Kraigg Brathwaite in Windies 13 man squad for 2nd Digicel Test
Basseterre, St Kitts – Eighteen year old Barbadian opener Kraigg Brathwaite has been named in the West Indies squad for the Second Digicel Test against Pakistan at Warner Park starting today. Brathwaite has replaced left handed Grenadian opener Devon Smith as the only change in the squad which reads Darren Sammy (Captain), Brendan Nash (Vice [...]
Breaking News!! American held on suspicion of terrorism
- Also linked to Drug trafficking An American man, said to be the financial advisor to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, has been arrested at a local hotel in Georgetown. A senior police official disclosed that the American was arrested early this morning at the Princes Hotel, Providence East Bank Demerara. This newspaper was [...]
Amaila Falls Hydro Project… Controversy surrounds Sithe Global licence
Controversy surrounds the licence Sithe Global says was handed to it by Synergy Holdings, the original developer of the US$700 million Amaila Falls Hydro Electricity Project. Yesterday, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, said that it was a question of semantics whether Sithe Global has an altogether new licence or whether the licence [...]
Shot trunker says … ‘I was cleaning my face in the side view mirror’
The 44-year-old man who was shot on Tuesday by an employee of the Perreira Mining Company has denied allegations that he was attempting to break into anyone’s vehicle. Ali Stevens, of ‘C’ Field Sophia was shot around 11:00hrs on Tuesday at Premnaranjan Place, Prashad Nagar, oblique to the Perreira Mining Company and Divisional Commander Steve [...]
Rat in Wartsila engine shuts power to several Demerara wards
A rat is being blamed for a major disruption that shut down several parts of Demerara shortly after midnight on Tuesday. Several areas, including sections of West Demerara, reported being without power for hours. According to the Guyana Power and Light Inc.(GPL), around 00:15hrs on Wednesday, protective equipment at the 20.7mw plant in Kingston was [...]
GAWU welcomes resolution of Diamond Severance Pay dispute
…to withdraw lawsuit The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and its almost 375 members of the recently closed Diamond Estate yesterday said they are delighted that the 17-month severance pay dispute has been resolved. As a result, GAWU said it would be withdrawing the lawsuit it had filed to force the Corporation to [...]
Guyanese murder accused on bail caught shoplifting in US
Pennsylvania (PA), US (lime.patch.com)- A murder accused, said to be a Guyanese, who was on bail, was arrested last week Wednesday after he allegedly shoplifted merchandise using special bags that defeated shoplifting sensors. According to police, they received a call around14:00hrs last Wednesday of a possible crime at the Philadelphia Premium Outlets. An employee at [...]
Dem boys seh… Fip didn’t have to go to court fuh US$15M
Henry de Yellow gone home from hospital. De doctors seh that he can’t stay there any more because too many people trying to get in and de security can’t cope wid de crowd. When de man get discharge de same time dem had two press conference, one at Office of de President and one at [...]
AFC accuses GPL of denying some West Berbice residents the right to electricity
The Alliance for Change is charging that Guyana Power and Light company is denying some 100 residents of Third Street, Number 30 Village, West Coast Berbice, their ‘right’ to the supply of electricity. At its weekly media briefing, yesterday, the opposition party called on Government to abandon what it described as the administration’s ‘lethargy and [...]
Top Cop discharged from hospital
…Performed some duties from hospital bed Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene, was yesterday released from a private city hospital, but there is no word from official sources of the nature of his illness and neither is there any official word of when or if he would resume full duties. Greene, 58, was admitted to hospital [...]
Sale of motor vehicle licences fraught with challenges
It would seem that the operation of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Licence Revenue Office is fraught with technological challenges. These become especially evident when the time comes to procure motor vehicle licence. The sale of motor vehicle licence is an annual feature and the GRA had a few years ago made the decision to [...]
Showers and intermittent rain to be expected along the coast – Hydromet
Over the last 12 hours Guyana’s weather has been influenced by the entrance of a Tropical Wave which is moving westward, according to the Hydrometerological department. The tropical wave had produced some significant amounts of rainfall along some coastal locations. This system is not associated with the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), the Hydrometeorological Service advised [...]
$128.9M primary school for Grove – Dr. Luncheon
The construction of the Diamond Primary School is billed at $128.8M and it is set to be constructed in Grove, East Bank Demerara, Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon said yesterday. Of this year’s budget, some $2.8B has been allocated for the continued maintenance, rehabilitation, extension and construction of educational facilities countrywide including [...]
