U-20’s return to camp today ahead of CFU qualifiers
Guyana host Jamaica, USVI & Grenada from Oct. 6 By Franklin Wilson The battle lines will be drawn at the regional level once again from October 6 when Guyana play host to Jamaica, Grenada and the United States Virgin Islands in opening round qualification for the FIFA World Under-20 competition. The junior ‘Golden Jaguars’ will [...]
Greene makes pitch for $50M facility
- GTTA wishes Commonwealth team well By Edison Jefford President of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), Henry Greene made a pitch Monday night for a $50M modern table tennis facility when the Commonwealth Games team received the blessings of the association with financial incentives. Greene told the media at the Police Officers’ Mess at [...]
Police taking soldiers seriously
- Joint Services battle-lines drawn After heading into the final day at the Joint Service Athletics Championship with a 12-point lead last year and still losing the battle, the Guyana Police Force are adopting a “serious” approach to their methods this year ahead of the 2010 Championships. Speaking with Kaieteur Sport yesterday, Police Coach, Lyndon [...]
Berbice A to face Demerara U-23 today @ Albion
The Berbice Cricket Board has made two changes to its ‘A’ team for the 2nd match in the Inter County series against Demerara which is set for today at the Albion Community Centre Ground. Berbice last Friday defeated Demerara by two wickets in the first game to clinch the Colin Wiltshire Memorial trophy while at [...]
Royston Crandon slams 100; RHT Gizmos & Gadgets to contest finals
A brilliant even century by national player Royston Crandon led Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets (RHTG&G) to a comfortable 74 run victory over West Berbice in their semifinal encounter of the 2010 Busta Champion of Champions tournament at the Albion Community Centre Cricket Ground on Sunday last. In the other semifinal game, Young Warriors [...]
Confident Commonwealth Games bound boxing team leaves today
A confident Guyana boxing team to the Commonwealth Games in India, left today for their final destination via a connecting flight in New York and is expected to arrive there sometime tomorrow. President of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association Steve Ninvalle spoke to Kaieteur Sport yesterday and disclosed that after three weeks encamped the three [...]
GCB El-Dorado inter-county 50-over cricket to be launched today
The Guyana Cricket Board will launch the 2010 El Dorado 50 Over Inter-County Competition today September 29 from 14:00hrs in the GCB’s Board Room, Regent Street Entrance. Full details of the sponsors, Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) along with tournament information will be disclosed. The fixtures for the competition will see: Round 1- Sat, 2 October 2010 [...]
Greaves gets 2010 Fuji Pro from Digicel
- boost chances at Commonwealth Games Digicel Guyana Inc. on Monday handed over a 2010 Fuji Pro track cycle to local cyclist, Alonzo Greaves, who will be competing at the upcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India as part of the three-man national cycling contingent. Geron Williams and Marlon Williams will also be competing in [...]
Hikers lead first division pool in Banks ‘Nite’ hockey
A much improved Old Fort ‘A’ squared off with the Hikers ‘A’ for the first match of the second round in the Banks ‘Nite’ Hockey Tournament which continued on Monday, at the Thirst Park ground. In their recent first round clash, Hikers had outclassed Old Fort coming away with an easy 5-0 victory, but the [...]
Aggressive Hicks blasts RHT Gizmos & Gadgets past Port Mourant Karibee Rice
Discarded national wicketkeeper/batsman Delbert Hicks sent a strong message to the national selectors on Thursday last when he blasted an aggressive unbeaten 96 off 30 balls to lead his team to an easy victory over arch rivals Port Mourant Karibee Rice Cricket Club at the area ‘H’ Ground. The two teams were vying for the [...]
Clico liquidation presents more questions than answers
Dear Editor, I learnt to my consternation that at the Clico Head Office last Friday, the Bank of Guyana (BoG) purported to dispose of assets of the beleaguered insurance company;. cConsternation because by theat time the BoG and its attorneys should have been notified or ought to have known that it was unlawful for it [...]
Trophy Stall win Lion Club’s female softball cricket
Trophy Stall female cricket team emerged champion after defeating 4R Lioness by five wickets with ten deliveries to spare when the Lions Club of Bel Air hosted a fund-raiser Day of Sports last Sunday, at the Carifesta Sports Complex, Georgetown. 4R Lioness batted first and scored a challenging 89-5 at the expiration of the 10 [...]
