Cocaine found in fuel tank of car
– police seeking friend
In a dramatic twist of events, police yesterday unearthed eight kilogrammes of cocaine in the fuel tank of the car clothes vendor Raphael Piggott was driving when he was gunned down in Cummings Lodge on Saturday.
Seven men, believed to be part of a gang responsible for a rash of recent high-profile armed robberies, were yesterday charged with last week’s $17.2M GuySuCo payroll heist and a string of robberies.
– contractors rapped for ‘shoddy’ work
The University of Guyana (UG) Turkeyen Campus yesterday announced that classes for the new academic year will begin on November 24.
US naval mission to renovate community centre, children’s home
Deteriorating and fading into the shrubbery that surrounds it after more than two decades of service to the community, the East Ruimveldt Com-munity Centre will benefit from a facelift through a construction support programme initiated by the US Navy Ship, the USS Kearsarge.
Dear Editor,
On Thursday, October 30, 2008 at the Bartica Court, Magistrate Mr Fazil Azeez said he was not granting any music and dance permissions until November 25, the next court day.
Dear Editor,
Ian McDonald’s tireless voice calling for literature to be the cornerstone of Guy-ana’s education system again sounds a warning call to the leaders.
Establishing a database to share information was among recommendations made when representatives of Guyana, Brazil and Venezuela met in Boa Vista, Brazil recently to discuss diamond trade issues.
– entire Golden Jaguars retire amidst calls for Guyana Football Federation president Colin Klass to resignBy Rawle Toney
Guyana’s national football team known as the Golden Jaguars yesterday moved their battle from the field to the office of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) with the members of the team which participated in the Group H matches of the Digicel Caribbean Cup tournament in Trinidad retiring from the sport until president of the GFF Colin Klass steps down.
The human factor in determining safe times to fly in bad weather conditions remains unchanged even with the best technology, General Manager of Air Services Limited (ASL) Fazel Khan has emphasized.
Captain and coach of the Guyana limited overs team Travis Dowlin and Albert Smith expect the team to do well when the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) President’s Cup competition commences here from Thurs-day.
Dear Editor,
Though ‘VJ’ has moved on to the next level, I would agree that as much as his contribution towards the local music industry occurred within a short time span, he did extremely well.
Dear Editor,
While the euphoria of Obama’s victory is still on, there are a number of leadership lessons we can learn from the recent presidential election in America.
Georgetown Cricket Club men’s first division team dethroned last year’s winners Old Fort while GCC women won the ladies’ title and Western Dragons the second division title when the curtain came down on the GT&T sponsored National Indoor Hockey championships Sunday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
It was another day of searching for the Dynamic Aviation-owned Beech King Air aircraft that went missing more than a week ago but once again members of the search party came up empty-handed and will be back in the Cuyuni area today.
A trip to ‘A’ Field Sophia to drop off a ‘passenger’ turned out to be costly for a taxi driver after gunmen opened fire on him before escaping with a quantity and cash and jewellery.
Dear Editor,
Is there an anti-tourism organisation in our country? I ask this because I saw an article in the press from a female writer complaining about how the Brazilian women coming to Guyana dress in revealing clothes, which is not the norm in our society.
A 28-year-old miner is dead and a woman nursing a fractured hand after the All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) they were turned over at Oku Backdam, Cuyuni River on Saturday.
– Six Guyanese on the list
The West Indies Rugby Union (WIRU) has shortlisted 24 players to begin training ahead of the International Rugby Board (IRB) Sevens World Series which will take place in Hong Kong from March 27-29 next year.
Ituni remains in a state of stagnation despite their repeated pleas for its development, residents have said, plagued by unemployment, poor utility services and economic hardships.
By Rawle Toney
The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) senior club championships which feature eight first division teams has started on a sour note.
Scores of students from the West Ruimveldt Primary School visited the zoological park on Friday, to witness the re-launch of the ‘Courts Kiddies Park’, provided by Courts Guyana Inc.
Another month, another meeting. Caricom’s Council for National Security and Law Enforcement, established only two years ago, has already chalked up seven meetings, the most recent being last week in Georgetown.
Ghalee Khan, the 31-year-old businessman and promoter, who was busted last week after a cocaine drop was made at a New York location has been granted US$200,000 bail by Justice Ramon E.
There is a call by Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir for employers and jobseekers to make better and more frequent use of the services of the Central Recruitment and Manpower Agency (CRMA), as it heads for another good year of performances.