Guyana News

Athletes from around Guyana stormed the Police Developmental meet yesterday at the Police Sports Club ground ahead of the official start of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) 2007 season this weekend with an inter – club relay championships.

Wismar Pistons and Georgetown’s Scorpions completed easy wins at the Mackenzie Hardcourt Saturday night to set up challenges with Kings and Berbice respectively in the quarter-final round of the Next Level nation-wide first division tournament.

Malteenoes defeated Everest by six wickets in the Georgetown Cricket Association under-19 limited overs cricket competition at the Malteenoes Sports Club ground yesterday.

Dear Editor, From all the information I have garnered over the past few weeks, should it be more accurate than not, I am left with some amount of bitterness at the manner in which the beholders of Guyana’s cricket have seemingly disposed of Neil McGarrell.

As convenor of selectors, Gordon Greenidge usually gives away as little as he did with his airtight defence as the finest opening batsman of his era.

Dear Editor, I am again compelled to express my views on what I consider to be a fledgling revival of Burnham’s behaviour in Guyana politics and governance.

Dear Editor, One might have thought that with all the concern and bustling preparation for the imminent Cricket World Cup 2007, and our tourism ambitions beyond that event, some thought would have been directed to a need to upgrade our stock of sanitary facilities for public use and convenience (no pun intended).

Dear Editor, I write regarding the misuse of one of the new cars given to the police recently.

National Hardware Guyana Limited and a company out of Costa Rica called Productos have embarked on a $100M joint venture that would see improvements to the way tiles are laid in homes and offices.

A policeman died yesterday after being shot several times during the Carib Soca Monarch contest in New Amsterdam causing panic and pandemonium and his alleged assailant was hit several times by a licensed firearm holder while attempting to flee.

Dear Editor, As we celebrate Valentine’s Day we must contemplate the significance of the word ‘Love’ which I believe is the greatest of all words in the English Language.

Dear Editor, I recently read an interesting article in the Guyana Chronicle dated January 26th, headlined “President off to Russia today”.

Dear Editor, I write disgusted with the unconscionable practices by some businesses regarding high prices for goods that are expected to be reduced with the introduction of VAT.

Dear Editor, The withdrawal of Stabroek News ads is giving Guyana too much negative world publicity.

Internationally recognized credit and debit cards can now be used in Guyana with the introduction of “full” international connectivity for the cards by Scotiabank at its ATMs.

A number of fruit vendors around the city have been given an ultimatum by the Mayor and City Council to make their stalls attractive and clean or they might not be able to vend during the Cricket World Cup season.

Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Chief of Staff, Brigadier General Edward Collins on Thursday said that preparations to court-martial officers who might have been involved in the disappearance of 30 AK-47 rifles from Camp Ayanganna are moving apace.

Following its annual conference, the Guyana Police Force says it will aggressively pursue the reduction of illegal firearms and apprehension of wanted persons among other things high on its agenda.

A 23-year-old Guyanese college student was seriously injured in a car accident involving a vehicle driven by a drunk police officer.

Two Guyanese suffered serious injuries in a fire in Richmond Hill on Saturday.