Saul is new 100m male champion
Michael Saul came with a point to prove and his subtraction would have been the absence of rival Rawle Greene, who because of an injury, opted out of the competition and did not compete in the National Senior Championships yesterday. Saul obliterated his opponents and even had time to point to the media when the [...]
Leon Moore headlines Linden Pro Card
WBC # 10, WBO # 15 and WBA # 12 rated Super Bantamweight Leon “Hurry Up” Moore will be fighting in Linden on May 5 as Holland Entertainment Promotion (HEP) stages a boxing card at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground in Linden. Moore will be using this match as a warm-up for his upcoming world [...]
Hornets ‘A’ win Banks Sevens
Pepsi Hornets ‘A’ carted off the Banks DIH Sevens Rugby Championships after playing unbeaten in the Guyana Football Rugby Union season opening event which was played yesterday at the National Park. Hornets ‘A’ led by West Indies standout Albert La Rose defeated all and sundry en route to a convincing performance to grab the title. [...]
GFA to open season with Cellink Premier League double-header
Alpha United face Western Tigers, Camptown play Flamingo By Franklin Wilson The 2009 Georgetown Football Association (GFA) season will officially kick off this evening at the Tucville Community centre ground with the kicking off of the Cellink Premier League. Prior to what is anticipated to be two exciting matches, there will be [...]
Pele needle Western Tigers, Alpha beat Kings on penalties
Pele and Alpha United have earned a quarter-final date following contrasting wins in latest play of the 2nd annual Mackeson/Digicel Sweet 16 knock-out competition on Saturday evening at the Plaisance Community Centre ground. A Travis ‘Zorro’ Grant 44th minute needle was all Pele needed to tame BK International Western Tigers, the winners while not able [...]
GWI has a comprehensive water supply improvement plan for Linden
Dear Editor, Please permit me to respond to Mr. Bovell’s letter which was published under the caption “GUYWA’s plans for improving water supplies in Mackenzie, Linden” on April 13, 2009. It is imperative that I mention that Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) has in place a comprehensive water supply improvement plan for the entire Linden area [...]
Young Girls crush St Lucia 64-15
Guyana soundly beaten Jamaica crushed St Lucia 64-15 for their second consecutive win in the Caribbean Netball Association Jean Pierre Youth Under-16 Netball Championship at the Leila Robinson Courts Saturday night, while Guyana received their second loss. The Guyanese were soundly beaten by St Lucia 51-9 in the early session before going onto losing to [...]
Preserve our records, or a valuable part of our history would be lost forever
Dear Editor, I commend the Indian Arrival Committee, the Dharmic Saba, the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana and other religious groups in their concerted endeavours to address some of the debilitating social ills affecting our community not only among the East Indians but the wider Guyanese populace and in particular to congratulate them on their [...]
Get well wishes for Corbin
Dear Editor, I write to offer my support and wishes to, Opposition Leader and Leader of PNCR, Mr. Robert Corbin, for a speedy recovery from his recent illness. I also pray that his wife and family will remain comforted in the fact that Mr. Corbin’s threshold of resilience, coupled with his unfailing trust, in God [...]
Not much excitement in Indian election
Dear Editor, As I have found out from my presence in India, voters, as in Guyana, are disillusioned with their government and their political representatives. There is not much excitement in India’s current general elections. As took place in Guyana in 2006, voter turnout has been poor with people registering their disapproval of the politics [...]
Firemen beat suspected hose thief
Forty-year-old Brian Williams, of 20 Hill Street Albouystown received a severe beating allegedly at the hands of a group of firemen from the West Ruimveldt and Central Fire Station yesterday afternoon. Williams received a chop to the right hand, major laceration to the ear and suspected broken ribs, allegedly after being accused of stealing a [...]
A missed opportunity
DEAR EDITOR, Edward Simon continues to ignore the countless wrongs of Mr Jagdeo’s government. While it is his right to defend any party or government of his choice, he must understand that facts are facts. Mr. Simon sets out to castigate the Alliance For Change for allegedly placing an advertisement in a Trinidad newspaper that [...]
