XXVII Carifta Swimming Championships…Stephenson and van Lange to compete today
Guyana’s swimmers participating at the XXV11 Carifta Swimming Championships in Nassau, Bahamas will be in action again today with Jessica Stephenson aiming to win her second gold medal after topping the field in the 200m Breaststroke on the opening day, Thursday. Yesterday, day 2, Stephenson had a rest and cheered on her teammate [...]
A number of sponsors on board for Rising Sun Turf Club fund rising meet
With just a few days to go before race day, a number of companies and agencies have come on board for this weekend’s fund raising Horserace meet organised by the Rising Sun Turf Club in collaboration with the Lions Cub of Durban Park, Central Demerara Lions Club and the Bartica Lions Club set for [...]
GFF Inter Association U-16 Tournament kicks off today
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Inter Association U16 Tournament will kick off today with 3 games, two at the Uitvlugt Community Centre ground from 12:30 hrs and one at the Georgetown Football Club ground from 15:45 hrs. The tournament continues tomorrow at BV ground with one game between Berbice and East Coast at [...]
Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Football Competition…Eight matches on today
Eight matches will be played when the Linden segment of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Futsal Football Competition resumes today, at the Wisroc/Amelia’s Ward Bus Park. The fixtures are as follows: Mini Bus versus $100 Car, Classic Six vs. Wash Boyz, Constab Warriors vs. Coomacka, Attackers vs. TrainLine Warriors, Wisroc vs. 1/2 Mile/ [...]
Rohee predicts ‘Tsunami’ victory for PPP/C at the next polls
…accuses opposition of ‘political posturing’ By Gary Eleazar Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, yesterday sought to debunk the Combined Opposition presentations thus far in the House as ‘lies and political posturing.’ Rohee, in the 2012 Budget debate, said that the opposition political posturing is replicated even where the opposition speakers have honed in on specific [...]
Assaulted teachers appear before Manickchand at GTU Conference
…Bynoe urges tougher legislation By Leon Suseran Two Berbice teachers appeared on Thursday before the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) third Biennial Conference and Minister of Education to relate tales of being physically assaulted by parents in the classrooms at their respective schools. Both teachers were pregnant at the time of the incidents. One of [...]
Woman’s body found near Mahaicony River
-victim believed raped, murdered Police were up to last night questioning several persons in connection with the suspected rape and murder of 46-year-old housewife Allinva Andrews, whose nude and decomposing body was found at Moraikobe, Mahaicony River yesterday. A sister of the victim said that Andrews’ body was found at around 09:00 hrs in a [...]
Ituni PTA pickets Education Ministry for Secondary Department
The fact that some students entering the secondary level in Region Ten are subjected to various forms of violence coupled with reports that they are not properly supervised have been reason enough to force members of the Parent/Teacher Association (PTA) of the Ituni Primary School into picketing mode. The PTA members were so riled-up with [...]
Findings of Draft Report addressed …Guyana better understands its HIV/AIDS status- Dr. Shanti Singh
By Latoya Giles Key stakeholders got a firsthand glimpse into the findings of the Fourth Draft on the Country Progress Report on HIV. The report was presented by Dr. Shanti Singh, Programme Director for the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS), at a workshop held at the Grand Coastal Hotel on Thursday. At the workshop [...]
Rupununi gets tourist map
By Rustom Seegopaul The first edition of the Tourist Map of the Rupununi and Lethem was launched, as the North, Central and South Rupununi gathered for the 2012 Lethem rodeo. One of the key players behind the production of the map, Shirley Melville, explained that the launching of the map was a historical move [...]
Immigration TALK: Questions & Answers
By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram, 1 Through this “Question & Answer” column, we seek to answer the questions of our loyal readers. We appreciate your comments and questions about the every so complicated world of immigration. If you have a question that you would like answered in this column, please email: Gail@Go2Lawyer.com. Question #1: [...]
Enmore man died of drowning – post mortem
- Relatives had suspected foul play A post mortem performed yesterday on the remains of a man discovered floating in a canal in Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD) last Tuesday proved that the man died of drowning. The man was identified as Yoyodan Handersan, called Krishna, of 93 Logwood, Enmore. Relatives had suspected foul [...]
Lad’s bloated body found floating in Demerara River
The very pale and bloated body of 11-year-old Shemar Success, who drowned on Tuesday off the Seawalls, was yesterday discovered by a child at the Herstelling sea dam. Reports were that the West Ruimveldt lad, along with a few friends and the father of one of the children, left to go hangout at the seawalls [...]
Three on bail for 10 counts of armed robbery
Each of three men has been ordered to post $450,000 bail for reportedly robbing 10 foreigners at gunpoint, at different times and on different occasions and relieving them of a number of articles. Rawle Alleyne called ‘Fineman’, 31 years of Second Street, Cummings Lodge, ECD; Rawle Elliott, 25 years of Bagotville, West Bank [...]
File on Sophia mechanic’s murder with DPP
Police are awaiting word from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions on whether murder charges can be filed against two men who were allegedly found with the gun that was used in the killing of Sophia mechanic, Marlon Welcome. This was disclosed by Police Public Relations Officer Ivelaw Whittaker on Thursday. The [...]
Body in pit latrine…PM shows ranger died from drowning
…but relatives still suspect foul play A postmortem on the remains of 35-year-old Clive Daly has left family members more baffled as to how the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission ranger actually met his end. Daly’s decomposing body was pulled from a pit latrine at Buck Hall, Essequibo last Tuesday, and police disclosed that yesterday’s [...]
Pensioner killed in Vryheids Lust accident
Lawrence Gouveia, a 69-year-old man of South East Cummings Lodge was on Thursday night pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital after being struck down by a car. According to reports, the incident occurred at around 20:00 hrs on Thursday on the Vryheids Lust Public Road, East Coast Demerara. This publication [...]
Taxi Driver ‘Wilder’ remanded on murder charge
Taxi Driver Vincent Dennis Vanderburgh, 26, called ‘Wilder’, who gave multiple addresses some of them being Tucber Park, New Amsterdam, Coberg Street, New Amsterdam and Philadelphia Street also in New Amsterdam, has been charged with the brutal murder of Lord Edward called Junior or Rastaman, of Edinburgh Village, East Bank Berbice and formerly of [...]
Two injured in Black Friday collision
Two persons are currently nursing injuries at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after a collision with a car around 21:00 hours yesterday. The incident occurred at Broad and Lyng Street Georgetown. Nineteen-year-old Brandon Dickson, of 105 North Ruimveldt and his friend, 22-year-old Christopher Rogers of 192 West Ruimveldt, were said to be [...]
