Team Leon Moore leaves Guyana for Bangkok training stint
Newly crowned North American Boxing Association bantamweight champion, Leon Moore left Guyana last Wednesday for Bangkok, Thailand for a three months training stint in the Asian country?. He is accompanied by his manager, Carwyn Holland and coach Lennox Daniels but while the latter two will remain in Thailand for the three months, Holland returns early [...]
Flora GCC successfully defend crown in T&T
Marzana Fiedtkou named MVP The Georgetown Cricket Club’s under-21 indoor ladies hockey team managed to maintain their dominance at the Magnolias Indoor Hockey Tournament after defeating the hosts by a 3-1 margin in the final played last Saturday, at the Woodbrook Youth Facility. This was after the two teams had clashed earlier in the pool [...]
MAHDIA RECEIVES BOXING EQUIPMENT FROM SPORTS MINISTRY
The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport recently donated a number of boxing gloves to the Mahdia Community. The gear will be used to engage youths in the area in aspects of the fistic sport. Region Eight Regional Executive Officer Ishwar Dass disclosed that a site has been earmarked for the creation of a gym. [...]
Schools’ C/ships secure field events credibility
Duncan, Daniels, Cadogan continue tradition By Edison Jefford Track events often overshadow Field events at Track and Field competitions, but with the right atmosphere at the Albion Community Centre Ground the Under-20 Boys High Jump proved that field events can rival track for attention. In fact, the absence of field events at Athletics Association of [...]
Montrose, McGillivry, Leonora win
Montrose, McGillivry and Leonora were the latest winners in the Seerja Construction Company / AL Sport & Tour Promotions 12th Christmas Term Demerara Primary Schools Windball Cricket Champions Trophy Competition for Girls which is being played, at the Carifesta Sports Complex. In results of matches played: Montrose beat St. Ambrose by 22 runs. Montrose made [...]
Several teams record wins as National Softball Cricket tournament continues
Reliance Warriors, Golden Fleece, Affiance SC and Airy Hall SC, all recorded wins when the Essequibo Zone of the National Softball cricket tournament continued recently. The Reliance Warriors Sports Club defeated Pomena Scheme Sports Club by 36 runs at the El Dorado Ground, Essequibo. Reliance Warriors batted first and scored 138 all out in 15 [...]
Fruta Conquerors, Santos, Sunburst Camptown, Flamingo & Pele take full points
Day two of the DeSinco Trading Under-19 football competition in the city on Saturday last saw five of the six teams taking full points in their encounters with one draw recorded on the day. At the Tucville ground, host team Fruta Conquerors kept their unbeaten record intact with another commanding win, this time over Alpha [...]
D’Andrade finishes outside OECS prizes
Says he struggled against hilly terrain National senior distance athlete, Lionel D’Andrade had finished outside the prizes in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States’ (OECS) Half Marathon in St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sunday afternoon after winging out Saturday. D’Andrade, who represented Guyana in the race, ran 1:25.00 to place sixth that was not among [...]
GDF and Alpha to clash in GFF Super League final
Thump Sunburst Camptown 3-0; Alpha edge Milerock 3-2 in extra time By Franklin Wilson The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) with rifles well serviced and to the ready fired their way past old nemesis Sunburst Camptown 3-0 in the feature semi-final of the inaugural Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Super League sponsored by FIFA under the [...]
Have they become a dynasty?
By Rawle Welch Marketing & Public Relations Consultant of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Christopher ‘Kit’ Nascimento speaking with members of the Business Community sometime ago said that Guyana’s attendance at the North American & Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) tournament could be crucial for the spread of the game here. Nascimento at the time [...]
Wendell Meusa, Cecil Cox crowned national senior and junior Chess champions
Cecil Cox amassed 11 1/2 points and eventually captured the Junior National Chess Champion when that tournament concluded at the Olympic House, Peter Rose and Church Streets, Queenstown over the past weekend. The young chess player’s level of play was of an exceptionally high standard to the extent that he started the final two rounds [...]
Dress code at the high courts
Dear Editor, There are serious adjustments made to accommodate climate change, deforestation, technological advancements and dozens of other developments and so with this in focus I will raise the issue of dress code – particularly in the high courts. It has been the practice in law school to wear black and white and we were [...]
A country without proper jurisprudence is a failed state!
Dear Editor, An alleged torture of a 14-year-old boy by some policemen was broadcast by the news media, and rightfully the police acted promptly and arrested some suspected rouge elements involved in that act.. Through the very media, Prakash Persaud has exposed a very troubling scandal in various levels of our justice system; and in [...]
News publication an embarrassment to GECOM chairman
Dear Editor, “Oops! We Apologize” just doesn’t cut it. On three separate occasions in a short report you found it possible to insult the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and the Minister of Local Government. Then you reuse the offending terminologies in your “apology”. How genuine could this be? More importantly, however, you made [...]
Keep politics out of people’s livelihood
Dear Editor, I have followed with interest your articles of the laser land levelling equipment. I did not pay much attention to the first article, as I thought that politics was being played out. But in your last article on the subject I am convinced that it is more ignorance than politics being played. By [...]
Both doing and not doing can be sinful
Dear Editor, When will it all end? Are we going towards a crucifixion and positive hope of resurrection? This article is based on an evaluation of the following issues:- 1. Failure to rebuild the Sacred Heart Church on Main Street, when interest and enthusiasm was at its peak and a deliberate attempt to phase out [...]
Is anyone seeing the foolishness that is passing for governance?
Dear Editor, In every democracy where elections are standard preliminary requirements for the democratic process to work effectively, laws are actually written into the constitutions of different levels of government to ensure elections are held at scheduled times so people can freely elect their leaders. Elections, therefore, are not an optional exercise in practicing democracies [...]
Lament for the second class trees residing in Parliament compound
Dear Editor, A few weeks ago I was riding in a minibus headed east along Brickdam. The light was red at the corner of Avenue of Republic and Brickdam and I decided it was a great time to take a quiet moment as this bus was not playing music. But it wasn’t to be. The [...]
Cricket in Essequibo is in terminal decline
Dear Editor, I refer to the lament that is called Essequibo’s cricket and wish to enquire of the Executives what are their plans for cricket in the county. Cricket in Essequibo has been in terminal decline for years and the executive elected in 2009 cannot cope with the challenge. Also the Guyana Cricket Board is [...]
City Hall – restricted or incompetent?
Guyana is like a child’s playpen with administrators pointing fingers here and there. There is also the case of if you don’t stop being nice to him I will not be nice to you. The most recent incident of the Local Government Ministry contending that it will not help City Hall unless the council collects [...]
Eyes Wide Open: What does Mr. Jagdeo see on his frequent foreign trips?
I have no idea whatsoever why two lovely Guyanese girls committed suicide recently. I know both fathers, though I would say I am a friend of Lincoln Persaud, the father of one of the girls. From reading the newspapers, we learnt that both were educated in the US; one returned home after her first degree [...]
THE SALE OF THE BUILDING IN DUKE STREET
Controversy has once again raised its head in relation to the sale of a building on Duke Street, Kingston, in which is located the Office of Empowerment. The government had put the building up for sale and had received bids which were evaluated and ranked. It had awarded the building to the highest bidder who [...]