Vaccination Week to be launched today
Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy will officially launch vaccination week today in Greatfalls, Linden, Region 10. This year, the Ministry has expanded the program in various communities and is looking at the implementation of the new vaccines. According to Ramsammy, the Health Ministry is not in a position this year to immunize all babies, [...]
Govt.’s effort to combat inflation
Dear Editor, During the rise in food and fuel prices and the horrors brought by the global financial crisis, Guyana experienced a rise in its inflation rate which induced Government to make interventions to restore the economy to normalcy. Inflation refers to the constant rise in the general level of prices quoted in the units [...]
Go for it “Quick Silver”
DEAR EDITOR, The dailies are indeed a tremendous source of information and I have to admit that it helps me to a greater extent with my quest in highlighting the fact that Guyana possesses extremely gifted, talented and creative minds. My continuous echoing is for those individuals to take the challenge in making their presence [...]
Another vehicle to be added to New Amsterdam MTC
NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – A third tractor/trailer is to be added to the fleet belonging to the New Amsterdam Town Council by mid-May and this should alleviate some of the problems facing the municipality. According to the Public Health Inspector for New Amsterdam, Ackloo Ramsudh, there are problems with the collection and disposal of garbage [...]
The Guyana Press Association Election: A farcical affair?
I was asked who I support for the Presidency of the Guyana Press Association (GPA) in the upcoming election. I responded that my answer would be unfair since of the two candidates, Gordon Moseley of Capitol News and Edison Jefford of Kaieteur News, I don’t know anything much about Mr. Moseley. I am quite familiar [...]
STAY AT HOME AND STUDY!
I would be very curious if any of my offspring told me that they were going to the gardens or park to study. I normally associate parks and gardens with relaxation and fun and not with serious studies. It is a fact of life in Guyana though, and has been so for many years that [...]
Rosehall IMC gets support from Gafoors
ROSE HALL TOWN, CORENTYNE – A corporate citizen has come to the assistance of the Municipality. Last week the Management of Gafoor’s, Rose Hall made a trailer available for the dumping of refuse in Rose Hall South for an indefinite period. The vehicle remains the property of Gafoor’s. The Rose Hall branch of Gafoor’s set [...]
Leonora Mandir should be run by Dharmic Sabha
Dear Editor, This letter is meant to bring to the attention of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha, the poor management and administration of the Leonora Mandir on the West Coast of Demerara. I am an overseas-based Guyanese who has donated much to this temple in the past. However, the situation at the temple has gone [...]
Berbice police clamping down on road lawlessness
NEW AMSTERDAM, BERBICE – With an increase in the number of deaths on the roadways in Berbice this year, the traffic department is taking the necessary steps to curb lawlessness in the division. Over the weekend, Officer-In-Charge of Traffic, Senior Superintendent Owen Trotz, said that in light of this, some exercises have been stepped up [...]
CRICKET ON THE HEART
Dennis Norden spoke for all cricket fans when he said, “It’s a funny kind of month, October. For the really keen cricket fan it’s when you discover that your wife left you in May.” It is not May yet and I believe that my wife already feels deserted and is what in the old days [...]
Fallen Experts
As the financial crisis continues to run riot over the economies of the world one facet does not seem to have attracted the kind of attention that we believe it deserves – the role of economists. Finance, after all, is but a subset of economics – economics applied to the world of finance so to [...]
Corbin hospitalised after suspected heart attack
Rumours flowed around the city yesterday after People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Leader, Robert Corbin, was admitted a patient at the Woodlands Hospital. Reports are that Corbin was driving himself to a meeting yesterday when he began feeling unwell. This newspaper was informed that the Opposition Leader drove directly to the Woodlands Hospital with a [...]
Committee of Concerned NBS members score big at AGM
….still worried over bridge investment given imminent FIA regulation The Committee of Concerned New Building Society members’ yesterday scored big at the company’s Annual General Meeting yesterday at the Cotton Tree Primary School, West Coast Berbice. The entourage that traveled to Berbice including eminent Chartered Accountant Christopher Ram, Attorney-at-law Leslie Sobers and Chairman of the [...]
