Pit-bulls, Nets first to advance in $1M challenge
- Rivalry continues on Burnham Court today By Edison Jefford Pit-bulls, a composition that was born out of the Ravens Basketball Club and Nets were the two teams that advanced out of the first Georgetown Group of the Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 Basketball Challenge that got underway Sunday night. Throngs of curious onlookers lined the [...]
Gayle, bowlers give West Indies win
ESPNcricinfo – West Indies opener Chris Gayle scored an unbeaten 65 to take his side to a comfortable eight-wicket win against Afghanistan in Colombo. Gayle, who averages 64.30 in all international matches this year, and 70 in the three T20Is, took his time to get going, but accelerated later as West Indies reached the modest [...]
Sri Lanka aim to ditch choker tag in World Twenty20
(Reuters) – Sri Lanka, beaten in three ICC limited overs finals since triumphing in the 1996 World Cup and 2002 Champions Trophy they hosted, hope being back on home soil will help them avoid the chokers tag in the World Twenty20 starting on Tuesday. Mahela Jayawardene’s side play the opening match of the tournament against [...]
Stakeholders launch National Schools’ Championships
- stress importance of event in sport development Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, yesterday reinforced how important sports is in the development of students when she joined with other stakeholders from the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Digicel among other sponsors in ushering in the 2012 National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships. [...]
Hand in Hand Insurance supports Alisha Fortune bid for CAC bodybuilding honours
Several local bodybuilders will soon wing out for San Juan, Puerto Rico to contest in the Central American and Caribbean Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships (CACBBFC) slated for that country from September 20 – 22 next and Hand-in-Hand Mutual Fire & Life Insurance Company has once again extended a corporate hand in alleviating the expenses associated [...]
Flying Ace Cycle Club to host 50 mile road race this weekend
The tireless efforts of coach of the Berbice based Flying Ace Cycle Club has seen the development of the sport in that region and those cyclists have benefitted immensely. Once again the cyclists will be in action when that club stages a 50 mile road race, Sunday September 23 next. The riders will pedal off [...]
Ferrier slams century as MSC take first innings points in rain affected encounter
Carib Beer & Friends of cricket Heroes Cup GCA first division 2 day tourney An attacking century by Dion Ferrier guided Malteenoes Sports Club to first innings points over Transport Sports Club as the Carib Beer and Friends of Cricket Heroes Cup\ Georgetown Cricket Association first division two day tournament continued last weekend with [...]
Motilall, Drayton lead points standing in keenly contested Junior Chess Championships
Ron Motilall and Anthony Drayton amassed 3 points apiece and led the points standing when activities on the inaugural day of the Junior Chess Qualifier Tournament concluded at the Kei-shar’s Sports Club, Hadfield Street Georgetown Sunday afternoon last. Motilall and Drayton’s feats are evidence of a keenly contested tournament, further endorsed by the other [...]
NBS/BCB 2nd div. 40 overs final…RHT Bakewell cruise past Albion to clinch title
The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club domination of cricket in the Ancient County continued on Saturday last when they defeated arch rivals Albion by 45 runs to clinch the New Building Society/Berbice Cricket Board 40 overs 2nd division cricket title. Playing in front of fair size crowd at the Area “H” Ground, the [...]
Farfan & Mendes First Division Men’s Hockey League…Hikers crush Old Fort 7-1
The Farfan and Mendes First Division Men’s Hockey League resumed last Friday with Hikers inflicting a crushing 7-1 win over Old Fort in what was described as a masterful display of hockey by the former. After a long postponement due to the rainy season, the second match of the competition followed a 1-1 draw [...]
Miller/Ramdyhan capture Mixed Doubles title
– Wesenhagens capture Novice Doubles Top seeds in the Mixed Doubles category Jeremy Miller/Shelly Daly Ramdyhan had to battle hard to pull off a come from behind to register a 4-6, 6-1, 10-5 in the super tie break victory over veteran Godfrey Lowden and top ranked singles ladies player Shawna Gentle in the final [...]
