Cornwall hits unbeaten 55 for Leewards
Shai keep Bajan hopes alive with unbeaten 84 against Jamaica The third round of the Regional Under-19 three-Day Cricket Tournament started yesterday with three matches and at Bourda the Leeward Islands were 158-6 against defending champions Windward Islands after play was delayed until 14:00hrs due to the early morning showers. The toss was won by the [...]
Carmichael shines in GT trial match
Former national youth player Kellon Carmichael grabbed 2-38 and stroked an entertaining 48 as Chris Barnwell’s X1 beat Steven Jacobs’ X1 by 32 runs at DCC yesterday in the Georgetown Pitbulls t20 trial match. The match was used to select the City side for the August 12 &14 Jam Zone Master’s Cup t20 cricket competition [...]
BCB slams Guyana Chronicle for ‘mischievous’ article
The Secretary of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday issued a press release slamming an article carried in the Guyana Chronicle which claimed that the BCB was not in support of an injunction against the recently elected Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) by Angela Haniff in her capacity as a BCB Executive member. The release called [...]
Guyana go down to favorites, J’ca
- must win remaining games to advance Guyana opened the much anticipated Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championship return with a 43-75 loss to tournament favorites, Jamaica, Monday evening, at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium in Nassau, Bahamas. Jamaica had opened their campaign for the 2011 title with an emphatic win against Antigua and Barbuda over the [...]
BCB Senior Elite Training Programme starts today
The 2nd Annual Senior Elite Training Programme organised by the Special Events Committee of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) is set to bowl off tomorrow at the Albion Community Centre. A total of 37 cricketers selected by the BCB’s Selection Committee headed by Mark Lyte would be part of the programme. Special Events Committee Chairman, [...]
KARES T10 PRIZE WAGON VISITS ESSEQUIBO ISLANDS
Linden, ECD set for this weekend T10 Tapeball fans of Leguan and Charity, Essequibo had a great time competing for novelty merchandise sponsored by Kares Engineering over the past weekend. Fans were selected randomly and were tasked with trivial, but entertaining games for the chance to win prizes, which included: caps, pens, rags, t-shirts, glasses, [...]
More than 30 children benefit as Chess Federation hosts workshop
Officials of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) continue to work assiduously towards the development of the sport and last Saturday organized a workshop at the Carifesta Sports Complex, Georgetown where more than 30 children were briefed on the intricacies of the sport. Dubbed ‘An Introduction to Chess,’ the sessions facilitated nine year-old students as well [...]
West Demerara residents entertained in Police Anniversary cricket fest
Leonora Conquerors defeated Den Amstel Challengers by 8 wickets when play in West Demerara Police cricket tournament continued at the Cornelia Ida Community Center Ground on July 18 last. Den Amstel batted first and compiled a total of 56 losing 7 wickets in the process. Leonora then lashed off the required total (62) while conceding [...]
FC New York headed to Guyana
Will play preseason friendlies in Caribbean next February FC New York has recently announced that the club has been invited by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) to tour Guyana in February of 2012 as part of their preseason preparation for the 2012 season. Garth Nelson, on behalf of the Guyana Football Federation and President Colin [...]
BV & Plaisance notch up wins
BV Triumph United (BVTU) and Plaisance grabbed full points in their latest matches of the Mackeson / East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) senior league when play continued on the weekend at the BV Community Ground. Former champions BVTU aiming to regain dominance in the association were led to their win 2-0 win over Golden Stars [...]
Three wins from 20 World Cup qualifiers, what systems the GFF has for 2012
Dear Editor, The 2012 World Cup Football qualifiers is quickly approaching and the GFF is either unaware of unconcerned. For a country that won its first World Cup qualifying match July 4, 1976 the GFF should be ashamed that Guyana’s last World Cup victory was April 1980 when Earl O’ Neal’s men defeated Grenada 3 [...]
Hosts accuse Jagdeo of pressuring C.N. Sharma
… Pulling of CNS 6 program The dropping of a live call-in programme by CNS Channel 6 over the weekend has sparked accusations of rights violations with one of the hosts yesterday saying that President Bharrat Jagdeo made the telephone call that led to management making that fateful decision. President Jagdeo was not available for [...]
