Guyana Times

The ruling delivered yesterday in the matter involving entertainer Baby Skello and his offensive lyrics directed against a Hindu deity raises profound legal, moral, and national concerns for all religious communities in Guyana. Magistrate Wanda Fortune dismissed the charges on the ground that the existing legislation governing blasphemous libel applies specifically to Christianity and, therefore, cannot legally support charges of...

Dear Editor, Please allow me space in your column to help Gobind Harbhajan, MP, understand what “diversification” means and how it can help people – not only farmers. Over the past few weeks, Harbhajan has been using his social media platform, particularly Facebook, to attack the Minister of Agriculture, Hon Zulfikar Mustapha MP, following the Minister’s call for farmers, especially those...

The call on Tuesday by President Dr Irfaan Ali for greater fairness among transport operators and private sector actors benefiting from Government fuel subsidies underscores a fundamental economic reality: policy support, no matter how substantial, must be matched by equitable transmission of benefits to the public if it is to achieve its intended social impact. Guyana’s transport and fuel pricing...

The world is all agog over the claims and counterclaims about whether computers – originally made to “compute”! – have now become sentient like we humans!! Surely you haven’t been able to avoid articles and arguments of the artificial intelligence (AI) “bots” (no more “robots”). ChatGPT, Claude and Deepseek? This question, of course, has been posed in science fiction for...

The Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) female playoffs continued in thrilling fashion at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue, Georgetown, with four decisive matches played in a best-of-three-sets format. Fans were treated to commanding performances as teams battled for supremacy and valuable standing points in the competition. In the opening encounter, Vanguard set the tone for the evening with a confident...

Guyana’s 60th Independence Diamond Jubilee sports programme kicked off in the past week with four disciplines, and three of those disciplines saw the finals being contested over the weekend at separate venues. Softball Cricket, held under the auspices of the Georgetown Softball Cricket League Inc, culminated at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary, with 4R Lioness claiming the female...

Despite the inconsistent weather conditions across the ancient county, horsemen are still putting in the work behind the scenes. The immediate goal of the horsemen is to win on May 31 at the Independence Cup in Port Mourant, but the main goal is the Guyana Cup later this August. J’s Racing Stables have etched their name in the top bracket of...

Hand-in-Hand Insurance has noted their pride in being able to support the continued development of Guyana’s young sporting talent through its recent sponsorship of promising junior squash player Emily Fung-A-Fat. As part of this commitment, the company contributed half of Emily’s coaching fees to assist with her ongoing training and development in the sport. A cheque was officially handed over...

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS) and the National Sports Commission (NSC), in collaboration with the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), have announced the staging of the 2026 MCYS/NSC Independence Table Tennis Tournament later this week at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue. According to the GTTA, the tournament is scheduled to be played across five days, beginning...

Wauna Primary Top emerged as champions of the Region One Sub-District-Mabaruma segment of the Blue Water Girls Under-15 Inter-Secondary School Football Competition after securing two victories when play continued on Saturday. Wauna opened their campaign in dominant fashion with a commanding 6-0 win over Hosororo Secondary. Melina Robinson led the attack with four goals, while Angelie Fitzpatrick supported with a...