The Caribbean’s Unfriendly Skies
Who would deny that we need a low-cost airline in the region? From the earliest days of Caribbean aviation, it was always practically cheaper to fly to London than to one of our Caricom neighbours. The only change since then is that London has been replaced by New York in the equation. It was not [...]
Six nabbed after multi-million $$$ robbery
- gun, ammo recovered By Latoya Giles Police have detained ex-policeman Sean Hinds and five other men in connection with a brazen multi-million-dollar robbery yesterday at the Bel Air Gardens home of popular city businessman Malcolm Panday. A police official also confirmed last night that investigators have also detained a close female relative of the [...]
Sailors rescued from burning trawler
Three sailors were rescued from a fiery death when their trawler ‘Atlantic Star’ burst into flames on the Essequibo River near the island of Leguan yesterday afternoon. The men were rescued by a group of fishermen who saw the flames and risked their lives to help the stranded sailors. This newspaper understands that it was [...]
Dem boys seh…De jail waiting fuh some of dem
A man lef he truck outside de police station fuh go to court to pay a traffic fine. He walk wid $2 million but he only had to pay de court $7,500. Dem boys seh that when he come out de court he find de money gone. But de money couldn’t gone far. Dem detectives [...]
Young reveller found with skull bashed in outside wedding house
Seventeen-year-old Ravindra Persaud was having a good time at a wedding house on Monday night until he disappeared when he left to go outside, probably to pass some urine. Nine hours later, his lifeless body was found lying on the parapet, not far from where he was last seen dancing with family and friends. The [...]
FAO appoints new fisheries officer for Caribbean region
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Sub-Regional Office for the Caribbean is working to increase its involvement in fisheries in the Caribbean and be more responsive to the needs of the industry through the appointment of a new Fishery and Aquaculture Officer. The new officer, Dr. Raymon van Anrooy, also assumes the functions of the [...]
Education Ministry reaches out to special students
The HIV/AIDS Unit within the Education Ministry recently donated a quantity of stationery and hygiene kits to students of Sophia Special School and the David Rose School for the Handicapped. The initiative supported by the Special Needs Unit and Peace Corps volunteers was part of activities organised by the Education Ministry to reach out to [...]
Ansa Mc Al employees on bail over alleged $3M theft
Two employees, a Warehouse Supervisor and a Driver/Salesman of Ansa Mc Al Guyana Limited’s New Amsterdam Branch were yesterday granted bail to the tune of $250,000 each by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when they appeared before her at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court on a charge of larceny by clerk or servant. According to prosecutor Corporal [...]
Corentyne labourer remanded on attempted murder charge
Edward Kester Apollo, 47, a labourer, of Lonsdale, East Bank Berbice, was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo when he appeared before her at the New Amsterdam magistrate’s court on a charged of attempted murder committed on Damion Henry Trim of Sir Douglas Road, Fyrish, Corentyne, Berbice, on Wednesday July 6, last. According [...]
Defending champs remain on course to retain overall title
Defending champions Guyana remained on course to retain the overall title after both the Boys and Girls teams continued their fine run at this year’s Digicel Caribbean Area Squash Association Junior Championships which continued yesterday, at the Georgetown Club and the National Racquet Centre. The Guyanese easily disposed of the Bahamas in the Boys category [...]
Gold thief beaten, tied up and left to die
A team of police investigators has been dispatched to the gold mining area of 14-mile Issano to probe yet another murder in Guyana’s interior. The team was dispatched yesterday following reports on Monday that a miner had been beaten to death. Details of the murder are sketchy so far, but according to a source it [...]
NATI inflict 7-1 drubbing over Orealla
- moves into national quarter-finals By Rawle Welch New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI) led by a six-goal effort from striker Devon James erased the lofty ambitions of Orealla Secondary when the two teams clashed in the final of the Region 6 Zone of the Digicel-sponsored Nationwide Schools Football Competition which was played on Monday, at [...]
West Side All Stars & Squatters ‘The Gunners’ Utd into West Dem semis
By Franklin Wilson Squatters ‘The Gunners’ United and West Side All Stars have booked the final two semifinals spots in the West Demerara zone of the GT&T FastBall knock-out football competition following some two high octane quarter final games yesterday at the Den Amstel Community Centre Ground. The less fancied Jetty based Squatters ‘The Gunners’ [...]
