GFF ANTICIPATES BUSY SEPTEMBER
-National Leagues, GOAL Project to start The eagerly-awaited ‘Win in CONCACAF with CONCACAF’ National League is now set to start in early September according to President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Colin Klass, who made the disclosure to Kaieteur Sport yesterday, at the Federation’s Head Office. Klass, who recently returned to Guyana following duties [...]
Amelia’s Ward United whip Flamingo 6-2
Amelia’s Ward United registered their first win of the UDFA/Stag B-League, when they whipped Flamingo 6-2 at the Bayrock Ground, on Tuesday. The win takes Amelia’s Ward United to 5 points, joint third with Hi Stars and Vasco. Netrockers lead with 8 points, while Peacemakers have 6. Former national Under-23 player Travis Waterton opened the [...]
Alpha, Kings advance to semi-final
Alpha United and Victoria Kings progressed to the semi-finals of the East Coast Reunion Knockout ‘Million Dollar Baby’ Football Tournament after contrasting victories Tuesday night at the Georgetown Football Club ground. Alpha United defeated Ann’s Grove 2-0 in the first game while Victoria Kings overcame Western Tigers 8-7 on penalties. The goal scorers for Alpha [...]
Roberts finishes third in heat
Having had a free day on Day 3 (Tuesday) Team Guyana was in the water again. Both Fabian Binns and Niall Roberts participated in the 100m Freestyle. There were 22 heats, comprising 202 swimmers, in this event. Fabian swam in Heat 1. He did not have an entry time, but finished in a time of [...]
Community Policing Secretariat dominos final set for tomorrow
Home Affairs, A & C Division to challenge for top prize The SP Worldwide Import and Export sponsored Community Policing Secretariat dominos competition final will be contested tomorrow at the C-Division Policing group headquarters, Chateau Margot, East Coast Demerara. In what is expected to be a keen showdown, host team C-Division, led by Steven Nahar, [...]
Azimullah earns World Taekwondo Diploma in coaching
The development of local Taekwondo has received a major boost with the return of Alim Azimullah, who successfully earned the internationally recognised World Taekwondo Federation Coaches Certificate and Diploma in coaching. Azimullah, a 2nd Dan World Taekwondo Federation Kukkiwon Black Belt holder was selected by the Guyana Taekwondo Association (GTA) on invitation from the Guyana [...]
Four placed on bail for seafood theft
Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson yesterday placed each of four defendants on $150,000 bail. The accused; Roshan Khatoon, Habib Kabir, Gomattie Bim and Tazim Gafoor were jointly charged with simple larceny. Azimun Mohamed, 47, was separately charged with receiving stolen property, knowing same to be stolen. It is alleged that some time between July 6 [...]
ECCB Academy starts Monday
Registration set for today The East Coast Cricket Board will be holding it 8th Annual Cricket Academy from Monday August 3 – 14. The venue is the Lusignan Community Centre. This year’s Academy will cater for sixty (60) youths between the ages of 12 to 16 years and will be held under the Theme ‘Healthy [...]
Prosecution claims defendant picked out by eyewitness
By Latoya Giles A minibus driver from South Ruimveldt Park was the latest person who was charged and remanded to prison for allegedly setting the Ministry of Health on fire. Fifty-one-year old Keith Ferrier, of 1689 National Avenue, South Ruimveldt, was not required to plead to the indictable charge which stated that between July 16 [...]
DDL Topco Juice Emancipation Chess Tournament fixed for this weekend
The final DDL-sponsored chess tournament for the year, the ‘Emancipation Chess Tournament,’ will be played on Saturday and Sunday August, at the Keishar’s Sport Club, on Camp and Hadfield Street, Georgetown. The tournament will take the Swiss format and consists of eight-rounds. Each player will have 75 minutes on his clock per game. Registration starts [...]
Female cricketers receive prizes from DJ Stress 10/10 affair
The 10/10 exhibition cricket match between Gizmos and Gadgets GT Panthers and Demerara Bank Berbice Women Warriors played on July 5 at the Albion Sports Complex Ground, Berbice and organised by DJ Stress is now history. Gizmos and Gadgets GT Panthers were victorious and had won the $50,000 prize put up for the winners. Tuesday [...]
Causing death driver fails Breathalyzer test
A Linden driver is the latest person to be charged under the new law relating to driving under the influence of alcohol. Terrence Da Silva, 51 , a minibus driver of 286 Block 22, Wismar, Linden was not required to plead to the indictable offence of causing death by dangerous driving yesterday, before Acting Chief [...]
