Cricket Returns to Mining Town tomorrow
Cricket lovers in the Bauxite Mining Town of Linden should be in for a treat when the Upper Demerara Cricket Association (UDCA) in association with Sherwin ‘Kingfisher’ Graham brings off a one day 20/20 competition tomorrow at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground. Two matches will be played featuring East against West and Past versus Present [...]
Somerset decides against Gayle legal action
Somerset will not be taking legal action against Chris Gayle for breach of contract. Gayle had signed to play for Somerset in this season’s FLt20 competition but, after resolving his differences with the West Indies team management, has made himself available for the limited-overs section of their tour of England. “We have taken legal advice [...]
Universal DVD/Universal Solutions 40 overs female tourney launched
The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) as part of its continued efforts towards the development of Female cricket recently launched the Universal DVD 40 overs tournament sponsored by Universal DVD/Universal Solutions. Chairman of the Berbice Cricket Board Special Events Committee Hilbert Foster noted that the tournament will be played in June informing that female [...]
Businessman in custody after brother’s mysterious shooting
A businessman operating at Cove and John, East Coast Demerara, is currently in police custody assisting with investigations after the mysterious shooting of his 52-year-old brother who is also a businessman and who operates his entity side by side with the detained man. Reports reaching this publication state that around 16:00 hours yesterday, [...]
Government slashes excise tax on gasolene
–expects to stabilize minibus fares Government yesterday announced a reduction in the excise tax on gasoline, even as Route 40 minibus operators insist on a hike in their traveling fares. From 15 per cent, the excise tax has been lowered to 10 per cent. Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh announced that with effect [...]
Flash flood hits Alexander Village and environs
Residents of First Street, Alexander Village, and its environs endured a wet afternoon yesterday when water flowing through a malfunctioned koker poured into their village and flooded it. The residents said that within an hour of the contraption experiencing difficulties, the community was under at least 18 inches of water. The flooding occurred so [...]
AIDS committee raises concerns about Guyana’s 2012 AIDS Response Report
There has been evidence of the lack of due process with respect to the compilation and analysis of Guyana’s 2012 Country AIDS Response Progress Report. At least this is according to the National AIDS Committee (NAC) in a statement issued to the media. According to the body it had occasion to draw to [...]
Cops seek identity of slain driver’s passengers
– victim was strangled Police yesterday questioned several people in the neighbouring communities of Diamond and Grove, East Bank Demerara for information about the last movements of slain taxi driver Rajendra Puran. Detectives believe that the 41-year-old Puran was slain by persons whom he picked up on the East Bank of Demerara. A post-mortem [...]
Passengers steal cop’s gun at knifepoint
A young police constable will think twice before picking up passengers. He was held up at knifepoint and robbed of his firearm at around 21:15 hrs on Thursday. A police release stated that the rank had picked up two men at Ogle, East Coast Demerara. He was driving along Crab Island Public Road, Berbice, with [...]
Bandits hit Muneshwar’s in mid afternoon robbery
The proprietor of Muneshwar’s Hardware Store located at Lot E Good Hope, East Coast Demerara, is counting his losses after two unmasked men made off with an undisclosed amount of cash following a daring mid-afternoon robbery, yesterday. Muneshwar was not at the establishment at the time of the robbery, but he was soon notified [...]
East Street killing…Police seek motive for miner’s murder
Investigators are still trying to ascertain a motive behind the murder of gold miner, Bryan Dickson, 43. Dickson was found murdered in his apartment shortly after lunch on Thursday after worried relatives went looking for him. Dickson, also known as ‘Son Son’ and ‘Peck’ of East Street, Cummingsburg, was found gagged and lying [...]
Berbice man on trial for abduction
The abduction trial of a Berbice man began on Friday in the Berbice High Court, before Justice James Bovell-Drakes and a mixed jury. However after the jury was sworn in, the matter was adjourned to Tuesday because the lawyer for the accused was not present. The man, Shafraz Subratalli, indicated to the court [...]
