Final day for DPP to justify Top Cop rape charge
The ten-day period for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack to explain how she arrived at her decision to recommend that a rape charge be instituted against Police Commissioner Henry Greene expires today. Up to press time yesterday, government prosecutors had not yet submitted the DPP’s explanation – at least Greene’s attorney [...]
Brothers plucked from canal after pickup strikes motorcycle
Two brothers were yesterday rescued from the Irving Street canal in Georgetown after they were “pitched” off their motorcycle having been struck by a pickup. The brothers, Selwyn Lyght, 31, and Rollin Edwards, 33, both of Kitty, were taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where they received treatment. Edwards, who was the [...]
Patrolling robbers dump victim in Eccles
It is believed that a hire car was hijacked last night after an unsuspecting female occupant was threatened at knifepoint and then robbed by three other ‘passengers’ before being eventually dumped in Eccles Industrial Site. The traumatized woman who hails from West Coast Demerara said that she was robbed of her gold earrings, [...]
Bosai unveils US$100M expansion plans
- new kiln, dust extraction system targeted Bosai Minerals Group Inc. (BMGG) which has its bauxite mining operations in Linden, Region 10, has announced plans to spend US$100M in the coming months as part of its expansion plans. Approximately US$57M will be spent to add a new kiln and install a dust extraction system while [...]
Boy, 14, perishes in kite-flying mishap
Easter Monday is less than a month away, but sadly 14-year-old Randolph Thornhill will not be around to fly his kite again. The lad died tragically early yesterday morning while tending to a kite outside his yard at Victoria, East Coast Demerara. The kite twine had become entangled with the electric wire that ran [...]
A politician has to bring something to the table
Guyanese politics is very complicated. And it gets more complex each day. You just learn to live with these inexplicabilities and get on with your life. But these things will never go away. Because of race politics, the two major parties, PNC and PPP, are forced to embrace highly identifiable names in the [...]
THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED DAYS
The first one hundred days of the Donald Ramotar presidency have passed quickly. Things have not moved at supersonic speed but neither have they been stagnant. Change was always going to be less dramatic given the circumstances under which the new president took office. Without a parliamentary majority, the president was always going to [...]
Protecting the windows to the world
Today is recognized internationally as World Glaucoma Day in tribute to the many people who have gone blind or those who are rapidly losing their sight to the disease. The number of people so afflicted worldwide is staggering and while this disease has been around for as long as mankind, there is no cure. The [...]
Dem boys seh…Gee Nah embarrass Uncle Donald
When dem boys pick up de Chronicle dem get a shock. Uncle Donald was doing nuff things during the first 100 days in office. De man set a precedent and a historic one at that, according to Gee Nah. De man guh to Suriname fuh de Caricom meeting; that was historic. In [...]
There is a lot wrong at Linden
Dear Editor, Regards and blessed 2012 to each and every member of Linden /Region 10. Let us each singularly and collectively make an effort to shape and fashion our community /Region in the way in which we desire it. Whatever else might be amiss with the newly built state of the art hospital [...]
The white collar criminals among us
Mr Editor, Perpetrators of white collar crimes are usually better educated, are less often sentenced to imprisonment and are often not prosecuted by the system of criminal justice. Politicians and Government employees may obtain illegal financial gains by furnishing favours as is evident by the numerous disclosures of embezzlements and frauds unearthed by [...]
A call for resignation
Dear Sir, APNU leaders Granger, Roopnaraine, Harmon and Bond should resign from public life with immediate effect and apologize first to all at GECOM, especially Dr. Surujbally and Mr. Gocool Boodoo whose persons and families they so unmercifully maligned and harassed after the recent elections, and secondly to the Guyanese public. Despite their [...]
A rejected applicant
Mr Editor, It is with much concern that my missive reaches you. In the community of Cummings Lodge there are many robberies committed on individuals. For years these criminal attacks have been waged on a particular businessman. This individual, Mr Mohamed Shaman Khan, has been the victim. I would like to state that [...]
