Junior riders dominate Cheddi Jagan West Demerara 50-miler
Holder, back to winning ways, Lovell & Wilson also shine After finishing fourth to Warren ‘Forty’ Mc Kay on March 1st in Berbice, the first of three races this month, to commemorate the life of the Late President Cheddi Jagan, junior cyclist Christopher Holder returned to winnings ways in the second race on Sunday last [...]
Richards backs West Indies’ confidence
By Edison Jefford Sir Vivian Richards believes that West Indies’ confidence from winning the recent Test Series against England and the solitary Twenty/20 International will propel the team to further victory in the current ODI Series. Richards was speaking to members of the media at a Johnnie Walker campaign on Main Street Thursday where the [...]
Winners Connection beat Blue Berry Hill 2-0
Group ‘B’ favourites Winners Connection maintained their unbeaten run in the Netrockers Football Club Linden Town Week under-19 competition when they thumped Blue Berry Hill in recent play at the Bayrock Community Centre ground. Left winger Jamal Forde opened Winners Connection’s account six minutes into the game as they signaled early intentions that they meant [...]
Guyana pleas for entry into CAZOVA
Guyana’s request to play in the Caribbean Zonal Association (CAZOVA) will be up for discussion at the 62nd South American Volleyball Congress which is scheduled to be held on March 25 in Uruguay. According to Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) President Lenox Shuffler, approval from CSV will pave the way for Guyana’s qualification to play in [...]
Gregory Richardson’s official website launched
Garth Nelson, Manager of Guyana’s first Major League Soccer player, Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson on Saturday last, officially launched the Gregory Richardson website where fans and Guyanese around the world can follow the progress of Guyana’s most popular footballer. The website address is www.11GregoryRichardson.com. According to Nelson, who is also responsible for Randolph ‘Blackhead’ Jerome’s [...]
Uprising maul Beacon 11-0, Renaissance, Santos & Conquerors also win
Uprising’s Deon Alfred was the star of the latest round of Coca Cola under-15 action, blasting 5-goals against the hapless Beacon as Uprising fired their way to a whopping 11-0 win to establish themselves as a leading favourite to take the top prize. Alfred, one of the leading junior strikers in the city, was too [...]
National 16 and under Netball intensifying preparations
- Much improvement shown – Samaroo By Rawle Welch Manager /Assistant Coach of the Guyana National 16 and Under Netball squad Shondel Samaroo told Kaieteur Sport last Saturday that sessions have been going very well and the team has improved a whole lot since coming together over one year ago. Speaking at the Cliff Anderson [...]
New Court Yard proprietor objects to media reports
- threatens legal action against Chronicle The proprietor of the New Court Yard nightclub is refuting claims by a media house that the early morning shooting fracas in which three men were wounded on Saturday, occurred inside the club. The Guyana Chronicle reported that the incident occurred in the environs of the nightclub, but the [...]
Myths about HIV/AIDS still abound – YCG Programme Coordinator
“You cannot contract HIV/AIDS if you are an alcoholic,” was one of myths that Voluntary Counsellors and Testers of Youth Challenge Guyana (YCG) had to dispel recently during an outreach in Wakenaam, Region Two. According to YCG’s Programme Coordinator, Germaine Watson, it is a situation of much concern when several persons in a single community [...]
Century very special- Chanderpaul
Guyana and West Indies star player Shivnarine Chanderpaul crowned a memorable weekend by smashing a century against England last Sunday, at the Guyana National Stadium. Speaking at the press briefing after the match, the ICC 2008 Test Cricketer of the Year, Cacique Crown of Honour recipient and who recently got a street renamed in his [...]
Lisa Bowman, Nedia DeFreitas shine in Phagwah Day cricket match
Sand Hills amassed 62 runs in 5.3 overs and lost just one wicket to defeat Low Wood when the two teams met in a 20-over female game at Dora, Demerara River, on Phagwah Day last. Batting first Low Wood amassed 60 runs in 14.3 overs. In reply Sand Hills lashed 62 runs in just 5.3 [...]
Man beaten, detained after sodomising boy for $500
Irate West Bank Demerara residents inflicted a beating on a man who allegedly sodomised a teenaged boy whom he had paid $500 to have sex with. Reports state that the culprit was caught red-handed performing the sex act on the lad in a toilet. Other residents soundly beat him before handing him over to ranks [...]
