Group wants Norway to delay payment to Guyana
- attempts to undermine commitments to combat climate change – Govt. Just days before Norway’s Minister of Environment and International Development, Mr. Erik Solheim is scheduled to arrive in Guyana an open letter has been sent to him by a group of 18 persons aimed at convincing the Norwegians to delay the payment of the [...]
AFC Councilor accuses NCN of refusing advertisement
Alliance for Change (AFC) Region Four Councillor and Member of the National Executive of the party, Michael Carrington is peeved with a position taken by the National Communication Network (NCN) for refusing to carry his advertisement. Carrington says that one of his mandates as the Region Four Councillor is to try to help the development [...]
East Bank squatters face demolition today
Over 50 squatters between the East Bank Demerara villages of Farm and Herstelling whose shacks have been erected in close proximity of the river defense structures have up to today to relocate from the area. According to written notices issued to the squatters last week by the Central Planning and Housing Authority under the caption [...]
Guns, drugs, cash and gold found in Kitty raid
Police on Saturday night arrested a man in whose possession they unearthed an unlicensed firearm, a quantity of drugs, cash and jewellery following a chase through the street of Bel Air. A statement from the police yesterday said that at about 21:10 hours on Saturday, ranks of a TSU anti-crime patrol responded to a report [...]
Relatives and residents deny man was a thief
Mandela Avenue “vigilante” death… By Latoya Giles The badly battered body that was found on Mandela Avenue early Saturday morning has been identified as Avocado Square, East Ruimveldt resident Colin Clement Davis, 48, a man who relatives and neighbours say was no thief. His body was found at Lot 759 Mandela Avenue, a stone’s throw [...]
Dem boys seh….Bruck got bruck back
Imagine these days people can break down somebody house because dem don’t like it. A man build he house in Republic Park and was a real dream house that look like dem castle in de days of old. De place was big. It had more room that a hospital. De man dead and he family [...]
Man’s body fished out of Enmore trench
The body of Manoj Devanand Singh, 43 of 13th Street, Foulis, East Coast Demerara was fished out of an Enmore trench by police at around 06:00 hours yesterday, hours after he was reported missing. Reports revealed that the deceased was last seen drinking alcohol with a friend at a house he was assisting to construct [...]
Police still to arrest LRO employee fingered in car theft
Up to press time yesterday police were still to make an arrest in relation to the stolen car saga in which a LRO employee has been fingered. This newspaper was told that the man fingered as the mastermind in the incident may be trying to flee the jurisdiction. Meanwhile, the owner of the car Zamar [...]
GPP calls for temporary waiver on fuel taxes
Concerned for the average citizen, given the alarming increases for goods and services across Guyana, the Guyana Peoples Partnership is calling on the government to immediately reduce the Value Addded Tax (VAT) to 10 per cent in addition to a temporary waiver of all fuel taxes. “Food prices are rising faster than inflation…We estimate that [...]
Snow cone vendors to wear special badges
Intended to educate vendors on food safety and to encourage proper food hygiene practices, the Meat and Food Hygiene Department of the Mayor and City Council recently spearheaded a seminar for snow cone vendors who operate in the city. The forum was held at the Municipality’s Public Health building, Orange Walk, Bourda. Designed to discuss [...]
Business poor for La Penitence vendors
Ever since the commencement of construction of the La Penitence bridge to accommodate the four lane highway, vendors who ply their trade on Sundays outside the market are not too happy with the pace of the work. For them business has ground to a crawling pace, due to the limited access to them as a [...]
Guyana’s powerlifters continue impressive run
Guyana’s team of powerlifters to the regional championships staged in the Cayman Islands over the weekend, continued their impressive performance on the final day with Randolph Morgan, ‘Big’ John Edwards and Dawn Barker emerging as the best lifters in their respective categories as they secured more gold medals. Kenneth Melville and Karel Mars also added [...]
Jessica Stephenson continues to develop admirably
Guyana’s lone athlete to the CONSANAT Youth Championship in Lime Peru, Jessica Stephenson achieved another personal best time of 2:44.80 in the 200m Breaststroke, in which she finished 4th on day 4 of the championships, Saturday night. According to a top Guyana Amateur Swimming Association Executive, the performance of the Trinidad and Tobago based Stephenson [...]
