Guyana Times

The strong Rose Hall Town (RHT) NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour First-Division Team have advanced to the semi-finals of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)-organised two-day competition. They crushed the Skeldon Community Centre Cricket Club by an innings and 75 runs in a fourth-round match at the Skeldon Ground, to advance as the runners-up in Zone B. In glorious weather, the home team won...

Horse racing action is less than one week away, and more than 50 horses were entered for Clash at the Big Yard, which is set to run off on Sunday, September 28, at Port Mourant Turf Club. According to organisers, entries for this race will officially be closed on Tuesday, September 23. In addition to the usual sponsors, Fazal Habibulla has...

The Guyana Defence Force’s Women continued their ruthless campaign in the Guyana Football Federation’s Women’s Division One League, this time with an 18-0 victory in their most recent outing on Friday. Sandra Johnson was, again, the leading lady for the female soldiers, sending five goals past the goalkeeper when they took on Santos Football Club at the GFF’s National Training...

The Ministry of Agriculture will collaborate with the Humanitarian Mission Guyana Inc (HMGI) to introduce a Smart Agriculture training programme geared to benefit youths from Port Mourant and other areas along the Corentyne Coast. This was disclosed by Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha while delivering the feature address at the Mission’s second graduation exercise on Saturday. Minister Mustapha said in...

Former Police officer Franz Paul was on Friday granted bail on a narcotics charge, but will remain behind bars on related firearm and ammunition charges. Paul, 39, returned to the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty, where he was represented by Attorney Dominic Bess. Bess renewed an application for bail, stressing that his client is presumed innocent until...

With agriculture being one of the main rehabilitation programmes offered by the Guyana Prison Service (GPS), inmates at the Timehri Prison on Friday harvested a quantity of bora and cucumbers from the prison farm. The exercise marked one of the first successful yields since the GPS formally resumed its agricultural drive earlier this year, aimed at boosting both self-sustainability...

…as NAMS celebrates 50 years Teachers have a pivotal role to play in shaping young minds for Guyana’s future. This is according to Natural Resources Minister Vickram Bharrat. His comments came on Friday as he addressed students, parents, and teachers of New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School (NAMS) on the occasion of the school's 50th anniversary. “I am saying it as a...

Ramona Rackbar, mother of 8-year-old Supriya Khan who was killed, and wife of 32-year-old Imran Khan who was injured in the tragic Friday Parika Backdam accident, revealed to Education Minister Sonia Parag who visited on Sunday, that the father remains hospitalised and unaware that his baby girl has died. “The doctors told us not to tell him, because of...

Police ranks from the Cove and John Police Station on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) carried out a one-hour motorcycle campaign along the Nabaclis Public Road, ECD, on Tuesday. The campaign resulted in 25 arrests, 38 charges, and 13 tickets being issued. The exercise was conducted between 17:00h and 18:00h under the supervision of Deputy Superintendent Delph, Assistant...

– as 7 species being used at Yarrowkabra Homestead Project Newly-appointed Minister within the Housing Ministry, Vanessa Benn, wants to see diversification in the types of local timbers being used for construction projects across the country. Minister Benn joined her colleague, Housing Minister Collin Croal, for a familiarisation tour of several housing projects along the Linden -Soesdyke Highway on Sunday. The...