Concerned about our foreign athletes
Dear Editor, I read with deep concern Marian Burnett’s expressions of frustration at not receiving adequate support from the government of Guyana or from the governing athletics association in Guyana, in her pursuit to represent Guyana internationally in the area of track and field. I share her concern, and believe that it is time to [...]
Draughts players battle in national championships this weekend
Draughts players are scheduled to be in action once again when the Guyana Draughts Association (GDA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports stages the Annual National Draughts Championships at the National Stadium Providence this weekend, Saturday October 2 and Sunday 3. This year the competitors would be placed in three categories [...]
Strikers vs. Achievers final shaping up to be an epic battle
By Rawle Welch This Saturday’s climax of the Tradewind Tankers ‘True Champions’ Volleyball Tournament promises to produce sizzling action if one is to judge from the performances of all four teams during the semi-finals which was played almost two weeks ago. The venue is the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) and the two teams set [...]
Minibus Transportation Service in Guyana
Dear Editor, On Sunday evening last, about 19.00 hrs, we boarded a minibus BMM 8529 at the Parika bus park. We were destined for Georgetown. During the course of the journey, the driver stopped to pick two more passengers at Meten-Meer-Zorg village, West Coast Demerara. The bus was already filled to its capacity and thus [...]
Are we witnessing the PNCR demise?
Dear Editor, I find it difficult to accept the rationale of some PNCR supporters that Robert Corbin, the current party leader, possesses the wherewithal and should remain in his position unless he resigns on his own volition. This mind-set or naiveté defies logic and calls into question whether the appalling living conditions dictate rendering blind [...]
Guyana is very dissappointing
Dear Editor, I am a young man in this potentially great country of Guyana. I look around in this country and I wonder what is going on. The economy seems to be declining. Goods and services are getting more and more expensive. The authority doesn’t appear to see it fit to match salaries with expenses. [...]
There may be double standards
Dear Editor, To begin with, I actually couldn’t understand why the Office of the President recently accused some media houses of being in breach of this country’s anti-racism laws, when there is no truth to these claims. It is therefore obvious to us that this Government is just making up false allegations against those media [...]
An Open Letter to Police Commissioner Henry Greene
Dear Commissioner, I wish to extend my appreciation, and that of a grateful nation, to the courageous police officers who were involved in the recovery of a cache of stolen and illegal firearms in Berbice, as reported in Kaieteur News and Stabroek News on September 23. As a patriotic Guyanese, and one who is very [...]
Businesses sign on to GCCI’s Code of Conduct
Several businesses yesterday signed on to the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI)’s Code of Conduct which was launched yesterday at Duke Lodge, Kingston. The event was attended by scores of business persons, 24 of whom were the first signatories on the document which provides guidelines to the membership on how businesses should operate [...]
Desperate times call for desperate measures
This is how the article in this newspaper started, “A 29-year-old teacher turned herself into a human torch at around 11:00 hrs yesterday, reportedly going berserk even as relatives were trying to solve a dispute between the victim and her husband.” If ever there was an act of desperation, it was when 29 year-old Rhondina [...]
GUYANA NEEDS MORE GLENN LALLS!
It has been our practice to let the public know about developments in the unfolding conspiracy against Kaieteur News. We have done this in the past. We have informed the nation as to what we learnt about the plans that were being hatched against the newspaper. We also made predictions about what would have happened. [...]
UN: High int’l food prices likely to continue
- CARICOM countries urged to eat local By Leonard Gildarie As the Caribbean region considers a major proposal to ensure there is enough food being produced for its member states, authorities have urged for a drastic reduction of its burgeoning imports. Not only do CARICOM member states need to consume what it produces, but it [...]
Are you an animal? How do you face your mature children?
Mr. Ed Miliband won the contest to be the leader of the British Labour Party. As in Trinidad in the UNC with the defeat of Basdeo Panday, it was pure, unadulterated freedom on show. It was philosophy in motion, pure and simple. The member of the Labour Party voted for its leader. Miliband won by [...]
