Sylvan Gardner finished 7th in tough Musclemania World competition
Guyanese Bodybuilder Sylvan Gardner returned from competing in the Musclemania World competition at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas where he faced tough opposition. Gardner informed that he finished 7th out of the 10 competitors in his Lightweight category, which was very competitive; over 200 athletes took part in the [...]
EDFA/Mackeson Senior League… Kings, BV & Buxton Stars in the running for championship honors
The battle is well and truly on for championship honors in the East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) / Ansa Mcal Mackeson Senior League which is expected to end this weekend. The front runners are all in a must win situation if they are to lay claim to the title and bragging rights [...]
Bakewell Softball enters last stage, finals set for December 11
The Bakewell nationwide Softball tournament is entering its final stage. Last week at the Ministry of Education Ground, Floodlights defeated Parika Defenders by 76 runs. Regal Senior’s thumped Savage Masters by 44 runs to reach the final in the Over 40 category. The playoff for the Male/Female Open category will take place this [...]
Mangal wins United Insurance Medal Play Golf tourney
Mike Mangal carted off the United Insurance Medal Play Golf Tournament with a scintillating performance over the weekend at the Lusignan Golf Club. Mangal shot a net 67 to secure victory and also had the lowest gross of 77 in winning his second tournament in as many months following his recent success in [...]
Racewalkers intensify activities as end of season looms
Rossen Felix turned in a gutsy display to defeat a competent field of race walkers when the Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club (CSTC) staged its ‘Peace and Unity’ 5K Racewalk Meet around the Den Amstel WCD community on Sunday November 20 last. Malcolm Johnson finished just behind Felix in a competitive event while [...]
BCB NBS 2nd Division 40 overs cricket… Giddings lead RHT Bakewell to win over Belvedere United
A fine display of left arm pace bowling by West Indies Female Cricketer Erva Giddings and an unbeaten opening partnership between National youth players Dominic Rikhi and Shailendra Shameer led Rose Hall Town Bakewell to an easy 10 wicket win over Belvedere United at the Area ‘H’ Ground. This was the team’s third [...]
EBFA/Coca Cola Senior League Semis… Timehri Panthers, Banks, KK Warriors & Grove Hi Tec to contest
The inaugural East Bank Football Association / Banks DIH sponsored Coca Cola Senior League has reached the semi final stage following the conclusion of the group stage with the top four teams advancing. Timehri Panthers ended the group stage in pole position with 18 points followed by Banks FC on 13 points; Kuru [...]
GT&T Jingle and Song Competition…15 ‘Bollywood’ semi-finalists to know fate tonight
Fifteen contestants remain but only 10 of them will have another shot at the keys of a car and a lucrative contract with the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company. Tonight, during the Results Show, the 15 will know which one of them will advance to the December 4th Finals of the Bollywood segment of the [...]
We watching ‘Dem’ ‘till Election Day-APNU’S Roopnarine tells Berbicians
A Partnership for National Unity Political Movement on Wednesday took its election campaign Rally to the West Coast of Berbice where another massive crowd gathered. A positive Presidential Candidate David Granger first congratulated the West Berbicians for their massive support and stated that “your overwhelming support is telling me, is telling APNU, is telling [...]
Road closures for elections
The Guyana Police Force is informing the general public that in order to facilitate security arrangements for General and Regional Elections, the following roads will be closed to vehicular traffic from 06:00 hours today until further notice: High Street, between Cowan and Barrack Streets, Georgetown. Cowan Street, between High and Fort Streets, [...]
APNU mulls privatizing ailing NIS
A Partnership for National Unity says that given the financial predicament of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), along with its gloomy projections, it will not rule out the privatization of that semi-autonomous entity. APNU is proposing alternatively to enter into some form of Public/Private Sector Partnership in an effort to salvage the institution. The body, [...]
Election Day is a public holiday
Monday, November 28th, the day designated for National and Regional Elections, is a public holiday. The announcement came two days after the last official sitting of the Cabinet. A release from the Government Information Agency yesterday said that Cabinet made the decision at that time. “And this came after numerous requests from some private [...]
