Bag-snatcher shot dead
- after robbing woman in minisbus A bag-snatching thief was shot dead at around 10:30 hrs yesterday after posing as a passenger and robbing a woman who was travelling in a minibus near Covent Gardens, East Bank Demerara. Police said that the thief, who is still unidentified, was fatally wounded while attempting to flee into [...]
Mahaica man murdered at slaughter house
– captured suspect reportedly confesses Police have detained a man who allegedly stabbed his cousin to death early yesterday morning during an argument at an Abattoir in Helena No. 1, Mahaica. According to reports 25 year-old Orin Anthony Forde of Helena No.1 was pronounced dead on arrival at the Mahaica Hospital at around 08:30 [...]
Man tied in goat pen, beaten and set alight
Three men on Thursday morning beat and doused an Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam man with gasoline in a goat pen, chained him down, set him on fire and then escaped. According to labourer Corwin Duff, 32, who is now in a critical state nursing first, second and third degree burns about his body at the [...]
Sanjeev Datadin under fire for appointment in Sir Ron Sanders case
St John’s, Antigua – The appointment of Sanjeev Datadin, a Guyanese attorney with strong ties to the government, as special constable working along with the team of investigators in the IHI fraud investigation has been met with strong opposition in some quarters. Senior Attorney Anthony Astaphan, who has represented the opposition Antigua Labour Party [...]
GGMC denies knowledge of US-based mining company
…as reports of definitive agreement surface North Springs Resources Corp., a United States-based mining company may within 24 hours reach an agreement with the Government of Guyana to acquire 25, 000 acres of land to prospect for gold. But both the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission [...]
Putting a lid on crime
The year is less than one week old but on the criminal scene it would seem as though it is an extension of the year just concluded. There has already been one high profile robbery. Fortunately, the police responded with alacrity and were able to remove one more high-powered weapon and a quantity of [...]
THE Guyana CRICKET BOARD IS IN THE RIGHT
Imagine that you are living in your house. You own the building and everything inside; it is your property. One day you turn up at your home to find the locks on your doors changed by a trespasser. It is your house, not his. He has no place there but he has placed [...]
Dem boys seh…Commissioner Rush Ann and Knee Ass tek de cake
Some people does try fuh point fingers when dem don’t even got a hand to help dem fingers. Tek de case of a man who believe that he could be Police Commissioner. He jump up and decide that he should push he mouth up Irfaat tail. This is de same man who pay [...]
Must Guyanese really have to go through this nonsense?
Dear Editor, Sometimes it appears as though time, progress and development seem to march right past Guyana, especially when one looks in particular at the state of our politics. The current impasse surrounding the position for Speaker of the House of Parliament is emerging as an unnecessarily messy activity that sadly leaves many [...]
Tradition says that the past Speaker should continue in that position
DEAR EDITOR, In the European tradition, at least until the 17th century, Parliamentary Speakers were seen as agents of the Kings who carried out the dictates of monarchs wielding enormous powers. Some Speakers were, at least seven of them, beheaded between 1394 and 1535, because they relayed unwanted news to the monarch. The [...]
GECOM performed admirably in elections
Dear Editor, The opposition PNC-APNU has been calling for the heads of GECOM following its defeat at the just concluded elections. The management and conduct of the latest election is the best in the nation’s history. There were issues in the conduct of the election, but these had nothing to do with the [...]
Looking ahead with excited optimism
Dear Editor, The dawn of a new year always brings with it a renewed sense of hope for a better future. The past year had been quite a challenging one, not only locally, but also at the international level, which was dominated by much turbulence and social instability. The so-called Arab Spring grabbed [...]
A case for the MMU
Dear Editor, Guyana’s media landscape can be considered vast in comparison to its population size. The landscape is also expected to be expanded through the introduction of privately owned radio stations in the near future. Ensuring that these various media entities operate responsibly becomes a challenge and as such a credible regulatory body [...]
GCB receives green light for Guyana’s participation in Regional T20
-Team leaves today Shortly after 12:00 hrs yesterday, the controversy surrounding whether the national T20 squad would have been able to participate in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) sanctioned event was clearly settled when Honorary Secretary of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Anand Sanasie was given the green light for Guyana participation during a [...]
