Trophy Stall 15-Over nation-wide cricket competition continues
Latest action in the Trophy Stall nation-wide 15-overs round arm softball cricket competition continued last Saturday with matches in two zones. Results for Saturday March 22: ZONE D: LINDEN: Christianburg Ground: 9.30 AM: Sunrise SC defeated Nottinghamshire SC by 108 runs: Sunrise SC batted first and scored 190 all in 15 overs (Dennis Dean 75; [...]
ECCB 20/20 final set for Saturday under lights at Enterprise
The East Coast Cricket Board / Carib 20/20 Semi-finals and final are scheduled for the Enterprise Community Centre ground from 10:00hrs on Saturday Thirty-three teams participated in the competition and Saturday’s ‘final four’ is expected to attract a large crowd. “We have experienced in excess of 4000 people previously and we again look forward to [...]
Relative released from police custody
The 25-year-old man who was detained by police in connection with the Pomeroon double murder has been released from police custody. This newspaper was told that the man was released from the Anna Regina Police Station after intense questioning. According to a source, the man was assisting investigators in identifying a vessel, which was believed [...]
What really is Seeram’s qualification?
Dear Mr. Editor I have leant that Mr. Albert Smith has been replaced as Coach to the Guyana National Junior Cricket Team by Mr. Seeram, who as far I know is a level 1 Coach and therefore not authorized to coach National Teams. The President of the GCB is quoted as saying that Mr. Seeram [...]
Hamid wants LABA Presidency
By Edison Jefford Abdullah ‘Zico’ Hamid ended weeks of speculation yesterday when he confirmed that he will be one of the primary candidates to campaign for the Presidential Post of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA). Hamid told Kaieteur Sport yesterday in an interview that indeed he will initiate agitations toward the LABA Presidency. The [...]
Final football trials for IGG set for this weekend
Female football added for the first time Director of Sport Neil Kumar yesterday confirmed that for the first time female football will be added to the list of other sports for the first half of the Inter Guyana Games set for April 24 – 27 in Georgetown, Guyana. The female team will be primarily made [...]
Widow fetes ‘Plastic City’ children in memory of husband
By Gary Eleazar While he was alive he was a humanitarian and he loved children. This is the reason why, yesterday, Loraine Parvatan chose to commemorate the second death anniversary of her husband, Oscar Parvatan, by conducting a feeding exercise for children from one of Guyana’s most depressed communities, ‘Plastic City.’ With the assistance of [...]
Niles to defend Cheddi Jagan Essequibo 50-mile title
When the 2nd annual Cheddi Jagan memorial 50-mile cycle road race pedals off on the Essequibo Coast on Sunday, Junior Niles will be taking the challenge to his rivals as he seeks to retain glory in the Cinderella County. Niles whipped the field in the inaugural race finishing in a time of 2 hours 18 [...]
Scores flock Licence Office for new road service licences
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Licence Revenue Office was yesterday the scene of confusion, as scores of people flocked the Princes Street office to uplift their new machine-readable road service licenses for their motor vehicles. The new machine readable road service licences are read with a scanner and are apparently harder to forge. Additionally, the [...]
Grove, Craig, Bagotstown & Samatta Point advance to semis
The 2008 Fruta sponsored East Bank Football Association under-13 tournament has reached the semi-final stage. Booking their respective spots in the final four are Grove, set to face Samatta Point and Craig who will tackle Bagotstown in the first game set for Saturday at the Grove Community ground from 10:00hrs. In the lone match contested [...]
Mahaicony & Rosignol notch up wins
Competition in the Berbice Football Association under-15 inter club competition continued on Sunday last at the Rosignol Community Centre ground with the home team and Mahaicony posting victories. Rosignol defeated Real Union 2-1, while Mahaicony edged Monedderlust by the lone goal of their encounter. For Rosignol, Arthur Carter and Marlon Nicholson scored in the 10th [...]
Conflict of interest
Dear Editor, I have achieved great knowledge over the years, be it from reading, movies, intellectuals etc. and as much as I have absolutely no concrete knowledge, but very basic information on the judiciary system like many others, I came to understand that any judge presiding over a case and is known to the accused, [...]
