Simmons guides Guyana to 128 for 5
Lendl Simmons with 40 guided Guyana to 128 for 5 in the Caribbean Premier League final in Trinidad tonight.
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Lendl Simmons with 40 guided Guyana to 128 for 5 in the Caribbean Premier League final in Trinidad tonight.
The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Rajendra Singh has told Stabroek News that his contract has not been renewed although he will be returning to the state-owned corporation in another capacity.
The decomposed body of Richard Lord was today found hanging at Zeelugt North, East Bank Essequibo.
The body of a man was found at Westminster, Parfait Harmonie this morning with injuries about his body, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud has confirmed.
Surendra Engineering Corporation has said it has a successful track record of managing and completing projects similar to the US$18M specialty hospital it has been contracted by government to build at Turkeyen and that opposition concerns about its capacity are misguided.
Plans for a four-lane highway for Sheriff Street have been shelved after objections were raised by businesses but sidewalks and other improvements remain part of a US$24M project that will also greatly transform Mandela Avenue.
President Donald Ramotar has approved the promotion of Colonel Mark Phillips to Brigadier and he is the new designated Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Chief-of-Staff.
Leader of the Opposition David Granger yesterday sounded the main opposition’s alarm that thousands of children are failing exams amid falling teacher training standards and has called for a Commission of Inquiry into the education system to arrest the situation.
President Donald Ramotar yesterday asserted that the Amaila Falls Hydro Project would move ahead and he reiterated that the government would look at other partners to make the project possible following the withdrawal of developer Sithe Global.
Magistrate Fabayo Azore yesterday issued an arrest for Police Corporal Huford David after he failed to appear at court to answer a charge of sexual assault of a minor.
In the midst of an outpouring of tributes for his contributions to Guyana’s political, social and cultural landscape, elder statesman Eusi Kwayana on Wednesday called for action to improve the way women are being treated in the society.
A project to teach the Arawak language to children in the hopes of ensuring that it remains a living language spoken by the next generation of Amerindian people is among the activities planned for Amerindian Heritage Month 2013.
The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) is lobbying the government to allow miners to retain up to 50% of the value of gold they sell in foreign exchange.
Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) yesterday announced that the water supply to nine West Bank Demerara areas will be disrupted for five days next week to facilitate urgent maintenance at the L’oratoire Well Station.
Essequibo rice farmers are frustrated that the assistance being doled out by the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) while good-intentioned is doing very little to actually combat paddy bugs.
Quick action by workers of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) prevented flooding at Friendship, East Bank Demerara after the koker suffered damage during high tides.
Four brothers, Leonard, 27, Orlando, 23, Kevin, 22, and Chavez Allicock, 21, were on Tuesday each sentenced to five years in jail after they were found guilty of the armed robbery of an Albouystown shopkeeper.
Courtney Farley, who was accused of killing his wife, was freed yesterday after a jury found him not guilty of murder at the High Court.
A 13-year-old boy lost his life after he was struck down by a car on the No.
President Donald Ramotar on Thursday announced that Guyana will appoint Dr Odeen Ishmael, Ambassador to Kuwait as non-resident representative to the State of Palestine.
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