50-year-old on $50,000 bail for gun threat
Stanislaus Mohabir, 50, of Lot 508 Norton Street, appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine- Beharry, yesterday, and pleaded not guilty to a charge of threatening to shoot Pamela Gonzales in her face. The charge stemmed from a complaint by the virtual complainant. The prosecution stated that on the day of the [...]
National School of Music launched
The National School of Music, along with the handing over of steel pans, was commissioned yesterday by the Minister of Culture at the school’s location on Brickdam and College Road, Georgetown. The ceremony included musical renditions from a steel pan duet, a violin duet/solo and lastly a piano piece as befitting the opening of [...]
Mackenzie High is ‘J.O.F. Haynes’ debating champs again
The Mackenzie High School is the victor of the JOF Haynes Inter-Secondary School Debating competition for the second consecutive year. The school’s excellent performance was driven by their opponent, Queen’s College’s, good fight in the battle of words, fluency and eloquence. The competition was held yesterday at the National Cultural Centre, Georgetown. [...]
PLANE CRASH LANDS AT WAKENAAM
A small 2 seater C-152 aircraft crash landed at Moor Farm, Wakenaam Island shortly after 10:00 hrs today (Wednesday) and this sent residents rushing to the scene. According to one resident he was attracted by the sound of the engine and saw the plane flying low over the uncultivated rice lands about a mile from [...]
Jagdeo calls Mayor Jackass, Mayor calls Jagdeo Gutter Rat
President Bharrat Jagdeo continued his campaign of abuse and according to New Amsterdam Mayor Claude Henry, the head of state went into the gutter at a PPP meeting in front PPP Freedom House office in New Amsterdam. Jagdeo described the New Amsterdam Mayor as a jackass, and Nagamootoo and Ramjattan as rum shop [...]
Do not remove Voters’ List from polling stations! –GECOM
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) last evening issued an appeal for persons not to remove the Voters’ List from polling stations. The Commission said that as is statutorily required, it has been posting the Official List of Electors (OLE), or the Voters’ List, at all of the Polling Stations which have been [...]
‘Impartial, independent’ Commonwealth Observer Mission arrives
The Commonwealth Observer Group for Monday’s general and regional elections is now in Guyana. It hopes that its presence can add weight toward ensuring that the elections are free and fair. Leading the delegation is Mr Dennis Marshall, the former Secretary General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, and a Minister in the New Zealand [...]
Robert Persaud knows all of the Marriott investors
…Luncheon says Marriott is racehorse; Princess, Pegasus are cab horses Robert Persaud who was at the time hosting a Peoples Progressive Party Civic Campaign Update told media operatives that the administration would need the permission of the parties in the consortium of owners of the Marriott Guyana before information is divulged. Persaud said that [...]
Mr. Edghill seeks my imprisonment
Juan Edghill has asked the court to commit me to prison for contempt of court. The case comes up on December 5. The writ filed by Mr. Ashton Chase alleges that I wrote about Mr. Edghill in his capacity as Chairman of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) at a time when there was a legal [...]
When the other hotels are cab horses
There is an old adage that there are often more questions than answers. This is certainly true when one considers the proposed construction of the Marriott hotel on the Atlantic shore. This hotel is to be constructed on a plot of land that once accommodated the Luckhoo Swimming Pool, a facility that was open to [...]
THE RACE FOR REGION TEN IS ON
The competition for the two seats in Region Ten looks very exciting at this stage. APNU should easily get one seat but the second seat is up for grabs with the latest poll numbers suggesting that the PPP and the AFC are in a tight race for this prize. It is therefore not at all [...]
Dem boys seh…Some of de Bees gun commit suicide
Dem have an advertisement that go, What’s in my cup, stays in my cup. Well dem boys want know when de cup full up wha gun happen to all de Pee Pee Pee. De cup gun run over. But dem boys seh that Bar Rat cup full and he like call people thief. He [...]
Windies make merry with Bravo dream run
Mumbai (AFP): Darren Bravo continued his dream run with a third century in four Tests to help the West Indies post a mammoth 575-9 on the second day of the third and final Test against India on Wednesday. Bravo, cousin of former West Indies batting great Brian Lara, dominated the Indian attack with [...]
