Amerindians must contribute…but positively
Dear Editor, I was elated when I saw the caption “Excuse me; I have a view” in Kaieteur News of November 21, 2009. The caption was what stirred my interest to read on as I was expecting some new thoughts or concepts that can change our society. As I read along I realised that it [...]
Bishoo takes 14 wickets, George hits ton as DCC head for win against Lusignan
NL Cavaliers, MSC locked in tight battle for full points By Sean Devers National under-19 left-arm spinner Totaram Bishun befuddled the batsmen yesterday at the DCC ground and his 14 out of the 17 wickets that have fallen for Lusignan have left the home team in an almost impregnable position to win outright on the [...]
Player to watch – Aderemi Simon (Old Fort, Guyana)
Aderemi ‘Dove’ Simon’s wiry stature and quiet demeanour seems to contradict his status as leader of the Old Fort side where he controls both the attack and defence. It was Simon who scored the spectacular winning goal for Guyana at its most recent international outing to wrest the Bronze medal from Jamaica in the Caribbean [...]
Less backbiting needed
One of the most debilitating features of our fractured political landscape has been the insistence that nothing good can come from the “other side”. Thus even if a particular initiative or idea may have positive implications for the benefit of the country at large, there is a seeming compulsion to reflexively oppose and even tear [...]
Forehand Connection win KDTTL premier title
<<<Teams awarded at simple ceremony Friday >>> Forehand Connection won the premier Division ‘A’ title in the seven-week Kenneth DeAbreu Table Tennis League (KDTTL), which wrapped up Thursday night at the Malteenoes Sport Club. The presentation ceremony for the event was held at the same venue the following day and Andrew DeAbreu, son of the [...]
The Baccoo speaks
The police are going to get a big break in a recent murder and the main suspect would come as no surprise. People sometimes talk when an incident affects them and this is going to be the case on this occasion. The manner of the killing is what would shock people some of whom would [...]
Snackette owners vow to stand ground
…as structure partially demolished A Peter’s Hall couple, whose snackette was partially demolished Wednesday by Public Works employees, is vowing not to move. According to owners Megan and Clayton Roberts, the roadside snackette, known popularly as “Three Stand”, located south-east of the Demerara Harbour Bridge, on the East Bank Demerara public road, has been managed [...]
Rebel United triumph over Airy Hall Sports Club
Rebel United registered a comprehensive 5 wickets victory over Airy Hall Sports Club when play in the National Softball Cricket tournament continued during the past week. Airy Hall SC won the toss and batted scoring 189-8 in 15 overs. Sunil Bissoon hit a glorious century (124) laced with seven sixes and five fours to take [...]
Guymine.com and A&J Carpet House backs K&S
Linden’s Premier Website, Guymine.com has once again come on board in support of the Kashif & Shanghai Organization. CEO Whiddim Sibdhannie through Representative Dexter Pembroke yesterday handed over one of 40 tournament balls to the organizers at their Irving Street Office. The balls will bear the Guymine.com logo and this will be the first time [...]
THE REISSUING OF A SIGNIFICANT WORK OF GUYANESE SOCIAL HISTORY : A BOOK REVIEW
By PROFESSOR FRANK BIRBALSINGH N. E. Cameron, A History of the Queen’s College of British Guiana (Guyana), Toronto, Vantage Systems, Second Edition, 2009, pp. 143. ISBN 978-0-9696531-1-1-0 The first edition of A History of the Queen’s College of British Guiana, written by Norman E. Cameron (1903-1983), appeared in 1951, and was printed in Georgetown, [...]
Sonia Noel’s ‘ Style Mission’ is here again
- funds to support Archer’s home Style Mission, Sonia Noel’s charity fashion show which started in December of 2007 is back for yet another year and an evening of great entertainment is promised. Focused on making a meaningful contribution to society it features the creations of Guyanese designers to raise funds for charity. Single mothers [...]
Paradise community invades Tucville Ground in day of fun and sports today
The Tucville Ground will come alive when Cinderella Promotions stages a grand Family Fun day at that venue starting at 10:00hrs today. Residents would be entertained when a team from the Paradise community opposes their city counterparts in a seven a side football competition. There will also be novelty events such as cricket, circle tennis [...]
ACP Countries: Sidelined by Europe again?
