Two armed men staged a daring early morning robbery in New Amsterdam yesterday, shooting and injuring the postmaster of the Nigg (Corentyne) Post Office and escaping with some $8.2 million and the postmaster’s car.
Today’s column marks the end of this ten-part series on Guyana’s forest sector.
Professor Bishop’s IDCE Sunday class today at Queen’s College is cancelled.
An International Muslim Scholar declared “the greatest gift to mankind is the gift of the Prophet Muhammed” in his presentations at the Eid Milad-un-Nabi services recently hosted at the Anna Catherina Islamic Complex (ACIC).
“I din know why I just get up and walk around,” says 49-year-old Anita Ward, a security guard.
The Justice for All Party (JFAP) says the celebration of Youman Nabi is an opportunity for citizens to unite in order to “bring man out of the darkness of ignorance”.
President of the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG), Fazeel M.
The Indian Arrival Commit-tee (IAC) says the lesson of Youman Nabi teaches man, in practical ways, to understand each other’s religions and moral values.
The Guyana Women Artists Association (GWAA) said intricate ceramic, painting and other pieces from 12 artists are on sale at the National Library.
Master painter and sculptor Philip Moore’s celebrations of the game of cricket and great Guyanese cricketers are now on display at the National Gallery, Castellani House, the gallery said in a press release.
The page one photo captioned ‘Sheriff St vigil condemns assault on family’ in our edition yesterday shows a group of Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) protestors standing in front of the C&S nightclub on Sheriff Street on Friday.
President Bharrat Jagdeo is asking Guyanese to reflect on the life and success of the Prophet Muhammad as the country observes Youman Nabi today.
Magistrate Brassington Reynolds on Thursday freed Shawn Richardson called ‘Jungle Commando’ following the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the 2003 murder of Enterprise taxi driver, Vivekanand Nandalall.
Bill likes to quote great philosophers. Voltaire provided much intellectual backbone for the French Revo-lution; that formed modern Europe and its liberal freedoms.
England, buoyed by an 82-ball 90 from Paul Collingwood which was good enough to earn him the Man-of-the-Match award, beat Ireland by 48 runs to win their first “Super 8” match at the Providence Stadium yesterday.
In the wee hours of Monday morning, a crime was committed so shocking in terms of bizarreness and cruelty that it can perhaps be termed a hate crime, particularly as it was perpetrated against members of a minority group-the indigenous people.
The University of Guyana presented the first lecture of the 2007 Walter Chair Lectures delivered by Professor of history Winston McGowan at the National Library Auditorium on Tuesday.
International Cricket Cou-ncil’s (ICC) Chief Executive, Malcolm Speed has congratulated Guyana for delivering its part of the International Cricket Council’s 2007 Cricket World Cup (CWC) competition.
Any number of factors can be pinpointed for the latest West Indies World Cup defeat, but the reality is that the home team is suddenly playing as if it is in another competition.
Sri Lanka’s captain, Mahela Jayawardene says his team might not have deserved to win the battle against South Africa but they were looking forward to any opposition that the West Indies would present.
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