Guyana Times

As the challenges in the sugar industry continue, sugar production has decreased. In a review of the first crop for 2016, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) announced on Wednesday that it experienced a shortfall of 29.3 per cent with actual production of 56,825 tonnes compared with a target of 80,270 tonnes. According to the Corporation, an audit of the...

as a lead up to the International Friendly game between Guyana and Canada’s Olympic team on Sunday May 15, a press conference was held at the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Headquarters, Dadanawa Street, Georgetown with sponsors who are fully behind the historic occasion. Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) was represented by Marketing Executive, Larry Wills who stated that DDL is...

the 22nd edition of the annual Mayor’s Cup is scheduled to commence on Saturday May 14 at the Victoria Ground East Coast Demerara. The start of the much anticipated tournament was delayed numerous times because of the inclement weather experienced in and around Georgetown. Executive Coordinator of the event Lennox Arthur is hoping to have the tournament up...

the Guyana Beverage Company, through its Busta soft drink brand, has thrown its support behind the second annual Soft Shoe football tournament, coordinated by the Petra Organisation. The 24-team competition, set to kick off in grand style on May 17, was officially launched last week by the Petra Organisation, which is partnering with the Ministry of Public Health to...

A 44-year-old carpenter was on Tuesday jailed for three years by Magistrate Dylan Bess for stealing a quantity of gold from a women who hired him for a plumbing job. Michael Hemsraj pleading guilty to the larceny from a dwelling house charge which stated that on April 28, the Virtual Complainant (VC) Coretta Norton contracted him to execute a...

With Public Tele-communications Minister Cathy Hughes set on having the Telecoms Bill tabled in the National Assembly before the end of this month, the proposed legislation is currently at the Attorney General’s Office for legal vetting. This was revealed by Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Basil Williams on Wednesday, as he gave an update on the status of...

...in governance As part of his job, your long suffering Eyewitness has to plough through all four dailies to be informed about what’s going on or going down. Yesterday, something jumped out at him: in all the papers – EXCEPTING THE GUYANA TIMES – the Government had placed a centre page spread extolling their “accomplishments” in the year they’ve...

An 18-year-old Georgetown man was on Wednesday granted his pre-trial liberty for causing the death of 40-year-old Narissa Spencer, who he struck down along Lamaha Street, Georgetown almost two weeks ago. Dwayne Griffith made his first appearance before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts and was not required to plead to the charge which stated that...

A former Police Constable was on Wednesday placed on 0,000 bail when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on a felony charge. Macurty Simpson, 23, of Number 28 Village, West Coast Berbice, pleaded guilty with explanation to the charge which stated that on September 11, 2015, at Georgetown, he stole one Browning semi-automatic...

Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson has noted a drastic difference in the progress of works at the D’Urban Park Development Project, as the Ministry is on course to have the first phase of the project completed in the next few days. During a recent site visit, Patterson told reporters that his Ministry has managed to make significant progress since its...