Food and Drug Department, GRA to access imports at Ports of Entry
- articles must arrive in Guyana with 75% of stated shelf-life Government Analyst/Food and Drug Department (GA/FDD) says that it has made an agreement of cooperation with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) which will enable GA/FDD to have access not only to information on Importers but, also the opportunity to inspect imports [...]
$16M allocated in 2012 budget for Museum Development
Government, under the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports in the 2012 Capital Estimates of the National Budget has allocated $16M for Museum Development. According to the description of the project as stated in the 2012 Capital Estimates of the National Budget; the project entails the construction of aquarium and purchase of cameras, [...]
AFC disappointed in opposition leader choice in GECOM’s nomination
- Says representative from AFC should have been chosen The Alliance For Change (AFC) is congratulating Ms. Sandra Jones on her appointment as a Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Commissioner to replace the late Robert Williams. The congratulation was expressed by AFC’s Chairman, Khemraj Ramjattan, at a press conference yesterday at the Side [...]
Abuse of regional machinery leads to excessive fuel consumption
… “Region using too much fuel to do too little work–Chairman Region Six Chairman, David Armogan, recently revealed that fuel is being stolen in the region. He is paying very close attention to the use of fuel in Berbice. He also revealed that the region is dealing with a bulldozer operator in [...]
Region Eight authorities outraged as water lines vandalised again
Authorities of Mahdia and Campbell Town, Region Eight, have expressed outrage as vandals severely damaged water lines, just a few weeks after a government team visited that mining area to hear similar complaints. According to Regional Executive Officer of Region Eight, Ronald Harsawack, this latest act of vandalism was discovered on Wednesday after Mahdia [...]
Continuous monitoring of waterways imperative – UG lecturer
In recognition of the fact that toxic anions in surface water could prove detrimental to human livelihood, a research project was spearheaded, recently, by local University of Guyana lecturer, Dr Raymond Jagessar. The lecturer, during an interview with this newspaper, revealed that he was spurred to propose the project after reading an article in [...]
Critical oil & gas training to begin Monday
As exploration continues for oil and gas offshore Guyana, Government has announced moves to train persons in the field. The first course is set to begin Monday, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment announced yesterday. That Ministry is charged with mining, forestry and oil exploration, among other critical environmental areas. The five-day [...]
Wakenaam airstrip not a white elephant – Robeson Benn
Sixteen months after the completion of Wakenaam Airstrip, flights to the area have not commenced. In fact, the only plane that landed on the airstrip was the test flight. Transport Minister, Robeson Benn, is optimistic that air traffic to Wakenaam would begin soon dismissing claims that the $54.4M airstrip is a white elephant. He [...]
UG set to introduce Masters in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Aimed at helping the local health sector to realise the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which speaks to the reduction of infant mortality and maternal deaths, the University of Guyana through its Faculty of Health Sciences is set to launch a Masters of Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynaecology programme this month. Dean of the [...]
101-year-old Mother Martha enjoys reading the papers and doing puzzles
By Leon Suseran Martha Bunwarie had turned 100 when she was last featured. She achieved another milestone recently, turning 101 years old but is just as agile, healthy and is blessed with an eye sight that really adds flavour to her life through the activities in which she is engaged. We caught [...]
GPHC honours midwife on International Day of Midwives
International Day of Midwives is being celebrated today, under the theme: ‘The World needs Midwives now more than ever’. To mark the occasion, today, the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation will be honouring one of its Midwives who is noted to have performed exceptionally throughout the year. The Guyana Midwives Association took its celebrations [...]
ImmigrationTALK: Questions & Answers
By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram, Through this “Question & Answer” column, our goal is to answer your immigration questions. Many of you have questions on backlog time and eligibility – we seek to clarify these issues and more. We appreciate your comments and questions. If you have a question that you would like [...]
Arrival Day Messages 2012
GAWU May in Guyana accommodates observances to commemorate the coming, the bringing, the arrival of immigrants to and in (British) Guyana in the nineteenth century. Prior to and after the full Emancipation of the African Slave and “Apprentice’ workforce on the European-owned sugar plantations in 1838, there was a vital need for substitutes to produce [...]
