Parents protest state of Philadelphia Primary
Chanting “We want a new school” parents and students of Philadelphia Primary School in Vergenoegen, West Coast Demerara, yesterday protested the condition and state of the school in which the students attend. According to the parents assembled at the school, the building in which the children are housed is a danger to their safety. For [...]
STARR Computers offers new technology for drivers’
- GPS, Night vision and high resolution features available STARR Computers Inc. (STARR) once again has hit the market with the launch of another innovation in computer engineering. This time it’s a product that is a security feature for all vehicles (Starr Xfinity VVR Vehicle Surveillance). On Thursday, at the company’s head office at 59 [...]
All set for Children’s Mashramani programme
Some activities associated with the Children’s Mashramani 2011 celebration have already begun and plans are on stream for the others. According to Desiree Wyles-Ogle of the Allied Arts Unit, Ministry of Education, already the regional competitions have started in some regions including Region Two. According to Ms. Wyles-Ogle, the Ministry of Education has a packed [...]
Final year Social Work students undertake community project
As part of a course requirement for DSW 314: Community Practice, five final year Social Work students conducted an intervention with a less fortunate single-parent family in the North East La Penitence Squatting Area. The family consists of a mother, Shondell Bledman, and her eight children ranging in age from one to 17 years. They [...]
Scotiabank Kiddies cricket launched
Hunt for new Mascot begins By Sean Devers The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) in collaboration with the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and Scotiabank launched its 2011 Scotiabank Kiddy Cricket programme at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) pavilion yesterday. GCB President Chetram Singh and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education Pulandar Kandhi both spoke [...]
Chandrika warms up for Jamaica with unbeaten ton
Twenty-two year old former West Indies Under-19 opening batsman Rajendra Chandrika yesterday warmed up for Guyana’s opening Regional 4-day match against host Jamaica from next Friday with an attractive unbeaten century on the first day of a two-day practice match at Bourda. The Enterprise right-hander, who plays for Everest in local cricket, stroked the ball [...]
$747M allocated for sports this year
Director of Sport, Neil Kumar, in his budget presentation on Tuesday evening, revealed that a whopping $747M has been allocated in the 2011 budget as Capital Expenditure for sports, which is heartening for the sports fraternity in Guyana. “The sports fraternity is indeed heartened by the 2011 budget allocation to sport. The Minister of Finance, [...]
Berbice to be represented at National U15 Boxing c/ships
As was stated in their yearend review, The Pocket Rocket Boxing gym is going all out to stay on top of the game in their quest to be the number one gym in Guyana. The Gym located in New Amsterdam will be represented by a 13-member team including one female at the national Under-15 Inter [...]
Man on bail for allegedly buying stolen laptop
Vivian Neville found himself in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, yesterday to answer a charge of knowingly receiving a stolen laptop. According to the police, on January 24 last, in Georgetown, Neville obtained one $120,000 notebook computer from Sonia Noher knowing same to be stolen. To the charge the unrepresented man pleaded not guilty. Magistrate Beharry [...]
Stag & El Dorado Male/Female Softball tourneys to continue tomorrow
The Stag Beer & El Dorado Rum nationwide softball cricket competitions for male and female teams and the male over-40 tournament is set to continue tomorrow at various venues throughout the country. Following are the respective fixtures. Demerara Zone: Ministry of Sports Ground Pitch # 1 – 09:30hrs – Bel Air v Bent Street; 11:30hrs [...]
Human Services Ministry orders that sodomised 3 year-old be counseled
With tears in her eyes, the mother of the three-year-old boy who was sodomised two weeks ago by his 14-year-old neighbour, visited Kaieteur News yesterday to voice her dissatisfaction over the length of time the police are taking to charge the suspect. Meanwhile, the child had since been taken to the Ministry of Human Service [...]
Berbice Bridge Company demanding $10,000 fine wrongfully
Narindra Latchman, a general contractor of Enmore is accusing the Berbice River Bridge Company Incorporated (BRBCI) of wrongfully demanding a fine from him for leaving his 4X4 Pick-up parked at the corner of the BRBCI office located at D’Edward Village, West Bank Berbice. According to Latchman, around 09:00 hrs on Wednesday, he parked his vehicle [...]
Haynes Foundation partners with YBG
Youth basketball website in the making The Haynes Basketball Foundation has partnered with Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG), which will be launched tomorrow at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, in a strategic move that aims at the development of a website among other collaborative efforts. In a 2:38 seconds YouTube video sent to Kaieteur Sport yesterday, [...]
