Guyana, Suriname seek IDB funding to bridge Corentyne River
-special committee to tackle cross-border crime -Suriname offers help in oil search Guyana and Suriname may move to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to seek joint financing for a bridge that will join the two countries via the Corentyne River. The announcement was made in a joint statement by the two neighbours following [...]
Modern equipment installed at CJIA
-airport’s capacity to land planes in poor weather, visibility boosted A major programme to upgrade the navigational system at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) has been completed and Guyana now has enhanced capacity to land aircraft during bad weather or poor visibility. The announcement was made yesterday by the Guyana Civil Aviation [...]
Sophia mechanic found murdered
…niece in custody A woman is currently in police custody assisting with investigations following the death of her uncle, 33-year-old Marlon Welcome. According to reports, Welcome, who operates a mechanic shop at 192 ‘A’ Field Sophia died while being treated at the Woodlands Hospital. This publication was told that the man was rushed [...]
3 Policemen remanded for stealing bandits’ loot
“Two thieves mek God laugh,” remarked Magistrate Hazel Octive- Hamilton yesterday, as she listened to the strange case of three police ranks who allegedly robbed a gang of bandits of valuables the bandits had taken from an Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara family. Lance Corporal Shudell Castillo, 36, of Lot 1 East Ruimveldt, Constable Beepat [...]
Bike thief hangs self in police outpost
A 26- year- old joiner of Lot 4 Campbell Street, Hampshire on the Corentyne, was found hanging in his cell at the Rose Hall Town Police Outpost lock- ups around 15:30 hrs yesterday. The discovery was made by police at the outpost. Bryan ‘Keeshan’ Singh, father of one, was arrested by Rose Hall [...]
Fifty years ago there were riots over money
History has a strange way of repeating itself because the human mind is such that more often than not, unless a people are involved in something, that thing would pass almost unnoticed. And so it is with some anniversaries. There are husbands who have been consigned to the proverbial dog house because they forgot [...]
IT IS A DIFFERENT BALL GAME IN TOWN
Old people say that Lil Boy must know them place. They must not get manish even if they feel they are brighter than their elders. Some lil boys gat big wuk and so they feel that they can talk down to their elders. But lil boy can get cut down to size. This is exactly [...]
Dem boys seh…People trying to get rid of property
De government wants to jail somebody but dem picking pun de wrong people. At least dem boys believe that de government clear out space in de jail. Dem boys seh that somebody tell Uncle Donald that de Guyana Cricket Board got some thiefing people. Uncle Donald reply how he don’t like thieves suh [...]
GASA Mash Meet Day 2…Gaskin sets 1500m freestyle record; Stephenson attains 2012 CARIFTA qulaifying time
Hannibal Gaskin of Dorado Speed Swim Club (DSSC) exhibited mental and physical fortitude as he venturing into waters where all other swimmers failed to thread in the1500m freestyle when competition continued on day-2 of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) annual Mashramani Meet yesterday at the National Aquatic Centre (NAC). Gaskin, competing in [...]
Fudadin ton guides Guyana
Basseterre, St Kitts, CMC – Assad Fudadin stroked his maiden first class century to put Guyana in charge against Combined Campuses and Colleges on the second day of their third round Regional 4Day match on Friday (yesterday). The 26-year-old left-hander carved out a wonderful, unbeaten 102 as Guyana marched to 320 all out in [...]
The electorate should not be compromised for political ambitions and short-sighted gains
DEAR EDITOR, The election last November 2011 should have set out new challenges and generated the long-awaited tsunami that would have swept away the mounting debris of corruption, along with severing the corrosive tentacles of political mismanagement that have kept a stranglehold on the country for countless decades. If the current state of play [...]
No one believes Ramotar’s propagandistic claim
DEAR EDITOR, No right minded Guyanese believes the nonsense that emanated from the mouth of President Ramotar in which he claimed that the combined opposition manipulated the election results. This is a poor attempt at propaganda, mixing lies with a little factual information in order to have people believe the entire fictitious story. What [...]
The task at hand is enormous but failure cannot be an option
DEAR EDITOR, I refer to an article in the Stabroek News of Tuesday, February 14, 2012. “More can be done to reduce HIV risk of MSM” – a Ryan Rawlins interview with the Stabroek News. Jesus said to His disciples, “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32). [...]
