Duff wins two titles, Triumph triumphant in the other
Father of two national junior table tennis players, Jamaal and Denzil, Donald Duff wielded his racquet to both the Over 35 and 40 titles yesterday in the Guyana Police Force (GPF)-sponsored Veterans’ Table Tennis Open Championships. Watched by an enthusiastic crowd of luminaries, mostly, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Duff returned some brutal and [...]
Body on Seawall still unidentified
Members of the Guyana Police Force are calling on the public to help identify the remains of the woman who was found with her throat slit aback of the seawalls. Up to press time yesterday no one had come forward to identify the woman’s whose remains were still at the Lyken Funeral home. The woman’s [...]
Plant parasite affects Region Seven mangroves
- destruction of mangroves also seen in some areas Head of Mangrove Restoration Project, Bissasar Chintamanie, says that a closer look needs to be taken at the mangrove growth in the riverain areas of Region Seven. During the continued outreach of the restoration project it was discovered that a type of plant parasite was affecting [...]
Government hosts ‘Lady Jags’ at Reception
MINISTERS ALI & PERSAUD ELATED WITH GOLD CUP QUALIFICATION By Franklin Wilson Following their history making efforts becoming the first Guyanese Football team (male & female) to ever qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup the Government of Guyana hosted the triumphant ‘Lady Jags’ at a Dinner/Reception on Saturday night at the Pegasus Hotel. Ministers of [...]
Miss Republic stays loyal, wins feature event at Ryan Crawford Race Meet
- As Elcock stable reigns supreme in overcast conditions The second half of the 2010 Horseracing season kicked off on Sunday when the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports facilities successfully held its grand one-day Meet. Despite the inclement weather which saw the day’s activity run in wet and somewhat murky conditions the eight [...]
Marian Academy cops Best School
The small, but skilled contingent from Marian Academy showed the mini-tennis community that they are the overall best upcoming tennis players in primary school by winning two categories in a competition that featured 18 children that participated in the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association-organised Mini-Tennis Inter-school Competition which was played, at the National Gymnasium. Seven schools [...]
Moen Gafoor wins three in a row as GASP stages Caricom Open championships
Moen Gafoor is on a roll. Earlier in the year he carted off the Independence Scrabble championships and followed up that win with a sterling performance in the Earl Vigilance Memorial championships where he once again out-spelt a formidable line up of players to win that tournament. Yesterday afternoon Gafoor added yet another accolade to [...]
All Stars finish as runners-up
All Stars by virtue of beating Fearless Flyers 34-29 ended runners-up in the Trophy Stall –sponsored 23 and under Netball Tournament which officially concluded yesterday with the last round of matches, at the National Gymnasium. In the remaining two matches, All Stars defeated Fearless Flyers 34-29 with Timeka McEwan netting 21 goals from 33 attempts [...]
Ian ‘Dumb Boy’ Jackson is 7th Annual CARICOM ‘Wheat Up’ Road Race winner
La Rose, Croal, Harris & Barrett take other categories By Franklin Wilson In what can be described as an awesome ride, Differently Able Cyclist Ian ‘Dumb Boy’ Jackson battered a star studded field to win the 7th annual CARICOM Wheat Up 60-mile road race sponsored by the National Milling Company of Guyana, NAMILCO. Jackson crossed [...]
CONCACAF withdraws from CAC Games
Cites lack of suitable facilities as primary reason CONCACAF Director of Competitions Jill Fracisco has informed that they have withdrawn from the CAC Games scheduled for Puerto Rico. Following is the full text of the letter issued to, among others, their member associations. Dear Ladies and Gentleman; This is to advise you that the CONCACAF [...]
GOA insists Bond must attend CAC Games
- will pay airfare for Texas Longhorns athlete The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) insisted that Guyana’s and University of Texas triple and high jumper, Devon Bond must attend the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Puerto Rico, believing his reason for initially opting out was minor. Bond had previously opted off the national athletics [...]
