Top Cop rape allegation… Greene moves to High Court to block rape charge
-claims DPP advice was “unfair, unconditional, null and void In what can be described as a preempting move, embattled Police Commissioner Henry Greene has moved to the High Court to quash the Director of Public Prosecutions Shalimar Ali Hack’s advice for the police to charge him with rape. Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday ruled that [...]
Man kills brother in war over pants
A ‘B’ Field Sophia family is now broken in two as they are forced to make funeral arrangements and at the same time contemplating finding a good lawyer, following the stabbing to death of 19-year-old Sherwin Kennedy. Around midmorning yesterday, Kennedy died after his younger brother Leroy Kennedy pelted him with a knife causing [...]
Body of rescue boat victim found, three others still missing
Relatives and close friends of fisherman Kumar Narine were in mourning yesterday after his body washed ashore at Hampton Beach, Essequibo, even as the search continued for three other occupants of the vessel which capsized in the Essequibo River on Saturday. Narine’s body was identified by Rasheed Khan, called ‘Boza’, who owns one of [...]
Bandit slits woman’s throat in Corriverton store
A Corriverton, Berbice woman is in a critical condition at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after she was brutally stabbed in the throat and head by a bandit around 15:30hrs on Tuesday in a store just a stone’s throw from the Springlands Police Station. According to reports, the woman, Jaiwantee Sharma, also known as [...]
Imam sex scandal…Two more boys for medical examination
The police have again been called in as two more boys have made sexual assault allegations against Mufti Neezam Ali. This publication was told that the two boys were taken into the police yesterday but they were unable to get their medical examination done. This publication was told that the boys will be taken [...]
Religious Harmony
The UN’s World Interfaith Harmony Week, coinciding as it did with the birthday of the Prophet Muhammed, is perhaps not coincidental. The impetus behind the resolution launching the activity came from the Muslim countries in the Middle East where some leaders, notably King Abdullah of Jordan, were very concerned that extremists had seized the religious [...]
The runaway authoritarian train is still out of control
At the time of writing, there is a news item that informs us that protest meetings against human rights violations in Guyana, organized by Guyanese, will unfold in Barbados and Toronto. One hopes that this is the reaction to November 28 last year when Guyanese the world over saw the election results as a [...]
THE RETURN OF THE BICYCLE
There is a posh restaurant in the heart of the city of Georgetown. It is a thriving business and it is owned by Chinese nationals. It terms of its interior design and beauty, it matches the best there is in the Caribbean. It is a facility that Guyana should be very pleased that it has. [...]
Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite tackles Shawn Cox as five CABOFE titles on the line
By Michael Benjamin Five Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) titles will be at stake when the organizers of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) stages a special boxing card dubbed, ‘World Boxing Council (WBC) Cup Caribbean Championships,’ at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) on Saturday February 25. Heavyweight CABOFE champion, Barbadian Shawn Cox [...]
Scotia Bank/ Pepsi Schools Football Academy officially launched
Despite, the President of Guyana Sport Development Foundation (GSDF), Colin Baker, revealing that the programme was slower than expected during the launching of the Scotia Bank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy at the Ministry of Education Sport Club, Carifesta Avenue, it must be noted that the fruits of the Academy were also already being picked, as [...]
GT&T Nationwide 10/10 Softball Cricket Competition…Incessant rainfall causing headaches for ground staff
Incessant rainfall that has inundated most of the coastland is causing headaches for ground staff and teams preparing to compete in the third annual GT&T Nationwide 10/10 Softball Cricket Competition scheduled to commence on February 18, at various venues across the country. However, the Organising Committee has expressed confidence that despite the rain [...]
GABA launches impressive basketball League
-Pacesetters back in the fold for tournament By Edison Jefford The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) League will officially bounce off on February 18 with a reported 14 teams expected to participate after the sub-association dunked an alley-oop from three major sponsors for the extensive League. The 14-team League will be historic, underscoring the [...]
GCA express remorse at passing of Robert Williams
“The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) would like to express great remorse at the loss of our dear friend and colleague Mr Robert Williams”, the body stated in a media release. The release continued, “He was a real patriot, a son of the soil and a genuine friend of cricket, always willing to assist in any [...]
