Rehman, Ajmal spin Pakistan to 196-run win as two-Test series ends 1-all
By Sean Devers in St Kitts In association with Digicel, Queensway & Leisure Inn In the sunshine of St Kitts the Pakistan spinners made merry on a last day pitch offering prodigious turn to level the two-Test Digicel series with an emphatic 196-run win against the West Indies 17 minutes before Lunch yesterday. Set a [...]
Alpha face Puerto Rico, Defence Force play Tempete FC today at Stadium
By Franklin Wilson All roads this evening leads to the Guyana national Stadium, Providence for what is anticipated to be two exciting semifinal games in the Caribbean Football Union Club Champions Cup. It is the biggest club tournament ever to be hosted on local shores featuring the top four club sides in the Caribbean. Home [...]
YBG launches NSBF extended version
- conferences established across Guyana With Digicel Guyana, Banks DIH Limited and the National Sport Commission affirming their support once again this year, Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) has been able to transform the National Schools’ Basketball Festival (NSBF) into a mega-national event. The tournament was officially launched yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall and [...]
Stephen ‘Valentino Rossi’ Vieira reigns supreme at Dover
Guyana’s Stephen ‘Valentino Rossi’ Vieira was in outstanding form as he raced to two first places and a second at the first leg of the Caribbean Motor racing Championship which was held on Monday at Dover Raceway in Jamaica. Vieira, who had expressed confidence ahead of the Championship, was in dominant mood as he gained [...]
Courts provide corporate funds for ‘The Rampage’
It will be 46 rounds of ‘don’t you dare miss it’ fistic fury when officials of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) stage a boxing card dubbed ‘The Rampage’ this Saturday May 28 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH). Already, the corporate support is pouring in and less than twenty four hours after [...]
FIBA Level I Coaching Clinic jumps off
- Yassin urges coaches to spread knowledge Former National Basketball Association (NBA) Assistant Coach, Tom Newell officially bounced off his weeklong FIBA Level I Coaching Clinic yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with coaches from Linden, Georgetown, Berbice and Kwakwani participating. The event, which will see the participants gaining FIBA Level I coaching status [...]
Alpha officials attend CONCACAF Champions League conference
Alpha Football Club officials Steve Ninvalle and Gavin Brown attended the CONCACAF Champions League Conference in Miami on Monday and Tuesday of this week ahead of this week’s CFU tournament’s latter stage. The conference was aimed at bringing the teams involved in the Champions League and those on the verge of qualifying up to speed [...]
Masters’ Independence Football starts tomorrow
The 45th Anniversary Masters Football Tournament Independence Cup commences tomorrow at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground where 12 teams will be launching their campaigns for cash prizes and trophies that are up for grabs. Participating teams include Linden, Masters Berbice, East Coast, GFC Pele, Huston All-Stars, Santos, Thomas United, Plaisance, Western Tigers, Brazilian Embassy [...]
COTED confab produces satisfactory results
Responding to calls for speedier action on matters related to Caricom integration, and for firm decisions on issues at hand, regional trade ministers ended their recent meeting with a number of agenda items being satisfactorily addressed. Caricom’s Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) convened its 32nd meeting last Thursday and Friday in Guyana at [...]
GuySuCo moves to compensate dead man’s family
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) will be moving to compensate the family of factory worker, Jainarine ‘Derrick’ Singh, who died Monday after an explosion at the Enmore site. GuySuCo will also be covering the funeral expense of Singh, Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud, said yesterday. The official made the announcement hours after he visited the [...]
President’s/Jefford Track Classic has evolved
By Rawle Welch Just as they had promised during the staging of the inaugural President’s /Jefford Track Classic to make this year’s edition bigger and better, Organisers of the event held true to their word and what fans witnessed last Sunday was overwhelming evidence of the Meet’s evolution. The two principals tasked with organising the [...]
GT&T continues its support of Alika Morgan
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has continued its long-standing relationship with Alika Morgan, Guyana’s outstanding long-distance runner. It is an association that started when the athlete was just 16 years old. She is coached and groomed by Mr. Leslie and Mrs. Avril Blacks. At a simple handing over ceremony that took place at [...]
