Breaking News!!! Guyanese soldier on child molestation charges in US
A Guyanese Lieutenant has been placed on US $ 50,000 bail after he was charged with sodomy and child molestation charges in the US. Lieutenant Martin Douglas from the Guyana Defence Force was pursuing a military course in Missouri, USA. The army in a press statement yesterday afternoon said that the Lieutenant was arraigned on [...]
Umpire Duncan given fantastic farewell
Remembered as a principled individual By Sean Devers The New Road Wesleyan Church in Vreed-in-Hoop, West Demerara overflowed with family, friends and colleagues of the late Guyanese International Cricket Umpire Clyde Duncan in a moving funeral service which lasted almost five hours yesterday. Tears flowed freely as a succession of emotional tributes were given [...]
Brushie XI upset Tarmac ‘A’, Pitbulls also through to next round
Kares Engineering / Bushy Park Sawmills 10/10 Tapeball Cricket Brushie XI created a major upset when they defeated favourites Tarmac ‘A’ to advance to the next round as play in the Kares Engineering / Bushy Park Sawmills 10/10 Tapeball Cricket Competition continued yesterday, at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue. After posting [...]
Caribs overcome GDF to take Banks DIH Sevens Rugby title
Caribs walked away with the Bank DIH Rugby Seven’s trophy yesterday at the National Park, Rugby Ground after inflicting a 24-17 drubbing on the Guyana Defence Force to claim the title. Hornets “A” and “B” were unable to score against GDF and the Caribs respectively in the semi-finals. Leading the way for the Caribs [...]
Guyana qualifies for Pan Am Cup in 2013
PAHF Challenge Cup in Rio, Brazil Despite a 2-0 loss to top seed and pre-tournament favourites, Uruguay, the Guyana Women’s Hockey Team booked their spot in the final of the PAHF Challenge as well as World Cup Qualifiers for the Americas, the PAHF Cup which will be staged in Argentina in 2013. The Challenge [...]
Ja to host Pan-Am hockey club champs
JAMAICA will host the 2011 Pan American Hockey Club Championships from November 26 to December 4, former chairman of the Sports Development Foundation (SDF) David Mais has revealed. Mais made the statement recently while being chairman of the Local Organising Committee for the Pan American Junior Badminton Championship, which ended here last Sunday. In discussing [...]
Fifth Annual Tribute to Heroes Programme hosted by RHTY&SC
Six outstanding senior citizens with a combined service of 210 years to the development of Guyana was on Wednesday last rewarded by the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club under its Annual Milton Armogan Memorial Tribute to Heroes Programme at the Annex Restaurant. The programme, the 5th of its kind was hosted by the [...]
Racewalkers kept busy as Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club stage month long activities
Affiliates of the Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club (CSTC) are currently engaged in a series of activities dubbed ‘7th Race Walk month’ that encompass race walks, seminars and exhibitions among other activities throughout the month of August. Staged under the theme ‘Unifying Guyana through the sport race walking,’ the organizers are currently addressing the programme [...]
CH&PA raked in $889M on sale of land in 2010
Should the fact that there is a housing boom ever be in doubt, the $889M earned through the sale of land by the CH&PA in 2010 should put that notion to rest. The figures are from the Audited Financial Statements of the Central Housing and Planning Authority for the year 2010. The report was [...]
Stolen Toyota Allion found in abandoned bond
The owner of a Toyota Allion motorcar is grateful to the East Coast Demerara anti crime patrol and concerned residents of the village of Nabaclis for the recovery of his car before thieves could make off with its parts. The car was stolen early Friday morning near the Alpha Hotel in Ogle and was recovered [...]
NY Visitor shot, robbed on arrival
-gunmen flee with 3 bottles grey goose, food and sweets An overseas based Guyanese who returned home yesterday morning for a religious function for his mother was welcomed by bandits who shot him in his neck and robbed him shortly after he had touched down at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri. His cousin [...]
Mental health being misdiagnosed as obeah – Ramsammy
In Guyana and many Caribbean countries, most persons fail to recognize the signs of Neuro-Psychiatric Disorders (mental health disorders), citing myths like “obeah” and “voodoo” as the cause for people’s uncommon behaviours. Statistics reveal that 15-20 percent of the population in Guyana suffer from at least one of these disorders, in many cases, persons are [...]
