Sunburst Camptown are 2008 Milo U-21 champs
- Edge Pele 2-1 in final By Franklin Wilson Sunburst Camptown are the 2008 Milo under-21 champions, defeating Pele 2-1 in the final contested on Tuesday evening at the Tucville ground. The win for the Campbellville-based club was their second championship in as many weeks following victory in the final of the Banks Premium Beer [...]
Ravens / Royals grudge match set for tonight in Linden
By Edison Jefford Superiority must be consistently proven and that is what Victory Valley Royals want Ravens to confirm in an imminent return grudge game tonight at Mackenzie Sports Club’s basketball court as part of the Linden Town Week celebrations. Ravens thrashed Royals in the recent Next Level Entertainment final but the Linden unit was [...]
GDF fires funding at Fortune
to facilitate travel to T&T Alisha Fortune moved one step closer to realising her Caribbean Games dream when the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) sponsored her for the Trinidad and Tobago phase of an upcoming tour to attain the Games’ qualification standard. The nation’s leading female sprinter will compete in Trinidad on May 23 after competing [...]
Major boost for Special Olympians
Upgraded bocce court commissioned By Michael Benjamin The dreams of those desirous of participating in the 2011 Special Olympics in Athens, Greece, was given a fillip following the commissioning of a new and upgraded Bocce Court at the National Gymnasium, yesterday afternoon. The court, measuring 60 feet by 20 feet, was handed over to the [...]
GT&T/Friends Inc. grass track meeting hailed a success
Approximately 3,000 persons attended the second annual GT&T/Friends Inc Grass Track for Charity Race Meeting which was held recently at the Ogle Community Centre ground. According to a release from the organisers, the event was blessed with good weather and excellent track conditions for grass track racing, and the competitors did not disappoint as they [...]
Guyana to visit Suriname for friendly v/ball series
The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) has accepted an invitation from its Suriname counterpart to participate in a goodwill tournament between the two countries over the coming weekend. According to an official from the GVF, the tournament will serve as a warm-up for the Dutch team which is currently preparing to participate in World Cup preliminaries [...]
Mackenzie High easily wins schools’ competition
– becomes first team to keep lien trophy Mackenzie High School eased to its third consecutive championship title in the final of the fifth Victory Valley Royals schools’ competition yesterday afternoon at the Mackenzie Sports Club basketball court in Linden. Most Valuable Player, Akeem Kanhai continued his prolific form in the tournament when he amassed [...]
DDL Independence Chess starts today
The Guyana Chess Federation’s third tournament of the year gets underway today at the Keishar’s Sports Club at Camp and Hadfield Streets, Georgetown. The DDL-sponsored event, being contested under the Swiss system and consisting of eight rounds, commences with a single round today from 5:00pm. Four rounds are set for tomorrow, starting at 10:00am, while [...]
Mackeson/Digicel Sweet 16 quarter finals kick off tonight
The battle for semi final places in the second edition of the Mackeson/Digicel Sweet 16 knockout competition is set to commence this evening at the Plaisance Community Centre ground. Defending champions Sunburst Camptown will take on giant killers Ann’s Grove in the evening’s main clash with the first game being between the Guyana Defence Force [...]
GTM one-day U-19 tourney bowls off today
- E’bo face-off with Demerara at Eve Leary By Sean Devers Essequibo begin a hectic GTM under-19 one-day Inter-County cricket campaign today against Demerara at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary, with the first of back-to-back matches. After playing six days of cricket in a week in their first two matches in Essequibo, the [...]
D’Andrade, Fernandes hit centuries in T&T
- Carmichael grabs 6-67 Twenty three year-old former Berbice and Guyana under-19 batsman Anthony D’Andrade stroked a polished 216 for the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) while former Demerara National youth player Kellon Carmichael grabbed 6-67 for Sweet Revenge in their fourth round Trinidad and Tobago two-day cricket match over the weekend. UTT won [...]
Police commended for outstanding work in Trinidad
Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene, yesterday received a plaque on behalf of the Guyana police contingent by his Trinidadian counterpart in recognition of their outstanding service during the successful hosting of the Fifth Summit of the Americas. The presentation was made during a meeting between the 30 police ranks and the Commissioner and officers of [...]
