stop [...]
Death of a Patriot
I first got to know Winston Murray after I joined him on the opposition benches following the 2001 elections. There were the Parliamentary sessions where – as has been so widely acknowledged – his presentations from the floor were invariably of the highest professional order. He was always prepared. Rising to speak with his hand-written [...]
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE PRIME MINISTER
The Prime Minister in any country, under any political system that recognizes such a post, is a very important person. Even where there is an Executive Presidency, the Prime Minister is a vital and powerful part of the government, a fact that is not always acknowledged and recognized. One of Mr. Burnham’s Prime Ministers, Dr. [...]
Man gets 12 years for wounding three
Kenrick Shepherd will have to spend the next four years in jail. Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry, imposed the sentence on him yesterday, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. On October 13, 2008, Shepherd was charged with three counts of inflicting grievous bodily harm, which occurred on August, 29, 2008, on Karen Anthony, Trevor Griffith and [...]
Prime suspect kills gang members, leads cops to shallow graves
… Health Ministry fire Health Ministry arson suspect, Colin Jones, yesterday, led a team of policemen to two decomposed bodies buried in shallow graves several miles up the Kara Kara Creek. He also identified the bodies as belonging to two accomplices that he had killed. One of the victims is believed to be 32-year-old Kurt [...]
UNASUR commits to ‘Democracy Clause’
…Jagdeo wants ‘uncompromising’ implementation Presidents of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) yesterday stamped a “Democracy Clause” into the founding principles of integration and defence, giving weight to the Georgetown meeting of the 12-nation grouping. The “Democracy Clause” is a direct result of the recent unrest in Ecuador when President Rafael Correa was virtually [...]
UNASUR Summit close with historic ‘Georgetown Declaration’
The curtain came down on the fourth Summit of the Union of South American Nations yesterday at the Guyana International Conference Centre on a high note with the issuance and initialing of the Georgetown Declaration. In that declaration the visiting Heads expressed their satisfaction with the assumption of President Bharrat Jagdeo as Pro Tempore President [...]
Dem boys seh… De foreign people helping Guyana
A man de police wanted get ketch when all dem South American presidents come. De man and he friends been around all de time and de police didn’t even know how to ketch dem. Now dem boys claiming that every time some foreign people come some wanted men gun get ketch. Dem men does come [...]
GT&T to give away three cars in Textmas promotion
Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) is offering its Cellink customers more than a Christmas bonanza as they can win monthly prizes of motorcycles, air travel and, best of all, cars. Thousands of Cellink customers will win prizes in what is being described as GT&T’s Textmas promotion, the company said in a press release. Daily, [...]
French Guiana national juvenile, among three held with gun, ammunition
The police in Berbice at the Number 62 Impact patrol base on Thursday around 16:30 hrs nabbed three men, including a French Guiana national, Nigel Misidgan, 30, and a 16-year-old in a car. It is understood that the men were in a white AT192 Toyota Carina Motor car, which was proceeding at a fast rate [...]
Zaheeda Hamid is newest Courts millionaire
As the “Courts vault promotion” continues, Zaheeda Hamid, of Sister’s Village, Sideline Dam, West Bank Demerara was, on Wednesday, made a millionaire. Hamid won 1.2 million in “cold hard cash”. The housewife said that she will use her newfound wealth to settle her account at courts. During the game show, the mother of three was [...]
60 graduate from Guyana’s school of music
The quote “If music be the food of love, then play on” by William Shakespeare was last night brought to the fore as graduates of the Foundation Seven music school played numerous musical pieces at the school’s graduating ceremony held at Red House. Sixty students graduated from different levels of the school’s programme including the [...]
Media Management Workshop concludes in T&T
The final day of the English FA /Premier League/ CONCACAF Media Management Workshop saw some more pertinent information about the role of the Media Officer being disseminated by Resource Personnel Dan Johnson, who is the Head of Communications of the English Premier League and Scott Field, Head of Media Relations of the English FA. The [...]
NBS fraud accused walk free
…sues entity for $1B Magistrate Fazil Azeez, yesterday found that there was no evidence to show that Maurice Arjoon, the former Director-Secretary for the New Building Society, was ever involved in the matter. Arjoon along with operations manager, Kent Vincent, were charged with conspiracy to defraud the NBS of $69 million. According to the man’s [...]
Thieves attack car dealership, fail to remove Tundra
Three men escaped in the wee hours of Thursday after a failed robbery at R.M Auto Sales, located at New Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara. According to the proprietor, he lives at his business establishment. Upon descending into his yard to carry his daughter to school, he noticed that his gate that he had padlocked [...]
Ramsaroop unaware of any lawsuit
“The ostentatious spending and lifestyles of senior government functionaries especially compared to their lifestyles before their government appointments has got out of hand and has raised many eyebrows.” Presidential Candidate, Peter Ramsaroop, on Thursday, said that he was unaware of any lawsuit against him by Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud. The lawsuit stemmed from comments Ramsaroop [...]
