Guyana Times

– wife severely beaten An Albion, Corentyne, Berbice, resident was shot dead while his wife was injured after they were attacked by two armed men Sunday evening. Gowchand Budhu, 58, of Lot 636 Topu Village, Corentyne, was shot at least four times about his body and pronounced dead on arrival at the Port Mourant Hospital. His wife, Parbatie Budhu, 54, who...

Parmanand “Max” Persaud was the star as the country’s top golfers gathered at the Lusignan Golf Club on Sunday for the Heineken golf tournament. Persaud finished the day with a net score of 68 and a gross of 87. Azar Shaw, who also had a 68 net score, was second with a gross 83. Bryan Hackett’s gross of 89 and net...

– “We have the talent…no doubt about it” By Akeem Greene Former West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan believes the region has the requisite talent pool to help stem the decline of West Indies cricket, but highlighted that there needs to be a proper structure to harness the talents. “We have talent, no doubt about it. When you look at Carlos Braithwaite, Jason...

Alleged Police Rape A Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice resident was on Monday freed of a charge of falsely accusing a Police officer of rape. Stephan Philips, 28, initially appeared before Magistrate Annet Singh at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts charged for making false allegations. The man had previously denied the charge, which stated that on October 22 at Brickdam Police Station,...

BY UTAMU BELLE The large number of issues affecting Kwakwani Hospital, as well as Ituni Health Centre, both in Berbice River, were highlighted when Vice Chairman of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Alroy Adolph presented his statutory monthly report to the RDC. Alroy indicated that the problems, which range from shortage and late distribution of drugs to the absence of an...

...AFC Old people do warn: “all smart fly does end up in cow backside”. And when these smart flies get entangled with the stuff in that orifice, it’s hell no hell to get out! Well it looks like the AFC and its “smart flies” are up to their neck in “entanglement” with what one of their fervent supporters described...

City Treasurer Ron McCalmon has projected an 11 per cent increase in City Hall’s revenue for this year. According to a press statement, the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has foreseen a significant jump in its revenue this year and has credited this achievement to the new revenue collection mechanisms being put in place and the existing money sources the...

The owner of R Tularam and Sons Supermarket is now counting his losses after bandits broke into his premises in the wee hours of Monday morning carting off with a large sum of cash and other valuables. Rebenaut Tularam of Lot 10 Malgre Tout, West Bank Demerara (WBD), told Guyana Times that at around 01:00h, he awoke to startling...

A fisherman on Monday appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to answer to a murder charge. Michael Ridley called “Nice Guy”, 36, of Lot 82 Garnett Street, Albouystown, Georgetown, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to answer the charge. According to Police Prosecutor Deneiro Jones, on November 23, 2015 at Albouystown he murdered Troy Brutus. Reports are that Brutus, 37, of...

– to serve in health and education sectors BY INDRAWATTIE NATRAM Twenty-nine Peace Corps Volunteers were on Monday sworn-in by Ambassador Perry Holloway at a simple ceremony held in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam). The trainees, who will provide voluntary services in the health and education sectors, will serve in seven of the 10 Administrative Regions in Guyana over the next two...