Bandits strip sleeping baby of jewellery
The Police on the West Bank of Demerara are currently looking for nine men who invaded a Goed Fortuin business place and home last Saturday evening. According to a police statement, the incident occurred at around 19:30 hours and businessman Peter Sahadeo, 42, and his wife Nanda Sahadeo were beaten by four of the [...]
PPP’s economic performance susceptible to external shocks, price uncertainty – AFC
The Alliance For Change (AFC) says that with all the glowing reviews of the country’s economic performance by Finance Minister Ashni Singh, his analysis is based on sectors that are susceptible to external shocks and price uncertainty. This is according to AFC’s economic advisor Dr Tarron Khemraj who told journalists at the party’s weekly [...]
Garbage continues to take over central Georgetown
Day seven…garbage continues to be dumped in the streets of Georgetown and mainly on Orange Walk in front of the entrance to the Bourda Market and stallholders are at pains to continue operating as the Mayor and City Council (MCC) continue to be hampered by a lack of funds. More and more stallholders have ceased [...]
Man shot at Noble House Fisheries wharf
Police have detained a security guard attached to the Noble House Seafoods Limited following the shooting of a man shortly after midday on Saturday. The victim, Torungo Gulliver also known as ‘Tobest’ of Anira Street, Queenstown was shot on his right shoulder and is presently a patient at the Georgetown Hospital. Reports are that [...]
90 percent of malaria cases from Regions One, Seven, Eight
In Guyana, 90 percent of the 11,828 persons tested positive for malaria for the first half of 2011 are from Regions One, Seven and Eight, says Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy. Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite called Plasmodium. According to the Minister, the Regions with the most malaria cases [...]
Guyanese owe a lot to sugar industry
-Ramotar tells Champion Workers By Leon Suseran Director of GuySuCo, Donald Ramotar, has praised the sugar industry for playing an integral role in Guyana’s history and dominating the life here, while “being responsible for many of us being here today.” His comments were aimed at the gathering at the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) [...]
Canecutters will get less slave-like jobs with higher pay – AFC tells Berbicians
Alliance For Change Prime Ministerial Candidate, Sheila Holder told Berbicians last Saturday evening that the People’s Progressive Party and the People’s National Congress (PNC) are two peas in the same pod, and the PPP “thrives and survives on the fact that they drive fear into the Indian constituency about the PNC.” She blasted the PNC [...]
Lindeners urged to plant more food
Lindeners turned out in their numbers on Saturday evening to view the exhibits and purchase much needed agricultural produce at the Linden leg of the Ministry of Agriculture’s Grow More Food Festival at the Linden/Georgetown Bus Park. Farmers’ booths displayed and sold myriad items- both planting materials and farming equipment, and offered vital information on [...]
The historical St. Barnabas Church almost gone
On July 22, the congregation of the St. Barnabas Church, located at Regent Street, Georgetown, gathered for their final Thanksgiving Service and deconsecrating ceremony after a public announcement that the historical structure had been sold. Yesterday, the final phase of the demolition act was being executed as most of the building had already been [...]
Region three “Best Teacher” to open new private school
Ms. Latchmin Gopaul, a woman who is dedicated to setting a solid educational foundation for the country’s children, is a retired teacher with 37 years of experience teaching students from Grades One to Six. Last February, the committed woman copped the Region Three award for “Best Teacher” for 2010. She has invested tireless efforts into [...]
GUYANA’S LULA
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Progressive Party is no political spring chicken. He has a wealth of experience under his belt. He has been highly instrumental in his party’s political successes since 1997 but even moreso since he assumed the position of General Secretary of his party. Under his watch, his party [...]
Jelly’s last jam
In this an election period, Bob Marley’s famous song, “Jamming” has become the national anthem of the presidency. The Government has virtually taken over the direction of Jamzone. Last year, Jamzone brought down the R&B singer Neyo. The organizers refused to say how much he was paid and how much the Government contributed to the [...]
A TAIL OF TWO CITIES
It must have been extremely frightening for those people travelling on Caribbean Airlines Flight (CAL) 523 from New York. I don’t mean when the actual crash took place because that was bad enough. What must have been even more scary was the arrival of the Prime Minister (PM) of Trinidad and Tobago (TNT), Mrs. Kamla [...]
