Daily Archive: Monday, March 6, 2023

Articles published on Monday, March 6, 2023

Four die in Greenwich Park crash

Police are investigating a gruesome accident that occurred at around 9:30 hrs today on the Greenwich Park Public Road, East Bank Essequibo, which claimed the lives of four persons  – a minibus driver and three passengers.

One of the squatters’ structures (CHPA photo)

Warning issued to Amelia’s Ward squatters

Hundreds of families who have been assigned residential house lots in Phase 4, Amelia’s Ward, Linden, are being prevented from occupying their lands, as a handful of squatters remain defiant against all warnings from the Ministry of Housing and Water – Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) and the structures may have to be demolished.

Singh, Imlach hit tons for DCC in drawn clash

Massive centuries from Sachin Singh and Tevin Imlach followed by a six-wicket haul from Ashmead Nedd spurred Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) to a draw against Malteenoes Sports Club in the Georgetown Cricket Association/GISE/Star Party Rentals/Trophy Stall two-day first-division tournament over the weekend.

Mark Phillips

Plans in motion to upgrade GPL grid for gas-to-shore power

In preparation for the 300-megawatt (MW) Wales gas-to-shore power plant’s late 2024 completion, government has commenced plans to upgrade the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) distribution grid and is awaiting evaluation of tenders for the installation of new electricity lines and substations, the Office of the Prime Minister announced.

Demerara Cricket Board’s Kavita Yadram (right) receives the funding from representatives of Gafoors

DCB launches ‘Friends of Demerara Fund’

The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) has initiated a fund-rasing drive titled ‘friends of Demerara cricket fund’ as the body looks to cushion the cost of its junior inter-association tournament.  This was announced by the body via press release yesterday while disclosing Gafoors as being the first to come on board.

The Rutherford family business

Enmore vendors question eviction

The Enmore Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) has written to vendors occupying spaces on the Enmore North Estate Road, East Coast Demerara asking them to vacate the area for the construction of a four-lane road.

Inshan to sue CoP

(Trinidad Express) Activist and businessman Inshan Ishmael has been granted permission from the High Court to file judicial review proceedings against the Office of the Commissioner of Police.

Guyana’s Crisis of Elite Domination and Urban Bias

Percy C. Hintzen is a native of Guyana.  He is Professor Emeritus at the University of California Berkeley and, until recently was Professor of Global and Sociocultural Studies in the School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University.  I refuse to fall into the “race” trap of Guyanese politics because of the devastation it has wrought in every aspect of the country’s institutional order and in the understandings, values, and attitudes of the people. 

Rabada’s rout

A few years have now elapsed since cricket fans in the region have ceased to descend into abysses of moaning and groaning each time that ‘our boys’ have sunk into the doldrums of one of those familiar defeats. 

Airport passenger arrested with refined marijuana

The Guyana Revenue Authority’s Law Enforcement and Investigation Division recently seized quantities of cannabis and refined marijuana found in an incoming passenger’s luggage at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri and is calling on persons to desist from such activities.