Guyana News

National Sports Commission’s cycle coach Hassan Mohamed will conduct the Annual R&R International Limited 11-race cycle programme on Saturday in the National Park.

Seven schools registered victories when play in the National Inter-Secondary Schools Futsal Tournament continued on Tuesday evening at the National Gymnasium.

Embattled president of the West Demerara Cricket Association (WDCA) Vishnu Shradananda is claiming that he was not invited to any Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) called by executives of the association and the meeting was an illegal one.

Demerara will attempt to dethrone defending cha-mpions Berbice in the rubber match of the Cas-trol inter-county under- 15 two-day cricket competition at the Police Sports Complex today.

The year 1789 is not usually thought of as a turning point in English politics, certainly not when you compare it with what was taking place across the Channel, but it is arguable that the abolition of the slave trade two hundred years ago could not have happened when it did without a speech made by William Wilberforce in May of that revolutionary year.

A Linden man who allegedly had over five kilos of cannabis when he was searched by police at a roadblock on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter captioned “Irrigation a major problem for farmers on the Essequibo Coast” (07.03.01) by S.

Essequibo police are still on high alert as they try to recapture a prison escapee who is now suspected of murder.

The Guyana Japan Karate Association (GJKA) will be graced with the presence of two overseas karate masters who will help to boost the sport in Guyana.

In the wake of the brutal, lightning attack on an East Berbice agricultural community on Monday night, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has raised the question of whether the assault was a terror attack or a test of the law enforcement capacity in the area.

Dear Editor, Congrats are in order for the founders, planners and organizers of the 18th annual Guyanese Phagwah parade in Richmond Hill.

Dear Editor, Thank you for publishing my letter regarding the misuse of the West Demerara Police vehicle, I do not see it traversing the Demerara Harbour bridge at the hours that I had mentioned.

Dear Editor, I wish to compliment Mr. Ravi Dev MP for his incisive article in Kaieteur News.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to make a few remarks about your editorial of February 16, 2007 captioned “The role of the mandarin”.

Dear Editor, It is sometimes said that history is an assemblage of past events that should not distract us in the present.

Dear Editor, Your editorial “Poor fishermen” is timely and I empathise with them, for the Ministries of Agriculture and Home Affairs seem to care little about the plight of these hardworking men.

Dear Editor, In a recent debate in Parliament we again heard the usual accusations of official corruption.

Dear Editor, Mr Kwayana in an earlier letter emphatically objected to the appointment of Pandit Shri Prakash Gossai but did not say why he so objected and he did not offer any suggestions as to who may be a suitable person for the post.

Dear Editor, Sometime back, after the introduction of armed foot patrols around the city, I observed one or two ranks carrying their weapons with their finger on the trigger.

Dear Editor, We write concerning two lands which are left for a roadway between Sam Hinds Drive and Mitchell Street, B Field, Pattensen, Turkeyen same being named August Street.