Guyana Times

Team Gillette Evolution’s remarkable rise in local cycling continued in emphatic fashion on Sunday when they club has a 1-2-3 finish in the Powerade road race on the West Demerara roadways. Last year’s leading senior rider Orville Hinds emerged the winner of the 45-mile race, clocking one hour, 21 minutes, 22 seconds (01h: 21m: 22s). He was followed by club...

Says Akeem Greene “We started this journey … we all know we had … people were wondering whether we would play this tournament. We had a lot of issues, we felt disrespected by our board, Mark Nicholas described our team as a team with no brains. All these things before the tournament just brought this team together.” Those were the words...

GFF/Stag Elite League…   Alpha United inflicted a five-nil hammering on Pele FC, while Slingerz FC defeated Buxton United 2-0 when action in the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Stag Elite League Finale  continued on Sunday at the Guyana Defense Force (GDF) ground. Alpha United, with a much stronger and experienced unit, took the lead in the 34th minute when Solomon Austin scored...

– Deputy Mayor joins protest By Devina Samaroo Resounding were their voices though the turnout was small as University of Guyana (UG) students vented extreme disgust over the mounting issues that continue to cause many inconveniences and obstruct their pursuit of higher education. Fired up by University of Guyana Student Society (UGSS) president Joshua Griffith, the handful of disgruntled students threatened...

Following the non-implementation of this year’s budgetary allocations to advance the 2016 work programme in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice), Regional Chairman Vickchand Ramphal and Regional Executive Officer (REO) Roderick Edinboro are expected to meet today to discuss the issues. According to information reaching this publication, Chairman Ramphal will outline the reasons for the much-needed implementation of the programme since the...

Bandits continue to create havoc on West Coast Demerara (WCD) as multiple reports of robberies have been reported over the weekend. The latest robbery was carried out Saturday night at Meten-Meer-Zorg, WCD, when two armed robbers attacked and robbed a young man. The victim, Jason Singh, 20, of Lot 28 Ocean Garden, Meten-Meer-Zorg, was attacked about 20:50h while walking home...

In observation of United Nations’ (UN) Day of Sports for the Development Of Peace, a number of cricketers, mainly from the county of Demerara, would participate in planned activities set to promote the interest of such peace in sports. The session will be facilitated by the youth empowerment organisation ‘Xercise’, and will commence at 13:30h on Wednesday at the National...

Deplorable NA Prison conditions First Lady Sandra Granger visited the New Amsterdam Prison on Sunday after media reports surfaced detailing the deplorable living conditions the women prisoners endured. According to reports which were published in another section of the media, the Prison was said to be overcrowded forcing inmates to share beds, and there was no running water at the...

Indian High Commissioner Venkatachalam Mahalingam last week paid a courtesy call on the management and members of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC), M.S at the St Francis Community Developers head office. The High Commissioner was inducted as the club’s 158th Honourary Member by organising Secretary Keith Hicks during the visit. Secretary/CEO, Hilbert Foster, led the club’s...

During his much-publicised homecoming tour of Guyana in January, Hall-Of-Fame Guyanese footballer, Alex Bunbury, witnessed first-hand the unbridled enthusiasm, talent and potential of hundreds of Guyanese boys and girls who attended his goodwill clinics across the country. He also recognised the urgent need for better training facilities, equipment and services, and promised his young students he would leverage his resources...