Guyana Times

Linden Market washroom facility By Utamu Belle Sparks flew high in Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara/Berbice) on Friday as a consultation with vendors of Mackenzie Market and Mayor Carwyn Holland and Councillors of Linden Mayor and Town Council (LM&TC) got underway. With the aim of the consultation being to address vendors on issues affecting them and to update on future...

An alleged robbery and rapist accused Samuel George, 27, on Friday reappeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and pleaded not guilty to the robbery charge. George denied the charge which stated that on 28 March, 2016 at East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, he robbed Evelyn Peters of one phone valued 00, and ,000 in cash. Bail was...

Wolf’s memorial softball tournament... The Wolf’s memorial softball cricket competition started last weekend with Albion Masters toppling Floodlights in a high-scoring thriller. Over 400 runs were scored in the allotment of 40 overs. Below are the summarised scores from the games. Albion Masters defeated Floodlights by six runs. Albion 218-4 off 20 overs (V. Moonsammy105*, John Somar 66, Ricky Deonarain 3-6)...

By Utamu Belle While there have been talks over the past few months by Region 10 (Upper Demerara/Berbice) Chairman Renis Morian over the re-establishment of a Regional Land Selection Committee, to date there has been no notable advancement. The setting up of the committee formed part of the August 2012 Agreement signed between the Region and the previous Administration and...

After a few races on the road, competitive cycling makes a return to the inner circuit of the National Park today with the 12th annual staging of the Universal Auto and General Supplies 11-race programme. Set to pedal off at 09:00h, the day’s activities will feature most, if not all of the country’s top wheelsmen, who would no doubt...

Several more companies are on board with the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club’s (RHTY&SC) 26th annual awards ceremony on Sunday at the St Francis Community Developers Training Centre. A total of 40 club members and executives would be honoured for outstanding performance for the period January to December 2015. Among that players to be honoured are Brandon Prashad,...

GCB/Hand-In-Hand Inter County 3-day… - Demerara beat Select U-17 by 7 wickets Essequibo produced a sterling performance with bat and ball to defeat defending champions Berbice by 63 runs in the opening round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) sponsored Hand-in-Hand Insurance Company Under-19 three-day cricket tournament yesterday at the Enterprise Busta Sports Club. Essequibo who enforced the follow-on, bundled out...

Pakaraima mountain safari Seventy-six plus participants and sponsors were on Thursday evening honoured for their participation in the annual Pakaraima Mountain Safari. Among the dignitaries present at the event were Tourism Minister Cathy Hughes, Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Valarie Garrido-Lowe, Tourism Authority Director Indranaught Singh and tour organiser Frank Singh. According to Tourism Director Singh, what...

Dear Editor, It must be 50 years and more that the Common Entrance Exams now called the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) are being written with students all being assigned a number. The numbered system assured fairness across the board and that no one would be singled out for discrimination. In a country with a contentious racial divide, Government is...

Camp Street Prison riot By Shemuelfanfair The findings from the investigation into the fatal Camp Street Prison fire are in and it has revealed that prisoners were indeed responsible for the March 3 deadly blaze. Station Officer of the Guyana Fire Service, Andrew Holder, who led the investigation into the fire, told the Commission of Inquiry on Friday that after careful and...