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HEAD of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS), Dr. Roger Luncheon has said the “media sensationalism” surrounding the alleged Kwame McCoy tape can only undermine the commitment to “due process and a full and unbiased investigation”.
He made the com...
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A 22-month-old baby boy was on Wednesday morning rushed to the Accident and Emergency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital after reportedly ingesting kerosene at his parents’ home, 2 Riverview, Ruimveldt. He was treated and admitted to the Paediatric ...
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AN HIGHLY emotionally charged atmosphere prevailed at the Herstelling, East Bank Demerara homes of two families yesterday, when they learnt that the disembowelled bodies retrieved from Essequibo River, earlier this week, might be those of their missing lo...
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MONACO, (CMC) – The astounding sprint world records that Usain Bolt registered at the World Championship this past summer are now official after the sport’s world governing body announced yesterday it had ratified his 100 and 200 marks.
The Interna...
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - Argentina coach Diego Maradona has called on God’s hand to shield the South American country from World Cup elimination.
“The Beard (God) saved me many times, I hope he saves me this time too,” said Maradona, wh...
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (Reuters) - Hosting the 2016 Olympics only two years after the soccer World Cup is held in Brazil will boost competitiveness among potential sponsors, the head of marketing for Rio de Janeiro's Games bid said yesterday.
The Internati...
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… stadiums will be ready months ahead JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - All 10 stadiums for next year’s soccer World Cup are on track to be ready months ahead of the June 11 kickoff, South African officials said yesterday.
“A vast majority o...
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - Full central control of player transfers is less than a year away after FIFA announced on Tuesday that its automated system would be compulsory from September 2010.
The Transfer Matching System (TSM) is already in use ...
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (Reuters) - American First Lady Michelle Obama arrived yesterday, the first of a succession of state dignitaries due in Copenhagen to promote four rival bids for the 2016 Summer Olympics ahead of tomorrow's IOC vote.
The First Lady, ...
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AUSTRALIA set up a Champions Trophy semi-final meeting with England after they clinched top spot in Group A with a last-ball victory over Pakistan at Centurion.
Ricky Ponting's side began the day knowing victory would book their place in the last four a...
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INDIA were sent crashing out of the Champions Trophy despite a resounding seven-wicket win over West Indies.
Australia's narrow two-wicket win over Pakistan sealed India's fate as they finished third in Group A.
Asked to bat on an erratic Johannesbur...
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GUYANA’S world-rated bantamweight boxer Leon Moore is setting his sights on making a global mark in the sport after collecting a cluster of international titles this past weekend.
Moore outclassed Colombian Mauricio Pastrana last Saturday night at the...
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LONDON, England (CMC) – Guyanese squash ace Nicolette Fernandes, in her comeback year from injury, has moved within a shade of a Top-100 ranking spot and is now 101st on the Women’s International Squash Players Association (WISPA) ratings list.
Up t...
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(Compliments of Akbar Trucking Service) A MISERLY spell of left-arm spin bowling from Sauid Drepaul guided Demerara to a comfortable 54-run victory over Essequibo in the first match of their Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/El Dorado-sponsored senior Inter-cou...
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CLOTHES vendor Brenda Campbell, 27, of Lot 54 Robb Street, Georgetown, appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday on a drug charge.
The defendant pleaded not guilty to being in possession of 10 grammes of cannabis (marijuana) on...
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FLOYD David, 45, has been charged with the Sunday, September 27 murder of Joseph Pynandy.
The accused (no address given) appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson and was remanded to prison until November 20.
The prisoner told the Cour...
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BAZETT Mingo, 40, of Lot 60 West Ruimveldt and Karen Tracy Harris, 42, of Lot 267 North Ruimveldt, both in Georgetown, appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday on separate charges of conspiracy and uttering forged documents.
I...
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GENERALLY, most people see political activists as a confused bunch. Some have even remarked that a few of those opposing the government are gradually becoming unhinged and are taking their obsessions to new levels of craziness.
A disturbed few have take...
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SINCE Sheila Holder, M.P for AFC claims that Vishnu Bisram and the NACTA polls have never accurately predicted an election outside of Trinidad and Guyana; I wish to note that NACTA correctly predicted the outcome of elections in Aruba and Tobago this year...
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NOTHING is more important and more urgent today, than the transformation of the nations. For any nation today to have peace, unity, harmony, righteousness, and prosperity, that nation will have to undergo a complete transformation. If there is to be an en...
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