Ex-boxer gunned down on Festival City bridge
Former light-welterweight boxer Linden ‘Buckman’ Mortley was gunned down at around 19:45 hrs last night on a bridge connecting Festival City to Lamaha Springs. Mortley, said to be in his forties, and of Lot 13 Sussex Street, Charlestown, was found lying on the bridge with a gunshot wound beneath the ear. The slain man was [...]
Special Committee to visit Guyana for investigation
RUSAL ‘spade beating’ threats… A special committee comprising of senior managers of International Alumina Division is expected to arrive in Guyana this week to investigate recent reports surrounding the RUSAL General Manager. This is according to a statement which was issued by the RUSAL Bauxite Company yesterday. This move follows reports in some section of [...]
Attorney apologises for TV comments about Donald Ramotar
Presidential Candidate of the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C), Donald Ramotar has threatened Berbice lawyer, Charrandass Persaud with a lawsuit, for saying that Ramotar did not attend the University of Guyana. The lawyer allegedly made the comments on a Live weekly call- in programme, ‘Issues of the People’, a programme paid for by the Alliance [...]
Chainsaw operator suffers broken arm after encounter with
- N/A police A chainsaw operator in New Amsterdam is accusing some police ranks of the Central Police Station of breaking his left arm. According to Leroy Bender, 21, at about 7:30pm last Thursday, whilst returning home at Church Street, Angoy’s Avenue, he encountered a group of policemen dressed in blue uniforms in a gold- [...]
Slapped woman douses reputed husband with hot oil
Lucentia Sinclair, 26, and her lover Daniel Singh, 31, of Penitentiary Walk New Amsterdam ended up in court after she threw a frying pan of hot oil on him after he had allegedly slapped her after a dispute. The incident allegedly occurred on 31st March 20011 at the couple’s home. They appeared before Magistrate Adela [...]
Dem boys seh…West Indies win a test match
People smiling. Dem happy. De impossible happen. Is not that de government giving away money. De West Indies win a Test match against a team that used to hammer dem. When de match start people get vex because dem see how dem team perform just like old times. Mek li’l bit runs. But when de [...]
PNCR says it will not allow PPP to destroy freedom of expression
The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has vowed not to allow the government to trample upon the constitutional rights of Guyanese to freedom of expression, particularly in this election year. The PNCR said that it had expected that President Bharrat Jagdeo, after a public confession at the National Park, with only a few months left [...]
Relatives want answers in West Bank hit-and-run fatal accident
Relatives of a West Bank Demerara man are calling on the police in the district to conduct a thorough investigation into his death. On May 8 last, 56 year-old Solomon Kristraj Somwaru was pronounced dead on arrival at the West Demerara Regional Hospital. It is reported that the man was found lying on the Bagotsville [...]
Badly chopped driver’s assailants still walking free
A family of Lot 236, Nigg Squatting Area on the Corentyne is calling for justice from the police since it has been nearly two months since a family member of theirs was badly chopped on his head and his alleged attackers are roaming free. The man received chops to his head and has virtually been [...]
One injured as Dodge Ram collides with truck
The driver of a Dodge Ram PKK 5546 was injured on Saturday after slamming into a truck at Canje, Berbice. Police identified the victim as Ishwar Singh, 25, of Lot 10 School Street Cumberland, East Canje Berbice. The truck driver, Doodnauth Bedessie, works with the Guysuco Rose Hall Estate. Bedessie said he had just turned [...]
Windies win first Test match in 17 tries as Sammy leads from the front with 5-29
By Sean Devers at Providence When Man-of-the-Match Darren Sammy scattered the stumps of Saeed Ajmal at 1:28PM yesterday at Providence to claim his fourth five-wicket haul and first as West Indies Captain, his team had won its first Test since beating England in Jamaica, 17 Tests ago in February 2009. The emphatic 40-run win, with [...]
Pollydore wins final stage; Pol takes overall title in record time
By Franklin Wilson Celebrations for Guyana 45th Independence Anniversary got off to a cracking start with the completion of the 29th Annual Three-Stage cycle road race which has been deemed a resounding success. Having given up the first place in the first two stages, Team Guyana did ensure that Team Coco’s of Miami did not [...]
