Raphael Lowe suffering multiple accident injuries transferred to GPH
NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Raphael Lowe, of Spring Garden, was injured Monday, in a collision between his motorcycle and a motor car, at Onderneeming, also on Essequibo Coast.
He suffered multiple injuries, including broken limbs and injury to one eye.
Lowe is now a patient at Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) where he was still in a serious condition yesterday.
A relative […]
Persaud unveils strategy to increase rice yield, earnings
GUYANA Rice Development Board (GRDB) will, this season, be testing two new lines of seed paddy that are expected to yield 50 bags per acre.
The experiment will be carried out on 10 one acre plots across the country, Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Robert Persaud said.
He made the announcement recently, in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam), where he […]
NY’s Bhuneshwar Mandir donates to Shieldstown Nursery
THE Bhuneshwar Mandir of New York has, under the auspices of Personal Assistant to the President, Shri Prakash Gossai, has donated several items to the Shieldstown Nursery School in Berbice.
This kind donation was made during a recent visit to Regions 5 (Mahaica/Berbice) and 6 (East Berbice/ Corentyne) by Shri Gossai.
He was accompanied by Administrator of […]
Fishermen robbed in another Berbice piracy attack
FOUR fishermen were attacked offshore Bush Lot, Corentyne, Berbice, where they became victims of another piracy attack on Saturday.
Police reported that, about 20:00 h, Fazil Ali, of Port Mourant, Corentyne, and three others were robbed of their boat, a 48 horse power (hp) ‘Yamaha’ outboard engine, a 400 pounds fishing seine, half drum mixed fuel, […]
Ozone Officers Network meeting opens in Georgetown today
GUYANA, through the Ministry of Agriculture Hydrometeorological Service will be, for the first time, hosting the annual Ozone Officers Network Meeting for the English Speaking Caribbean.
The Ministry of Agriculture said the three-day meeting will open today at the Hotel Tower in Georgetown.
Participants for this workshop will include representatives of the Caribbean Islands, the United Nations […]
Minister, Regional Chairman issue challenges for national uplift
MINISTER of Local Government and Regional Development, Mr. Kellawan Lall, has challenged the people in Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne) to renew their minds and be creative, in order to overcome the difficulties they face.
He told the audience, at a flag-raising ceremony in New Amsterdam Sunday night, that, to cushion the effects of the global crisis, […]
Imran Khan lifts Scotia Bank’s 40th anniv golf trophy
IMRAN Khan playing with a 6 handicap recorded a gross 75 to end with a net 69 on his way to winning the Scotia Bank 40th Anniversary Golf tournament played last Monday (Independence Day) at the Lusignan golf course.
Khan who won the Scotia Bank tournament for the first time in 1999 turned back a strong […]
Alpha ‘The Hammer’ - United trashed Uprising 8-0
Cellink Plus Premier League football…
SANTOS and Fruta Conquerers played to 0-0 stalemate, while Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United thrashed uprising 8-0 in a seventh round match of the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Cellink Plus Premier League fixture at the Tucville ground on Sunday evening.
Two players – Quincy Madramootoo and Andrew Murray found the back of Uprising’s […]
St Jules adjudged MVP, Carib Masters are champs
Coco-Cola Masters F/ball tourney
FORMER national hockey player Wayne St. Jules was adjudged the Most Valuable Player of the recently concluded Coco Cola Masters Football League. The nine-team tournament which according to Troy Peters, the Communications Manager of Banks DIH Limited, was keenly contested by many of Guyana’s former national players, saw Carib Masters emerging as […]
Something terribly wrong
How often we read the headlines where police confront gunmen and immediately we come to know that in most cases the gunmen escaped before we read the entire story.
If these reports are correct then something is terribly wrong with our security forces.
It’s mind boggling to read police confront gunmen in a house but the gunmen […]
