EBFA Coca Cola Senior League…Grove Hi Tec & Banks FC to clash in final; Warriors & Timehri play for 3rd
The inaugural Banks DIH Coca Cola Senior League champions for the East Bank Football Association (EBFA) will be crowned on Sunday afternoon at the Diamond Community Centre Ground when the final is contested. Earning the right to square off for the top prize of $300,000 are Grove Hi Tec and Banks FC following [...]
CONCACAF Women’s U17 WCQ Round 2…Lady Jags face Soca Princesses; Bahamas clash with Reggae Princesses
Following wins over Anguilla (2-0) and a draw with Curacao (1-1) Guyana’s Under-17 Lady Jags will be embarking on another quest of making themselves and country proud when they face Trinidad and Tobago in opening action of the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Second Round at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex, Kingston, Jamaica. The feature [...]
Nationals this year a disaster!
-Athletes displeased with poor organisation By Juanita Hooper The recently held 2011 National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships, which was held in the Capital City of Guyana between November 15-18 at the National Aquatic Centre and the National Stadium was more of a historic disaster than a historic success. The National [...]
Letter to the Sports Editor…Chair seating over hard wood seating at nationals championships track meet
Dear Editor, Let’s stick/stay with chair seating over hard wood seating at future National’s Track Championships…I make reference to The National Stadium…..I can personally live with hard wood seating at smaller meet events….. I honestly can’t wait to be educated about the seating capacity at the Synthetic Track which is currently under construction [...]
Scenes from Election Day 2011
E- Day in Berbice draws large turnout
By Leon Suseran Berbicians came out in very large numbers yesterday, Elections Day, in what appears to be a huge expression of their democratic right. In several communities across East and West Berbice on Election Day there were crowded polling places. Things were pretty busy in New Amsterdam at the Berbice High School, [...]
Tyre repair man killed in road accident
A young tyre repair man lost his life on Sunday evening after the car he was driving turned turtle several times on the Borlam (No19) Public Road, East Coast Berbice. The man, Raghua Joshua Mohamed, 23, called ‘Tilly Boy’ or ‘Tyre Boy’ of Lot 6 Goed Bananen Land, East Canje, Berbice, died on [...]
Man sets fire to neighbour’s after fight
Quick action by residents of Betsy Ground, East Canje Berbice, averted what could have been a major disaster after an enraged man set fire to the house of another resident with whom he had earlier had a fight on Sunday night. According to Rajpattie Judister, 24, she, her husband Omadat Seecharran, 30, a cane [...]
Linden voted early and peacefully
By Enid Joaquim Lindeners turned up early yesterday at the various polling stations to cast their ballots, and peacefully returned to their residences. Even the senior citizens and physically challenged were not to be left out. Quite a few of these persons were seen making their way to and from the various polling [...]
Motorcycle bandits rob overseas-based Guyanese
While police ranks kept a close eye on the elections proceedings to ensure that all went well, the bandits capitalized on the situation. A former rank of the Guyana Defense Force suffered minor injuries after he was attacked and relieved of US$750 by bandits astride a motor cycle. With abrasions on his hand [...]
As World Aids Day approaches….Sexual transmission of HIV reduced by half—UN
As World AIDS Day approaches on December 1, next under the theme “Getting Zero” the World AIDS Campaign will be spotlighting a range of Getting to Zero initiatives to help see an end to AIDS related deaths. According to health officials, the first step in getting to zero is for all sexually active [...]
Encouraging voter turnout in the Upper East Coast of Demerara
They began lining up from as early as 05:00 hours and by 10:00 hours the crowds at several polling stations had disappeared. From all indications, voters along the Upper East Coast Demerara turned out in record numbers, eager to complete the task of casting their ballots and get on with their other business. [...]
Protect children against violence….UNICEF launches three-year initiative in 30 countries
On the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations Children’s Development Fund (UNICEF) recently joined with World Day of Prayer and Action for Children in launching a new three-year initiative in more than 30 countries to protect children against violence. World Day of [...]
