GPL moves to separate more workers
“We still have to discuss our options with the Union” GPL- CEO Dindyal As the modernisation of Guyana Power and Light Company continues, there is the likelihood of more workers being separated from the company. Word is that workers from the Generation Section of the company are those who may be affected by the separation [...]
SAME OLD STORY!
E’bo lose by 36 runs, defeated before lunch By Sean Devers in Essequibo In Association with Arabian Hotel & Brydens & Fernandes Twenty-one year-old former West Indies under-19 Captain Steven Jacobs grabbed his maiden 5-wicket haul at the senior 4-day level to engineer a come from-behind- 36-run win for Demerara against Essequibo at the Anna [...]
Swansea claims Ministry of Culture owes company $12M
By Michael Jordan Managing Director of Swansea Industrial Associates, Christian Duncan, is alleging that the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports still owes him over $12M for work his company did during Carifesta X a year ago. Duncan told Kaieteur News on Thursday that the outstanding sum is for an album of 45 folk songs [...]
Region Three Chairman, PNCR member clash over interventions for farmers
…Agriculture Ministry admits that contracts not cost effective People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) Member of Parliament, Mervyn Williams, and Chairman of Region Three, Julius Faerber, were yesterday engaged in a very blunt exchange of words, as they differed on interventions being made at the regional level to support farmers on the West Coast of Demerara. [...]
RHTWSB face-off with Albion today at Canje
By Sean Devers The winner of the Berbice zone of the Neal & Massy National 50-overs 1st division cricket competition and the Berbice team to oppose the Essequibo winner will be known this afternoon after Albion and Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar (RHTWSB) will clash in the Berbice final of the competition from 11:00hrs [...]
Sunderland hosts dinner for Digicel kick start footballers
Premier League striker, T&T’s Kenwyne Jones is surprise guest – Sunderland, England: Sunderland AFC (SAFC) on Thursday evening hosted a dinner at Frankie and Benny’s Restaurant for the eight Digicel Kick Start Clinics players who are currently attending the one week training clinic at their Academy. Attending the dinner were Sunderland AFC International Business Development [...]
We will not be handing out wads of cash- Robert Persaud
By Brushell Blackman Agriculture Minister, Robert Persaud, said that he will not be distributing cash to rice farmers in the wake of the current low rice price issue. Speaking to Kaieteur News while on a visit to drainage structures aback of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, the Minister said that other interventions are being contemplated. Persaud [...]
Tobago youth councillors pay courtesy call to the Mayor
Yesterday, four members of the Tobago Youth Council paid a courtesy call to Georgetown Mayor, Hamilton Green, at City Hall. The group comprising Larry Harmstrong, Tameka Harry, Rene’ N. Vialva and Jason Caesar are in Guyana as part of an exchange programme with the National Youth Development Network. They said that their reason for the [...]
Hampers presented to retired First and Second Division players
Ten outstanding former First and Second Division players and an Umpire were honoured by the Berbice Cricket Board under its Tribute to Heroes Programme. The Players honoured included former West Indies opening batsman Leonard Baichan and National wicketkeeper Sydney Jackman. The others were Adrian Amsterdam, Edmond Gravesande, Moses Samlall, Moses Jaipaul, Jaipersaud Hardeo, Inderpaul Mohan, [...]
Kidnappers further remanded
Franz Prince, Sivon Warner and Tyrone Solomon, yesterday, made their second appearance before Acting Chief Magistrate, Melissa Robertson, already having been charged for the wrongful confinement of Rorhema Dookie. Attorney-at-Law, Mark Waldron, representing Solomon, told the court that Dookie never identified his client as one of her kidnappers. Waldron also made reference to statements given [...]
Bamboo Landing operations lauded
A prominent Berbice River sawmilling company has been given the thumbs up for being a prime example of a company keeping good forestry practices in line with the much-touted Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS). The comments were made Wednesday by Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, during an inspection tour of the Variety Woods and Greenheart [...]
Intense action continues in Mike’s Pharmacy 15 overs softball cricket
Hot Steppers booked their way into the 1st Knockout stage, defeating Gas XI by 51 runs when the Mike’s Pharmacy 15 overs countrywide round hand softball competition continued over the past weekend at several venues. Hot Steppers batted first and on the back of an enterprising innings by Alex Singh (65), amassed 186-7 in their [...]
