Guyana Times

GFF/Stag Elite League Finale… Dominican forward Julian Wade scored a quadruple of goals to help Slingerz FC comprehensively defeat Fruta Conquerors on Friday in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Elite League Finale at the Track and Field Facility, Leonora. The game was a top of the table clash and dubbed as the match of the round where a ding-dong...

The Technocrat Empowerment Group (TEG) on Saturday hosted their first medical outreach in Albouystown, also targeting nearby communities. The outreach comprised of a dental booth, blood drive, infectious disease, and suicide domestic violence booths. Additionally, treated nettings were distributed to the residents. A member of TEG, Dr Royston Adonis proclaimed: “Our objective is to give back to the people of...

The discipline of Chess received a massive shot in the arm last week when it was revealed by FIDE, the world governing body for the sport, that three Guyanese players have achieved the Candidate Master (CM) status. Reigning senior national champion Wendell Meusa, former national senior and junior champion Taffin Khan, and female player Maria Thomas were conferred with...

Removal of Water Street vendors — bond owner denies giving vendors permission to use facility  The Water Street vendors’ woes have deepen as Malcolm Panday, owner of the former Guyana Stores Limited (GSL) bond from which they were selling, has stated that he did not give any permission for his property to be used. The vendors were granted an injunction against...

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The board of directors, management and staff of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) would like to congratulate the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) for being named the top sporting association of 2015. Equally “we are elated for Anand Sanasie who was named the top administrator.”  “Guyana’s cricket has improved considerably and they continue to dominate the...

As the row between the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) and the vendors continues, vendors are yet again dissatisfied with the relocation system. However, Town Clerk Royston King is confident that the system is fair. Vendors are complaining about the slow pace of the system of relocation is going. “I am out here since 7:00am and can’t get through...

Satiricus was appalled at the level that the spit press would sink. When he was a callow youth and used to read those "westerns", Satiricus had read a fella "couldn't sink lower than a snake's belly". Well, to print what the Stabber did on Trottie's Taxes made them sink lower than the Kaieteur Fall's gorge. It wasn't what they...

The shortage of women on the plantations during and immediately after Indentureship, because the recruiters in India couldn’t secure even the one-third quota, had a great impact in reshaping social relations in the new community they would form in Guyana. It played a major role in breaking down the caste and even religious distinctions that were so powerful in India. The low...

...Parliamentary democracy What's this thing called “democracy”? Winston Churchill, said “Democracy is the worst form of Government – except for all the rest.” Then there’s the explanation offered by Abe Lincoln, the US President who didn’t back down from waging a civil war for African Americans’ freedom: “Government of the people, by the people and for the people”. And while...

Dear Editor, In a recent article published by the Stabroek News and carrying the headline “Masakenari hooked up to internet”, it was stated that “Masakenari, a Wai Wai village in the deep south of Guyana now has an internet connection after complaining about the difficulty in communicating with the rest of the country”. Contrary to this assertion, the Wai Wai village...