Bandits snatch $5M, shoot dredge owner in leg, escape on motorcycle
Two gunmen on a black CG motorcycle attacked and robbed a miner, Kenneth Anthony Joaquin, of $5 million, after shooting him in the left leg before they fled on a motorcycle. The driver of the grey Toyota Allion was taken to the Ruimveldt Police Station for questioning. The Allion was traveling north on [...]
Marriott Hotel to be launched in a few weeks –Jagdeo
-project still mired in controversy President Bharrat Jagdeo has disclosed that the long awaited Marriott hotel will be launched in a few weeks. The Head-of-State made the announcement while officially launching the Movie Towne brand in Guyana on Tuesday last. According to Jagdeo, the Marriott when completed will add to the growing stock of facilities [...]
‘Hit the road Jack’ – Nigel Hughes tells Jagdeo
The song “Hit the road Jack” was made famous by the great American singer, Ray Charles, five decades ago. Yesterday attorney Nigel Hughes found it to be the appropriate response to President Bharrat Jagdeo who has called him a racist. Jagdeo, on Tuesday, used a campaign rally at Whim on the Corentyne Coast to [...]
‘I forgot some of the garbage in OP’- Bisessar
Rajendra Bisessar, who left the incumbent People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) to join the Alliance for Change (AFC), said that the only mistake he made when he left the Office of the President was to forget to “take out all the garbage.” Bisessar was once Jagdeo’s assistant, but on Tuesday, Jagdeo took to the campaign [...]
Demerara Bank amasses $984M profit
-opens first-ever bank on East Demerara Just 17 years after opening its doors and becoming the country’s fully-owned indigenous bank, Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) has amassed a whopping $984M in profits, its highest to date. According to officials yesterday, the bank’s deposit base grew 4.5 per cent to be at an all-time high of [...]
Horror at Moleson Creek sugar cultivation…Teen beheaded after argument
By Leon Suseran A 17-year-old high school dropout was beheaded by his friend yesterday afternoon at a private sugar plantation company at Moleson-Jackson (Corentyne Backlands), Corentyne. The beheading occurred just near the Moleson Creek-Suriname Ferry Terminal. According to reports, Stephon Bacchus, a former student of the Vryman’s Erven Secondary School, had his head chopped [...]
Is there a strategy to this cuss-down drama?
Attorney Roysdale Forde explained to me that he thinks that Mr. Jagdeo’s cuss-down style at the PPP rallies is a stratagem designed to shift focus away from Mr. Ramotar. He explained that as the campaign gets older and as Mr. Jagdeo continues to cuss down, the opposition, the media and other Guyanese political observers reserve [...]
The state may be spying on us
There is always a fear that the state is doing everything in its power to keep its people in subjection. There was the Soviet Union and even East Germany and some totalitarian states where people were afraid to voice any inner feelings if those feelings were perceived to be contrary to what the state considered [...]
Dem boys seh…Bar Rat greedy
People talking in whispers. Bar Rat very greedy. Dem seh that if he wasn’t greedy he wouldn’t have stay quiet while everybody talking bout he pension. Dem boys seh that he tek enough. When de Bill guh to Parliament he instruct Rob-Bert to vote fuh de Bill because one day he gun be president [...]
THE PEOPLE ARE NOT STUPID
One thousand laptops distributed in one day. How many votes do these translate to. By the time November 28 arrives at the minimum about ten thousand laptops are going to be shared out to the needy. The One Laptop Per Family Project was never intended as an election project, but its timing obviously [...]
‘It’s not about elections but resurrection’- Coach Shabazz
Urges politicians to put away Party colors and wear Yellow tomorrow By Sean Devers This is the second coming of Guyana Football Coach Jamaal Shabazz and the Trinidadian intends to make it count with a historic 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification in Brazil. Shabazz was in charge of the national side between 2005 to [...]
Laxman, Tendulkar take India to comfortable win
India raced through the longish home stretch of 124 runs to register their first win in seven Tests. Anchoring the innings was Sachin Tendulkar, who overtook Rahul Dravid as the leading run-getter in chases, and rushing through it was VVS Laxman, who calmed any nerves there might have been after Dravid’s wicket early [...]
GT&T / Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing C/ship…Bajans arrive for final showdown
– Mark Maloney confident ahead of Sunday’s rivalry By Rawle Welch Acknowledging the hospitality in Guyana is always good, Barbadian racer Mark Maloney, who is currently second in the individual points standing in the Caribbean Series, told members of the media yesterday that he is looking forward to the challenge of racing [...]
