US Coaches hold sessions for school coaches/goalkeepers
The development of junior soccer in Guyana received a shot in the arm when Coaches and Goalkeepers of the ScotiaBank/Pepsi School Football Academy benefited from a coaching clinic conducted by two coaches from the United States of America. The sessions which were held last Monday, at the Ministry of Education ground was conducted by Head [...]
Inter-Organisation Basketball Championships loom
- competition to be bigger, better with new aspects The Annual Inter-Organisation Basketball Championships promises to be bigger and better this year with more sponsorship and the addition of features such as marketing from none other than Entertainment moguls, Hits and Jams Television (HJTV). Speaking with Kaieteur Sport yesterday, Vijay Panday, the owner of VP [...]
Store sells used fridge as new, buyer now has problems
As more and more consumers are being put on the alert about businesses which do not honour the rights of consumers, another customer has become victim to a blatant disregard of his rights. A well-known store on Regent Street sold this item, a refrigerator, to none other than the President of the Consumer Movement of [...]
Modern Optical renews sponsorship for GNRA handgun competition
Modern Optical has renewed its sponsorship for the Annual Inter-Services Handgun competition billed for Sunday at the Timehri ranges. The competing services are Guyana Police Force, Guyana Defence Force, Presidential Guard, Bank of Guyana Security, Queensway Security and a team from the Guyana National Rifle Association (GuyanaNRA). Dr. Jose Da Silva, Managing Director of Modern [...]
Only pre-paid meters being issued to residential consumers
By Rabindra Rooplall Guyana Power Light (GPL) will be issuing only pre-paid meters to new residential consumers and for tariff B consumers who are served by single phase, two-wire, 120-240 volt meters up to 80 amps and single phase three-wire meters up to 80 amps. Field Services Manager of GPL, Looknauth Singh, said that the [...]
Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Industry 10/10 Floodlight Cricket on today
The stage is set for the Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Industry second grand annual one day inter Agency 10/10 softball cricket competition and Fun Day and exhibition games at the Albion Community Centre ground beginning at 10:00 hrs today. Last year the event saw some 15 teams taking part in the inaugural competition which [...]
T&T’s Ibrahim is last accused found guilty
New York (Bloomberg)-A New York terrorism suspect was found guilty of participating in a failed plot to blow up John F. Kennedy International Airport. He is last of four persons including Guyanese found guilty of the charges. Kareem Ibrahim, 65, of Trinidad, was convicted Thursday by a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York. Prosecutors accused [...]
Tendulkar, Yuvraj, Gambhir out of entire WI tour
India’s already-depleted squad for the tour of the West Indies has suffered further setbacks: shoulder injuries to Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh’s respiratory infection, and Sachin Tendulkar’s wish to spend time with his family have ruled the four players out of the whole trip. Cheteshwar Pujara missed out on a chance to cement [...]
Accident victim identified as Rosignol fisherman
The man who was killed last Tuesday evening in an accident with a minibus on the Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice Public Road, has been identified as Seechan Hamid, 44, a fisherman of Murphy Dam, Rosignol, West Bank Berbice. According to reports Hamid was struck down around 19:15 hours by a minibus BHH1812 driven by [...]
Plans underway to rebuild in July
St Joseph Mercy Hospital (SJMH) that was partially destroyed one year ago is set to commence building a new structure this July. The cost is set at $380M. And in order to acquire this money some fundraising activities are to be planned. This was disclosed at a press conference held in the compound of the [...]
5km Independence Road Race and Walk set for tomorrow
The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport/ National Sports Commission in association with the Rising Star Track Club will be holding a 5km Independence Road Race and Walk tomorrow for Seniors, Juniors, Masters and Walkers commencing at 16:00hrs. The route Race starts in front of Courts Guyana Inc., Main Street, proceeds north along Main Street [...]
13 year old killed on Corentyne Public Road
Savitri Persaud, 13, of Number 68 Village was killed about 14:30 hrs on Thursday on the Number 70 Public Road when a Jeep PKK150 driven by Delroy Mitchell, 26, hit her. Mitchell is an interdicted Lance Corporal attached to the Guyana Defence Force. It is understood that the vehicle was going at a fast rate [...]
