Island Mist 40 mile Cycle Road Race set for Berbice on CARICOM Day
Cyclists in Berbice will have a chance to be in competitive action once again on CARICOM Day (tomorrow Monday July 2nd) when the Guyana Beverage Company in collaboration with the Flying Ace Cycle Club brings off the inaugural Island Mist Water 40-mile road race. Speaking at a simple ceremony to launch the event at the [...]
Letter to the Sports Editor…This Int. Basketball tourney should be dedicated to the late Deryck Boyd
Dear Editor, Although players of the calibre of Stephen Nurse, Willie Hodges, Gordon Klaiber, Keron McKenzie, Wayne Bristol and Pierre Goddette produced outstanding performances for DC Jammers against Guyana at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the player from Washington that Basketball diehards always remembered when there is a DC Jammers vs Guyana series is Deryck [...]
Notorious criminal jailed for 20 years on four armed robbery charges
Notorious criminal Mark Lee Young called ‘Junior” 36 of Lot B Four Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara who gained notoriety for the number of robberies he committed in various parts of Guyana, was on Friday sentenced to a total of 20 years in jail by Magistrate Robby Benn at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court [...]
Ralph Ramkarran resigns from PPP over corruption issues….details to follow.
NCN’s Mohamed ‘Fuzzy’ Sattaur resigns
…Programme Manager Martin Goolsaran suspended The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Communications Network (NCN), Mohamed ‘Fuzzy’ Sattaur, tendered his resignation, yesterday. He was faced with a simple request from President Donald Ramotar, according to a source in NCN, ‘Resign or be fired.’ NCN, like the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company a few [...]
Body found buried in house….Husband 70, remanded
Gordon Leslie Durant was yesterday remanded to jail after making his first appearance before Magistrate Nayasha Williams-Hatmin at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court. Durant is accused of murdering his wife, Joan Durant. The police stated that between June 26 and June 28 at Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara, Durant murdered the 50-year-old woman. He was not [...]
GT&T undergoes major shake-up
Joe Singh new Chairman/CEO, Sonita Jagan in as CFO There were serious lapses in the internal financial controls of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T), says outgoing Chief Executive Officer, Yog Mahadeo. Mahadeo’s shocking resignation was accepted on Thursday by the GT&T’s Board of Directors following a damning auditor’s report that found internal accounting [...]
Appointment of Minister’s wife as Audit Director serious conflict of interest – TIGI
- promotions and appointments to public office should eschew nepotism The recent promotion of Mrs.Gitanjali Singh, the wife of Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, to the office of Audit Director within the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) is seen as undermining the agency, and the Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI) is calling on the [...]
The Chinese gifts and the government insecurity
Guyana has been engaging the Chinese in a number of development programmes. Within the recent past the projects have included a brand new hotel, an extended runway and a modern airport terminal at Timehri, the much touted Amaila Falls hydroelectric project and the various cable projects being undertaken for Guyana Power and Light and [...]
THE CONUNDRUM OVER THE FINANCIAL PAPER
There is nothing difficult about deciphering the Standing Orders of Parliament as these apply to Bills and financial papers. These orders are not written in the language of rocket science. Where the difficulty may arise is when in making rulings on these orders, issues of precedent and case law may have to be injected. The [...]
Dem boys seh…Fuzzy play dead and Uncle Donald bury Ee
Old people always seh wha you pray fuh you does get. Fuzzy get exactly what he pray for—de breadline. Dem had de budget debate and when de opposition cut de vote fuh Hen See Hen, Fuzzy guh pun de road and he carry big placard how dem put he and others pun de breadline. He [...]
Don’t expect silence or compliance on my part, Mr. Dev. Not now, not ever!
Dear Editor, Ravi Dev must be told his continued disrespect for the African race will come into conflict with some. He is also taking a lot for granted to think it is his domain to define or interpret my reality, choose my words, misrepresent my work, and expect silence or compliance on my part. [...]
40 years of Guyana-China relations
DEAR EDITOR, This year marks 40 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Guyana and China. The two countries established diplomatic relations on June 27, 1972, a significant diplomatic step given the fact that many countries in the region were at that time under the influence of the United States dictation and were [...]
