By Akeem Greene akeem@newsroom.gy While Table Tennis had its origin in England, of the current top ten- five male and five female players in the world- seven are from the People’s Republic of China. A key element in that nation’s success has been elite coaching, and Guyana, bursting with talent, is hoping to tap once…
A THRTY-EIGHT-year-old shop owner, on Monday, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged for possession of an unlicensed firearm. Enrico Joseph denied the charge when it was read to him by Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus and was remanded to prison until March 21, 2022. According to the particulars of the charge, on February 25,2022, at East…
March 2 (Reuters) – Boeing (BA.N) suspended maintenance and technical support for Russian airlines and U.S. energy firm Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) said it would exit Russia, joining a growing list of Western companies spurning Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. Airbus (AIR.PA) also stopped sending spare parts to Russia and supporting Russian airlines, but said it was analysing whether its…
EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD Claudius James who is accused of the attempted murder of a 15-year-old boy, on Monday, made an appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and was remanded to prison. James was not required to plead to the indictable charge when it was read to him by Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus. It is alleged that, on February…
Police have arrested an armed man who attempted to break into the house of a 46-year-old woman at Buxton on the East Coast of Demerara shortly after midnight on Tuesday. Police Headquarters reported that ranks responded to a domestic violence report at around 00:30hrs; they found the 39-year-old male with a revolver in the waist…
EX-PRISON warden Sheldon Prince, was, on Tuesday, sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 30 years, for the “gruesome premeditated” murder of his wife, Lonnette Nicholson-Prince. On February 14, Prince called “Warder” first appeared before Justice Kissoon at the Berbice High Court for the capital offence of murder. He admitted that, on…
By Kurt Campbell Kurt@newsroom.gy Today, Wednesday, March 2, marks two years since Guyanese went to the polls and elected the People’s Progressive Party/Civic to government but challenges at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) were among the reasons for a historic five-month delay in declaring the Irfaan Ali- led party the true winner of those elections.…
HEAD of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), Senior Superintendent Fazil Karimbaksh, has filed a $70 million libel case against the former Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) and retired Assistant Commissioner of Police, Paul Slowe. Karimbaksh, through his attorney C.V Satram, moved to the Demerara High Court and filed a Statement of Claim…
MEMBERS of the local Rastafarian community are delighted at what is seen as a major breakthrough by the Special Select Committee of the National Assembly on the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Amendment Bill 2021. The perceived victory is Parliament’s calling on Tuesday for written submissions from the general public on their views on the Bill…
— President Ali announces as region moves to cut food imports by 25 per cent by 2025 PRESIDENT Dr Irfaan Ali has announced a US$100M (Guy$20.7B) Special Concessional Financing Package geared at helping to transform agriculture in the region. President Ali made the announcement during a presentation to the 33rd Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference…