GFA files injunction against GFF
- aimed at nullifying Congress The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) had an injunction served on the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) last night aimed at nullifying the GFF Congress that was ongoing at the time the injunction was served at the Ocean View International Hotel. Officials from the GFA that included President, Vernon Burnett, General Secretary, [...]
Guyanese cricketer returns following successful stint in Trinidad and Tobago
Former Guyanese U-19 opener Deonauth Baksh recently returned home after a successful sojourn in Trinidad and Tobago where he represented the Couva Sports Club in the National Division two Cricket championships in that country. The local cricketer said that he had managed to clinch a contract with the Couva Sports Club to play first class [...]
Guyanese in BVI fighting deportation
BVI Beacon- A hearing was held before Governor Boyd McCleary Friday in relation to the ordered deportation of businessman Desmond “DA” Alphonso, according to Emma Dean, staff officer in the Governor’s Office, who declined to provide further details. Alphonso, a native of Guyana who has resided in the Virgin Islands since he was 14 months [...]
We’ll be better prepared against spin – Gibson
West Indies will be better prepared to combat India’s spin threat in the upcoming ODI and Test series, coach Ottis Gibson has said. The West Indies batsmen proved vulnerable against spin during the drawn Test series against Pakistan, losing 32 of their 40 wickets in the two games to slow bowlers. They face a spin-heavy [...]
Linden man in court for theft from burnt out clothing store
Selwyn Lancaster, 34, was placed on $200,000 when he appeared in the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday last to answer to a charge of simple larceny. It was alleged that Lancaster, on May 7, 2011 stole a quantity of clothing worth $386,500 and a quantity of haberdashery amounting to $320,600 total value $707,100 property of [...]
Stag & El Dorado finals postponed to June 5
Floodlights, Memorex, Regal Seniors through to finals Rose Hall Females, Wellwoman, 4R Lioness, Lusignan Street Warriors through to semis The much anticipated finals of the Stag Beer & El Dorado Rum nationwide male and female softball tournament has been postponed to June 5 due to the inclement weather. Weather permitting action is set to get [...]
Moen Gafoor clinches top podium spot in GASP Independence Open Scrabble
Moen Gafoor turned in a sterling performance to register 4 games and a positive spread of 361 to take top honours when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) staged the annual Independence Open competition, at the Malteenoes Sports Club Pavilion Thursday afternoon last Colin Chichester finished in the second place with 4 games and [...]
What about Section Q, Turkeyen?
Dear Editor, It is noted with interest the steadfast road construction ongoing on the East Coast, Demerara, as undertaken by the Government and the question is asked again, why is no interest shown by the relevant authorities to repair the roads in the residential area of Section Q, Turkeyen? The bad condition is becoming increasingly [...]
UNAIDS representative blasts HIV ‘Swat analyses’ programmes
The notion of regular Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) training workshops and training sessions were belittled by UNAIDS Country Representative to Guyana and Suriname, Dr Ruben Del Prado. He underscored that there is an urgent need to refocus the approach to technical support capacities and competency development. He insisted that “the time is over (for) those [...]
Substance abuse is increasing and has always been a major contributor to domestic violence
Dear Editor, I would like to share some Help & Shelter statistics which are in the public domain and accessible on Help & Shelter website to show the inter-link between domestic violence and substance abuse of which alcohol is by far most prevalent. Between August 2010 and April 2011 a total of 32%, or 1 [...]
Man jailed for poisoning colleague’s food
Colin Gokhul, a 46-year-old resident of Soesdyke/Linden Highway, was on Wednesday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by Magistrate Anne McClennon at the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court. He had appeared in court charged with unlawfully and maliciously attempting to administer a poisonous substance to Ramgopaul Tejowah, so as to endanger his life and/or cause him grievous bodily [...]
Domestic feud ends, sends brother to hospital, another to jail
A domestic feud between two brothers over a transport has left one severely injured and the other brother as a guest of the state at the Suddie police station. Avinash Dyal, 26, the younger of the two is a patient at the Suddie Public Hospital, nursing a chop wound to the head. According to the [...]
Do not rewrite our history
Dear Editor, Are you really serious when you published a supplement for the 45th Anniversary of Guyana’s Independence in your newspaper (Guyana Chronicle) of Thursday 26th May 2011, and the only time we see the face of Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham is in a picture from 1953? What about the Independence Hug? Please Mr. Editor, [...]
