Winners in ‘Money switch Up,’ ‘Drive Your Dreams’ promotions collect prizes
Two of ANSA McAL’s grand winners received their prizes of a Mazda Axela Car and $1M respectively, in a presentation held yesterday at the company’s head office, Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara....
View ArticleGT&T hands over bat to Patandin
THE BIBLICAL proverb ’Ask and it shall be given to you’, was certainly applicable to young Christopher Patandin of Everest Cricket Club, who was desperately in need of a cricket bat of his own and had...
View ArticleStag Beer ‘West Side’ 5-A-Side football tournament
- Stewartville Gunners and Showstoppers - to contest tonight’s final Many were called but in the end Stewartville Gunners and Showstoppers were the only two teams chosen and will contest tonight’s...
View ArticleBoodie bullies youths on way to maiden double ton
-Demerara whips Berbice ONLY TWO batsmen in India’s Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag has ever scored a double century in limited overs cricket history, with both openers doing so against former...
View ArticleDefence General – Earl O’Neal
IF there was ever a consummate footballer from Guyana it would have to be Earl O’Neal. A master in the defence `The Pig’ represented his club Thomas United and Guyana with distinction and could...
View ArticleMinister Anthony calls for more anti-doping awareness and education
THE Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organisation annual Board Meeting got underway here in Guyana yesterday morning at the Princess Hotel, with a feature address by the Minister of Sport, Dr. Frank...
View ArticleBrathwaite on the double but Windies meander
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, (CMC) – Rookie opener Kraigg Brathwaite became the third youngest West Indies batsman to hit a Test double hundred, as West Indies cautiously made their way through the...
View ArticlePicketers express dissatisfaction with CJ’s decision over de facto Town Clerk...
MAYOR Hamilton Green and his Councillors had concluded that because the Minister of Local Government did not have authority to appoint Carol Sooba as Town Clerk, she should not continue as de facto...
View ArticleChief Justice grants eight petitioners $2M bail
EIGHT petitioners who had been refused bail by magistrates were yesterday granted bail by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang, SC, in the sum of $2,000,000, pending the hearing and determination of their...
View ArticleNDCs and municipalities countrywide have already received first tranche of...
MUNICIPALITIES and Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) countrywide have already received the first tranche of their annual allocation for their subvention programmes. This is according to...
View ArticleGovernment working with all social groups for country’s advancement – President
PRESIDENT Donald Ramotar in a frank and candid discourse televised on the state National Communication Network (NCN) on Friday gave his views on the very topical issue of the formation of a National...
View ArticleWHY DO PEOPLE COMMIT SUICIDE?
PAIN? Loneliness? Rejection? Abuse? Deep sadness? Guilt? Depression? Helplessness?More than anything, I believe people who commit suicide feel hopeless. They are hurting so badly and want the pain to...
View ArticleLOOKING FOR BLUE CAPS COMMENTING ON THE 78,000 NEW ELECTORS ON THE LIST
MR. CLINTON Urling and his Blue Caps organisation was launched to the welcome cheers of those of us who were yearning for something new and constructive in the socio-political life of Guyana. It is...
View ArticleGREENIDGE’S ATTACKS ON JUDICIARY CONTEMPTUOUS
I READ with great interest the unfortunate and contemptuous statement made by Carl Greenidge, a senior member of APNU, and the response made by Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil...
View ArticleGPL thugs and neighbours from hell
I AM a 57-year-old woman who lives alone in a two-storey house in a new housing scheme. When my house was being built, I was overwhelmed with responsibilities of a demanding but highly-paid executive...
View ArticleA holistic approach to community development
THE laudable initiative to involve communities in their own environmental enhancement while simultaneously creating jobs and providing avenues for the youths to be productively engaged was first mooted...
View ArticleKaieteur News caught lying once again
JUST when I thought the Kaieteur News could possibly stoop no lower in its attacks upon the PPP/C government, that newspaper has gone and proven me wrong. Old Kai was not amused at what amounts to...
View ArticleDoctors admit carelessness as… : Unborn child, mother die in comedy of errors...
MOTHER of two, Evita Singh, also known as “Reno”, of 13 Lanchan Street, Better Hope, East Coast Demerara, and her unborn baby girl were the latest maternal deaths recorded at the Georgetown Public...
View ArticleGood Intent accident… : One biker dead, another critical : –after colliding...
BIKER, Sunil Brijhuram, 21, of Vive La Force, West Bank Demerara is now dead after he lost control of his motorcycle and collided with a parked motorcar while reportedly travelling at a fast rate along...
View ArticleFinance Minister declares… : Investor confidence in Guyana is ‘alive and strong’
FOLLOWING the recent announcement that the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has completed a $185M financing package for the construction and development of...
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