Guyana Times

Sunset of Thursday brought great grief to family and friends of Vicky Persaud, 17, whose body was fished out of the Lusignan Canal. According to reports, the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) student scheduled to sit the examination on Friday, left home Thursday afternoon in the company of a colleague whom he would usually work with on a part-time basis,...

The A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) Regional Councillors in Berbice have joined the call for embattled Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) Dr Veerasammy Ramayya to be removed from his post over his apparent incompetence. APNU’s lead Councillor at the Regional Democratic Council (RDC), Samuel Fraser, was very vocal when the Council held...

President David Granger on Friday warned persons working in the public sector against developing traits and practices that could prevent them from rising to the challenge and performing exceptionally, maintaining that "if they want to be lazy, they will get a lazy person’s remuneration." It was after the Head of State received the long awaited final report of the...

Guyana will look to defend home territory against Suriname this Sunday at the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) Golden Jubilee "King of Dragz" race event at the South Dakota Circuit, Timehri. A large contingent of Surinamese participants is expected to invade the land of many waters with the GMR&SC already confirming over twenty registrants from the...

Almost three weeks battling for his life after suffering 50 per cent second and third degree burns to his body, baby Devin Bishoondial, 15 months old, succumbed to his injuries while receiving treatment overseas. In late April, the toddler was admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Paediatric Surgical Unit after receiving injuries when his elder brother allegedly lit a...

BY AKEEM GREENE The intense heat combined with the unaccustomed playing surface could play more out of favour of Canada’s Olympic Football team as they engage Guyana’s National Team, the Golden Jaguars tomorrow the National Stadium, Providence. Canada based Golden Jaguars player, Daniel Whyte explained that the Jaguars have a major home field advantage against the North Americans. "You have to...

By Akeem Greene Assistant Coach of the Golden Jaguars Wayne Dover has expressed some amount of pleasure in the level of preparation the team has undergone for their International Friendly match against Canada on Sunday at the National Stadium, Providence. In an invited comment on Friday, Dover said, "We had four to five days with the local players mixed with...

Professor’s murder Hours after Guyanese-born American Professor Perry Mars was found dead in his Prashad Nagar, Georgetown, home, gagged and tied to a chair, the police have arrested six teenagers - four boys and two girls for the gruesome murder. Upon arrest they were found with a sum of cash, a laptop computer, an I-phone and a play station. The...

Curtez Kellman is currently in the Guyana Golden Jaguars training camp ahead of the national side’s big clash against Canada's Olympic team this Sunday, May 15 at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence. Kellman, at 17 years old, is the baby of the team and is eager to showcase his skills on the international scene. The former St Mary’s High...

A man accused of killing his wife because she consumed too much alcohol, on Friday appeared at the Albion Magistrate’s Court charged with murder. Desmond Gordon, 50, a cane harvester at Albion Sugar Estate was not required to plead to the indictable charge before Magistrate Marisa Mittleholzer. It is alleged that on May 9 at Hose Hall, Gordon murdered Bhagmattie...