Benschop, Witter protest at OP
In wake of the revelations coming out of the courtroom in New York as the Robert Simels witness tampering trial commenced, controversial talk show host Mark Benschop and trade unionist Norris Witter have moved their protest to the Office of the President. Yesterday around noon the duo began a peaceful protest in Shiv Chanderpaul Drive, [...]
Guyanese athletes outstanding at Hampton Games
Continue to underscore need for synthetic facility By Edison Jefford National senior male distance runner Kelvin Johnson and 2008 Beijing Olympics sprinter Adam Harris led a host of Guyanese athletes to have won gold medals at the recently held Hampton International Games in Trinidad. Johnson led a Guyanese sweep in the Open Men’s 5000m race [...]
Jnr. Pan Am team scheduled for late departure
Sponsorship apparently procured The national junior Pan American Games team was scheduled to depart Guyana early this morning for Trinidad and Tobago where they will compete at the prestigious meeting that will be held at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. The team had initially identified problems with procuring sponsorship but one member is adamant that the [...]
Toxicology test to be performed on ‘Biscuit’s’remains
- post mortem inconclusive A post mortem examination performed on the body of David Leander, called Biscuit, has failed to determine the cause of his death. A Government Pathologist yesterday found no conclusive evidence that would have led him to ascertain how Leander died. This development casts a bigger shadow on the entire circumstances surrounding [...]
WI selectors name Team for 3rd Digicel ODI and T20 International
The West Indies selectors have named their squad for the 3rd and final Digicel One-Day International against Bangladesh tomorrow and the Digicel T20 International against the visitors on Sunday, August 2. Both matches will be played at the Warner Park in Basseterre, St Kitts. The team Floyd Reifer (Captain), Darren Sammy (Vice Captain), David Bernard, [...]
Lawyer refused access to Archie Poole
Lawyer for Archie Poole, who was detained at the Brickdam Police Station in connection with the Ministry of Health Fire, was yesterday prevented from communicating with his lawyer or family member. Poole’s lawyer, Mortimer Coddette, told this newspaper that he was summoned to the Brickdam lock-ups yesterday morning by Poole’s family. Coddette said that Poole’s [...]
On what evidence, and based on whose investigation has this finding been determined?
Dear Editor, Last week I penned a letter welcoming the offer of assistance by the United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) to the Government of Guyana with the investigation into the alleged firebombing of the country’s Ministry of Health and the loss of millions of dollars in national assets, including buildings, vehicles, equipment and medicines, much [...]
Unions react to non-payment of municipal workers
Municipal workers are yet to be paid their salaries for this month, a habitual practice which is likely to attract stern reactions from the unions that represent the workers. The administration of the municipality via correspondence had advised the unions, the Guyana Local Government and Officers’ Union (GLGOU) and the Guyana Labour Union (GLU) that [...]
Critics misinterpret macroeconomic fundamentals to the detriment of Guyana
Dear Editor, SN has started its campaign as one of the contestants for the 2011 elections through its allocation of entire pages of distortions of Guyana’s history and economics by opportunists. One of them is Tarron Khemraj. Tarron Khemraj sits on his throne in Florida and thinks that ink on a paper will change the [...]
How will the next chapter in this nation’s history be written?
Dear Editor, As I read the breaking news of the recent week, a couple of questions are swirling in my head. Is there a connection between the explosive revelations from the Roger Khan trial in the US and the fire bombing of the Ministry of Health buildings in Georgetown? More importantly, is there a connection [...]
Man struck down by police vehicle
- victim’s money missing after accident Doctors were up to press time battling to save the life of Lloyd Smith, 64, of 106 Third Street, Prospect, East Bank Demerara. Smith was struck down by a police vehicle in the vicinity of the Alberttown Police Station, yesterday afternoon. An eyewitness to the accident told Kaieteur News [...]
Health Ministry’s fire politically conceived by whom?
Dear Editor, The fire at the Ministry of Health on Thursday, July 16, 2009 has added to the avalanche of unanswered questions which have followed every one of the series of mysterious blazes that have destroyed a number of ministries at critical points in the life of the PPP/C government. Guyanese are all too aware [...]
Jagdeo for Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Ecuador
President Bharrat Jagdeo leaves Guyana today on a three-country mission that will see him looking to jump start a process to seek aid for Caribbean countries affected by the global financial crisis, and expand the regional integration bloc CARICOM. In the next week and a half the President will be in Jamaica, the Dominican Republic [...]
