Are local boxers ready for Barbados Invasion?
Seventeenth ProAm boxing extravaganza holds the answers By Michael Benjamin The ProAm boxing cards return to the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) this Friday July 29 and for the first time the card would see the local crème de la crème opposing their overseas counterparts in a card that is geared to climax with unbridled [...]
Close encounters as Kares t10 softball cricket continues
The second weekend closed with some 190 matches completed and a highest individual score of 135 not out by Ricknauth Rooplall, which included some 19 sixes and 2 fours and in partnership with Chris Patadin, who slammed 48 in an entertaining partnership , worth 200 runs representing Better Hope XI. They took the life out [...]
EAST COAST CRICKET BOARD 10th CRICKET ACADEMY STARTS TOMORROW
The East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) will hold its tenth annual Cricket Academy from tomorrow, Monday July 25, at the Lusignan Community Centre, East Coast Demerara. The programme which ends on August 5 will involve 50 youths between the ages of 12 – 16 years and will be conducted under the theme ‘Healthy Lifestyle and [...]
JR Burgers partners with GMR&SC
With a mere seven days to go before the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) stages another Race Meet, the club received a significant boost for its preparation when JR Burgers came on board by offering its support recently. Manager and motor racer Ryan Rahaman handed over a cheque for an undisclosed sum to [...]
Guyana’s boxers in action at ALBA Games
The Guyanese boxers opened competition at the ALBA Games in Venezuela yesterday and are due to continue today. Reports also state that Guyana secured its first medal with a bronze in the karate competition, which is to be confirmed. Last evening Stephan Gouveia was the face Jimenez of the Dominican Republic; Ron Smith vs Correa [...]
Trinidad and Tobago force Windward Islands to follow on
Trinidad and Tobago put Windward Islands in the spot as they made them follow-on, on day two the U-19 three day cricket tournament yesterday as at Guyana National Stadium, Providence. Trinidad and Tobago scored 271 all out after resuming at 219-6 when play started yesterday. The Windwards were dismissed for 121 batting in their first [...]
Achievers remain unconquerable
It was a case of another day, different venue, but same results as Guyana’s most dominant volleyball club Young Achievers continued its rule over local opposition when the first round of the fours format of this year’s Tradewind Tankers ‘True Champions’ Tournament concluded yesterday, at the Goed Fortuin Community Centre, West Demerara. The hosts won [...]
Rite Care Pharmacy hands over trophies to Linden schools individual TT winners
The various winners in the recently concluded Rite Care Pharmacy sponsored Linden Schools Table Tennis individual championship were presented on Thursday with their trophies by owner of the business in Linden, Mr. Dennis Muhammad. Seakou Joseph won the Boys Under 21 category of the Singles Table Tennis championships which were contested at the Linmine Constabulary [...]
Basketball summer Clinic set for Berbice from tomorrow
By Samuel Whyte Young and aspiring Basketball players in Berbice have a chance to learn the game and improve their skills over the holiday period when the Berbice Basketball Association stages their annual basketball summer camp for youngsters in the East Berbice area. The Clinic will begin tomorrow and is expected to end on the [...]
GFF should have been more Pro-active in School’s Championships
Before I attempt to divulge the harsh but sad realities as it relates to the above caption. May I first and foremost extend my heartiest congratulations to the eventual winners Government Technical Institute (G.T.I) for their resounding 5-3 victory, over fellow finalist Wimar/Christianburg, in the finals of the inaugural Digicel sponsored nationwide Schools knockout tournament, [...]
Cartoons Sun. July 24, 2011
The Jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi)
The Jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi) is a medium-sized wild cat that ranges from southern Texas in the United States south to South America. The two colour phases were once thought to represent two distinct species; the grey one called jaguarundi, and the red one called eyra. In some Spanish speaking countries, the jaguarundi is also called [...]
Research shows rape took place
Dear Editor, I am responding to Mr. Malcom Harripaul (Kaieteur News, June 13) who challenged me to do research on rape in Guyana as happened during the period of forced National Service in the 1970s and 1980s. I spent almost two weeks in Guyana in July and researched this topic with people in the know [...]
