Year: 2016

Mahaica woman hacked to death by jealous husband

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Residents in Chelsea village, Mahaica, have plunged into a state of mourning and are still in disbelief after learning of the details leading up to the gruesome murder of 31-year-old Candacy Pitt who died at the hands of her husband. For the past 13 years Candacy and her now 41-year-old husband, Athlone Pitt, had their shares of ‘ups and downs’ like any other married couple but as time passed the intensity of their arguments escalated.  This eventually led to Athlone publicly insulting his wife and even telling neighbours and family…

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Jagdeo warns ‘economy could hit rock bottom’

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… says Govt must focus on well planned out approach urgently Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has warned the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change  (APNU/AFC) Government that Guyana’s economy could soon hit rock bottom – a situation that would affect every citizen – and that a well planned out approach is urgently needed to keep this from happening. He made this pronouncement on Wednesday, even as he called on the Administration to “wake up” and acknowledge the problem so that a remedy could be derived. Jagdeo was at the…

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Amazon Warriors hoping to lift CPL title

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– 2016 fixtures announced The Guyana Amazon Warriors have announced their fixtures for the forthcoming 2016 HERO Caribbean Premier League (CPL) campaign and will open the home series of matches with an evening clash against Jamaica Tallawahs on Thursday, 7 July. On the weekend of 9 and 10 July they will then host St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots and Trinbago Knight Riders before completing the block of matches with a final home game against St. Lucia Zouks on Tuesday, 12 July. The Warriors will be led this year by New…

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GBA Jubilee amateur card set for May 28

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Promoter Seon Bristol (Bristol Promotions) in collaboration with the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) will be hosting a Jubilee amateur card on May 28 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall starting at 19:30 hrs. A press briefing was held by the GBA to discuss the amateur boxing card set for May 28; in attendance were President of the GBA, Steve Ninvalle, local promoter Sean Bristol, former Commonwealth champions; Lennox Blackmoore and Kenneth Bristol and GBA Technical Director Terrence Poole. Ninvalle expressed his appreciation for the continued partnership with local promoter Sean…

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Canada whip Guyana 8-0 in final pool match

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The Guyana National Junior Men’s Hockey Team went down to Canada 8-0 in their final Pool B match on Monday at the Junior Pan American Championships in Toronto, Canada. Having lost both their first two matches against Mexico and Chile, the bottom of the table clash was dominated by a Canadian side desperate to avoid playing Argentina in the quarter finals. The first three Canadian goals came from penalty corners and a defensive mistake led to a fourth, which caused the Guyanese to lose their composure. Guyana had a better…

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CPL returns to “iconic” Kensington Oval

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The Barbados Tridents will be looking to make home form count as they bid to regain the HERO Caribbean Premier League (CPL) title and will face the Jamaica Tallawahs in the Kensington Oval on Monday, 11 July. The Tridents have signalled their intent of regaining the title they last won in 2014, by signing up South African star AB de Villiers in the close season who joins an exciting panel which includes fellow Proteas trio Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson and David Wiese, Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik as well as the likes…

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Gov’t should send strong message against corruption – David Hinds

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Political commentator Dr David Hinds has said while he agreed with President David Granger that it might be difficult to persecute every person found culpable in the reports of the recently concluded State Audits, Government should go after some instances of corruption to send a very stern message. Speaking with Guyana Times International in an exclusive interview on Tuesday, Hinds, an executive of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), one of the partners in the coalition Government, said there have to be some cases of “blatant corruption”, carried out by some…

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Pele FC fined Gy$200,000 for abandoning Stag Elite League game

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The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) stated in a press release that; in matter of Pele FC’s abandonment of Match 52 in the Stag Elite League Finale against Alpha United, the Executive Committee of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has ruled the following in keeping with Article 15.2 of the Stag Elite League Regulation: That Pele Club will be fined a total of G$200,000. Forfeiture of the match by Pele FC and a 3-0 victory awarded to Alpha United FC Deduction of three points from Pele FC from the Points Standings…

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‘Time to go plastic’ – Ramjattan urges citizens as robberies increase

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In light of a number of armed robberies that involved victims who would have just exited commercial banks, the need to carry less cash and more credit or debit cards is again coming to the fore. The Government Information Agency (GINA) quoted Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan as the most recent public official to call for more persons to ‘go plastic’. Minister Ramjattan made the call as he was responding to questions about the role of citizens in the crime fight. The Minister, while speaking at the Golden Jubilee National…

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‘No new vendors permitted within Georgetown’ – M&CC declares

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The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) today reiterated that “no new vendors are permitted within the city”. The M&CC in a statement said “it was recognised that new persons are applying to become vendors, while others seem to be taking advantage of the relocation situation”. Mayor Patricia Chase-Green, in her announcements during Monday’s Statutory Meeting, informed Councilors that the Municipality had received numerous complaints from vendors about new persons occupying spots where they once vended before their relocation. She said that new persons are also turning up to say that…

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