Guyana News

Following a high incidence of suicide and suicide attempts at Moruca, Santa Rosa, Senior Public Education Officer at Help and Shelter, Dennis Cuffy, yesterday said persons who are in pain sometimes see suicide as the only way out.

In his closing address to the National Assembly on the budget debate that concluded just before 1 am yesterday, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh said he found it difficult to take criticisms of the budget seriously.

Almost four months after taking office, Regional Chairman of Region Six, Zulfikar Mustapha is meeting the challenges of his new post by being “on the ball” with regular outreach visits around the region.

A team from the Charity Hospital started outreach exercises about several weeks ago to communities along the Pomeroon River while work on the Diagnostic and Treatment Centre at the Suddie Hospital is near completion.

A man who admitted having in his possession ganja for trafficking was sentenced to prison and fined while his uncle and aunt denied the charge when the trio appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

A North West man who was allegedly found with cocaine when police searched his home appeared on Wednesday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Magistrate Fazil Azeez at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday committed a man accused of murdering his brother in 2005 to stand trial for the capital offence in the High Court.

Okay I know. Much of what follows below first appeared five years ago in a feature article by me and published by the Stabroek News (January 2002).

This week marked the start of what promises to be a marketing showdown between GT&T and Digicel.

Stabroek Business has been reliably informed of what appears to be a major infringement of the Cricket World Cup Sunset legislation by local importers who are distributing CWC souvenirs and memorabilia to retailers and street vendors for sale as official CWC items.

If Digicel Guyana’s Chief Executive Officer Tim Bahrani declines to be pushed into “talking up” a marketing war with GT&T, the “body language” of the Guyana’s newest cellular service provider is sending an altogether different signal.

In his book `The economics of development in small countries with special reference to the Caribbean’ William G.

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) commenced their Bounty Farm Mashramani handicap tournament Tuesday night with interesting matches being played.

The annual Mayor’s Cup Football tournament heats up at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground tonight when Camptown tackles Pele in an intriguing match-up as the quarter-final round commences at 6pm.

President’s College will oppose Ace Warriors at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground today in one of five scheduled matches of the Georgetown Cricket Association’s under-19, limited overs, cricket competition this weekend.

Georgetown clubs, Everest Cricket Club and Malteenoes Sports Club, will face off in one semi-final match of the 2006 Guyflag three-day, first-division cricket competition from today at the Everest Cricket Club ground, Camp Road.

A much – anticipated battle looms at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall tonight when old friends from Courts Pacesetters and Bounty Colts meet in the feature quarter-final game of the Next Level Entertainment nation-wide first division basketball tournament.

Young Warriors, winners of last year’s million dollar Shapoorji/Pallonji Twenty20 competition will take on the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) in the first competitive match at the new National Stadium at Providence today.

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