A midday accident at Fairfield Mahaicony has left at least five persons dead, according to Police in the area. The accident involved a route 50 mini-bus and a beverage delivery truck. Details of the accident are sketchy but reports suggest that the mini-bus slammed directly into the truck as the two were both being driven…
LOLITA Callendar, called ‘Lola’, of East Ruimveldt, Housing Scheme, was, on Tuesday, December 17, 2019, found guilty by Magistrate Faith McGusty for the offence committed on Onika Pompey. Callendar appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and was found guilty after the completion of the trial. Magistrate McGusty postponed sentencing and stated that she will be
Guyana’s national Mixed Doubles Curling team, comprising Rayad Husain and Farzana Husain, claimed 15th place overall in the recent World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event at Greenacres Curling Club, just outside of Glasgow, Scotland. This is the first year the World Mixed Doubles Championship has been split from an open entry event. Sixteen teams qualified directly…
Investigators of the Guyana Police Force are this morning probing the murder of Athletics Coach, Senestro Bowrie. The man’s lifeless body was found at Durban Park on the outer track that is frequented by athletes and trainers. The Guyana Police Force in a brief statement said there were multiple stab wounds to the body. The…
OPPOSITION Leader Bharrat Jagdeo went to New York over the weekend and very crudely declared that “hunger has returned to Guyana.” Perhaps, to him, in his political hustings, this is a good thing to say. Hunger and poverty have never left Guyana. In fact, under the Jagdeo-PPP regime, extreme poverty was higher than it is
The action continues to heat up in the second KFC Goodwill Under-18 School Football Tournament, with Desrey Fox Secondary School, commonly called Waramadong, and defending champions Shiva Boys Hindu College bagging victories on Monday. The newcomers from Region Seven duly scolded the top city side, Lodge Secondary, 3-1 at the Guyana Football Federation’s National Training Centre…
The services of several Guyanese Ambassadors and High Commissioners whose contracts have not been renewed, may not be required for any other service at the Foreign Ministry. Foreign Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge was asked about the issue today at the weekly press conference of the People’s National Congress Reform. With…
– warns that selling to open market now could hamper future sales ONLY the first three cargo lifts of Guyana’s crude following ‘first oil’ will be up for direct sale to international traders expected in the country this week, Director of the Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe said on Sunday, while noting that the
Annai Secondary lads are here to compete, that is without question after they dominated 90 minutes of play against Annandale Secondary when the second KFC Goodwill Under-18 School football tournament kicked off at the weekend at the Guyana Football Federation’s National Training Centre at Providence. The Region Nine side, who were runners-up last year, tucked in nine goals against the East…
The US Embassy today announced a US$500,000 project to promote transparency and good governance in the extractive industry as Guyana gears up for first oil. Funding for the project falls under the United States Agency for International Development and is aimed at building capacity for the administration and governance of Guyana’s extractive resources and address gaps…
