Guyana Times

A 26-year-old man was stabbed to death outside the White Castle Fish Shop, Hadfield Street, Georgetown in the wee hours of Saturday evening. Gordon Ross, 26, was reported found with multiple stab wounds to the body and four of his teeth missing. Hospital officials also claimed that he was badly beaten to the body. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum told media...

… says “vendors want change but not willing to help make it” Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan said it is unlikely the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (GMCC) will change its position on the plans to relocate the Stabroek Market Square to Hadfield Street. In a telephone interview with Guyana Times Duncan said that while the Council understands the plight of vendors...

“Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day; teach him to fish and he’ll eat for the rest of his life”. Never a saying more true. Amerindian communities have progressively evolved with time and so have their needs, which are no different for families in the hinterland than they are for those living on the coast. Yet, economic...

By Merissa Wilson Commuters and residents using the Sophia Main Road via Dennis Street have vented frustration over the already poor condition of the road, which was recently reopened after it was closed for nearly two weeks to facilitate rehabilitation. Works on the road began on April 4 last and was recently reopened to the public. However, everyone — commuters,...

A Castello Housing Scheme man was on Friday afternoon shot dead after a gun belonging to his friend accidently went off at the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA), Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara. Dead is Nafasie Edghill, 39, of Castello Housing Scheme, East La Penitence, Georgetown. Reports are the man was involved in a playful scuffle with his friend who...

  ...on crime? What’d you call the robbery of the Ramada Princess two days ago but an “armed invasion”? Four men enter a casino on the main thoroughfare between the airport and the city, shoot up the place wild-west style, rob patrons and the casino - and then escape! Well...three of them escaped because evidently they hadn’t “cased” the joint...

… as inclement weather continues Several areas in Linden were under water as the inclement weather pattern continues. Notably, areas more prone to intense flooding such as Kara Kara, Central Mackenzie (including Republic Avenue and Greenheart Street), as well as Rainbow City appeared to be among some of the worse affected. Scores of people were stranded and several stalls at...

Dear Editor, AFC activist Sase Singh in a commentary in another section of the media and a few respondents to him have called out the coalition APNU-AFC government for discriminating against rural dwellers (Indo-Guyanese). Specifically, Sase Singh protested that Ind-Guyanese (and he mentioned Hindus in particular) are under-represented on government enterprises, committees, commissions, organisations, boards, and NGOs. Sase has correctly...

Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) held its annual awards ceremony on Friday Evening at the Georgetown Club, Camp Street to honour outstanding sportsmen and women for their contribution in their respective disciplines. It was Sean Devers who stood out among the awardees as he copped the GOA’s Sports Journalist of the year Award. Though the awards generally go to journalists...

– prevails on tie-breaker with Khan Two of Guyana’s leading chess players, Wendell Meusa and Taffin Khan, proved their prowess in the Engineering and Construction Inc. (ECI) annual chess tournament, as they finished way above the competition after the completion of the mandatory seven rounds. Both players accumulated 6.5 points, after chalking up six victories and a draw each. This...