Pakaraima Mountain Safari ready to go
A 20-vehicle team is set to take off Sunday to the Pakaraima Mountains on the 2009 safari and the “safarians” can’t wait to experience the adventure of a lifetime. Yesterday, organiser Frank Singh of Rainforest Tours and his team conducted the inspection of vehicles and collected the fuel supplied by the Guyana Oil Company. Air [...]
Suspect still on the run
Police are continuing the man hunt for the suspect in an incident, which left four members of a Mahaica family, including a six-month-old baby, hospitalized. On Monday last a man went berserk when a case of domestic violence spiralled out of control. Those hospitalised are 56-year-old Lapatie, called Shirley; her daughters, Kaloutie Kumar, 21, and [...]
Do not be offended by Kissoon’s essays
Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to ask Vishnu Bisram to not be too offended by what Freddie Kissoon writes. Freddie Kissoon would like to be thought of as the “Greatest Guyanese thinker in and out of Guyana. He has even used his column in one of Guyana’s premier newspapers (Kaieteur News) [...]
The greatest wealth of any country is its population
Dear Editor, The quality of a country’s human resource depends on the literate number of people of the population. It is important to note that education is vital to achieve and sustain growth and development for any country. And, for this reason, it is crucial to invest in the people of Guyana. The Education sector [...]
Let’s do more to stop underage drinking
Dear Editor, Following the recent announcements by an entity to target underage drinking and to enforce laws, it was interesting to see that two companies that produce rum and beer were proud sponsors of the “Bollywood Chutney/Soca Fest” which seemed to be open for children and families. Recently, it was reported that the Ministry of [...]
Why deny the people of Port Kaituma what is rightfully theirs?
Dear Editor, I write to express my concern after reading a letter under the name of David Glen regarding the Port Kaituma ambulance. I am well aware of this acute case of maladministration where the ambulance was downed for several years for want of a fan belt. Credit has to be given to “Dash About” [...]
GuySuCo credit options at many business places frozen
Guyana Sugar Corporation may be treading on very thin ice as it is apparently losing the support of the business community as a result of bad credit. Yesterday, accounts established at many local business operations have been frozen, disallowing the sugar company from gaining credit from these institutions. This newspaper was told that this move [...]
Gov’t to recall GINA media passes
The Government Information Agency (GINA) proposes to recall all media passes that it had issued to journalists for this year. President of the Guyana Press Association (GPA), Denis Chabrol, in the wake of this development, told Kaieteur News yesterday that he was informed by Press Officer to the President, Kwame McCoy, that all media passes [...]
Are we now being forced to choose between secular and religious authority?
Dear Editor, We refer to an article which was published in Kaieteur News on Sunday March 22, captioned, “Health Minister at Odds with Pope: ‘The Pope is wrong when it comes to HIV – Dr. Ramsammy.” While we do support the work of the many international health organisations and the Minister, these persons must realise [...]
The owners of Guyana, Karan Singh and statistics
At the time of writing, there is no proof of wrongdoing on the part of Karan Singh, the Chief Executive Officer of Guyana Water Inc. But there is the fact that he has been sent off while an official inquiry examines procurement irregularities. One would never believe that Mr. Singh would be asked to temporarily [...]
Let the campaign against noise and music in public transportation continue
Dear Editor, Freedom is a relative term but the layman seems to interpret freedom as if it is an absolute term. This resulted in some people saying I can say what I want because there is freedom of speech; I can write what I want because there is freedom of expression; I can play my [...]
Madewini man found dead on Soesdyke/Linden Highway
The police are awaiting the results of a post mortem examination to determine how 33-year-old Dexter Cornelius met his death. Cornelius, of Madewini, was found lying dead on the roadway at Yarrowkabra Creek, Soesdyke/Linden Highway at around 05:35 hours yesterday. Except for a wound on his head, which investigators believe may have been the result [...]
US: Cash for Trash
We are living in very strange times. Back in the day, as recounted in so many “B” movies, desperadoes would rob banks, since it was said, “that’s where the money was”. To save ordinary depositors from being bilked of their hard earned savings, up would step the long arm of the law. All would end [...]
