Stravo Evons, a 35-year-old labourer of Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown was charged and remanded to prison on Friday for two counts of armed robbery. Evans is accused of robbing Nitisha Klass and Kevin Frazer on September 13 at the Soesdyke Public Road, East Bank Demerara. He made his appearance before Principal Magistrate Sunil Scarce…
An 18-year-old unemployed resident of Kaneville, East Bank Demerara was remanded to prison for the possession of an illegal 9mm ammunition. Mark Singh made his appearance before Principal Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond/Grove Magistrate’s Court on Friday. He pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to him and was remanded until October 31,…
Afghan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi will join the Jamaica Tallawahs at the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Nabi has played 237 times for Afghanistan in international matches and brings a huge amount of experience from T20 cricket across the globe. This will be Nabi’s third time playing for a Hero CPL franchise, having previous represented…
MORE than 16,000 pupils wrote the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) this year. While much attention is often placed on the high flyers, and deservedly so, this year, I found myself thinking more and more about the maybe 15,800 children who weren’t recognised as top performers, and who might be feeling some pressure at such…
The Guyana Cricket Board has announced that it will resume the Senior Inter-county competition, which was replaced by a franchise-based tournament by the previous executive of the Board. Importantly, the final will be played under lights at the Albion Community Centre in Berbice, the Board said in a press release on Saturday. The tournament will…
Along my journey, I have encountered many purpose-driven people. I am not easily impressed, but among those people, Peter Ivey impressed me. I have invited him to join me on a number of virtual platforms and he always adds tremendous value. Peter Ivey is the CEO of The Reggae Chefs®, a culinary services company offering private (personal…
Police have arrested a 26-year-old minibus passenger after a cop travelling in the same vehicle received “a high scent of marijuana”. Police Headquarters reported that the passenger, Earl Vanlewin, a miner of Moruca, Region One was found with 6,764 grams (14.9 lbs) of marijuana when the minibus stopped along the Mahaicony Public Road. The incident…
SINCE the Industrial Revolution which began in the 18th century, free primary education and universal literacy of the population had been adopted as education policy in almost all states. In the late 19th century and in the 20th century, a number of extracurricular activities were used to assist the classroom in its drive to produce…
Child Protection Week commenced on Saturday with a tree planting exercise for children in State care and sends a powerful message of nurture and growth. Child Protection Week is being observed from September 17-23. Children from the Sophia Plum Park Children’s Home were engaged in the tree planting exercise “Nurture with Nature – Plant a…
A total of eight new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Saturday after 214 tests were conducted, taking the overall number of confirmed cases since March 2020 to 71, 251. The new cases were recorded in Region Two (one case), Region Four (six cases) and Region Six (one case). There are five patients in institutional isolation…