Health Ministry to construct US$5M warehouse
The Ministry of Health will soon commence construction of a state of the art health bond (warehouse) in Eccles, East Bank Demerara at a cost of some US$5 million. This is according to Health Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, who indicated that in the coming days the tender board will announce the award of the contract, [...]
ECCA weekend fixtures
Quarterfinal rivalry in the East Coast Cricket Association / Trophy Stall-sponsored under-19 40-overs competition is set for Saturday with matches bowling off at 10:00hrs. LBI Sports Club ‘A’ will travel to engage host team Better Hope; Lusignan Sports Club will oppose Lions XI at Lusignan Community Centre ground; Enterprise challenge President’s College at Enterprise ground [...]
DDL Independence Chess starts today
The Guyana Chess Federation’s third tournament of the year gets underway today at the Keishar’s Sports Club at Camp and Hadfield Streets, Georgetown. The DDL-sponsored event, being contested under the Swiss system and consisting of eight rounds, commences with a single round today from 5:00pm. Four rounds are set for tomorrow, starting at 10:00am, while [...]
Botanical Gardens gunmen remanded
Two men, who allegedly shot and robbed a schoolgirl of her laptop on Saturday, were yesterday charged with the indictable offence of robbery under arms and with discharging a loaded firearm. The men appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. It was alleged that Ade Doobay, on April 25, with the [...]
Fistic fury promised at “Foreign Invasion II”
By Michael Benjamin The Linden community, starving for credible boxing cards, will finally have their appetites whetted when Holland’s Entertainment Promotions (HEP) stages 27 rounds of fistic fury slated for the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground on Wednesday May 6. Dubbed the ‘Foreign Invasion II,’ the card pits the skill of several of the country’s budding [...]
GT&T continues to see decline in international revenues
ATN blames bypass and economic conditions Atlantic Tele-Network (ATN) yesterday reported revenue growth for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, but noted continued decline in international revenues from its subsidiary here, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T). For the first three months, revenue was US$56 million, an increase of $10.4 million, or 23 percent [...]
PC students experience another water shortage
Students at the President’s College, Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara, were once again up in arms over the lack of potable water at the institution. Yesterday, several students were forced to join long queues to gather water for bathing purposes at the single tank that services the school’s canteen. They had to purchase water for [...]
Dowlin to captain G/T in 20/20 tourney tomorrow
Former national cricket captain Travis Dowlin will lead the Georgetown Cricket Association team in the DJ Stress 20/20 cricket competition tomorrow at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence. West Indies ODI left-hander Leon Johnson is his deputy while former Test pacer Reon King and ex-Guyana first-class batsman Neil Barry will perform duties of Coach and Manager [...]
Trotman has exposed his lack of knowledge about dynamics within the security sector
Dear Editor, Mr. Raphael Trotman, of the Alliance for Change (AFC) in a lengthy interview with the SN, published on Sunday, April 26, 2009 edition, claimed that the: “Security Sector Reform is moving at a snail’s pace” In that interview Mr. Trotman exposed his lack of knowledge about the day to day dynamics within the [...]
Guyana-Suriname crossing still impossible
Legal crossings between Suriname and Guyana and Suriname and French Guiana remained closed yesterday as industrial action by Surinamese Customs Officers entered its seventh day. Reliable sources said that they were informed that the aggrieved Customs Officers met with representatives of the Surinamese Government yesterday and were locked in discussions over what is believed to [...]
Agri Minister rejects vegetable shipments from Brazil
…turns back importing businesswoman A Guyanese businesswoman, who was transporting vegetables and ground provision from neighbouring Brazil to Lethem, was ordered to return with her produce to Bom Fin on Tuesday since she did not have a phytosanitary certificate for the commodities. Kaieteur News was told that Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, who was in [...]
Is Govt. blind to the suffering of the populace?
Dear Editor, Recently there was on TV a poultry rearer showing off the extent of his poultry business and stating how lucky he was and expressing the view that he proposed expanding his business. Mr. Editor, my congratulation goes out to the goodly gentleman but my concern is for the consumer like myself. Everywhere I [...]
Regional forum examines anti-drug strategies
CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA: The CARICOM-CICAD-EU four-day regional workshop for the Development of National Anti-Drug Strategies and Plans is centered on one key theme – bring about a reduction in the supply and demand of illicit substances, and protect the region’s fragile socio-economic structure as the present global economic nightmare continues. This workshop has attracted participants [...]