Speeding minibus strikes 10-yr-old
Instead of being at home preparing for his mid-term examination, 10-year-old Richard Ramballie is being treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital Cooperation (GPHC) after he was struck down by a speeding minibus BKK1939 last Sunday on Agriculture Road, Mon Repos. The victim of lot 233 Good Hope, East Coast Demerara was returning [...]
Man hangs self at Port Mourant Hospital
- Family blames “negligent nurses” A 32- year- old cane harvester hanged himself yesterday in the male ward of the Port Mourant Hospital shortly after 15:00 hrs and the man’s irate family is blaming “negligent nurses” at the facility. Rohan “Sarwan” Khame, of Alness, Corentyne, was admitted on Monday at the hospital after [...]
Police still to identify slain Cuyuni man
Up to press time yesterday police were still trying to ascertain the identity of a man who was shot by police during a confrontation at Maripa Dukwari Landing, Cuyuni River. Late yesterday afternoon ranks from the interior escorted the dead man’s remains to the Lyken Funeral home where it remained unidentified. Initial reports are [...]
Murder in hotel…Cops release suspect’s reputed husband, detain victim’s friend
Police are questioning a woman who may know the identity of the person who left the Caesar’s Palace Hotel in Delph Street, Campbellville on Sunday after slashing the throat of 28-year-old Amelia Forde, called ‘Skittle Foot.’ Kaieteur News understands that the person being questioned is a close friend of Forde’s, one of the [...]
Guyana votes…Final count likely by this evening
Peace and calm prevailed across Guyana yesterday, minus what the elections chief, Dr Steve Surujbally, called “small fires,” as thousands of Guyanese voted for a new government and new legislature. The results are only now trickling in, and the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is careful not to pin itself to a definitive time for [...]
Isolated reports of opposition campaigning in city’s polling stations
–PPP/C writes GECOM, int’l observers The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), during a mid-afternoon polling update yesterday, said that the party was generally satisfied with voting but they have written international observers and the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) about polling agents and others wearing parties’ paraphernalia. Stressing that these cases were isolated, the party’s spokesman [...]
GECOM stands ground on Polling Agents
….we will not deviate from the law-Dr Surujbally Hours before the polls were set to open yesterday at least one of the parties contesting this year’s General and Regional Elections raised the issue of a possible disenfranchisement of its polling agents but this was quickly denounced by the Chairman of the Elections Commission Dr [...]
APNU urges GECOM to reconsider voting arrangements for Polling and Counting Agents
Hours before the opening of polls, one of the major parties contesting this year’s elections has expressed concern that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has not issued Polling and Counting agents with certificates of Employment that would allow them to vote at the polling stations to which they have been deployed. Prime Ministerial [...]
Man shot dead by police escorting ballot boxes
Investigations are being conducted into the fatal shooting of a man of mixed race which occurred yesterday at Maripa Dukwari Landing, Cuyuni River. Police in a press release stated that initial information obtained from two police ranks at the scene was that they were on duty escorting two ballot boxes to Maripa Dukwari [...]
Dem boys seh….Hit da road RAT!
Today people going and vote. Nuff of dem voting fuh de first time and some of dem confuse. One man tell dem boys that he decide to vote fuh de party that had de best music in de advertisement. He claim that he don’t know de words but he like de music. Some people decide [...]
Emanie are Digicel League champions
- GNA, clubs challenged to increase players’ pool By Rawle Welch Digicel’s Sponsorship and Events Manager Gavin Hope speaking during the presentation ceremony following the final of the National League which ended on Sunday challenged the Guyana Netball Association (GNA) and the clubs to increase the players’ pool. In the final, Emanie defeated Doves 47-16 [...]
First Street Warriors are Ministry 7:15 Inter-Block football champs
First Street Warriors, the Georgetown zone winners, romped to the overall glory on Saturday night at the Georgetown Football Club ground, when they beat Grove Back Street 9-8 on sudden death penalties to claim the $150,000 1st prize in the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports organized 7:15 Inter-Block football title. In soggy conditions due [...]