Prison allows family visit following beating allegations
Prison officials yesterday made good on a promise to allow the family of an inmate at the Georgetown Prison who was allegedly beaten to visit him to get a first hand account of his keep. The inmate, Suruj Narine Sigh was found alive and well. But although the inmate’s family is appreciative of the gesture, [...]
The RPA is no-one’s ‘toothless poodle’
Dear Editor, This letter is in response to a letter appearing in the Stabroek News and Kaieteur News, purportedly written by one Mr. Harry Rampersaud. The long-standing champion of rice farmers whom Mr. Jinnah Rahaman continuously alludes to and quotes in his relentless campaign to convince rice farmers to abandon the RPA because its General-Secretary [...]
Mr. Minister, how credible is the political organisation that you speak on behalf of?
Dear Editor, World leaders are once again attacking Pope Benedict XVI, known for his candor. Even our Minister of Health here in Guyana has not stopped short in putting in his two- bit on the debate of the use of condoms in our society. Issues like this one, abortion, gay marriages, and stem- cell research, [...]
The Govt. of Guyana duplicity
Dear Editor, During the time when the tape recordings of the Police Commissioner Winston Felix were being circulated, the Prime Minister and others publicly demanded an explanation from the Police Commissioner Felix. This time around we have court room quality information in the form of sworn affidavits, court approved recordings of conversations, etc. in which [...]
Act of kindness by civilians
Dear Editor, It is my hope that the comforting words given to the British tourist, Bernard Melling by the British Deputy High Commisssioner, Simon Bond was enough for him to reconsider Guyana during a future visit with better supervision and guidance from the Tourism sector. Please, continue to encourage your foreign guests about following guidelines, [...]
Fraudster lurks in Region Six
The Ministry of Health has received reports that an individual is walking the streets East Berbice requesting money from persons to purchase blood for his child who needs surgery in the hospital. Health Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy said that the man is going house to house telling persons that he urgently needs to acquire ‘hundreds [...]
President Jagdeo’s request to the media
Every Prime Minister or President has his/her agenda in terms of the prioritization process. The opposition seldom concurs because it to has its own agenda. Civilised, sensible politics is for the person with the power to attempt to implement at least one or more of the items on the opposition’s list. Anyone who feels that [...]
Be at peace Aliyah and Afiena
Dear Editor, I pen this commentary with great sadness about the circumstances surrounding the passing of the two adorable sisters, Aliyah and Afiena Ramdeen. From reports published, it might have been a genuine mistake by one of the parents who is ignorant as I am when administering medicines. This situation is also an eye opener [...]
TB is curable
As our extended feature in our Sunday edition noted, today is World TB Day. Long dreaded as a killer disease, we want to emphasise that TB is curable – and has been since the 1940s – but that it remains a scourge primarily due to a lack of discipline in those who are infected to [...]
AT THE CRICKET
Let us look on the positive side of the mistake made by the West Indies coach last Friday. Yes, there are positive dimensions to it. For one, had it been the government of Guyana calling in the West Indies team, the mistake would have been blamed on the global financial crisis or on climate change. [...]
Policyholders still to be paid
Following the liquidation order for Globe Trust and Investment Company Limited (GTICL) the President had assured that all of the small policyholders will be guaranteed and to date that has not materialized. According to chairman of the Alliance for Change (AFC) Khemraj Ramjattan, policyholders of Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) Guyana, should use the guarantee [...]
Three shot in fracas outside night spot
- man held with unlicensed gun Three men were shot yesterday during an early morning fracas outside the New Court Yard nightclub, and police later detained a driver with an unlicensed gun. He was taking one of the wounded to hospital. Police said that Erasto Roberts, 30, of Toucan Drive, South Ruimveldt, was shot in [...]
Maria van Beek is a professional
CLICO assessment… - Jagdeo President Bharrat Jagdeo says that he is confident that Commissioner of Insurance and now Judicial Manager Maria van Beek will conduct herself professionally in her dealings with Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) Guyana. The President was responding to the fact that van Beek’s husband, Patrick van Beek, shared a work relationship [...]