Evergreen Adventures to launch new familiarisation tour
- locals to benefit from reduced prices Evergreen Adventures is promising adventure-loving Guyanese the opportunity to visit local historical sites and attractive locations by offering a packed tour at a reduced cost. According to Supervisor of Evergreen Adventures, Gerianne Austin, her company specialises in adventure tourism throughout Guyana, including locations within the Rupununi Savannahs, Kaieteur [...]
87 Buxton/Friendship youths complete skills training
- under Citizen Security Programme action component Under the Ministry of Home Affairs Citizen Security Programme (CSP), youth life skills/vocational training programme that is funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) another batch of youths graduated in 11 different categories of vocational training. The graduation ceremony attracted a full audience and was dubbed the largest [...]
Local athletes impress at IAAF World Athletics Day Meet
Local athletes had a chance to continue to gauge their training and preparation yesterday at the Police Sports Club Ground, when the Athletics Association of Guyana joined the world in their celebrations of the IAAF World Athletics Day. The global symbolic event saw participation from some of Guyana’s leading athletes, including multi-schools’ champion, Jevina Sampson, [...]
IDB joins the Decade of Action for Road Safety
- seeks to help save 350,000 lives The Inter-American Development Bank recently participated in launching the first Decade of Action for Road Safety that the World Health Organisation is carrying out with the objective of saving 350,000 lives in Caribbean and the Latin America between 2011 and 2020. The initiative seeks to prevent deaths and [...]
Young Achievers claim No.1 ranking in Demerara
Young Achievers confirmed their status as the No.1 team in Demerara when they defeated Castrol Strikers in straights sets 25-21, 25-22, 25-20 in the second game of the best of three series to determine the top seed in the County on Saturday, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The contest which saw a small crowd [...]
Speeding police vehicle crashes
A speeding police vehicle collided with a Rav4, PKK 9340 at the junction of Middleton Street and Campbell Avenue, Campbellville last evening. None of the ranks were injured. According to eyewitnesses, the Rav4 was travelling south into Middleton Street when the police vehicle that was speeding in Campbell Avenue slammed into the Rav4 causing the [...]
E’bo Cricket Board re-commits support to Ali
President of the Essequibo Cricket (ECB) Board Sheik Ahmed said yesterday that his board has not changed their position in support of Ramsay Ali as Guyana Cricket Board President at the upcoming elections. Ahmed, an executive member of the GCB, said that rumors were circulating that the ECB was backing Bissoon Singh for the Presidency [...]
This house, located at Wapping Lane in New Amsterdam, came crashing down shortly after 3pm on Saturday. Luckily, the occupants, including several children, had abandoned the structure a few days ago after it began to lean.
Republic Bank U-17 Inter Zone cricket tourney unveiled
The continued development of youth clubs in the Ancient County continues at a brisk pace with the Berbice Cricket Board joining hands with Republic Bank (Guy) Ltd. to launch the 2011 Republic Bank / BCB Under-17 Inter Zone tournament. This sponsorship marks the third occasion the Banking Giant is sponsoring the tournament for players born [...]
B’dos arrive Friday to face ‘Golden Jaguars’ on Sunday
International football is set to make a grand return to the Guyana National Stadium on Sunday when Guyana’s Golden Jaguars face their rivals from the Land of the Flying Fish, Barbados in a friendly International as both countries prepare for upcoming International engagements. The Technical Committee of the Guyana Football federation last week released the [...]
DMW sponsored Three-Stage Cycle Road Race
Diamond Mineral Water (DMW) played a major role in rehydrating the cyclist that competed in the just concluded National Sports Commission Three Stage Cycle Road Race. National Cycling Coach, Hassan Mohamed, received 30 cases of 20oz Diamond Mineral Water compliments of Demerara Distillers Limited. The handover was done during a simple ceremony last Thursday, ahead [...]
Knockouts galore as action in Novices Boxing Championships continues
By Michael Benjamin It was a night characterized by stunning knockouts and premature stoppages when semifinal action concluded in the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) 2011 Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Novices Boxing Championships at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, Saturday evening last. Stephon Joseph (FYF) disposed of Keron Griffith (RHTJ) in just 22secs to register the [...]
Several arrested in West Demerara raids
- 29 buildings searched; cocaine and marijuana found Over the past 48 hours police in ‘D’ Division (West Demerara/East Bank Essequibo) have conducted a massive operation which has led to the arrest of several persons. Sometime during Saturday and early Sunday morning a series of raid were conducted in the district during which a total [...]
