FBI drags Guyanese from Delta flight bound to Guyana
- on US$2.5M bail for fraud The Federal Bureau of Information yesterday dragged scandal-scarred Queens and Guyanese businessman, Edul Ahmad, off a Georgetown-bound Delta airlines flight, as US authorities investigate him for extensive scheme to extract money from unsuspecting home buyers. Ahmad had already boarded Delta 383 at JFK International to head to Guyana when [...]
Child crippled due to faulty delivery
By Rehana Ashley Ahamad A few hours before the bundle of joy entered the world her mother Sam, began experiencing normal labour pains and was taken to the delivery room for delivery, as per usual. Sam said she was subsequently told that she had to be incised to allow for natural birth. The17-year-old mother said, [...]
Dem boys seh…God don’t sleep
De government had nuff shares in GT&T and it use to mek money. Every year it use to collect millions of dollars. Dem boys know that when people mekking money from something dem don’t sell. But de government selling dem same shares. Dem boys seh that de government cut a deal wid dem Chinese and [...]
Digital Technology supplied faulty equipment to UG
… Education Ministry scampers to cover tracks Digital Technology, the firm that has secured multi-million dollar computer contracts from the government since 2002, has been found to have supplied wrong and faulty equipment to the University of Guyana. And the Ministry of Education is looking to cover its tracks in the growing scandal. On Friday, [...]
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A plea before forever
Time can be a liar, a joker, a magician, a fool, and a navigator. It will try to make you think that where you are is a permanent place, right before it tries to make you think again a second later. And when it has convinced you that nothing lasts, and nothing is worth keeping, [...]
Guyana Watch wraps up 19th mission with overwhelming public response
The Guyana Watch medical team wrapped up its 19th mission Friday and according to President of Guyana Watch Inc, Tony Yassin, this year has been one of the better years for the mission. Friday saw the conclusion of the last clinic for 2011 which was held at the Leonora Primary School, West Coast Demerara. In [...]
Flooded East Bank Bus Park highlights poor garbage disposal
Numerous minibus operators and hire car drivers are complaining that the situation at the Route #42 (East Bank) mini-bus park has exceeded their level of tolerance as it relates to the excessive flood which occurs after minimal rainfall. Reports are that for the past two days water accumulated to a high level after short periods [...]
Building your home? (Prefabs and innovative construction ideas)
By Leonard Gildarie Last week, we examined the timeliness of the second International Building Expo which begins this Friday at the National Stadium, Providence. We also spoke of one important feature that may once again surface this year…a model home of that is low-cost and affordable for the first time home owner. This is somewhat [...]
Boston leaps to bronze at Pan Am Juniors
United States-based Guyanese jumper, Rolyce Boston leaped to Guyana’s first medal of the 2011 Pan American Junior Championships at the Ansin Sports Complex in Florida, Friday night while Stephan James was sixth in the 400m Final. Boston’s best attempt in the Long Jump Final was 7.34m, which was good enough for the bronze medal. The [...]
Day two washed out at Bourda & DCC
By Sean Devers The three teams with the most points in this year’s regional under-19 three-day cricket competition after the opening round could claim just four points from their second round games. The top-of-the-points table clash between host Guyana and Jamaica at Bourda is still to commence after heavy early morning washed out the second [...]
Biggest stakes, largest field so far entered
All roads will lead to the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club today when the entity in collaboration with Digicel stages their Classic Mega Horserace Meet at Bel Air No 6.Village, West Coast Berbice. The event, amongst the biggest to be staged this year has total prize money of over $10M up for grabs. Ten races [...]
Round-of-32 kicks off in Linden tonight
By Franklin Wilson The long-established rivalry between Linden and Georgetown teams in the traditional version of football has now been transferred to the latest edition, FastBall. This mouth watering competition between the two Towns will ignite the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground this evening as the round-of-32 in the GT&T FastBall knock-out football tournament gets cracking. [...]
