UDFA blasts GFF over ban of executive

Rawle Toney reports   It was the first time that the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) has collectively spoken out on the ongoing dispute with their parent body – the Guyana Football Federation, when they held a Press Conference in the board room of the Critchlow Labour College in Georgetown on Tuesday. “The UDFA challenges […]

TGA Crash: Bodies extracted and flown to city

Recovery teams were able to extract the bodies of Pilot Blake Slater and Cargo Handler Dwayne Jacobs from the wreckage of the Trans Guyana plane crash on Tuesday morning. The bodies have been flown to the city and have been transferred to private funeral homes. They were the only two persons aboard the aircraft that […]

Man caught trying to smuggle singing birds through airport

An outgoing passenger was arrested at the Cheddi Jagan Airport on Friday night after he was busted trying to smuggle a number of whistling finches out of the country. News Source understands that the man had the singing finches known in Guyana as “Towa Towa” stashed in several hair curlers. He had already made it […]

Efforts continue to extract bodies from plane crash site

Recovery teams will move back into the Olive Creek area in the Mazaruni area to continue with their efforts to extract the bodies of Pilot Blake Slater and Cargo Handler Dwayne Jacobs from the wreckage of the Trans Guyana plane crash. They were the only two persons aboard the aircraft The recovery teams were forced […]

American man remanded on cocaine in milk packets charge

The American man who was busted at the Cheddi Jagan Airport on Friday night with over 30 pounds of cocaine in milk packets was remanded to prison on Monday when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Twenty-four year old Jermaine Lowe pleaded not guilty when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry. The Prosecutions […]

Carolann Lynch surrenders to face murder charge again

Former Beauty Queen, Carol-Ann Lynch has surrendered to local police to face the murder charge for a 2nd time in connection with the death of her husband, Farouk Razak who was named in US court documents as a known Guyanese drug trafficker and close associate of convicted drug king pin Roger Khan. Lynch walked stepped […]

Linden teams support suspended executives

Rawle Toney reports Thirteen of the fourteen affiliated clubs of the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) voted in full support of the suspended executive, saying “no” to a proposed interim committee which the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is planning to put in place.  The clubs were all represented yesterday when the association convened an emergency […]

UDFA not recognizing GFF ban

Rawle Toney reports Vice President of the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) Collie ‘Hit-man’ Hercules said that the suspended executives of the entity that governs the game of football in Linden will not recognize the various penalties handed down by its parent body; the Guyana Football Federation (GFF). For not adhering to the decision of […]

GCCI worried about Linden Agreement not moving forward

The Regional Chairman of Region 10, Sharma Solomon has expressed his concern about what he considers the Government’s “foot-dragging” on many of the agreements that were entered into following the over one month of protest action in the mining town of Linden back in 2012. Now, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) is […]

GGMC gets new Chairman; Commissioner confirmed

 The Ministry of Natural Resources on Monday announced the appointment of Mr. Clinton Williams as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC). The Ministry also announced that Mr. Rickford Vieira has been confrimed as Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission. Minister of Natural Resources Robert Persaud […]