Another difficult year for women in sport
By Rawle Welch This year like so many others that have passed proved to be another difficult year for the promotion of sports among women. Women’s involvement in sports continues to suffer from the lack of recognition and sponsorship and even though some outstanding performances were recorded over the past year the expected support for [...]
Boxing enjoyed favourable Year but much more needed for return to former days
By Michael Benjamin Despite the flair and fantasy associated to cricket boxing affiliates countrywide have always regarded the fistic sport as the leading discipline in regards to the quantity of promotions and the quality of the cards. However, over the years, cricket administrators, both locally and internationally, have enacted certain strategies such as the 20/20 [...]
National U-15s finished 3rd, U-19s disappoint
Lack of sponsors affected local 2010 cricket By Sean Devers The Guyana under-15 team finished 3rd in the Regional under-15 tournament which was played in St Vincent over the Easter period in March but their under-19 counterparts, who once dominated Regional under-19 three-day cricket winning an unprecedented six consecutive titles from 1992, wasted a first [...]
Prosecutor, lawyer absent, matter adjourned
The case of witness tampering against Chandra Narine Sharma and five of his associates, Ravi Mangar, Tyrone Ali, Mark Reid, Raywattie Ramsaywack and Doodnauth came up again before Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond, and the matter was adjourned until January 20, after both the state prosecutor Sanjeev Datadin and the defendants’ attorney Nigel Hughes were absent. On [...]
“2010 – A busy year for all WI cricketers – A quite successful one for Women’s Team”
By Colin Croft A review of West Indies regional and international cricket activities, for 2010, shows that it has been one of the most active recent years for West Indies cricket. The men, and very excitingly, the women’s teams, have been quite busy at home and abroad. Neither set of players could complain of being [...]
Intent was good, implementation must improve
By Edison Jefford The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) was legitimised in mid-February when the federation held its long-overdue Annual General Meeting. David Patterson officially became the President after acting in the post for several months. Patterson had received the support of the Linden-sub association while the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) presented a slate [...]
Sugar workers refuse to heed Corporation’s call
- attendance drops even further, no production for week The bad news has continued for the sugar industry as despite calls for an improvement, no production was recorded countrywide. As of yesterday also, sugar production stood at 220,669 tonnes, almost 44,000 tonnes short of the adjusted target and 14,000 short of last year. This year [...]
Contractors who ‘mess up’ agri projects jump to other sectors
Contractors who “mess up” contracts awarded in the agricultural sector end up with contracts in other sectors, Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud admitted yesterday as the government struggles to deal with errant contractors. “…When you ‘brackle’ them, as it were, in drainage and irrigation, they jump to another sector,” Persaud told reporters yesterday. “If people [...]
Persons guilty of discriminatory practices can be sanctioned – ERC
- $100,000 fine, 2 years imprisonment among penalties The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) is urging all State and Private Sector Agencies to develop a policy of non-discrimination against Chinese and all other Nationals living in Guyana. By way of a release, the Commission reminded the general populace that under the Representation of the People’s Act [...]
West Bank murder suspect remains hospitalised
- Victim died as a result of punctured lung Ashton Peters, who fatally wounded his brother Royston Peters on Tuesday last, up to press time yesterday, was still under police guard. The man is being treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital after being transferred from the West Demerara Regional Hospital. Peters was shot in the [...]
Region Six sees completion of capital works in 2010
The Regional Administration of Region 6 held its final press conference for 2010 yesterday and disclosed that the total expenditure of its work programme is $298.9M. According to Regional Chairman, Zulfikar Mustapha, the bulk of the spending came from drainage and irrigation works totaling some $102M. Several sluices and canals across the region were rehabilitated [...]
Refusing to register a serious offence – GECOM
Come January 1, 2011, and you are not registered, then you would be in breach of the laws of Guyana and could face as much as six months in prison. This is according to a notice posted by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), and according to Public Relations Officer Vishnu Persaud, the move was made [...]