Former Young Warriors players donate colour clothing to the Club
Former Young Warriors, Berbice and National Cricket Captain, Damodar Daesrath and the Club’s former no-nonsense opener, Loaknauth Ramsuchit, made a timely donation of coloured clothing to the Club’s first division team. The former players are still in Guyana following their participation in the recently completed Softball Mini World Cup competition. Former Berbice Inter [...]
Inter-block 7-a-side Football Competition…Two Friends capture one East Coast zone
Two Friends beat Ann’s Grove Seniors 3-1 to capture one East Coast zone title, while Round da Road defeated Hilltop on penalties 2-1 in the final of the Timehri zone as the Government of Guyana sponsored Inter-Block seven-a-side 15-minute Football competition continued last weekend. Kevon ‘Sacki’ Barry scored in the 5th and 23rd [...]
Khan, Feng off to Umada Cup
Guyana is being represented by Taffin Khan and Suhai Feng at the second annual Umada Cup chess tournament, which started Tuesday and ends on Sunday in Bridgetown, Barbados. Khan, the senior national champion, and Feng, the reigning junior champion, were selected by the Guyana Chess Federation, based on the fact they are the [...]
William John Harris tops GCUC Exams
William John Harris with 83 marks, finished as the top student at the just concluded Guyana Cricket Umpires Council (GCUC) preliminary exams, while former West Indies Test pacer Colin Stuart was also among those who gained passing grades. Khemraj Sukhdeo (80), Colin Stuart (77), Neil Dhanraj (72), Moses Rampal (70), Jermaine Horatio (64) [...]
Golden Jaguars ready for Trinidad and Tobago
Speaking with the some of the senior players of the Golden Jaguars team at the Raddison Suite, Queenstown, Kaieteur Sport was informed that they are ready for the challenge against Trinidad and Tobago’s team, ‘The Soca Warriors’. The players are confident in their upcoming match against the Twin Island country and will be [...]
Tournament reaches Super Eight
– Georgetown/Linden rivalry imminent Hundreds thronged the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Hard Court in Linden Saturday night to witness what became an intense battle for the eight spots up for grabs in the Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 Basketball Championships. The MSC Court hosted the Super-16 stage of the tournament with teams facing [...]
Reggie Goberdhan Memorial Trophy League Competition continues
The youthful and energetic GTC/PM Volleyball team continues to maintain its winning ways. Last week as action resumed in the BVA’s Reggie Goberdhan Memorial League Competition the team defeated Albion Volleyball Club twice in as many encounters winning three games to nil. Scores were 25-15, 25-15, 25-13 and 25-15, 25-16 and 25-17. The [...]
Dynamic year continues for local table tennis
– GTTA launches Digicel schools’ tournament By Edison Jefford Telecommunications giants, Digicel and the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) officially launched the 2011 Digicel Schools’ Table Tennis Championships yesterday with President of the GTTA, Henry Greene committing to the proliferation of the sport in schools. The schools’ tournament will be held this [...]
Guinness Greatest of the Street football…Eagles hammer Buxton 5-1 as tourney continues
Last weekend at the East Ruimveldt Tarmac action in the Guinness Greatest of the Street football tournament sponsored by Banks DIH under the Guinness brand continued with several match up with Linden side Eagles recording an impressive victory. Eagles outplayed Buxton 5-1 with goals coming from Trenton Lashley 4th min, Dellon Charter 6th [...]
Letter to the Sport Editor…Let’s be united and focused
Dear Editor, The season is here again for another Kashif and Shanghai football competition. I take time out to remind footballers, clubs and the general public that there is strength in unity. Hold heads high and don’t be drawn in by idle promises such as Plus One. Without footballers there would be no [...]
Education is a fundamental human right and a sound investment in our young people
DEAR EDITOR, On the run, captures, treks, ships and plantations, our forebears saw that the men with the pencils and books were the ones who controlled their destinies – determining where they were sent, their working and living conditions, mates and punishment or death. They knew that power resided in the hands that [...]
Those were difficult days
Dear Editor, Guyana is today a democratic state. This democracy is manifested, among other ways, in the fact that Guyanese are today free to elect a government of their choice in free and fair elections, which was not the case prior to 1992 when for all practical purposes the country experienced a de [...]