Priest publishes memoir
Spending a total of 43 years on our shores, Anglican priest Fr Derek Goodrich, A.A. has certainly earned the name ‘Guyanese’ in many ways. Just over a decade after leaving here to return to his first home, England, Fr Goodrich has returned, with a book that he spent the past two years writing. Ramblings of [...]
Surinamese rice miller nabbed in Berbice after 16-year run from jail
Berbice police has nabbed a Surinamese man who disappeared since 1995 after being jailed in Guyana for issuing bounced cheques to rice farmers. Police officials yesterday confirmed that Krishna Paul Doerga was arrested last week on an outstanding jail warrant by police at Whim Village, Corentyne. The Surinamese had been sentenced to three years in [...]
NSC annual Mash Table Tennis Tourney to serve off on February 11
GTTA to run off seniors and masters Feb 18-20 The annual Mashramani table tennis competition sponsored by the National Sports Commission (NSC) is slated to serve off on Friday February 11 and conclude on Sunday February 13 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. According to a release from the NSC, competition will get going with [...]
Ricks & Sari cycling meet set for next Saturday
National Cycling Coach Hassan Mohamed’s 2011 season is set to pedal off next Saturday at the National Park with the 18th Annual Ricks & Sari Agro Industries 11-race cycling Meet. Competitors will be relishing the opportunity to christen the newly resurfaced circuit and some exciting battles are anticipated. The events scheduled for the day will [...]
Police issue wanted bulletin for gunslinging husband
The police have issued a wanted bulletin for interdicted presidential guard Malvin Raymond Taylor, called Mark, 33, who allegedly attempted to kill his wife, Sharon Taylor, and her sister, Michelle Edwards, on Wednesday night. Anyone with information that could lead to the arrest of Taylor are asked to contact the police on telephone numbers 226-7065, [...]
Flying Ace Cycle Club 40 miler on tomorrow
Flying Ace Cycling Club of New Amsterdam, Berbice will run off their second event of the year tomorrow, the inaugural Tulsie Memorial 40-mile road-race which will pedal off at 08:30hrs at Main and Alexander Streets, New Amsterdam proceed to Adventure on eth Corentyne before return to the starting line for the finish. Only riders from [...]
American-based missionaries abuse landlord
With a trembling voice Dularie Singh, an 80- year-old woman yesterday recounted the events leading up to her being verbally abused by her tenants who are American-based missionaries. Mrs. Singh reported that she rented the bottom flat of her house located at lot 78 Atlantic Garden, East Coast Demerara to the two male missionaries for [...]
CARICOM and OAS Promote Drug Treatment Courts in the Region
Regional judges to receive training More than 70 of the Region’s judges and other representatives from the judiciary system in the Caribbean will participate in a high-level four-day training conference set for Montego Bay, Jamaica, from February 2 to February5. The training intervention, titled Establishing and Consolidating Drug Treatment Courts in the Caribbean: a Team [...]
Ketley students injured after old shed collapsed
Three students of the Ketley Primary School were, on Thursday, injured after an “old shed” in the school’s compound collapsed upon them. The incident occurred around 12:15 hours. Three students identified as Samuel Smith, Cordell Hyles and Tryease (last name unknown), were rushed to Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. This newspaper understands that the children were [...]
ECB congratulates Ronsford Beaton on senior team selection
The Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) has congratulated pacer Ronsford Beaton on his elevation to the national senior four day team. President of the ECB Sheik Ahmad said that Beaton fully deserved his selection since he has the ability to perform at the highest Level. Ahmad further stated that he hoped Beaton would grasp the opportunity [...]
NSC calls 36 to Inter-Guiana Games football trials
The National Sports Commission (NSC) has called 36 footballers who will vie for a place on Guyana’s football for the upcoming Inter Guiana Games against teams from Suriname and French Guiana. Spearheading the trials is Head Coach Gordon ‘Ultimate warrior’ Brathwaite with Edward Cort named as Manager. Players are asked to report to the National [...]
Broken dreams must be rebuilt
It has been two weeks since the first set of vendors who operated outside La Penitence market have been removed. Some had their stalls completely destroyed. Despite this, broken dreams must be rebuilt in order for them to achieve that now seemingly fabled prosperity. But stalls aren’t the only things that need to be rebuilt; [...]
