News

Blockage at Shelter Belt removed – GWI

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) said yesterday that the blockage which affected the treatment of water at the Shelter Belt has been removed by the East Demerara Water Conservancy Board and that water should be restored by yesterday afternoon.

Ali stops O’Neil after 56 seconds

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) – Laila Ali wasted little time in retaining her WBC and WIBA world titles, knocking out Gwendolyn O’Neil of Guyana at 56 seconds of the first round Saturday in their super middleweight fight.

Bauxite tremors

Perhaps it was a sign of the difficulty the industry faces, particularly in Linden, that the 2007 budget didn’t really say much about bauxite or expectations for the future.

GCA Under-19 40-over cricket competition

The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), helped by quick-fire unbeaten 155 from national U-15 batsman Jeetendra Sookdeo, soundly defeated Richard Ishmael Secondary School by 257 runs in the Georgetown Cricket Association’s Uunder-19, limited-overs cricket competition at the Guyana National Corporation Ground (GNIC) on Friday.

Use legal Corentyne crossing

The safety of passengers using the `backtrack’ speedboat service to Suriname at Number 78 Village is of concern to the government but citizens cannot continue to do the wrong thing and still expect to be protected, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee says.

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