Fireworks expected in Jam Zone Masters Cup t20 cricket
Benn among six WI players in GT team By Sean Devers Thirty-year-old West Indies left-arm spinner Suleiman Benn was the leading West Indian bowler in last year’s home series against South Africa but he has not featured in the Regional side since the World Cup due to what the WICB described as a bad World [...]
Accident victim seeks help to find hit and run driver
A Mon Repos man is appealing to the police to try and locate the driver of a motor car that struck him down on the Non Pareil Public Road, East Coast Demerara last Wednesday. Ramnarine Dwarka, 50, of 31 Block CC Mon Repos West, is nursing injuries to his head and back as a result [...]
Auto Supplies fire site now a city embarrassment
Eight years ago a massive fire demolished several businesses at the corner of Hadfield and Lombard Streets. But while other businesses have reconstructed their premises and restarted their operations, the section that once housed the auto supplies company is now an eyesore in the heart of the city. The once thriving establishment is now home [...]
NAMILCO launches halwa and parsad mix at Berbice Expo
The National Milling Company of Guyana (NAMILCO) has introduced for the first time two new products during the ongoing Berbice Expo and Trade Fair at the Albion Ground in Berbice. The products, parsad flour mix and halwa flour mix are hitting the market and Berbicians have the first opportunity to sample foods made from the [...]
APNU kicks off in Linden
A huge crowd converged on the Mackenzie Bus Park, Friday evening for the official launch of the A Partnership For Unity (APNU) in Region Ten, despite sporadic drizzles, which eventually turned to full fledged showers after the meeting. Some of the featured speakers were Dr Rupert Roopnaraine, Mr Carl Greenidge and Presidential candidate David Granger. [...]
“Test cricket is the greatest!”
Colin E. H. Croft Regardless of what anyone says, Test cricket is here to stay. It has made a re-emergence, after being, for a short time, threatened, by the uneducated, with extinction. In Dominica, Test No. 1999, West Indies and India were toe-to-toe; like Mohammed Ali v Joe Frazier. Test cricket is really the greatest! [...]
Jagdeo a no show at Sophia commissioning ceremony
What started out as a highly anticipated event for residents of Sophia yesterday proved to be a great disappointment to a majority of the gathering since the official commissioning of the Sophia Water Treatment Plant was postponed. President Bharrat Jagdeo failed to show up. Never the less, Jose Manuel Ruiz, Chief of Operations, Inter-American Development [...]
A Rich Legacy continues 21 years on
RHTY&SC to celebrate anniversary with month of activities What started out as a simple club in the Rose Hall Corentyne area almost 21 years ago, has matured into an institution of enormous proportions that has touched the lives of thousands and continues to be unmatched by any other institution of similar nature in Guyana. The [...]
Are local boxers ready for Barbados Invasion?
Seventeenth ProAm boxing extravaganza holds the answers By Michael Benjamin The ProAm boxing cards return to the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) this Friday July 29 and for the first time the card would see the local crème de la crème opposing their overseas counterparts in a card that is geared to climax with unbridled [...]
Close encounters as Kares t10 softball cricket continues
The second weekend closed with some 190 matches completed and a highest individual score of 135 not out by Ricknauth Rooplall, which included some 19 sixes and 2 fours and in partnership with Chris Patadin, who slammed 48 in an entertaining partnership , worth 200 runs representing Better Hope XI. They took the life out [...]
EAST COAST CRICKET BOARD 10th CRICKET ACADEMY STARTS TOMORROW
The East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) will hold its tenth annual Cricket Academy from tomorrow, Monday July 25, at the Lusignan Community Centre, East Coast Demerara. The programme which ends on August 5 will involve 50 youths between the ages of 12 – 16 years and will be conducted under the theme ‘Healthy Lifestyle and [...]
JR Burgers partners with GMR&SC
With a mere seven days to go before the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) stages another Race Meet, the club received a significant boost for its preparation when JR Burgers came on board by offering its support recently. Manager and motor racer Ryan Rahaman handed over a cheque for an undisclosed sum to [...]
