By News Source Guyana on September 14, 2016
News
Two young children, a brother and sister, have become the country’s latest road fatalities. The 7-year-old girl and her 10-month-old brother died on the spot early yesterday morning after their father lost control of the family car and slammed into two parked vehicles. The mother who was with them suffered serious injuries and has been […]
By News Source Guyana on September 13, 2016
News, Politics
APNU+AFC Councillor Andrea Marks staged a silent protest with two signs during Tuesday’s Satutory Meeting of the Georgetown City Council, calling for the firing of Town Clerk, Royston King. Marks was the only Councillor issuing the call as she questioned whether King had now taken over in behaviour from former Town Clerk, Carol Sooba. The […]
By News Source Guyana on September 13, 2016
Caribbean & International, News
The 2016 United Nations Human Development Report on the Caribbean has found that although women in the region are better educated, they find themselves facing more challenges than men in the work place. According to the report which was released recently, women are disadvantaged in the labour market, with lower level and lower paying jobs […]
By News Source Guyana on September 13, 2016
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
by Kurt Campbell at UN Headquarters (New York) United Nations (UN) member countries will gather at the UN Headquarters in New York, from September 13th for the 71st Regular Session of the General Assembly. They are expected to recommit to the 2030 agenda of implementing 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Although progress has been recorded, […]
By News Source Guyana on September 12, 2016
Crime, News
A popular Lusignan welder/fabricator is in Police custody this evening after he was nabbed by the Narcotics Branch of the Police Force with a quantity of cocaine hidden in fabricating equipment. The Police also found a firearm with matching rounds in the man’s possession. The bust took place early on Monday morning in the Lusignan […]
By News Source Guyana on September 12, 2016
Sports
Team Coco’s Junior Niles produced a sterling performance to top the field in Powerade 25-mile road race on the West side of Demerara earlier on Sunday. The race which was reduced from 50 miles to 25 miles, saw the veteran rider producing a late surge from a group of four to finish on top, in […]
By News Source Guyana on September 12, 2016
Sports
Balgobin Ragnauth topped the field to be crowned champion of the Household Plus and Regent Household Electronics Golf Tournament on Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Course. The Net Scores put Balgobin in first with Ramnauth – 63/91; second Patanjalee Persaud; third– Ravi Persaud 70/ ; fourth Brian Hackett 71/91 who on the back 9 edged […]
By News Source Guyana on September 12, 2016
Sports
Guyana’s under-11 Gold medallist at the Caribbean Pre-Cadet Table Tennis Championships, Kaysan Ninvalle has inked a lifetime membership deal with the Fitness 53 gym. Proprietor of the gym and former West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan said he heard extremely great things of the young Ninvalle and was extremely pleased with his performance. Sarwan added, “this […]
By News Source Guyana on September 12, 2016
Sports
The second annual Titans Table Tennis Gold Cup will serve-off on October 28 and will be played for three days at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The categories to be contested are Under 9, Under 11, 13, 15 and 18 boys and girls, Under 21 Open, B Class Open, and Over 40 and 50 Open. […]
By News Source Guyana on September 11, 2016
Crime, News
A West Ruimveldt man who worked with the 007 Taxi Service as a driver, was gunned down on Sunday night in King Edward Street, Albouystown as he made a food delivery. The dead man has been identified as 42-year-old Oswald Rambarran. He had gone to the area close to the cemetery just after 8:30pm, when […]