GLTA/P&P Tennis Camp launched amidst the rain
Amidst a cold morning, Varsha Panday, daughter of Bish Panday, Managing Director of P&P Insurance Brokers expressed her joy to partner with the Guyana Tennis Association to host the 2011 version of the annual tennis camp for children. At the Opening Ceremony, she recounted that P&P has been involved with the GLTA since 2004 and [...]
Ifill ready for Bahamas
Andrew Ifill has undoubtedly become one of Guyana’s most accomplished basketball players and yesterday the 31 year-old declared that he is ready to represent Guyana at the July 23–29 Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championships in the Bahamas. Guyana will be grouped with defending Champions Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, US Virgin Islands and the Turks and [...]
UK-based Jaguars to play Tooting & Mitcham United August 16
By Franklin Wilson Through diligent work by their Technical staff, the United Kingdom based ‘Golden Jaguars’ will take on Ryman Premier League Club ‘Tooting and Mitcham United’ first team in a pre-season friendly match on Tuesday August 16, 2011 from 19:45hrs. The match is to be played at the very impressive Tooting and Mitcham United’s [...]
It’s Guyana versus Barbados as organizers unveil 17th ProAm boxing card
The July edition of the Friday Night Fights has boiled down to a Guyana versus Barbados affair after St Lucian, Joseph Christopher, initially scheduled to fight Anthony Augustin, has indicated that he is unable to keep his ring date after experiencing some difficulties in his homeland. The two were supposed to clash in a 4 [...]
KARES T10 TAPEBALL TOURNAMENT BOWLS OFF WITH A BANG
The Tapeball fever continued after the Opening Ceremony on July 3 at GCC Ground, Bourda, where the opening matches of the Kares T10 Tapeball Tournament were played on July 9. Highly entertaining matches in the male, female, school boys and school girls categories were also played at the Everest Cricket Club, University of Guyana Ground, [...]
Veteran scorer Ron Legall resigns from GCB functions
Veteran official book-scorer, statistician and secretary of the Cricket Development Committee of the Guyana Cricket Board, Ron Legall, has called it a day with the GCB citing a number of improprieties in the operation of the board over the past two years as his reason for quitting. In his letter to the president of the GCB, Legall [...]
Man accused of beating 80-yr-old with hammer remanded
The man accused of beating a senior citizen with a hammer, was yesterday remanded on a charge of attempted murder. He was not required to plea to the indictavle charge. When the accused, 34-year-old Colwyn Mc Koy, appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, he was told that the police are [...]
Keep striving for your dreams
- QC valedictorian tells Class of 2011 “Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes it meaningful. Success is not built on success. It’s built on failure. It’s built on frustration. Sometimes it’s built on catastrophe. Keep striving for your dreams.” These were the words of Upper-Sixth Deputy Head-Prefect of Queen’s College [...]
Keeping basketball out of the rubble
By Edison Jefford The national basketball federation likes to say that it is as strong as its sub-associations whenever it is questioned on performance. If that is true, based on the performance of sub-associations over the last six months, we do not have a very strong national federation. The window of analysis in this assessment [...]
New tobacco legislation should be revised – Demtoco
Managing Director of Demerara Tobacco Company Limited (DEMTOCO), Chandradat Chintamani, in an invited comment, has stated that there needs to be a review of the soon to be implemented tobacco legislation. On Monday, Chintamani stated that his company has been supportive of the issue and is a responsible entity. He asserts that there needs to [...]
East Coast teams battle for honours in three team domino competition
The three top domino teams along the East Coast corridor, ex-GDF, Machine and Shem, will battle for honours when the Black Stallion Football Club hosts a three team domino competition this evening starting at 19:00hrs. The tournament would be held at Shem Hideout, 244 South Vryheid’s Lust Housing Scheme ECD in memory of the late [...]
Durban Park Lions Club receives donation
“We serve” is the international motto for the Lions Club and indeed, “serve” they do. Yesterday the Lions Club of Durban Park was presented with twenty white canes from the Kayamaggi Lions Club by Joseph D’Oliveira of California. The canes went towards the Sight First Committee within the club, who will distribute them to twenty [...]