A case of flawed analysis
Dear Editor, There is an interesting matter engaging the attention of the Chief Justice — involving the Commissioner of Police and the DPP. The DPP apparently instructed the Police to charge the Commissioner with rape and the Commissioner approached the High Court for an order preventing him being prosecuted. The Chief Justice issued [...]
Lambert evades facing the truth
Dear Editor, I refer to Earl Lambert’s letter in which he accused me of stretching the truth. At least I recognize the truth so I can at least stretch it. But Lambert is still to recognize, understand and accept the truth. First, I conveyed the name of the person who advised me that [...]
The house Michael Shree Chand bought
Dear Editor: Reference is made to the exchanges regarding the purchase of a property by the late Minister of Trade, Michael Shree Chand (SN and KN March 11th and 12th). Carl Greenidge has stated that the property referred to in the name of Michael Shree Chan was sold for a price substantially less [...]
Forgetting the efforts of past entertainers
Dear Sir I attended this show over the week end and would like to congratulate Mr. Mahadeo Shivraj along with his entire team for a Job well done and wish them every success in trying to develop an industry here in Guyana. However , I would like to make two comments: 1) It [...]
Sensational Deonarine bags 7 as Guyana beat Barbados by an innings and 66 runs
Bridgetown, Barbados – Guyana beat Barbados by an innings and 66 runs – ten minutes before lunch on the fourth and final day of the fifth round regional first-class match at Kensington Oval yesterday thanks to an impressive bowling performance by Narsingh Deonarine who grabbed 7-26 in an outstanding spell. Starting the day on [...]
Night Crescendo wins feature in major upset at KMTC race meet
By Samuel Whyte Night Crescendo owned and Trained by Senior Council Marcel Crawford shone brightly as it created a major upset to take away the $1M first prize and the feature B class event when the Kennard Memorial Turf Club successfully held the annual one day Phagwah horserace meet at the club’s entity, [...]
GMR&SC ‘Race of Champions’ set for April 1
With the sport enjoying growing popularity over the past two years, the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) has organized the ‘Race of Champions’ Meeting which will be held on Sunday, April 1, at the South Dakota Circuit. According to an official close to the club, most of the country’s leading drivers in [...]
‘Screw’ Richmond Memorial Schools Football Competition…Kwakwani Secondary returns home with positive results
Tournament debutant Kwakwani Secondary School got their hunt for championship honours off to a good start when they returned home after securing a win and a draw over the weekend when play in this year’s Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Memorial Schools Football Competition continued, at the MSC ground in Linden. On Friday, they defeated [...]
Jumbo Jet Auto Sales/RHTY&SC sponsors 2-day tourney in West Berbice
Jumbo Jet Auto Sales have partnered with the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) and the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) to sponsor a two-day Inter Zone tournament in West Berbice. The BCB is this year placing special emphasis on the game in West Berbice with a view of unearthing new talent [...]
Mexican athlete, José Luis Macías Luna adds 20K to his tally
National distance runner, Cleveland Thomas clocked 1:09:07secs and romped home first when the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, in conjunction with the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) staged the inaugural ‘Mexico/Guyana 20K Road Race from the village of Non Pariel ECD, to the Mexican Embassy Brickdam, Sunday morning last. Kevin Bailey finished [...]
AIBA Referee/Judge James Beckles arrives today to conduct seminar
The Guyana Amateur Boxing Associations’ Referee/Judges Seminar will be held from tomorrow March 14 to March 18 at the Andrew Six-head Gym. The sessions will be run from 1:00pm to 5:00 pm each day and it will be conducted by experienced AIBA Referee/Judge James Beckles, who arrives in the country today. The programme [...]
6th IPF/NAPF C/bean Powerlifting C/ships – USVI…Guyana’s Powerlifters in with a good chance to reclaim Team C/ship
Guyana’s strongmen and women led by Randolph ‘The Accomplisher’ Morgan and Dawn ‘The Cool Destroyer’ Barker are set to invade the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) this month end with one aim, that is to re-claim the team championships apart from sweeping the individual categories at the 6th Annual International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) [...]
