Guyana Times

Stag/EBFA Senior League…   Herstelling Raiders have continued their dream run in the Stag/East Bank Football Association’s (EBFA) Senior League when they recorded yet another upset win on Sunday last at the Grove Playfield. The Herstelling boys upstaged Agricola Red Triangle 2-1 to move into second place in the points table, a position they have never experienced before. Ijaz Cave, who netted...

EBFA/Ralph Green U-11 League…   Agricola Red Triangle downed Grove Hi Tech via the penalty kicks after battling to a nil-all scoreline in regulation and extra time, while Craig School halted the surge of Friendship All Stars 5-0 to book a date in the final of the inaugural Ralph Green sponsored East Bank Football Association’s (EBFA) Under-11 League. Contesting last Saturday’s semi-finals...

Carelessness on the part of both driver and rider led to a two-vehicle collision on East Coast Demerara (ECD) Railway Embankment Road on Monday morning. Rider Jason Kowlessar was struck by car HC 5497 and sustained minor injuries about his body. The car was travelling west when it stopped in the vicinity of Caricom Headquarters in an attempt to turn...

CJIA seizure The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) has laid charges against goldsmith Richard Ramjit, whose jewellery was seized at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) in connection to a money laundering investigation. Ramjit of Better Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was confiscated of a gold chain and a wrist band, items which he claimed to have had in his...

A Front Road, East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, man was on Monday jailed for three years by Magistrate Judy Latchman after she found him guilty of robbery under arms and illegal possession of a firearm. Dexter Wallace, 20, of Lot 38 Front Road, was before Magistrate Latchman on a charge which stated that on June 15, 2015 at Oronoque Street, Georgetown,...

Deadly prison riot CoI The blame for the fiery death of 17 inmates and the injuries to several others during the March 3, 2016 Georgetown Prison riot is being thrown squarely at the feet of Deputy Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels, as more prisoners testified before the Commission of Inquiry (CoI), which was established to probe the riot, on Monday. Inmates...

GCB Inter-county U-17 championship…   By Akeem Greene   A spirited bowling performance by Demerara helped them pull off a stunning six-run victory against Berbice to win the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) Under-17 Inter-county tournament on Sunday at the Georgetown Cricket Club, Bourda. Berbice innings was lead by an eye-catching 95 by middle-order batsman Kevin Sinclair who had his team in sight of victory...

Sugar workers denied API By Shemuel Fanfair After reports of some five sugar workers at Wales Estate, West Bank Demerara, being denied payment of the Annual Production Incentive (API), this publication has been informed that the workers are expected to be paid this Friday. The non-payment was a result of the sugar workers supposedly failing to meet the requirements. Guyana Times was...

– additional spillage suspected; investigation launched By Utamu Belle Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Incorporated (BMGGI) has accepted responsibility for a recent oil spill in the Demerara River surrounding its operations in Linden. Following a meeting between the privately owned bauxite company and the Region 10 (Upper Demerara/Berbice) Democratic Council (RDC) on Monday, BMGGI community relations officer Vanessa Mitchell-Davis noted that the...

– students forced to fetch furniture from construction area As the new school term began on Monday, disgruntled parents turned up at the Goed Fortuin Primary School to protest the deplorable conditions under which their children have to endure. The parents who flocked the compound early Monday morning, are calling for the facility to be closed until the rehabilitation works...