Berbice play as a team to win DJ Stress 20/20 cricket title
Berbice climaxed a well organised 2nd annual DJ Stress 20/20 cricket Festival at the Guyana National Stadium under lights on Sunday night by beating the star-studded defending champions New Line Cavaliers in the final to claim the title and the G$500,000 first prize. National Leg-spinner Davendra Bishoo took four wickets while off-spinner Krisendat Ramoo, who [...]
When will the GPOC modernize its service in N/A?
Dear Editor, I would like to know when the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) would get with the times and modernize their poor services across the various post offices in the country. I make special mention of the New Amsterdam post office. It is my belief that this post office has become one of the [...]
Elected dictatorship in Guyana and its apologists
On Saturday, June 26, the Guyana Historical Institute held its annual scholarly conference at the National Library. As described in a previous column, the afternoon session began with my presentation on the comparison of the Jagdeo presidency with his predecessors. My task was to trace the historical, sociological and political difference between Jagdeo, one the [...]
Spain and The Netherlands for World Cup final
Dear Editor, As much as the World Cup Soccer and Wimbledon have me busy, I have to admit that I was in awe to read the dailies that the “Lady Jaguars” have qualified for the CONCACAF Gold Cup later in the year in Havana, Cuba. I am excited about the strides taken in different sports [...]
Forms of unacceptable journalism
Dear Editor, Mr. Lincoln Lewis condemned the Office of the President (Kaieteur News July 4 2010) for pointing to “forms of unacceptable journalism” in Guyanese newspapers. He implies that it is a fundamental right in a democratic state for the press to publish whatever it wants. Can Mr. Lewis please tell us if he believes [...]
Joe Singh urged to enter presidential race
Dear Editor, I am writing this letter to endorse Mr. Sasenarine Singh and the other writers who mentioned Major General Ret’d Joe Singh as the Coalition presidential candidate. There is no word yet from the others. There is so much suffering in this beautiful country with vast resources, mismanagement by fraud and crime. I am [...]
THE SHORTAGE OF CHICKEN
Chicken is in short supply again and as expected prices are rising for this most important part of the diet of most Guyanese. Chicken and fish are the most essential sources of protein in Guyana but chicken outstrips fish as the most consumed source of protein in the country. For the vast majority of Guyanese [...]
Is there some connection between Jagdeo’s govt. and the ‘failed fascist state of Cuba?’
Dear Editor, Kissoon obviously thinks so as there are constant negative references to Cuba in his column, most of which are just rhetorical nonsense. They appear out of the blue and one has to struggle to make sense of any context! It is interesting that no mention is ever made in his articles to the [...]
Residents peeved over closure of play school
Dear Editor, We the undersigned residents of No. 67 Village have been concerned for some time that a few religious zealots in the community are bent on closing a play school that has been operating in the Village since the late 1940s. The immediate issue is centered on the ownership/management of the play school and [...]
Guyana’s elections: The Balance of Power
Dear Editor, The phrase “Balance of Power” means a constituent group that, if persuaded to vote one way or the other, can swing the outcome of the election. Ultimate power resides in that group’s hands. Sometimes most of your energy and resources have to be concentrated on identifying the group that holds the balance of [...]
Recent public events have opened discussions of ‘cultural imperialism’ in Guyana
Dear Editor, Dr Prem Misir in a letter in Guyana Chronicle of 4 July (and published previously) appeals for understanding of the context of President Jagdeo’s call for Guyanese not to succumb to ‘western definitions of Child Abuse’. This letter was in a response to a criticism of President Jagdeo’s position published in SN – [...]
Freddie Kissoon takes on Dr Devon Dublin
Dear Editor, I refer to a letter on my brief analysis of Cuba in the Monday edition (Kaieteur News (05-07-10) signed by someone named Devon Dublin (Dr.). I do not reply to anonymous writers. It is self-insult. It is below one’s dignity to do that. If there is a real person that is a medical [...]
The police spotlight for all the wrong reasons
Things have not been going well for the Guyana Police Force although it has been trying to be the best it could. Perhaps the worst episode in the life of the Guyana Police Force for this year occurred over the past weekend and indeed, the administrator of the force would have to worry. A young [...]
