An Indonesian rat is terrorizing Demerara
The public statement by GPL that a rat caused havoc with its system leading to widespread electricity disruptions in the county of Demerara was the joke of the entire country. Websites dealing with Guyana devoted graphic attention to the episode. If GPL was a joke and if the clowns that run Guyana make people laugh, [...]
American, Canadian held on suspicion of terrorism, drugs
By Latoya Giles An American man and a Guyana-born Canadian national have been arrested and are currently in police custody under the suspicion that they are linked to terrorist acts and drug trafficking. This newspaper was told by a senior police official that the American citizen who has been identified as Akbar Muhammad was arrested [...]
Bandits nabbed by Soesdyke residents after high-speed chase
- cash, shotgun taken as grocery, customers robbed Heavily armed bandits last evening terrorised a Soesdyke businessman and his family, before making off with a significant amount of cash and a shotgun. However, in a dramatic twist, residents of the area later chased a suspicious car and held two men before police subsequently detained them. [...]
Govt. asks Parliament for additional $6.2B
- includes funding for Wartsila project, four-lane East Coast extension Government has moved to the National Assembly for an additional $6.2B to cover several projects including the 15.6mw Wartsila electricity upgrade project at Kingston and the four-lane highway from Better Hope to Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara. The Supplementary Provision, tabled by the Ministry of [...]
Grocer, 70, murdered in Essequibo home
Popular grocer Victor Winston Warner was found battered and strangled in the bottom flat of his Richmond Village, Essequibo Coast home shortly after 03:00 hrs yesterday. The 70-year-old’s body was discovered in a pool of blood near a refrigerator by two of Warner’s grandsons who live in the top flat. Duct-tape was wrapped around his [...]
Another Olive Ridley rescued
An Olive Ridley sea turtle was yesterday rescued by a speedboat operator in the vicinity of the Vreed-en-Hoop stelling at the mooring point for vessels. The turtle was found with a fish hook in its mouth and had a laceration on one of its fins that made swimming an arduous task. The rear portion of [...]
Dem boys seh…Nobody tekking this prophecy serious
De world have people who believe anything. De Waterfalls Boss Man got a thing he does seh. “If you don’t stand up fuh something you gun fall fuh anything.” A man preach how de world gun end tomorrow. Well people in Guyana ain’t listening to he because dem tekking life just how it come. Dem [...]
Tiger Bay resident identified as gunman
Police believe that they have caught one of three gunmen who shot police sergeant Ransford Liverpool during a daring $2M heist at Avenue of the Repubilc last month. Kaieteur News understands that detectives have detained a Tiger Bay resident who an eyewitness reportedly identified as one of the suspects. A source said that the alleged [...]
Windies eye 2-nil triumph against Pakistan
Seeking first back-to-back Test wins since 2002 When West Indies toured England in 1973, they had not won any of the 20 Tests they had played in seven years and after losing their inaugural ODI, a revival looked bleak. However, by the end of the 3-Test series they had won at Lords and the Oval [...]
GT&T fast ball To be launched this evening
Football players’ nationwide gearing up for exhilarating c/ship Cricket, players, lovers and fans would agree that the GT&T initiative of a Ten10 softball cricket competition has taken Guyana by storm where an unprecedented number of teams numbering over One Thousand participated. Ten10 is now a household name and is here to stay. Well GT&T, not [...]
Pompey arrives for President’s/Jefford Track and Field Classic
Will compete in Guyana for first time in almost 20 years Guyana’s two-time Commonwealth Games medallist, United States-based, Aliann Pompey arrived in Guyana yesterday morning to compete at Sunday’s President’s/Jefford Track and Field Classic for the first time in almost 20 years. Pompey arrived aboard a Caribbean Airlines flight and was received at the Executive [...]
Stabroek Minibus Park relocation being mulled
Government is mulling the relocation of the Stabroek Minibus Park, which will see the creation of terminals at strategic locations. This was disclosed yesterday by Rabindranauth Chanderpaul, Chief Transport Planning Officer of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications at the opening of the Ministry’s Engineers’ Conference at the National Conference Centre, Liliendaal. Utilising examples, [...]
World Bank Rep. lauds government’s commitment to education
In the coming months and years there will be continued support directed towards reforming the delivery of teacher education programmes, which according to World Bank Representative Dr Chingboon Lee, will be critical to the successful implementation of the recently launched Guyana Improving Teacher Education Project (GITEP). The World Bank through a grant will be plugging [...]
