Keen tussle envisaged at senior Chess championship set for the weekend
Chess players will match wits once again when the Guyana Chess Federation stages a Chess competition which will serve as the lead up to the 2011 National Senior championship, on Sunday October 30 at the KEI-SHAR’S Sports Club, 1 Hadfield St. Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown. The players would compete over eight rounds and in a [...]
Rockaway/New York Softball team Int. tourney bowls off today
Sixteen teams will battle from toady the three-day Guyana Cup Open and Guyana Masters Cup Twenty20 softball competitions set to be played at four different venues in the capital city, Georgetown. The venues are GCC Ground Bourda, Everest Cricket Ground, Queens College Ground and the Carifesta Sports Complex Ground. Preliminary matches and semi [...]
Clive Lloyd appointed GCB Executive
Sixty-seven year-old former Guyana and West Indies Captain Clive Lloyd has been appointed to serve as a co-opted Executive Committee Member of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB). According to the GCB, when approached, Lloyd, who led the West Indies two titles in three consecutive World Cup finals, readily agreed to serve as an [...]
ECB U-17 KO 50 over tourney…Persaud, Gonsalves hit 50s as Leguan & South E’bo win; Pomeroon DQ
Leguan and South Essequibo recorded victories when the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) knock-out Under-17 50-over cricket competition bowled off recently with several matches. At Lima, Leguan overcame North Essequibo by 4 wickets. North took first strike and were bowled out for 88 in 17.1 overs. Keisha Rooplall 21 and Siddique Mohamed 18 were [...]
E’bo Coast select XI defeat Surujpaul XI in feature U- 17 match
An Essequibo Coast select XI defeated Vijay Surujpaul XI by 59 runs in a feature U-17 40 over cricket match organised by Coach Forbes Daniels last Sunday at Golden Fleece. In a match which was reduced to 28 overs due to rain Essequibo Coast select XI batted first and managed 157-6 in 28 [...]
Softball cricket competition on at Lusignan tomorrow
– Rainbow Promotions host Family Fun Day Lusignan Community Centre Ground will come alive tomorrow with pulsating softball cricket when Rainbow Promotions/Lexus Blingers and Full Bloom Entertainment host its Grand Family Fun Day and Softball Cricket Competition at the venue. According to a release from Rainbow Promotions, $200,000 will be the first [...]
YMCA Dojo to hold Grading Exams
Karatekas from across Guyana are preparing for Sunday’s Grading Examinations to be hosted by the YMCA Dojo, Thomas Lands, Brickdam. Sunday’s exams will be conducted by 8th Dan Master Frank Woon-A-Tai.
Nomination Day…Enthusiastic supporters swarm City Hall, PPP/C executives chide Moses
It is more than official. The last leg of the Guyana’s General and Regional Elections 2011 is off and running. And the winner seems not clear. It was a day when a sea of colours dominated by the red, black, yellow and green virtually illuminated downtown Georgetown and despite the heavy police presence and barriers, [...]
UGWU condemns Jagdeo’s attack on Nigel Hughes
“It is a crime against the nation of Guyana that the President of Guyana can eerily admit that the assignment of the honour, status and distinction of Senior Counsel in the legal profession is granted or withheld based on the political affiliation of lawyers or the whims and fancy of the Head [...]
Digicel blames connectivity issues as Blackberry goes down
Blackberry subscribers have been without service since Wednesday afternoon, with Digicel Guyana yesterday saying that it is suffering connectivity problems. The company in a statement did not say when the service would be up, but indicated that it will be restored “gradually in the shortest time possible”. “We are currently experiencing connectivity issues [...]
Life expectancy rate up by almost 10 years – Health Minister
The quality of life in Guyana has noticeablely improved leading to an increase in the life expectancy rate by almost 10 years in the last decade. This development came at a time when, according to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, “the country was again flirting with a life expectancy rate which was dropping [...]
Motorcyclist succumbs to injuries from accident
Motorcyclist, Hubert Hunte, whose vehicle collided with a minibus near the Demerara Harbour Bridge on Wednesday evening, died yesterday in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). According to his relatives, Hunte, 26, had sustained severe injuries to his head and was bleeding profusely through his nose and ears. [...]