Digital Technology given contracts before it existed – Education Ministry confirms
… ‘Barber shop’ computer contract scandal widens In another attempt to defend the award of multi-million-dollar contracts to Digital Technology – the company’s head office address which was found to be a Brooklyn barber shop – the Minister of Education has in effect admitted the entity was given contracts even before it existed. And the [...]
Broadcast Bill deemed “dangerous” – Chris Ram
The recently tabled Broadcasting Bill has not yet spent a week in the public view and it has already garnered strong criticism. “This Bill is even more dangerous than what we have now …” said Christopher Ram at a press conference called to examine the impact that the decision of CN Sharma, owner of Channel [...]
Businessman being electronically monitored
… US mortgage fraud investigation Authorities in the United States of America have subjected Queens-based Guyana-born businessman Edul Ahmad to electronic monitoring as they continue to probe mortgage fraud totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars. Ahmad who operates a real estate business is being investigated for allegedly fleecing a US lending agency, Countrywide Home Loans, [...]
Cabinet to consider Chinese Co. bid for Govt share in GT&T – Ramjattan
Cabinet is set to consider, today, a proposal by a Chinese company to purchase the 20 per cent stake Guyana has in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T). The shares which have been raking in between $200M to $800M annually in profit since 2000 were placed on the market more than a year ago. [...]
World Bank wants checks on Amerindian projects
…before Norway funds flow; Jagdeo fumes again The World Bank, which is managing funds from Norway under the five-year forest saving deal with this country, wants discussions with Amerindians and other checks before it funds any project the government proposes for Amerindian communities. This means that the money will not come as early as President [...]
Head-on collision in Linden leaves one dead, several injured
A head-on collision between a minibus and a truck early yesterday morning, on the Surapana road, well-known as the’Mines’ road, has left one child dead and eleven persons, including the child’s parents suffering from injuries. Dead is two year old Malvin Hartman, who was reportedly killed on the spot in the vicinity of the old [...]
Dem boys seh… Nine commandments lef
When Moses was leading de people to de Promised land he tek time off fuh go into de wilderness to pray. He spend forty days and when he come back he come wid Ten Commandments. He give de people and tell dem that dem had to live by these commandments if dem want to enjoy [...]
Another maternal death recorded
…even as ministry releases “Midwifery report” Just under a week after the launch of the midwifery report on maternal health care, another maternity death has been reported, this time in the Moruka Region one area. Relatives of Nadira Charles, 27, of Moruka Village have blamed the negligence of the nurses, medex and doctor at the [...]
Media owners concerned over short review time
… Access to Information Bill The Guyana Media Proprietors Association (GMPA) has expressed concerns over the short time frame allowed the public to review the Access to Information Bill 2011. The Bill, seen as an information piece of legislation to improve transparency and accountability by any ruling government, was recently tabled in the National Assembly [...]
Gold company announces exploration, drill results encouraging
Riva Gold Corporation announced Friday, last, that to date, results from its mapping, trenching and diamond drill programme on its Honey Camp Property located in Guyana were encouraging. “Three historical vein systems, the Rainbow, Alma and Camp veins, located within a 2.4 kilometres by 0.9 kilometre area on the Honey Camp Property were tested by [...]
Another boat mishap occurs in the Essequibo River
One day after passengers onboard a boat heading to Parika from Supenaam had to be rescued by another vessel, some others suffered the same fate. According to reports some time after lunch, yesterday, passengers boarded a boat at the Parika stelling. In the vicinity of Hogg Island and Wakenaam the boat developed mechanical problems. As [...]
PPP says Ahmad is not a party financier
The ruling People’s Progressive Party has distanced itself from embattled Queens, New York businessman Ed Ahmad, making it absolutely clear that Ahmad has not made any financial contributions to the party’s 2011 political campaign. In a statement condemning the reporting by certain sections of the media of Ahmad’s arrest by Federal Agents in the United [...]
Arya Samaj begins 2011 mission in Guyana
….has invested over $20M in poor and needy President of the New Jersey Arya Samaj Humanitarian Mission, Pandit Suresh Sugrim, has said that the organization has given more than $20M (US$100,000 and more) to the poor and needy in Guyana since the group’s establishment in 2005. Pandit Sugrim is in Guyana for the 2011 leg [...]