BILL COTTON/REFORM… BILL GOES SHOPPING..FOR QUALITY (and don’t find it)
It was Citizen Kane who suggested to Bill in the Flatshop Cambio. So Bill went to sample Guyana Stores. What an experience. A Bad One. Bill has been into East German and Russian stores with more charm and more sense of retailing. The Booker name was painted over (look above the cash desk in the [...]
IDB to hold first forum on base of pyramid in C’bean
In June, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will hold its first ever forum on innovative business models designed to unleash the potential of the 360 million people who make up the social and economic base of the pyramid in the Caribbean and Latin America. BASE, the First Forum for the Development of the Base of [...]
GTI gears for 60th anniversary
As the Guyana Technical Institute gears up to celebrate its 60th Anniversary, the school yesterday held a curtain raiser in an effort to sensitise the public about what the institute is doing. Present at yesterday’s meeting was Principal for the school Patrice Chinedu Onwuzirike; and Chairman of the Board, Major General (Ret’d) Norman Mc Lean. [...]
Alpha face PR Islanders; Defence Force play Tempete FC @ Providence
By Franklin Wilson Local football powerhouse Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United are in the tapering phase of preparations for the biggest challenge in the club’s history yet; they are set to take on defending Caribbean Club Champions Puerto Rico Islanders in the semifinals of the Caribbean Football Union Club Champions Cup next Wednesday at the Guyana [...]
Windies in the sights of Big Bash teams
Australia’s newly manufactured Twenty20 teams will make extensive raids on West Indies cricket as the only readily available source of international talent for next summer’s expanded Big Bash League. Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo, all unavailable from their national side’s current Test series against Pakistan due to the Indian Premier League, will be [...]
ECCB/Rockaway Auto, Bicycle Sales & Sound System cricket continues
Play in the East Coast Cricket Board, Rockaway Auto, Bicycle Sales and Sound System Premier and Super League cricket competitions continue this weekend with several matches on Sunday. Starting at 11:00hrs in Premier League action: Lusignan A face Strathaven at Lusignan with umpires G. Sukhdeo and R. Adonis calling play, while Buxton A play LBI [...]
Schoolgirl survives three-vehicle accident at Vergenoegen
With the heavy rainfall yesterday on the East Bank of Essequibo, drivers were proceeding with extra caution. However; this could not prevent a three-vehicle accident which occurred at Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo that resulted in a school girl being hit and ending up on the windscreen of a vehicle. The accident occurred around 14:20 hrs [...]
Local women’s group to represent Guyana Regionally
The Pomeroon Women’s Agro Processors Association (PWAPA) will be representing Guyana at a Regional Contest for Rural Innovative Projects in Barbados this June. The local women’s group was selected as one of five finalists from 10 countries that entered the regional contest highlighting rural innovative projects. The Ministry of Agriculture under its Agriculture Diversification Programme [...]
Chess players gear up for FIDE rated independence tournament
Affiliates of the Guyana Chess Federation will commemorate the Independence anniversary with a FIDE rated tournament, this Saturday May 21 at the KEI-SHAR’S Sports Club, 1 Hadfield St. Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown. The nation’s top players are expected to match wits and the keen rivalry between former and current national champions, Wendell Meusa and Taffin Khan, respectively [...]
Essequibo Assizes open
The May session of the Essequibo Assizes opened with a parade featuring ranks from ‘G’ Division. Justice Franklin Holder took the salute. The parade, which was witnessed, by pre-school children and spectators, was lead by deputy head of ‘G’ Division, Drin Simon. Commander of the Division, Brain Joseph, stood with the judge during the march [...]
Mix Up are Clash of the Sawakis dominos champs
Eon James is MVP Mix Up Dominos Club have proven that they are the best in the game when they carted off the top place in the Clash of the Sawakis Domino competition held at Rockies Brazilian Sports Bar and organised by No Limit Promotion (Arthur Cross) in conjunction with Pressure Point Dominos Team. Mix [...]
Formidable Guyana team leaves for CMRC in Jamaica
- Jeffrey relishing battle with Summerbell and Gore A formidable Guyana contingent including drivers and riders left the country yesterday to participate in the first leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) at Dover Speedway in Jamaica. The Guyanese will be spearheaded by local defending Group 4 champion Kevin Jeffrey, who finished runner-up to [...]