By Sir Ronald Sanders The European Union (EU) has not included in the Lisbon Treaty a crucial article that was a feature of treaties between the EU and African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states. The Lisbon Treaty is the new “constitution” of the EU and it will replace the previous treaties that guided the policies [...]
Preparations moving apace for Port Mourant end of year race meet
Preparations are moving apace for the grand end of year one day horserace meet organised by the Port Mourant Turf Club, which is slated for Sunday December 13. So far a number of cooperate entities have come on board, including Banks DIH Limited, Digicel and Republic Bank, while a few others are in the process [...]
Falsifications of History
In my article of last week, “Of Narratives and History”, I proposed that because of how history is composed – as narratives – it inevitably becomes a contestatory site. Revisionism is quite de rigueur. On the interrogation of Dr Jagan’s autobiography, I stressed that Dr Jagan, like every narrator of history, had weaknesses – selectiveness, [...]
Ramdeen’s 14 wickets spur Rose Hall CC to quarter-finals
Berbice Under-15 allrounder Kevin Ramdeen registered the best match bowling figures so far in the 2009 Leslie Amsterdam Memorial Under-17 Cricket Competition to help his team Rose Hall Community Centre advance to the quarter-finals. In their final Zone D preliminary match Rose Hall had posted a first innings score of 138 for 7 declared against [...]
Woman found dead in Duncan St. home
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a middle-aged woman whose body was discovered at her Lot 232 Duncan Street home yesterday. Eileen Fredericks, said to be in her mid-fifties, was found lying motionless in her bed by relatives who had gone to check on her after not seeing or hearing from her [...]
4R sponsors countrywide Over-40 male, Open female softball tourney
4R Company has sponsored a countrywide softball cricket tournament that will be organized by the Guyana Softball League in collaboration with the Floodlight Association and will be played in two categories. The Categories are male Over-40 which will be called the 4R Masters Cup and an Open female tournament. The competition will have cash incentives [...]
THE AGE OF INNOCENCE IS AN ILLUSION
What is often nice-sounding and inspirational is often out of touch with reality. At a gathering at Queen’s College a few weeks ago, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine made an appeal for a return to “those ancestral values that accorded great importance to such inclusive values as sharing, solidarity and togetherness.” One newspaper editorial observed that the [...]
DON’T BE STUMPED FOR CHRISTMAS – GIVE ‘GIFT OF CRICKET’ FOR ICC WT20 WI 2010!
Businesses across the Caribbean are being urged to embrace the novel option of giving the ‘Gift of Cricket for Christmas’ by purchasing tickets for next year’s ICC World Twenty20 tournament for staff and clients. ICC World Twenty20 West Indies 2010 is extending a special corporate offer to companies which are interested in buying tickets in [...]
Some people are causing me grief
By Adam Harris Some time last year, I had cause to go to the doctor. As people start to get old, all manner of things surface. In my case it was that my blood pressure had begun to rise. I am indisciplined so I would forget to take any medication. Up until recently I would [...]
World AIDS Day launched in Region Three with candlelight walk
By Sharmain Cornette It may not have been the best attended event but the message of reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS was adequately presented Friday evening when the Region Three Regional AIDS Committee (RAC) held its annual Candlelight Walk. The event which comes as a prelude to World AIDS Day, slated to be observed globally [...]
The carpenter’s execution
- who pumped a bullet in Vikesh Budram as he slept? It was at around 23:00 hrs on Saturday, November 22, 2008, that police ranks from the East Coast of Demerara rushed to Lot 642 Seventeenth Street, Foulis, to find themselves confronted by one of the most mysterious cases to come out of the crime [...]
ICC and WICB invite tenders for ICC World Twenty20 2010 accreditation service
The International Cricket Council (ICC) and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) have announced they are inviting tenders from qualified companies interested in providing accreditation service for the ICC World Twenty20 2010 to be staged in the West Indies from 30 April to 16 May. The successful company will develop an appropriate and comprehensive accreditation [...]
“Pink slip” not compulsory- GECOM
It is not compulsory for persons uplifting their National Identification Card to walk with their “pink slip”. Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commissions (GECOM), Steve Surujbally, made this disclosure during opening remarks at a meeting of Registration Officers which was held last Thursday at National Centre for Education Resource Development (NCERD), Kingston. The official urged [...]
