Guyana News

Magistrate Fazil Azeez yesterday remanded to prison a man accused of stealing money from his mother.

A 30-year-old man who allegedly demanded with menace $1.2M from another after he had given the man some gold to sell appeared on Thursday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A 26-year-old mother of two on Thursday appeared in court accused of duping a woman of more than half a million dollars after pretending that she could get her a car.

BERBICE, Guyana, CMC – Narsingh Deonarine hit an unbeaten half-century that lifted Guyana to a comfortable six-wicket win and eliminated Leeward Islands, in the fourth round of the KFC Cup yesterday.

CMC-Gwendolyn O’Neil is talking confidently ahead of her second fight against the famous Laila Ali tonight at the Emperor’s Palace Casino.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr Frank Anthony and Chief Executive Officer of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 Karan Singh are both confident that the Providence Stadium will meet the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) requirements and that Guyana will host the Super Eight matches, scheduled to commence on March 28.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the People’s National Congress, Guyana’s second oldest, second largest and second most successful political party.

Three Essequibo residents who stole a bull and were later caught currying it in a large carahi at Windsor Castle were yesterday sentenced to a total of eight years in prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

Guyanese rugby players Theodore Henry, Albert La Rose and Claudius Butts, members of the West Indies team which will compete in the World Rugby Sevens tournament in the United States of America next Saturday and Sunday were presented with their tickets to Trinidad and Tobago yesterday during a press conference at the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) building.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Revenue Authority has been administering tax as efficiently as possible even before the implementation of the Value Added Tax.

Dear Editor, Did you see the news today? Sorry, no, electricity blackout prevailed.

Dear Editor, I am a constable, and a serving member of the Special Constabulary Guard Service attached to the Guyana Police Force.

Dear Editor, Cecil Griffith was a veteran journalist, who represented the best of the profession and was a principled individual who loved the profession and was always willing to give of his time to nurture young reporters.

Dear Editor, Mr. Hamilton Green recently aired his ‘paramount’ view on our heritage, writing in SN 1-26-07, “As Guyanese we must all be proud of our heritage, but to so blatantly advance one group is counter to our motto of One People, One Nation, One Destiny.”

Dear Editor, Silly. It’s harsh I know, but it’s the only word I can think of when I read certain things in the newspapers.

Dear Editor, I am an Antigua and Barbuda citizen residing in Antigua.

Dear Editor, I have just read something that I feel compelled to challenge (SN Monday 07/01/29), on pg 10 under the caption ‘Jagdeo unhappy with education bureaucracy’.

Dear Editor, At approximately 17:00 hours on Thursday, January 18, 2007 some youths from the Lodge Community were playing their regular game of cricket on the tarmac of the National Cultural Centre.

Dear Editor, U-Mobile has completely abandoned its customers for about a week now.

FORMER Guyana and West Indies all-rounder Neil Mc Garrell saved the day for defending champions Ce-ramic Merry Boys and spurred them on to victory and one of the three qualifying spots in Group A of the Carib Sunday League on Saturday.