Gov’t to seek CARIOM support for IMC decision
The Guyana government, which has used a court ruling to wrestle away the authority of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and place it into the hands of an Interim Management Committee (IMC), is seeking to curry favour with Caribbean governments to support its decision. The government has installed the IMC with veteran Guyanese cricketer [...]
Phillip George laid to rest
After glowing tributes from the local basketball community, family and friends, former national basketball coach, Phillip George was laid to rest yesterday at the LeRepentir Cemetery following a funeral service at Our Lady of Fatima Church. George, who was at the time of his death, Head Coach of the Bounty Colts Club, is credited [...]
Builders Lumber Yard renews sponsorship for D’Andrade
-distance athlete to defend title at Bigi Broki Waka 10k Builders Lumber Yard, located on Lombard Street has renewed its sponsorship arrangement with distance athlete, Lionel D’Andrade ahead of the 2012 Season where the athlete will open with an attempt to defend his Bigi Broki Waka 10k title in Suriname. The Trinidad and Tobago-based, D’Andrade [...]
Cricketers urged to intensify training on verge of Guyana Softball League tournaments
The Guyana Softball League will collaborate with several of its affiliates to host a countrywide preparatory T10 softball cricket tournament for males and females teams around the country, scheduled to get underway soon. The other supporting entities are Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL); Linden Softball Cricket League (LSCL); The Lower East Coast Softball Cricket [...]
Final whistle blown on ‘Golden Jaguar’ Shawn Bishop
GFF extends sympathy to family & football fraternity The football fraternity in Guyana has been plunged into a state of shock with the passing of ‘Golden Jaguar’ Shawn ‘Fatso’ Bishop who died in the early hours of yesterday morning following a brief period of illness. Bishop, who was a member of Alpha [...]
Reggie Goberdhan Memorial Volleyball League competition final set for tomorrow
The Berbice Volleyball Association will be holding the final of the Reggie Goberdhan Memorial Volleyball League Competition 2011 tomorrow, Sunday Jan 8, at the GTM Court in New Amsterdam. The late Reggie Goberdhan was a former member of Avengers Volleyball Club in Stanleytown, New Amsterdam and an ardent supporter of the BVA in [...]
‘Jumbie’ Wiltshire Birthday Dominoes on at three venues
Mark ‘Jumbie’ Wiltshire in honour of his 57th birthday will be hosting a massive Dominoes Competition staring tomorrow at three venues and end on Saturday, January 14, at Transport Sports Club, Thomas Lands. Matches will be played at the Dynasty Sport Bar, Meckle’s Shop at Leonora, Frankie’s Shop on the West Bank Demerara [...]
Guyoil fuel contamination… Company dispatches fresh gas to customers
After numerous complaints about the contamination of Guyana Oil Company (Guyoil) fuel in Essequibo, the company is addressing the problem and has immediately delivered fresh gasoline supplies to the depot. “Arising out of recent complaints of alleged excessive engine smoke observed by outboard customers and rise in engine sump oil observed by car [...]
In face of fraud allegations…Sir Ronald Sanders secures legal representation
In light of the recent fraud allegations leveled against Guyana-born Sir Ronald Sanders and other officials by the Antiguan authorities, Solicitors BCL Burton Copeland has issued a statement on Sanders’s behalf. “We act for Sir Ronald Sanders and on his behalf strongly deplore the statement concerning him emanating from the authorities in Antigua.” The statement [...]
Raphael Trotman unlikely for 10th Parliament
“I will not be involved in the business of playing politics or being in the Chamber for the sake of being here knowing that my ability to offer genuine representation is stymied or non-existent.” By Gary Eleazar Despite a historic General and Regional Election which places Guyana for the first time with a minority [...]
Auditor General investigates City Hall’s financial discrepancies
Auditor General, Deodat Sharma has confirmed that his office has commenced investigations into the financial discrepancies outlined by City Hall in a recent letter addressed to the Minister of Local Government and Regional Development and copied to him. Sharma made that disclosure yesterday during an interview with this publication, while emphasizing that though the [...]