Berbice crush Rest Team by 168 runs
Berbice after conceding first innings points to the Rest Team rebounded to inflict a crushing 168 runs win against the Rest Team in their four-day Guyana Cricket Board organised match yesterday, at the DCC ground in Queenstown. Resuming the day on 223-8, needing 414 runs for an outright victory, the Rest Team overnight batsmen Keyron [...]
Affeeze Khan resigns as GABA president
What seems to have been a love hate relationship has now come to an end. Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) President Affeeze Khan tendered his resignation from the body by way of a letter dated September 10. A copy of this letter was received by Kaieteur Sport. Khan took over the association and had grandiose [...]
Woolley House to repeat
Woolley House successfully defended its Queens College Inter-House track and field title Thursday at the school’s ground when the annual competition was opened with remarks from the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports. Woolley House amassed 348 points in the last point standing before the relay events were completed Thursday. Nobbs House was on 317 [...]
One charged for the gymnasium shoot-out, another still hospitalised
An employee of the popular White Castle Fish Shop, yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer multiple charges. Mark Goodridge, 31, appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate, Melissa Robertson, to answer a charge of felonious wounding and discharging of a firearm. It is alleged that on September 22, Goodridge maliciously wounded Oriley Small with [...]
GuySuCo estates hit by acts of sabotage
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is reporting that its production is being disrupted by continuous acts of sabotage by person or persons who want to see the sugar corporation suffer. In a statement issued to the media on Thursday, GuySuCo reported that the first act of anti-industrial behaviour occurred when a large boulder, weighing about [...]
GT Hand-in-Hand cricket starts today
The Georgetown zone of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Hand-in-Hand 50-over knock-out 2nd division cricket competition is scheduled to commence with 4 matches today. DCC, Diplomats, Everest, GCC, GDF, GNIC, GYO, Malteenoes Sports Club, MYO Police, Transport Sports Club, 3rd Class, Ace Warriors and YMCA are the teams involved in this tournament. Fixtures for today: [...]
Global Competitiveness Report says Guyana improved
Three of the four English-speaking Caribbean countries surveyed in the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Competitiveness Report (GCF) have reportedly been making positive strides with their ranking. Guyana, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago moved up in the list of 133 countries, while the fourth Caribbean nation, Jamaica, slid a few positions. Guyana made the greatest [...]
Envirogators Organisation of Guyana (EOG) re-launches Website
Albert R.Cumberbatch, PhD, founder/president of Envirogators Organisation of Guyana (EOG) which is located at 236 Forshaw Street, Queenstown, Georgetown, has re-launched his website that was registered in 2006. According to the Environmental Scientist, there would be tremendous benefits in showcasing Guyanese heritage and history to the world. There is something which would promote the positive [...]
Crisis looms in GABA as no confidence motion moved against Affeeze Khan
Merely seven months subsequent to his re-election to the Presidential seat of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA), Afeeze Khan, faces impeachment following accusations of racial impropriety leveled at him by several boxers and coaches affiliated to the GABA. Former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) heavyweight boxer now a qualified coach, Terrence Poole, then suggested that [...]
Money gram back-to-school promotion winners
Glenda Mc Pherson of West Coast Berbice won the first prize of a Dell Laptop Computer; Andrea Noble of 34 El Dorado, West Coast Berbice, won the second prize of one Desktop Computer. The consolation prizes of gift vouchers each valued at $15,000 were presented to the remaining winners. The occasion was the Money Gram [...]
BCB unveiled its ‘All Time’ Under-19 Team
The Berbice Cricket Board on Tuesday last unveiled its All Time Under-19 Team during an impressive ceremony at its Office, Cheddi Jagan Street, New Amsterdam, Berbice. The Team unveiling was another in a series of activities organised by the Special Events Committee of the Board to mark the 70th Anniversary of the Berbice Cricket Board [...]
GPHC lifts Company 10/10 title with convincing victory over Courts Inc
Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation bounced back from a shaky start to defeat Courts Inc. by 23 runs and claim the Guyana Tapeball League ‘Company’s 10/10’ title when that tournament concluded over the past weekend. Courts won the toss and invited GPHC to take first strike. Opening bowler, Delon Fraser, justified his captain’s decision by the [...]
NAACIE condemns sabotage on GuySuCo operations
General Secretary of the National Association of Agriculture, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE), Kenneth Joseph, has said that the union strongly condemns the recent act of sabotage at GuySuCo. The Union’s General Secretary said the actions are wicked and clearly set out to cause damage to some component of the operations of the company. Joseph [...]