Cash-strapped GuySuCo disposes of 1,000 acres
Negotiations between the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the Central Housing and Planning Authority were scheduled to be completed yesterday to finalise the agreement between the two entities as it relates to the sale of land. This newspaper understands that the transaction will be to the tune of $2B and is for 1,000 acres in [...]
Stop giving the “doomsayers” so much to write about
There is something so vital about living a life of freedom that causes humans to be willing to readily lay down their lives to ensure liberty for their posterity. Wicked governments have – for thousands of years – tried to quash the liberty of the people, and for just as long there have been those [...]
Govt. seeks supervisors for construction of forensic lab
Having already invited bidders for the construction of a 5,817 square feet, two-storey (reinforced concrete) building to serve as a Forensic Laboratory, the Government is now seeking additional bidders for the supervision of the construction. This is as a result of the Government having secured a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to assist [...]
‘Wanted’ man found dead in Laing Avenue canal
- Gunshot wound on body The body of 21-year-old Paul Peters, of East Ruimveldt Front Road, was fished out of the Laing Avenue canal yesterday morning after it surfaced and was observed by residents in the immediate vicinity. The man’s lower back bore a gunshot wound. Police were contacted and scores of residents converged to [...]
The President should now extend his generosity to all marginalized workers
Dear Sir, A basic principle in unionized entities where negotiations for wages/salaries are pursued is the ability to pay. Where such ability does not exist, the employer invariably implements wage freeze, reduce the work week, ban overtime or alternatively downsize thus making employees redundant. In some cases, in order to sustain the viability of the [...]
Slouching towards democracy?
If Rome, as has been claimed, was not built in a day, most Guyanese would concede that democracy in our dear land might take a tad longer. The former after all, was a physical entity that could be monitored and evaluated by all and sundry as to whether progress was being made. Democracy being more [...]
SECRET BALLOTING IS NOT INHERENT TO DEMOCRACY
The debate within the PPP has definitely shifted. The protests over the selection of the presidential candidate are no longer about whether the nominee should be selected/elected by the general membership or by a special congress, but instead it is now about whether the ballot for the process within the Central and Executive Committees should [...]
Will people now demolish tombs to allot space for those to come?
Dear Editor, I am writing to express my total frustration and utter disgust over the dumpsite at Mandela Avenue that has now encroached onto the Le Repentir Cemetery. I believe its existence speaks to clear contempt and disregard for the residents of the surrounding communities. I am a resident of North East, La Penitence and [...]
Jagdeo says, “If they cuss me down, I will cuss them down back.”
These are the words President Jagdeo used at a public meeting with sugar workers at the Convention Centre last week. Like other abominable utterances from the Head of State, Mr. Jagdeo will get away with an expression of a deep character fault that not even Silvio Berlusconi of Italy would want to demonstrate. Do Presidents [...]
Conflict of interests?
Dear Editor, Time and circumstances have a way of letting us know what the real reasons are for peoples’ actions and behaviour. At the launching of the WiMax 4G Network in Guyana by Managing Director of E-Networks Inc , Mr.Vishok Persaud, son of Reepu Daman Persaud, President Bharat Jagdeo made reference to the fact that [...]
Missing teen’s relatives plead for her return
The relatives of Latifah Marks are pleading with public-spirited persons to be on the lookout for the missing 15-year-old who resides in Forshaw Street, Queenstown The Tucville Secondary School student was last seen by her relatives on Boxing Day (December 26) at the Main Big Lime. She was clad in a Black and white vest, [...]
Three remanded for armed robbery
Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry yesterday remanded three men after they appeared before her charged with the offence of robbery under arms. Their names were provided to the court as Dwayne Samuels, Junior Adolphus and Chatandan Herrilall, all of Essequibo. According to police prosecutor Stephen Telford, an arrest warrant was issued for another suspect, Dennis [...]
The way things are even letter writers could face treason charges
Dear Editor I am more convinced now that the PPP government under Bharrat Jagdeo is fascist and a brutal dictatorship. They have driven fears into the population and the business community where people are afraid to speak out against injustices. I was shocked to read in the newspapers that an Army Major and his wife [...]