High tides threatening Stabroek Market vendors
While every person across the country would try to make a little extra money this time of year, continuous flooding in the Stabroek Market has been preventing vendors who operate in the northern side of the building from doing so. “By three ‘o’ clock when the tides get lil high we got to pack [...]
President a no-show at commissioning of Leonora Secondary School
President Bharrat Jagdeo was a ‘no show’ at the commissioning of the $322M Leonora Secondary School yesterday after failing to make an appearance a few days earlier at the opening of the Leonora Technical and Vocational Training Centre at Groenveldt, Leonora, Region Three. This school has the capacity to house 1,000 students. Phulandar Kandhai, [...]
AFC’s Finance Expert sues Guyana Chronicle for $50M
Sasenarine Singh, a senior official of the Alliance For Change, has sued the Guyana National Newspapers Limited, publishers of the Guyana Chronicle and the Sunday Chronicle, in excess $50M. Singh has retained, as his attorneys, Clarence Hughes, Richard Fields, Richard Stoby and Nigel Hughes, among others. The lawsuit stems from an article which was [...]
AFC to slash taxes on vehicles
-taxis, minibuses to pay only 10% CIF The Alliance For Change (AFC), if elected to office, will simplify and reform the tax regime on motor vehicles. This is according to Robert Badal, Chief Executive Officer of the Pegasus Hotel, who was at the time speaking at the party’s weekly press conference at the [...]
PR firm says PPP/C allegations of bias are unfounded
“Tagman CEO, Alex Graham, has provided services to the PPP/C government free of charge upon request…” The management of prominent local Public Relations firm, Tagman, said yesterday that the entity is a professional media firm, which has a constitutional right to work for whomever so requests without discrimination based on politics. The firm [...]
Argentineans visit Guyana on world tour
In promoting integration and love for nature, two Argentineans have made Guyana their 95th destination in a world tour. Roberto Chemello and Maria Del Parana are a married couple from Argentina, a South American country, who has been travelling the world since 1973. They are set to leave Guyana and return to their homeland [...]
St. Joseph’s Mercy, Help and Shelter receive Canadian boost
Canadian High Commissioner, David Devine, on Wednesday handed over two cheques totaling almost $3M to Help and Shelter and the St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital. According to Devine, the Help and Shelter received $1,731,000 to be used in the work to reduce domestic and sexual violence and child abuse. “This handing over today is a [...]
Angoy’s Avenue residents protest for electricity
By Leon Suseran Several residents of Angoy’s Avenue held a picketing exercise in front of the PPP’s Freedom House in New Amsterdam on Thursday to protest what they said were broken promises of the Region Six Chairman, and President Bharrat Jagdeo. According to one protestor, Patrick Budhie, “the Regional Chairman lied to us and also [...]
Diamond gets Pizza Boys, JR Burger
The Guyana Oil Company Limited has added another facility to its Diamond service station, this time introducing a fast food joint to the East Bank Demerara. On Tuesday, the company official opened their Diamond Food Court which will offer JR Burger, Pizza Boys and Royal Castle. Dr. K. Mangal, GuyOil’s Chairman, noted that the [...]
Betsy Ground residents threaten ‘No street, no vote’
Residents of Betsy Ground, East Canje, Berbice, a well-known stronghold of the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic are threatening to withhold their vote to press demands for proper roads. The residents have issued a serious warning to the ruling party and that if their street is not repaired, they will not vote for [...]
8% increase extended to Ministers, MPs
Minister of Finance, Ashni Singh has announced that the recently announced 8% increase in salaries will now be extended to ministers of the Government, members of the National Assembly and constitutional office holders and not only public servants. These additional persons include the Ombudsman, Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Public Service Commission, [...]
Buxton youths beaten, three arrested
– Police say incident was not racially motivated A father and son are among three men taken into custody by the police as they continue investigations surrounding the beating and chopping of three youths from Buxton, East Coast Demerara. The three boys were identified as Mark Lustal, 16; Shaquille Answick, 17; and Lancelot Griffith, [...]
Army veterans’ home commissioned
Some fifteen years after the Guyana Defence Force had a dream about building a home for the former military men and women who had encountered difficult times, a spanking two-story building was yesterday commissioned for that purpose. The home is located in the Joint Service Scheme, in North Ruimveldt. Head of the Guyana Legion, Colonel [...]