Disgraced! Guyana crushed by T&T in three days
Finish last for 3rd consecutive year By Sean Devers at Providence Guyana’s horrendous 2011 Regional cricket campaign ended in more disgrace for the home team who lost by an innings and 45 runs to Trinidad and Tobago in three days of their final round clash at the Providence Stadium yesterday. Asked to follow on and [...]
Bissoon Singh re-elected ECCB President
Hopes ECCB 1st division teams can play in GCA competitions Bissoon Singh and his entire Executive Committee was returned en-bloc to serve for another two-year term when the East Coast Cricket Board held its’ Annual General Meeting last Friday at the Lusignan Community Centre. The two Vice- Presidents are, Samaroo Jailall and Raymond Barton with [...]
Alonzo Greaves cops top spot
By Franklin Wilson Alonzo Greaves returned to winning ways in the Cinderella County of Essequibo yesterday to cart off the top spot along with four of the 8-prime prizes when the 4th Annual Cheddi Jagan Memorial 55-mile cycle road race came off. Greaves of Roraima Bikers Club won the event, which attracted 43 starters, in [...]
Wakenaam/Leguan beat Bartica “B” in latest quarterfinal action
Wakenaam and Leguan combined defeated Bartica “B” by 21 runs in the latest quarterfinal action of Carib and D&C promotions floodlight twenty/20 cricket competition on Friday evening at the Bartica Community Centre ground. The visitors batted first and rattled up a respectable 159 all out off their allotted overs. National U-19 player Ricardo Adams led [...]
US-based teen donates tennis accessories to local association
At a brief presentation before the first meeting of the newly elected executive of the Guyana Tennis Association on March 17, last, Zak Roberts, a 15-year-old high school student in Florida, USA presented to the Secretary of the Association two boxes (32 cans) of tennis balls, a Wilson N Code Racquet and a case of [...]
Guyana to benefit from IDB financing of business climate in the Caribbean
Several programmes helping region diversify its economy and attract new investments The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is financing several programs to improve the business environment, foster diversification and enhance competitiveness in the Caribbean. The program supports governments, Chambers of Commerce and Industry, academic institutions, regional organizations and Private Sector entities in Antigua and Barbuda, The [...]
Bandits attack Zeelugt Chinese Restaurant
Police on the West Coast of Demerara are currently searching for three men whom they believe were responsible for a robbery at a Chinese Restaurant in Zeelugt on the West Coast of Demerara. This newspaper was told that around 23:30 hours on Friday last, three men stormed the Chand Chang Chinese Restaurant. One of the [...]
‘Hate Mongers’ should not be tolerated in societies – ERC Chairman
…. the more we learn about each other, the more we will love, respect and tolerate each other Over 300 persons from 65 communities and 75 organisations were involved in a lecture by the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) under the topic “Respect and Tolerance for Ethnic Diversity in a Multi-cultural Society, promotes National Development”. The [...]
Logger claims losses
Hospitalised logger Claude Clarke, 41, believes that his co-worker took advantage of his injury to rob him of close to 10 pennyweights of raw gold and cash. Clarke who was airdashed to the city last Thursday after a tree fell on him, is convinced that his colleague “Cort” who assisted him during his rescue robbed [...]
Sacking of Magistrate Omeyana Hamilton is a direct assault on young professionals
Dear Editor, The sacking of Magistrate Omeyana Hamilton is nothing short of a direct attack on young professionals in Guyana. The Chancellor and the other members of the Judicial Service Commission ought to be ashamed of the manner in which they treated Ms. Hamilton, who has demonstrated that she is prepared to travel the length [...]
It’s time the Executive Committee of the PPP moves away from this backwardness
Dear Editor, The PPP is now struggling to deal with the legacy bequeathed to it by its maximum leaders, the Jagans, that is, the party’s institutionalised and undemocratic process of identifying its presidential candidate for the national elections. It is time the Executive Committee of the PPP moves away from this backwardness and show some [...]
Victory Valley Royals open schools’ tournament
The Victory Valley Royals yesterday held a gala opening for the seventh edition of its schools’ tournament at the Mackenzie Sports Club Court where major stakeholders in the sport gave the event their blessing in the Mining Town of Linden. Representing the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF), Public Relations Officer, Michael Burnett said that it [...]