Taffin Khan defies loss to clinch Trophy Stall chess championship
Junior chess player Roberto Neto created a major upset when he defeated senior national champion Taffin Khan when action in the Trophy Stall Open Chess Tournament concluded at the Keishar’s Sports Club, Hadfield Street, Georgetown, over the past weekend. However, the loss did not change the dynamics and Khan went on to chalk up [...]
Baker donates $200,000 to UG for Barbados Relay Fair trip
-Team leaves today for games, hopes for the best in the Fair The Guyana Sports Development Foundation (GSDF) President Colin Baker, contributed $200,000 towards the University of Guyana (UG) Barbados Relay Fair team yesterday afternoon at the Ministry of Education Sport ground, Carifesta Avenue. With this donation and the GSDF motto “To assist with [...]
Ali sends patent signal to opposition
– junior karters set to become star attractions The inclement weather had its say, but the competitors at last Sunday’s Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club season opener never allowed the overcast conditions and several interruptions to affect their performances as they thrilled the fair-sized attendance to some nerve tingling excitement that [...]
West Berbice Cricket to get big boost in 2012
Cricket in the West Coast of Berbice is set to receive a massive boost in 2012 after a delegation from the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) met with nine clubs last Sunday. Anil Beharry, Treasurer of the Board and Public Relations Officer Hilbert Foster met with the Clubs after some cricket officials expressed concerns [...]
GCB bequeaths half million to sports journalist, Devers
– Devers hopes for the best in T&T as he leaves for treatment The President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Ramsay Ali donated $500,000 yesterday afternoon at GCB Office, Regent Street, in support of Sean Devers health situation which recommends urgent overseas treatment. Devers was diagnosed with Gilioma by a Jamaican [...]
Volleyball Festival attracts record participation
– GVF President says best birthday gift ever, Berbice wins feature match Last Sunday the Guyana Volleyball Federation launched its 2012 season by hosting a Volleyball Festival in honour of the GVF’s President Lennie Shuffler’s 73rd Birthday, at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, Georgetown. The event was deemed awesome and highly successful [...]
Plans in train for international coaches to work with Physical Education teachers
– Programme to also create scholarship opportunities for students/players Executive Director of the Scotia Bank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy, Colin Baker said that one of his aims of the Programme will be an introduction of international coaches in Guyana to work along with the physical education teachers in schools to help improve football [...]
Time for Parliament to conduct a full review of GPL
Dear Editor, GPL made a profit of $553 million in 2010 based on what GPL claims was an average price for fuel at US $78 or GY $15,600 per barrel. GPL’s 2010 spending on fuel was $16.5 billion. Based on these numbers, GPL purchased 1,057,692 barrels of oil in 2010. GPL stated that [...]
Time for the pound animals to go
Dear Editor, I went to Sparendaam Police Station on Aug 28, 2011 to give support to a friend whose dog was fatally chopped by some thoughtless persons in the village where she lives. During the proceedings I kept hearing a horse neighing. As soon as the case was adjourned, I exited the court [...]
In support of Freddie Kissoon
Dear Editor, I stand in solidarity with Mr. Freddie Kissoon, as he and many Guyanese, react with justifiable revulsion, against the unwarranted refusal to renew his contract as a lecturer at the University of Guyana. Was the Mr. Kissoon ever called by those who decided on this course of action, to answer any [...]
Outrageous acts by policemen
Dear Editor, On February 6, 2012 I was driving along the Railway Embankment from the East Coast to Georgetown. In the vicinity of Conversation Tree on the Embankment Road, a police car, turned in front of me also heading to Georgetown. Just as the car turned, I noticed the officer sitting in the [...]
Dilapidated 63 Beach Entrance Road an embarrassment
Dear Editor, An embarrassment to the country, the 63 beach and the government is the dilapidated 63 beach entrance road that exists. The rain has been falling non stop for a few weeks now and you can imagine the chaos the beach entrance road is in. The enormous moon crater potholes that exists [...]