The relations between my ex- husband and me are pleasant and without bitterness
Dear Editor, Some person,man or woman is writing a blog and trying to write in my name as though I am the writer. I Ena Ram declare that I am not the writer of any blog anywhere in cyberspace. Many have told me about this blogger as I do not read blogs. Too many of [...]
Dr. Prem Misir’s idea of Public Relations: use fictitious African names for letters!
Dear editor, I refer to Francis Carryl’s letter in KN of July 19th titled, “Why haven’t we heard from Mike Persaud?”, in which he charges that my response of June 23rd titled, “We still need to hear from Dave Martindale” falls short – because, he claims, it fails to cite specific letters of his that [...]
I hope this double standard will be discontinued
Dear Mr. Editor, It’s noticeable to the public that the workers of the Ministry of Works are carrying out pavement work at Plaisance Market Square. I am wondering if the Ministry will remove the two rum shops which are located on the southern half of the Railway Embankment road from the government reserve. The two [...]
The ‘Jagdeo prosperity’ has not trickled down to the poor
Dear Editor, Sometimes it is hard to accept failure when you have so much invested emotionally in an organization or a person. We try to counsel, we hope they will change, we make apologies, we sometimes have interventions, we promise to pray for them, but we should never enable them in their wrongdoings. Having just [...]
Missing Brazil
The launching of the Guyana/Brazil Private Sector Integration Project by the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA), and the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Development Organization (SEBRAE) was the occasion to lament on opportunities missed. The president of the GSMA, Mr. Clinton Williams, ruefully bemoaned the dearth of progress a full decade after the Partial [...]
The Agriculture Sector in Region One needs urgent attention
Dear Editor, I read with amusement a letter from Mr Laurence Louis which is in response to one from Mr. Desmond Fernandes on the state of the Agriculture Sector in Region One. Mr. Louis forgot to close his letter with the words “adapted from Grimm’s Fairy Tales”. Mr. Editor, Region One is indeed lacking in [...]
This brazen bus conductor boasts that his police contacts will protect him
Dear Editor, If I had needed any evidence of the arrogance of some mini-bus operators, I got it last Wednesday while travelling in a route 42 mini-bus from Diamond to Georgetown. I was coming down to the city to lend support to the families who were protesting the deaths of their loves ones in the [...]
Fares flying low over REDjet fears?
By Sir Ronald Sanders The appearance of the low-cost carrier, REDjet, in the relations between the countries of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) has tossed up a number of issues, especially the conviction by the public that the cost of air travel in the region is exorbitant. The complaint about the high cost [...]
C&O issue can exert a malignant influence on our fragile democracy
It is with grave concern that the AFC views the passage of legislation to facilitate the re-opening of the claims and objections period. The “divisions” called for in the National Assembly will record the AFC’s principled stance on this very serious issue which has the potential to exert a malignant influence on Guyana’s fragile democracy. [...]
Did the PNCR abandon its commissioners?
By Adam Harris The mind of the politician must be different from the mind of ordinary people. In the first instance, there must be something that would make a person do anything to lord it over others and at the same time be prepared to sacrifice his privacy. Ordinary people like to sit quietly when [...]
Power: A comparison between Guyana and the USA
There is no doubt whatsoever in my mind that Cheddi Jagan and Forbes Burnham were genuinely likeable personalities who were committed to a certain level of societal obligation. But it begins and ends there. Jagan and Burnham had a conceptualization of power that had to bring tragedy. Absolute power is the only source for the [...]
Last prayer for Learia Bristol
- three men wanted ‘Big L’ dead By Michael Jordan On the evening of Wednesday, August 4, 2010, Shumaine Archer heard a car stop in front of her aunt’s Lot 285 Well Road, North Ruimveldt home shortly before 21:00 hrs. She surmised that this meant that her aunt, Learia Bristol, had returned from church. Aunt [...]