Time to ‘free-up’ the Stabroek Market gates
DEAR EDITOR, For years I have known people to be at the Stabroek Market gates facing Demico House asking almost everyone that passes if they have gold and/or silver to sell or anything else. I am aware that we all have to survive, but over the years the numbers have increased and likewise their [...]
Being elected to govern is a privilege, not an entitlement
DEAR EDITOR, Some may see the claim made by President Ramotar that the APNU and AFC have manipulated the results of the November 2011 elections thereby denying the PPP the “minimum of 53 percent of the votes” as ludicrous or clutching at dry grass. The more important story here is that this issue shines [...]
Providing comfort for those poor impounded animals
DEAR EDITOR, I have read with much interest, Ms. Syeada Manbodh’s article on animals at the pounds. Firstly, I wish to congratulate her on the work she is doing. Not many people have the heart for animals; and Ms. Manbodh must be applauded for the hard work she has been doing with these innocent [...]
JICA’s Inuzuka to assist swimming development in Guyana
Efforts in the making for another coach from Cuba to also assist To assist in the widespread development of swimming in Guyana, the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sport (MCY&S) welcomes Kumiko Inuzuka of JICA to share her wealth of knowledge and experience she acquired over the past 20 years from the sport in [...]
T&T Under-23 beat Local based Jaguars 3-1
Shabazz cites positives; Ivan Persaud drafted into back-room staff The Golden Jaguars comprising predominately local based players, suffered their second defeat of their 4-game Caribbean tour going down 3 nil to a formidable Trinidad & Tobago Under-23 Olympic team on Thursday night at Dwight Yorke Stadium. The team headed by Jamaal Shabazz drafted in the [...]
GABA League bounces off tonight
The extensive and impressive Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) League will officially bounce off today on the Burnham Basketball Court with Pepsi Sonics taking on Eagles in the first game at 6pm and a Macabees versus Nets clash to follow. With a reported 14 teams expected to participate after the sub-association dunked an alley-oop [...]
Danny’s Auto Sales Open Scrabble…Keen rivalry anticipated
The intense rivalry associated with scrabble competitions will resume when the country’s elite word formers convene tomorrow morning at the Malteenos Sports Club for the Danny’s Auto Sales Open under the auspices of the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP). Over the past few weeks the players affiliated to GASP have been engaged in [...]
NaMilCo Football Festival rumbles on with double header tonight
Action in the fifth annual National Milling Namilco Football Festival is set to continue this evening with a double-header, at the Tucville Ground. The competition, which is being organised by the Fruta Conquerors Football Club, will enter its third night of rivalry after Sunburst Camptown, Beacon FC, Guyana Defence Force, and Santos FC recorded victories [...]
Good Success Sports Club T10 softball final…Daredevil hammer Falcons by 53 runs
Outstanding performances by Nokta Moses and Imran Khan guided Daredevil to a comfortable 53 run victory over Falcons in the final of the Good Success Sports Club T10 softball cricket competition on Monday last at Belle Plaine in Wakenaam. Daredevil won the toss and elected to bat first in front of a fair [...]
Organisers get stunning surprise from Global Technology Inc.
Entity to tutor two players in computer technology in excess of $400,000 By Rawle Welch Global Technology Inc, one of the leading institutions of computer learning gave the organizers of this year’s NaMilCo Football Festival a stunning surprise when Managing Director George Melville on Thursday afternoon made a momentous upgrade in the support the [...]
Imran Khan departs for training stint in Cardiff Wales
Optimism high for Guyana’s Olympic hopeful Guyana’s chances of procuring that coveted Olympic gold medal will be heightened following the departure of its identified representative at the imminent 2012 London Olympics, Imran Khan, to Cardiff Wales this morning. Khan will join several other elite fighters for a three weeks stint conducted by several handpicked [...]
Drayton clocks 49s at NAAATT Dev. Meet
Expects better performance in upcoming event After five months of devoted offseason training which started last October and concluded a few days ago at the Quantum Athletics Club, Trinidad and Tobago under the watchful eyes of Trevor James, a 1972 Olympian, former Royals Youth Movement (RYM) track star athlete, Philip Drayton clocked 49:02 seconds [...]