Digicel Football Cup kicks off in Berbice today
7 teams to battle in 2-day KO Football starved Berbicians will have an opportunity to witness two nights of action when the Hearts of Oak Masters Football Club of New Amsterdam in collaboration with Cell Phone Giants Digicel stage the Digicel/Berbice Cup competition which is being held in observance of the club’s 19th anniversary. Seven [...]
New measures approved to control movement of plants, animals and seeds
The country’s lawmakers yesterday approved three key pieces of legislation that will among other things control the movement of animals and plants to and from Guyana, and regulate the production and sale of seeds. The Animal Health Bill 2011; Seeds Bill 2011 and Plant Protection Bill 2011 are in keeping with changing requirements globally and [...]
Fitness Express/Mr. Total Fitness Mania 2 set for June 18
Over 30 to collide at Diamond Community Centre Members of the Total Fitness Gym are working feverishly towards having their bodies in pristine shape ahead of their Second annual in house competition dubbed Fitness Express/Total Fitness Mania 2. This eagerly anticipated event is set for the Diamond Community Centre on Saturday June 18 from 18:30hrs [...]
Visually impaired participate in sensitisation workshop
In observance of Blindness Awareness Month, the Guyana Society for the Blind and the Guyana Blind Cricket Association (GBSA) sponsored a sensitisation workshop on the Disability Act 2010. The event was held at the Guyana Society for the Blind office, 46 High Street, Georgetown. Support came from Volunteer Service Organisation (VSO). The workshop attracted 35 [...]
EU, Govt. negotiating 10th EDF financing conditions
The European Union (EU) is currently negotiating conditions of financing the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) with Government, says Christopher Ingelbrecht, Head of the Technical Section of the EU Delegation. Meanwhile, sea defence works valuing 18M Euros are being executed under the Ninth EDF. As opposed to financing the contractor directly as was done with [...]
Eligible Referees for CONCACAF Gold Cup announced
Guyanese Lancaster and Inniss included New York – Guyanese Referees Stanley Lancaster and Dion Inniss are among the list of 15 referees and 15 assistant referees eligible to officiate at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, CONCACAF made the announcement yesterday. The biennial senior men’s national team championship will be played in the 11 cities across the [...]
Lennox Alleyne Looks Past, But Wary Of Kwesi Jones As Fight Night Draws Nigh
By Michael Benjamin Despite the fact that Lennox ‘Pretty Boy’ Alleyne is preparing for a 12 round battle for the CABOFE middleweight title against Kwesi ‘Lightening Struck Assassin’ Jones, the Guyanese pugilist has his eyes set on a world ranking and subsequently a world title fight. However, he views the Jones fight as the launching [...]
Rising sprint queen relishing opportunity to race Pompey
-Carto expresses confidence as well Rising sprint queen Neisa Allen speaking with Kaieteur Sport during a training session at the Police Sports Club yesterday said that she is relishing the opportunity to compete against Guyana’s most celebrated female athlete Aliann Pompey at this weekend’s President’s /Jefford Track & Field Classic at the MSC ground. The [...]
Jagdeo says labour shortage likely in coming years
…disputes Skeldon factory is only fault to sugar problems By Leonard Gildarie Government has warned of a labour shortage, in the coming years, as several national projects come on stream. As a matter of fact, President Bharrat Jagdeo says, it is not unlikely a scenario playing out where skilled labour may have to be imported. [...]
Stag & El Dorado Softball enter semi-final stage
Finals set for Sunday at the GCC Defending champions Floodlights, Savage, Regal Seniors and Albion are through to the semifinals in the Stag Beer and El Dorado Rum nationwide softball cricket tournament in the over-40 category. Following are the results of the quarter final games contested last week. Floodlights hammered Defenders by 8 wickets. Defenders [...]
One can’t bully his or her way into governance when rejected by the voters
Dear Editor, In his column of May 6, Mr. Freddie Kissoon in “Ogunseye and Hinds: Remembering the past”, penned that these two gentlemen – Tacuma Ogunseye and Dr. David Hinds – fought for the right of Guyanese to vote in free and fair elections and in the process spent three years respectively in the Camp [...]
An Indonesian rat is terrorizing Demerara
The public statement by GPL that a rat caused havoc with its system leading to widespread electricity disruptions in the county of Demerara was the joke of the entire country. Websites dealing with Guyana devoted graphic attention to the episode. If GPL was a joke and if the clowns that run Guyana make people laugh, [...]