‘Picture Boy’ trial continues…Judge overrules no case submission
By Latoya Giles Justice Winston Patterson yesterday overruled a no case submission by Defence Counsel Lyndon Amsterdam, as the murder trial of Cyon Collier called ‘Picture Boy’ continued. Collier is on trial for the murder of Chandrapaul Persaud called ‘Kero man’ at Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara, on September 30, 2006. Amsterdam made a four-hour [...]
Guyana poised to arrest cervical cancer with HPV vaccination
“We can stop cervical cancer, we can make it part of our history,” says Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy. He opines that this can be achieved if all young women are able to have the Visual Inspection with Acid (VIA). As such, a programme is geared to commence in the near future where [...]
Ms. Burton can make no honest claim of successes with this administration during her GTUC presidency
Dear Editor, While Ms. Gillian Burton, former President of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC), has a constitutional right to freedom of association, such right does not extend to falsification of claims about the GTUC. This is a dangerous path Ms. Burton is pursuing and doesn’t augur well for her integrity. Her use [...]
Moses Nagamootoo on AFC’s Candidate List
…Valerie Lowe TUF faction also under Alliance banner Today is Nomination Day when all speculations will be put to rest as it relates to who will be contesting the 2011 General and Regional Elections and just who will be on each of the Candidates List for each party. This newspaper has been reliably informed [...]
‘Missing’ gold recovered and returned to Eldorado Trading
Spokesperson for Air Services Limited, Annette Arjoon, has stated that the gold which reportedly went missing from one of the aircraft on Tuesday has been recovered and returned to its owner, Eldorado Trading Company. However Arjoon stated that contrary to reports in this publication the gold was worth $5M and not $50M. There are reports [...]
APNU manifesto to be unveiled in 11 days
The Value Added Tax (VAT) has, ever since its introduction in 2007, been a bone of contention, a source of protest action and literal tit for tat between the ruling administration, the political opposition, civil society and the private sector among others. But Donald Ramotar has proposed to have the tax reviewed. This is according [...]
Two boys suspected drowned in Diwali day swim
- Bodies unrecovered Two boys, both aged 13, are suspected to have drowned yesterday after they took off swimming with another boy in the Demerara River without the knowledge of their parents. One of the boys, Renaldo Henry, was in fact a runaway lad from Georgetown since Monday. He is said to have lured the [...]
Dem boys seh…People thief de diyas this year
Diwali night mek people realize how much thiefing going on. In de past, night like Diwali night use to bring out people from every corner. People use to lef de country and come to town just to see de lighting up. Rich people use to light up de most diyas. This time around dem hardly [...]
Jagdeo’s vultures and carrion crows
The news media have long been the subject of attacks from every quarter. Criminals criticize them for exposing aspects of their lives that they the criminals would wish to keep under wraps; people who do things that they do not want to reveal turn on the media when these things are revealed; politicians detest [...]
Greatness has its dangers: The Nigel Hughes incident
I first met Nigel Hughes in the early 1990s. I came to know him better as the Hoyte presidency came under pressure by the opposition. There was a large strike against the 1989 budget and the University joined the protest. I was just three years into my employment at UG. The police charged me for [...]
HOW WILL APNU DIVIDE ITS SEATS AFTER THE ELECTIONS?
If the APNU continues to attract minuscule parties or individuals without mass support into its ranks, a situation could well emerge whereby its main constituent, the PNCR, ends up being marginalized after the elections. The PNCR is the majority partner of APNU. It will bring more money and more votes to APNU than all of [...]
Bishop Edghill’s open endorsement of the PPP/C slate is not unusual for this part of the world
DEAR EDITOR, It is with some concern I write regarding the published comments regarding Bishop Juan Edghill’s public endorsement of the Presidential candidate, Donald Ramotar and the People’s Progressive Party/Civic. Bishop Edghill’s open endorsement seems to have caused some ruffles amongst certain sections of the society, however, I wish to point out that [...]
Parents are supporting children’s bad habits
Dear Editor, This letter is prompted by the expressed dissatisfaction by an irate parent whose child turned up 18 minutes late to an interview for employment at my Company. On top of that the applicant was dressed in a “hip pants” which was literally falling off the applicant when she got up with [...]
