Guyana Times

A 53-year-old drug addict who was arrested for the murder of his mother, Celelia Madray, 75, of Good Faith, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara has since confessed to the heinous crime during interrogation on Friday. The pensioner was on Thursday evening found lying in a pool of blood with a gash to her head and her body covered with a...

Wearing a bulletproof vest on patrol proved to be a life saver for an officer within B Division (Berbice) who narrowly escaped death after a wanted man took away his service gun and discharge several rounds at him. The incident occurred sometime around 15:15h on Thursday at New Market Street, Rose Hall, Corentyne, Berbice. According to police reports,...

– decision in 2011 restricted to merger of LBI, Enmore factories Former Human Resources director of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Jiram Petam has said there were never any discussions in 2011 to close the entire La Bonne Intention (LBI) Sugar Estate, contrary to claims by management of GuySuCo. Pitam, director of Human Resource in 2011, tasked with the responsibility of...

Wolf’s memorial softball cricket... The Wolf’s memorial softball cricket competition continued recently with several teams recording victories. The highlight was a 129-run thrashing that Regal Masters inflicted on Parika Defenders. Below are the summarised scores of the games. Regal Master defeated Parika Defenders by 129 runs. Regal 211 off 20 overs (Eon Abel 59* Mahase Chunilall 58) Defenders 82 all out...

To commemorate Guyana’s Golden Jubilee, the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) and former athletes based in North America will team up to host a day of athletics on May 22. According to the organising committee of the venture, a 5km, a 10km and a track and field event will be staged four days prior to Independence Day, May 26. The...

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC), M.S, on Sunday last specially honoured West Indies 20/20 female players Shemaine Campbelle and Tremayne Smartt for being members of the victorious World Cup squad. President David Granger, who is Patron of the Club, along with immediate past Patron Beverly Harper joined members of the club to honour the duo...

As the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) continues to piece together finances to ensure it is presence in Antigua and Barbuda next month to defend its Caribbean Short Range and Individual titles at the West Indies Full Bore Shooting Championships, three more corporate entities have presented cheques. Association Secretary Ryan Sampson has disclosed that Mohamed’s Enterprise, Sterling Products Limited...

Stag /EBFA Senior League… Defending champions Grove Hi Tech have restored their quest to retain championship honours with a 4-0 win over a game Diamond United when the Stag sponsored East Bank Football Association (EBFA) Senior League continued on Sunday last at the Grove Playfield. The opening match saw Herstelling Raiders squandering a spot kick early in the second half...

GCB/Hand-In-Hand U-19 Inter-County 3-day... By Akeem Greene A gutsy sixth partnership worth 80 between Looknauth Chinkoo and Jonathan Fernandes rescued Essequibo after they were precariously placed at 101-5 on the second day of their Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Hand-In-Hand Under-19, Inter-county, Three-day competition match against Demerara on Friday. Playing at the Georgetown Cricket Club, Chinkoo made flamboyant 52 and Fernandes with 37...

Less than 24 hours after confessing to murdering the mother of his child, Clevon Hamilton was arraigned for the heinous crime at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court on Friday. He was not required to plead to the indictment when it was read by Magistrate Zamina Ally-Seepaul. The Police stated that between April 16 and 19, at Cummings Lodge, East Coast...