The defence of no defence
Dear Editor, When I read Harry Gill’s letter, published in KN dated 06/27/2012 and captioned; ‘In defense of Minister Rohee’ my thoughts went directly to the story; ‘“The Tell-Tale Heart”, a short story written by renowned American gothic writer Edgar Allan Poe. Mr. Gill’s letter may deduce its most relevant comparison from the [...]
Ansa Mcal / EDFA launch Stag Beer Senior League
Company committed to continued growth of football in East Coast Beverage company, Ansa Mcal continues to demonstrate good corporate citizenship when officials of that organisation joined forces with Executive members of the East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) to launch the Stag Beer Senior League which will kick off at the Betterverwagting Community Centre Ground [...]
Guyana takes on D.C Jammers tonight
- NCBL officially launches series By Edison Jefford It was supposed to have been a run-of-the-mill tour aimed at giving local players some exposure against guys that played college ball in the United States and now play professional basketball in other parts of the world, but somehow the rationale changed for Guyana. The Washington D.C [...]
Basketball Community plunged into mourning
- Former national player, Damian Liverpool is dead The basketball community was plunged into mourning last evening following the news that former national forward, Damian Liverpool, was killed in an accident. Liverpool a former student of Queen’s College and member of the Ravens Basketball Club reportedly met his death while on his way to Suriname [...]
GSA selects 14 for Caribbean Junior squash Championships
A 14-member team including seven former Caribbean junior champions has been selected by the Guyana Squash Association to represent Guyana at the 30th Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Caribbean Junior squash Championships in Jamaica, July 20-26. Rebecca Low, Taylor Fernandes, Larissa Wiltshire, Victoria Arjoon, Akeila Wiltshire, Ashley DeGroot and Mary Fung-A-Fat make up Guyana’s Girls [...]
GBTI continues sponsorship of Tennis Open
The annual Guyana Bank for Trade & Industry (GBTI) Tennis Open is set to start on July 12th at the Bank’s Recreational Center, Bel Air as the bank continues its support to tennis with sponsorship of the tournament for the third consecutive year. The event which is the marquee tournament on the Guyana Lawn Tennis [...]
TCL sponsors RHTY&SC Cricket Academy
As the year continues to be a productive one for the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC), which was formed in 1990, Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) Guyana Inc. on Thursday morning officially came on board to sponsor the upcoming Cricket Academy, which begins on July 6 and concludes on July 20. [...]
BCB assists NA Sec. School for upcoming Sir Garfield Sobers Tournament
New Amsterdam Secondary School cricket Team currently preparing for the Sir Garfield Sobers School’s tournament in Barbados received a boost on Wednesday last when the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) contributed $20,000 towards their expenses. Last year the team appeared at the international tournament for the first time and did fairly well against more [...]
Rudolph Mitchell starts as favourite in CS&TC Caricom racewalk meet
Rudolph Mitchell has dominated the local racewalk scene and despite the efforts of other top walkers, continues to distinguish himself among the lot. The prolific athlete has so far compiled an unbeaten record of 118 victories on the trot and will be out to improve that figure when the Cavalier Sports and Tour Club [...]
GCANA lauds GCF Road Race champs
– rewards them financially The Guyana Cycling Association of North America (GCANA) on Sunday last rewarded the Guyana Cycling Federations (GCF) Road Race champions for the year 2012. Through its Secretary, Gavin Lowman, the GCANA lauded the respective champions for their outstanding performances in the race which was held for the first time, in [...]
Top players on show as Chess Federation take sport to rural communities
The commitment taken by executives of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) to take the sport into the rural areas is rapidly picking up pace and close on the heels of a tournament in Linden recently, chess officials are now heading to Bartica to battle for honours in the Malta Supreme One-Day Rapid Tournament, billed [...]
Bakewell/MYO Inter Jamaat cricket to end on Monday
The annual Bakewell sponsored Muslim Youth Organization of Guyana Inter Jamaat 15 overs round- robin softball cricket competition is set to conclude on Monday July 2nd at the MYO Ground, Woolford Avenue. On Sunday the lone quarter final match will be played between Farm A and Winsor Forest from 10:00hrs. On Monday from 09:00hrs [...]
