Guyana Times

GCA's, GISE, Trophy Stall, Star Party Rentals 1st division two-day cricket.... By Akeem Greene It was certainly a Captain’s match as Christopher Barnwell helped the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) add yet another trophy to their collection when they won the final of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) First Division Two-day Cricket Competition on Sunday against Guyana Defence Force (GDF) by...

On a day blessed with glorious sunshine in the village of Pomona on the Essequibo Coast, Rising Stars were crowned as champions of the South Essequibo T20 Competition that concluded recently. New Opportunity Core (NOC) Club won the toss and inserted Rising Stars to bat on a good wicket in the final. The openers had some testing moments from the...

– acidity high in river BY INDRAWATTIE NATRAM People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Councillor Vilma Da Silva noted great concerns at the Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) RDC statutory meeting over the lack of potable water in Pomeroon. According to Da Silva the acidity level in the river is significantly high and persons cannot use it for domestic purposes. This is posing serious challenges...

Residents in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) are complaining bitterly about the lack of essential medication and services at the Suddie Public Hospital. Many persons have vented concerns over the lack of medications and essential tests there. Due to the shortages many patients have to endure additional expenses, and quite a few of them have to deprive themselves due to lack...

A man who hails from Kara Kara, Mackenzie, Linden was placed on a bond to keep the peace for a year after he was placed before the courts on an assault charge. Davion Chattergoon, 31, a self-employed father of four of Lower Kara Kara, Speightland, was accused of unlawfully assaulting Marietha Sausculotte on April 7, but she told Magistrate...

...for different marriage partners No...your Eyewitness’s interest in the marriage of the PNC and its multiple partners isn’t prurient. For POLITICAL marriages, they matter to all of us – if for no other reason than when they’re fussing and fighting, they’re not spending time taking care of the nation’s business. Which is OUR business, if you don’t mind! So, is...

Aaliyah Bruce, 14, a student from the Anna Regina Multilateral School, who went missing since December 2015, has not been located, even though news about her disappearance is once again being disseminated. Aaliyah, from the Cinderella county of Essequibo was last seen at her grandmother’s house. She first went missing on 23 December 2015, but was found two days...

Government has come in for some harsh flogging by People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Member of Parliament (MP) Priya Manickchand who last Thursday criticised it for backpedalling on its promise of inclusive governance and its continued “inaccessibility”. Her criticism came in light of the recent revelation regarding the change of format of the examination paper for students scheduled to sit the...

Rodney CoI The Overseas Associates of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has made a bold call for President David Granger to lay the final report of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI) in the National Assembly. The Presidential inquiry, which commenced in February 2014, sought to officially examine the circumstances which led to the death of historian, educator and...

Constitutional reform – PM says to be implemented before next elections The interim report submitted to Cabinet by the Steering Committee on Constitutional Reform (SCCR) has recommended reduction in the powers assigned to the presidency, according to Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo. Nagamootoo, who has responsibility for governance matters, told the media recently that the interim report looked at a number of...