Guyana Times

A woman was fortunate to have a larceny charge dismissed against her after the virtual complainant refused to give evidence in the matter. Vedmattie Persaud, 21, of Lot 3 Water Street, Agricola, Georgetown, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts charged with larceny. She admitted that on March 31, 2016 at Diamond, East Bank Demerara, she...

– ordered to leave in 24 hours A Nigerian man was on Monday appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts slapped with an illegal entry charge. Dennis Derie, 34, pleaded guilty to the charge which stated that on March 27, 2016 at Lethem he illegally entered Guyana by crossing the frontier and failed to present...

Sussex Street murders The Guyana Police Force on Monday was successful in its application to the High Court to further detain four persons in connection with the two recent murders in Sussex Street, Charlestown last week. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum stated that two men were held for the execution of Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lance Corporal Kevon Payne and two...

The owners, management and members of the Guyana Amazon Warriors team in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) would like to offer its heartiest congratulations to the West Indies Men's team on their heart stopping, spectacular ultimate victory in the ICC World Cup T20 2016 Tournament. That several players on the team were members of Guyana Amazon Warriors over...

Write off West Indies cricket at your peril. Less than four months in, 2016 is already a year of great celebration and renewal for cricket in the Caribbean. West Indies won the Under-19 World Cup. West Indies won the Women's World T20. And now West Indies have won the World T20. In doing so, Darren Sammy's men have...

Dear Editor, The Bartica United Youth Development Group (BUYDG) will like to congregate Gifford Marshall, who was the only nominee that was elected Mayor and Kamal Persaud, who was also the only nominee, duly elected Deputy Mayor the BUYDG also congratulate the councillors. For the first time Bartica has a Mayor and Deputy Mayor. Bartica recently gained township status. The BUYDG...

Dear Editor, It was with utter disillusionment I watched an interview being given by Oscar Clarke to the Press after the Georgetown City Council was sworn-in. My first disenchantment was due to the fact that he was back in the Council after all these years and not just back in the Council, but once more in the Finance Committee along...

Dear Editor, Freddie Kissoon misleads readers that he is “Mr know all.” He once again errs (what else is new) -- incorrectly attributed “the masses are asses” quote to the Portuguese dominated United Force (UF) founder leader, Peter D’Aguiar. Freddie is consistently erring and as such is advised to avoid name droppings to give credibility to his writings that...

Dear Editor, Some of us love it, some of us hate it. The rules of the English language are brimming with intricacies, inconsistencies, and obscurities, and therefore it is critical that politicians, who are public speakers, master the technicalities of our native language and not get confused with their homonyms and mixed up with their pronouns. Watching the television...

Ever since the struggle for independence, the nexus of ethnic violence and the composition of the Disciplined Forces, had been identified as a key problematic in the creation of a viable state. The international scholar Cynthia Enloe, who taught at UG during the seventies, wrote in her seminal text, "Ethnic Conflict and Political Development: “The resolution of inter-ethnic conflict demands...