Joynath slams unbeaten 131 for Shieldstown
The 2009 New Building Society Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition organised by the Berbice Cricket Board for teams in the Ancient County continued recently with Shieldstown’s No. 4 batsman Andrew Joynath slamming the first century of the competition when he scored 131 N.O (14 fours and 8 sixes) which was the backbone of his team’s [...]
Wendell Meusa dethrones National Chess champion, Kriskal Khan
- Cecil Cox is one win away for the junior title The National Chess Championships is still two rounds away from completion but Wendell Meusa has already distinguished himself as the best player of the lot, dethroning Berbician Kriskal Persaud from his prestigious perch. When the tournament resumed over the past weekend, Meusa needed just [...]
Big guns missing as GCB 4-Day cricket resumes today
Stoll included in Demerara team By Sean Devers Berbice and Demerara will be without their big guns when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) 4-day cricket competition resumes today after a break for the Regional One-Day tournament which was held in Guyana. Berbice, who beat the Rest Team in their opening game, face Essequibo at the [...]
Ali (6-52 & 113) dominates for Edinburgh in Berbice zone GCB 3-Day cricket
The Berbice Zone of the inaugural GCB National First Division Three Day Cricket Competition continued with the start of five second round matches over the week-end. Former Berbice Under-19 allrounder Raid Ali turned an outstanding allrounder performance that put Edinburgh in total command over Rose Hall Community Centre. He firstly contributed 36 in Edinburgh’s first [...]
Blackouts will not end in a hurry
The electricity situation is indeed markedly better but there is so much more to ensuring that power outages are things of the past. Indeed, the management of Guyana Power and Light did promise that by the end of last week when the new power station comes on stream the situation would be markedly improved. Some [...]
Western Union hands over Division One football prizes
Riddim Squad collects top prize in inaugural tournament By Franklin Wilson Riddim Squad yesterday received the championship trophy and cheque ($150,000) for emerging as champions of the inaugural Western Union Division-One football competition which was organised by the Georgetown Football Association (GFA). The East Bank based side did not only take the top place in [...]
Bizarre things taking place inside the PPP
There are things happening in Guyana that make politics a mysterious process that human beings may never be able to comprehend. Let us start with the election of the winning party. The victorious party in the last national election was the PPP. It provided the money for the campaign. It sent its forces in the [...]
Brazilian footballers entertain Bartica
A fair sized crowd which came out to witness the All-Brazilian football encounter at the Bartica Community Centre on Sunday last, left the ground well satisfied after being treated to a fine exhibition of the finer Arts of football. A 60th minute Penalty conversion by Diego was the game’s decisive strike that landed the Pure Diamonds contingent [...]
Name the beneficiaries of first class travel at state expense
It does not take much these days to cause the President of Guyana to lose his composure. A Kaieteur News reporter simply asked for a one-on-one interview with the President and instead of a simple yes or no to this request, the President got into a fit and accused this newspaper and its columnists of [...]
Mayor Green birthday football tourney continues tonight
Action in the Mayor Hamilton Green a 7 a-side football tournament in honour of Mr. Green’s 75th birth anniversary continues this evening at the Banks DIH Thirst Park ground from 6:30pm with eight matches. The tournament opened last evening at the same venue with several exciting matches. The scheduled games will see several leading teams [...]
Certain rights and freedoms are a must
Dear Editor, Yesterday, the 9th of November, marked the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago. In October 1963, two years after the Wall was first constructed in August 1961, a group of Guyanese students, Oscar Singh, Philip Chan, Gordon Sobha (my dear friend who was killed in the Cubana air disaster in 1976), [...]
What has happened to the Venezuela rice deal?
Dear Editor, When President Bharrat Jagdeo attended the recent Climate Change Conference at the United Nations here in New York, it was gleefully announced back home that a deal was struck with Venezuela for Guyana to supply rice to its western neighbour. A contract was said to have been signed and the Kaieteur News internet [...]
Complaints of torture are just too many and must be checked
Dear Editor, The picture in the Kaieteur News: October 31st, of the tortured 14-year-old boy by the police was most outrageous, left nothing to the imagination, and enraged the Nation and support fully the saying, “a picture is worth a 1000 words”. It brought about the desired effect. It is for this reason I stand [...]
Illegal occupation of some prime reserves has been condoned by Govt.
Dear Editor, Rather than providing answers, a letter from the Ministry of Works in response to one of mine, has provided the basis for more questions. I am referring to letter from the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Balraj Balram, captioned, “There will be no sacred cows in the demolition exercise”, which was published in the Kaieteur [...]
What are considered minor traffic offences?
Dear Editor, On 20th October, 2009, the Ministry of Home Affairs published “Guidelines for the conduct of members of the Traffic Department of the Guyana Police Force on duty” The third item in that notice states, “Traffic tickets are to be issued to errant drivers for minor offences. Vehicles should not be detained for minor [...]
