Guyana News

Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards has begun hearing the case of a South Ruimveldt man who is accused of killing a SIMAP employee three years ago.

Dear Editor, I am heartened that there are collaborations with the faith-based community and NGOs to combat HIV/AIDS in Guyana.

Essequibo cricketers were on the receiving end of yet another defeat on Saturday when they went under to Demerara by an innings and 33 runs as the first round of the Castrol inter-county, under-15, two-day cricket competition ended at the Georgetown Cricket Club Bourda ground.

Former West Indies’ leg-spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo and Guyanese wicket-keeper Derwin Christian have been drafted in by the Moosai’s Sports Club for the remainder of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board local domestic season.

Darius Ali and Asharnica Persaud ran out winners of the boys and girls’ Under-11 categories of the Igloo Ice-Cream sponsored badminton tournament which climaxed Saturday at the Queen’s College courts.

A new star was born on Saturday night when Alex Arjoon defeated arch-rival Peter de Groot to win category `A’ of the Guyana Squash Association/Toucan Indus-tries sponsored junior squash tournament at the George-town Club.

On the eve of February 23rd there was reportedly a minor disturbance within the walls of the Georgetown Prisons; minor in the sense that it led to no serious breach of security and certainly not a break-out.

One fisherman is dead and another missing after their boat capsized in the Atlantic Ocean about three miles from land on Friday night.

Dear Editor, There is huge excitement in New York about the Rio summit in our beloved Guyana.

Dear Editor, It is refreshing to see Africans’ proud public expressions and read of their contributions to Guyana and the world.

Dear Editor, In M.A. Bacchus’s letter captioned “The reality is that race is of major political significance in Guyana,” (07.02.26) the charge was made that Dr Randy Persaud and I may not have taken cognizance of the realities on the ground.

Dear Editor, While many animal lovers are sickened by the cruelty being inflicted on animals, there needs to be a form of control whereby, only lovers of animals, caring and friendly human-kind can be allowed to have and to keep pets.

Dear Editor, I recently visited the zoo with my family and was disgusted and disappointed to see the zoo in such an impoverished and degenerate state.

Dear Editor, With just days to go before the third most auspicious sporting event in the world graces the Caribbean, cricket fans are doing nothing to conceal their anxieties about what might be the likely outcome of the competition.

The PPP/C has launched a booklet in honour of the late agriculture minister Satyadeow Sawh, almost one year after the minister and two of his siblings were gunned down at his Earl’s Court, La Bonne Intention (LBI) home.

The residents of Crabwood Creek (CWC) who protested in front of the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) office on Monday for the removal of the chairman, expressed satisfaction during a meeting with regional officials on Thursday about the decision to dissolve the NDC and install an Interim Management Committee.

Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Ten Henry Rodney says allegations levelled against him and the administration by Regional Chairman Mortimer Mingo are a personal vendetta to get him removed from the region as other attempts by the chairman to do so have failed.

Former Editor of the Guyana Chronicle Anthony Calder died yesterday after a prolonged illness.

The Inter-American Develop-ment Bank (IDB) will withhold funding for the commencement of the second phase of the Unserved Areas Electrification Programme (UAEP) unless the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc can cut its losses to 30 per cent from the present 42 per cent.

Liberally sprinkled with powder of all hues and soaked with various colours of water, Guyanese across the country celebrated Phagwah, the Hindu spring festival yesterday.