GT&T, ACDA team up to launch outstanding Afro-Guyanese competition
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has teamed up with the African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) to highlight outstanding Guyanese of African descent. During the next 10 weeks, leading up to Emancipation Day on August 1, the telephone company will be giving away cash prizes. On Monday, GT&T’s Chief Executive Officer, Yog Mahadeo, [...]
Concentration lapses almost cost us, lots of work to do – Hercules
Head Coach of the ‘Golden Jaguars’ Collie Hercules was not too happy with the performance of his charges despite their two-game victory against Barbados in their two home games of a 4-game International Friendly series. Guyana won the second game 3-2 having to erase a 2-goal deficit at the Guyana National Stadium on Sunday evening. [...]
Fierce rivalry anticipated as GASP stages Independence Open competition
While the nation celebrates the 45th Independence Day in reverence, contemplating the strides made by this country during those years, top scrabble players would be vying for honours when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) stages the annual Independence Open competition, this Thursday at the Malteenoes Sports Club Pavilion. Whereas before, choosing a winner [...]
Region’s ICT officials meet in Grenada
Officials with responsibility for information and communication technology yesterday began a two-day meeting in Grenada to tackle a comprehensive agenda in preparation for a ministerial meeting on Friday. This meeting of officials of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) is preliminary to the Friday forum at which they will gather with Caricom Trade [...]
Mangrove Species Inventory Programme off to successful start
The National Agriculture Research Institute (NARI) and the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) on July 26, last year, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which ensured that under the agreement, the Government through NARI would provide the financing for the implementation of the Mangrove Species Inventory Programme. At the Ministry of Agriculture’s boardroom yesterday, a Geographic [...]
‘Thrill’ makers take Guyana to CCJ
(Waterkant) Suriname – The makers of Thrill soft drinks, Suriname-based Rudisa Beverages, has taken Guyana to a regional court to reclaim millions of dollars of environmental tax charged. Suriname media yesterday reported that Rudisa forked out over US$4M to Guyana over recent years. However, the company does not agree with the tax, claiming that both [...]
Grove Hi Tec FC to hold Independence Day of sports tomorrow
Sportsmen and women on the East Bank of Demerara will have the opportunity to test each other tomorrow when the Grove Hi Tec Football Club brings off their annual day of sports which coincides with Guyana’s Independence Anniversary celebrations. From 10:00hrs tomorrow, football, cricket, circle tennis and athletic teams will be vying for the attractive [...]
Cougars Football Club win Digicel Berbice Cup
Cougars Football Club played unbeaten to take top honours when the first ever Digicel sponsored, Digicel Cup Football competition organized by the Hearts Of Oak Masters Football Club (HOMFC) was played off in Berbice. Seven teams were invited to the two night competition which was played under floodlights on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 May [...]
GT Office Assistants hosts Day of Sports
The GT Office Assistants Sports Committee will be hosting an Independence Day of Sports this Thursday at the YMCA ground, Thomas Lands, commencing from 09:00 hrs. According to a release from the Organisers, the activity is being co-ordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, James Lewis, and is expected to see staff members from all [...]
VAT is three times the burden
Dear Editor, I read an article in your daily newspaper about TAX and VAT in Guyana and wish to commend you to firstly recognize the hard times which the PPP Government has created for Guyanese. It is a sad thing to know that the government has implemented a system it cannot control. To date all [...]
UK-based company is sole bidder on OLPF sub-project
After receiving no bids on the first occasion for the supply of computer-based training software and online evaluation for the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) programme, the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) re-tendered the sub-project and yesterday attracted one (1) bid. On May 10, last, was the first time bids were being accepted, [...]
Don’t be blind to Agricola
Dear Editor, I set about penning this letter because I am burdened by the fact that although the community in which I reside is making strides for the better, it would appear that no one notices. Agricola, better known and advertised for the place it used to be, is now a place of peace. Violence [...]
Radio is dead in Kwakwani
Dear Editor, I am making another attempt to highlight and have the issue of radio addressed. The last time I heard radio clearly in my community, Kwakwani, was when President Jagan’s funeral was broadcast. In my effort to have answers, I was given all the excuses and reasons available from NCN. My radio was even [...]
