National Fullbore Championships shoots off today
The best shooters in the land collide The 2009 Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) Fullbore championships is expected to shoot off today at the Timehri Rifle Ranges. The best shooters in the land headed by current national champions Ransford Goodluck will battle over three days to decide who is the top marksman in Guyana. While [...]
Prolific Deonarine breaks record for most runs in a season, Barnwell grabs 5-77
By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Noble House Seafoods, Western Union & Jamaica Pegasus Guyana reached 268-6 replying to Jamaica’s 389 at the end of the second day of their two-day WICB Regional four-day cricket match at Jarrett Park yesterday even as 30,000 fans flocked the National Stadium in Kingston for the Jamaica [...]
The Baccoo speaks
Why must I always remind people that I must be taken seriously? I warned about the electrocution and there was this man who refused to heed what I saw. He is about to be buried, leaving behind relatives and friends. He is just one of many who will die the same way. Listen carefully because [...]
GRFU season opens today with Banks DIH Sevens
The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) will officially open its Rugby Season for 2009 with the Banks DIH Sevens Championships today at the National Park rugby field. The Opening Ceremony and March Past of teams will commence at 11:00 a.m. and it is expected that the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Hon. Dr. Frank [...]
Two killed in Puruni accident
Up to press time, yesterday, police in Bartica were awaiting the arrival of the bodies of two persons who were killed after the vehicle in which they were traveling, crashed somewhere in the Puruni, Middle Mazaruni area. While reports are still sketchy, this newspaper was told that the accident occurred some time around 11:00 hours [...]
The Dyson and Duckworth collusion against West Indies
By Edison Jefford A group of enthusiasts had converged at a popular restaurant with no other intention but a need for information. The result on the high definition screen shocked them–the infamous Duckworth/Lewis System had conspired again. I looked at the disappointment on their faces and being too young to have seen the known demolition [...]
Castro could help Obama to end Cuba embargo
By Sir Ronald Sanders Cuba’s President Raul Castro could help US President Barack Obama to end the 49-year old trade embargo that the US has imposed on Cuba and to normalise relations between the two countries. To do so, he will have to implement measures to address human rights issues in Cuba particularly the release [...]
Police clear the air on slain cop’s welfare
In response to the article, “Mother of slain police rank slams Police Force,” published in the Monday (March 30, 2009) edition of Kaieteur News, the police have issued a press release refuting certain points of the story. In the said article, Doreen Glasgow, the mother of Police Constable 18682 Oslen Glasgow, who was killed in [...]
Retired nurse’s decomposed body found
NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – The decomposed body of 78-year-old, Enid Fraser, of Vryman’s Erven, New Amsterdam, was discovered about 09:10 hours yesterday. According to police reports, a nephew made the discovery after neighbours reported a disgusting odour emanating from the area. The nephew went to investigate and found the body. The woman, who lived alone, [...]
Still down and out
Well, the second grand meeting of G-20 – the conclave of the leaders of the twenty countries that account for an astounding 85% of the world GDP – came off in London on April 2nd. Unlike the first one in November 2008 in Washington, there hadn’t been any hype about this one possibly being a [...]
Guyana convincingly won the 1998 Regional under-15 championship in Jamaica
Dear Editor, Please allow me to remind your cricket writer Mr. Sean Devers, who reported in a recent Saturday edition of the Kaieteur News sports section, that Guyana is still hunting its first title at the Regional under-15 level since the tournament was inaugurated in Trinidad & Tobago 1996. For the records the Land of [...]
Prisoners are a rare breed
-inmate released on bail vows never to return By Dale Andrews Prisoners are a rare breed. Some are as guilty as hell, others proclaim innocence until they die and there are the rest who are victims of travesty of justice, since man-made systems are not foolproof. Roscio Mercurius, may be guilty or innocent of [...]
NO WAY, JOSE!
There is a young reporter from the Stabroek News who usually has the President dancing during question time at press conferences, and I would love to see another encounter between the two. The young Stabroek News reporter is not at all intimidated by the President. He asks the tough questions, many of which annoy the [...]
There is much talk about corruption
Guyana, the land of Many Waters, but the country that can never provide its people with adequate supplies of potable water is indeed a mystery. The global economic crisis that saw huge problems in countries around the world barely touched Guyana, although some people are still sweating because they invested millions of dollars in two [...]
RHTY&SC makes contribution to Guyana Police Force and NGO’s
The five (5) cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club on Sunday last made contributions to the Guyana Police Force, Rose Hall Town Constabulary and three other organisations during the club’s 18th Annual Award Ceremony which was held at the JC Chandisingh Secondary School, Rose Hall Corentyne. The donations were done [...]
The strange case of Mohamed Ibrahimi
By Michael Jordan Now that the guns are relatively silent, and the killing spree seems to have ended, this is perhaps as good a time as any to look back at some of the unsolved cases that sprung out of the country’s crime wave over the years. And perhaps, none of the cases is quite [...]
Guyana’s future as seen by a USAID report
The USAID –Guyana Country Strategy, 2009-2013 is a document that will reinforce the pessimism that overwhelms a majority of people who live in this country. Like the Gay Mc Dougall Report submitted to the UN Human Rights Commission, the Guyana Government will label it a work of fiction. That is to be expected. The USAID [...]
Conficker Virus threat not over
Despite the threat that the Conficker virus was to create havoc on the internet on April 1, 2009, nothing happened, and some persons are of the view that it was an April Fool’s Day prank. However, Digital Technology, an Information Technology (IT) Company in Guyana, does not share the same view. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) [...]
Five batsmen hit centuries, Devers claim 7-98 on debut
Five batsmen hit centuries while 16-year-old National U-17 off-spinner Ricardo Devers grabbed a match haul of 7-98 including 5-65 for Police on his first division debut in the third round of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Cellink plus two-day first division cricket competition last weekend. Former National 20/20 player Orin Forde and Imran Hussain cracked [...]
The Pink-toed Tarantula (Aviculara avicularia)
The pink-toed tarantula (Aviculara avicularia) is a species of tarantula native to South America, Costa Rica to Brazil and the southern Caribbean. This species is sometimes called the Guyana pinktoe, Common pinktoe or South American pinktoe since they are frequently harvested from those areas. The mature pinktoe tarantula has a dark-coloured body and pinkish feet [...]
Airport bag boys remanded on cocaine possession
Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson remanded two workers attached to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport after it was alleged that they allowed a shipment of cocaine to pass through airport security. Mark Lim, 19, of Soesdyke/Linden Highway and Ryan Mangah, 29, of Timehri Public Road are accused of conspiring to traffic narcotics, on March 24 [...]
GCA names squad for U-19 Inter-Association Competition
The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) released the names of 14 players to represent them in the German’s Restaurant / W&H Rambarran Marine / Demerara Cricket Board 50 overs Inter-Association U-19 Competition which starts today with two matches, at Everest and Lusignan. At Everest, Georgetown will take West Demerara, while over at Lusignan, East Coast play [...]
THE JUDICIARY IS NOT AN AUXILIARY OF THE HOME AFFAIRS MINISTRY
By Khemraj Ramjattan, Chairman of AFC The Ministry of Home Affairs has an executive responsibility to provide assistance to the Police. But the Judiciary is not the Ministry of Home Affairs. It is highly unfortunate that the Ministry of Home Affairs has made such a public complaint against the Judiciary. This complaint seems to imply [...]