Aruwai Plaza sponsors K&S Knockout Football tourney
As the Kashif and Shanghai Knockout Football Tournament draws closer to its opening day (December 10), another mega sponsor, Aruwai Enterprise Inc. has joined in ensuring that the lucrative annual tournament is a success as it has been for the years of its existence by bequeathing the first prize of One Pound of Gold. [...]
Mayor Green birthday football fiesta …Battle heats up for Body Max, Eddie Grant cash prizes today at GFC
Play in the 77th Birthday Inter Ward, Street and Village Knockout 16-team football fiesta for Mayor Hamilton Green continues this evening at the Georgetown Football Club ground, Bourda following action on opening night, Tuesday. Following Tuesday’s play, Western B, Timehri Panthers, Kuru Kuru Warriors, North East La Penitence, Alexander Street, Mojo Lions, Grove and [...]
D’Andrade wins Suriname Marathon
Seasoned distance runner, Lionel D’Andrade won the Suriname Marathon Saturday evening in a gruelling race that had ruled him out of the South American 10km Road Race the following day in Georgetown. D’Andrade is a regular competitor in the event. The Trinidad and Tobago-based athlete said that he was happy with the results since [...]
Overseas based Guyanese cyclist assists National female Cycling champion
National female cycling and National school champion Marica Dick, a member of the Flying Aces cycling club, was on Monday the recipient of a number of much needed cycling equipment compliments of overseas based Guyanese and a former national cyclist Wilbert Benjamin. Dick, a six form student of the New Amsterdam Multilateral School, was [...]
Officials urged to “smoothen out issues”
-Districts collect School C/ships prizes By Edison Jefford Digicel’s Sponsorship Manager, Gavin Hope yesterday urged those officials responsible for the organising of the National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships to work overtime to iron out the administrative issues of the event. “I know the weather was a problem and you [...]
Profiles of Lady Jaguars U-17 Team
Guyana’s National U-17 female team, Lady Jaguars will be representing Guyana at Caribbean Football Union (CFU) World Cup Qualifying Final Stage in Kingston, Jamaica from November 29- December 3. The Lady Jags are presently encamping at Dawn Cari International Hotel and will depart Guyana on Sunday 27 November for Jamaica to compete in the [...]
Pegasus Open Tennis Championships…Squires gets sweet revenge, dethrones Miller
Last year, it was Jeremy Miller who upset the odds when he beat the then dominant Phillip Squires in straight sets to claim his first Pegasus Open title. One year later, four times champion Phillip Squires turned the tables to defeat top seed Jeremy Miller in three sets 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 and reclaim [...]
GCC under-21 ladies to defend title in Trinidad
After making their impressive debut back in 2008 by winning the Magnolia’s Indoor Hockey Championship on their first ever overseas tour, the Georgetown Cricket Club under-21 girls return this year as three-time defending champions. Ever since that faithful 2008 tournament, Flora GCC Spartans as they are known have defended their title successfully in [...]
Carib/Pepsi Big Smash t20 cricket…Semis switched to Saturday at Bourda
The semi-finals of the Carib/Pepsi Big Smash t20 cricket competition organized by the Guyana Cricket Board will be now played at Bourda on Saturday due to the unavailability of the Albion ground tomorrow when the ‘final four’ was planned for in Berbice. Tournament Director Robin Singh informed yesterday that the matches will be [...]
MCY&S 7:15 Inter Block promises exciting finale
After a period of three weeks and involving a total of 60 teams drawn from West Berbice, East Coast, Georgetown, East Bank, Linden and West Demerara which resulted in a similar amount of matches, the Grand Finale of the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport 7:15 Inter Block football tournament is set for [...]
Belony excels as GASP takes scrabble to rural communities
Leon Belony shook off the disappointment of losing a closely contested battle against National Scrabble champion, Abigail McDonald at the just concluded National Open Scrabble championships, to capture the honours when the Guyana Association of Scrabble players (GASP) hosted an open-two tier competition at Playland Exquisite Italian Restaurant, Enterprise E.C.D, Sunday November 20 [...]
Letter to the Sports Editor…GCB’s Pepsi/Carib T/20 misrepresentations and cover up
Dear Editor, It is regretful the GCB Tournament Director now attempts to cover serious malpractices by offering misrepresentations and contradictions. The Tournament Director, Mr. Robin Singh, in his response to the press dated 23 November 2011, is now saying the game was “abandoned due to the inclement weather”. Consequently umpires could not have (and never) requested [...]