The Linden electricity episode must be handled very delicately
Dear Editor, The Government representatives, officials, big-business miners, the Private Sector Commission etc., in condemning the Linden electrical tariff increase protest, spouted all sorts of things. Some called it sinister and spiteful, disrupting the lives of other communities/regions. One was even amazed at some of the vacuous statements, the most ridiculous coming from a trade [...]
NBS\GCA second division 40 over cricket…UG upset DCC, TSC beat Police in latest action
University of Guyana and Transport Sports Club recorded victories as play in the New Building Society, Georgetown Cricket Association second division 40 over competition continued last Sunday with two matches. At GYO ground, UG upset DCC by 41 runs. UG won the toss and elected to take first strike and scored 162-9 after the game [...]
TABLETS RATHER THAN TEXTS
Technology now makes it easier for copyright violations. Reproductions of documents via photocopying is now cheaper, takes far less time and can be of the same quality as the original. In fact, you can photocopy a book within half an hour, at a fraction of the cost of an original and hardly tell the difference [...]
The Henry Greene I knew – our fortuitous last encounter
Dear Editor, I was deeply saddened by the recent untimely death by a tragic accident of my High School colleague, former Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene. This has since given me cause for deep personal reflection, on the vicissitudes of life and of the finiteness of mortality for each and every one of us . [...]
The Guyanese people must wake up before they are suffocated in their sleep
Dear Editor, The ironies of life in this country of thieves are just as compelling as the tragedies. One of the PPP’s biggest critics, Freddie Kissoon, admitted to stealing books while a young man and the PPP has roasted him for it, and rightly so. Yet the PPP is going way beyond Kissoon’s misdemeanour to [...]
Bartica boat captain disappears in river after lightning strike
Daniel Colinet, a 46-year-old boat captain, of West Indian Housing Scheme, Bartica, is now missing after lightning struck him while he was piloting a Boat in the Kartabo Area, Lower Mazaruni River, yesterday around 15:45 hours. Colinet was on one of his daily afternoon trips taking students back home to Kartabo from Bartica in his [...]
Ruimveldt resident survives another execution attempt
A Riverview, Ruimveldt resident, survived a gun attack last night and is now nursing a gunshot wound to the upper thigh. Reagan Rodrigues 34, called ‘Grey Boy’, told this newspaper he was driving along the Ruimveldt Public Road when a heavily tinted vehicle pulled up alongside him. Rodrigues said that the men, whom he [...]
President visits relatives of slain Corentyne detective
…says sugar industry is doing “well” By Leon Suseran President Donald Ramotar travelled to the Corentyne, Berbice yesterday and addressed several issues. He and First Lady Deolatchmee Ramotar visited the relatives of slain detective Jirbahan Dianand at Number 64 Village where they consoled relatives and promised them justice. Ramotar expressed concerns over the issue whereby [...]
Businesswoman lied about being a miner, failed to identify ‘dirty’ staffers – GRA
The country’s tax collection agency, Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), has accused a Kuru Kururu businesswoman of lying and of making false claims while conducting Customs-related transactions. Over the weekend, a lawyer for the woman, Manoj Narayan, said that he was preparing to file legal actions after GRA sent demand notices to his client on Friday [...]
Dem boys seh…Some people really get cuss
Who de man above bless no man curse. And He always bless poor people wid nuff children. But dem boys want to know how come people does call that blessing when is more hardship fuh feed all dem children. Is then somebody point out that dem have a thing call old age and how [...]
Shaquille Grant killing…Ballistic tests match bullet casing to policeman’s gun
The Force’s ballistic experts have matched a bullet casing to a weapon that was used by one of the police ranks who was involved in the confrontation in which 17-year-old Shaquille Grant was slain. The teen would be buried today. The funeral would be preceded by a protest organized by A Partnership for National Unity, [...]
Reunion Gold completes diamond drilling course at Matthews Ridge
Reunion Gold Corporation says it has concluded its planned drilling programme of bedrock mineralization at its Matthews Ridge manganese project. This completes a total of 47,570 meters of diamond drilling in 735 holes plus 17,361 meters of reverse circulation drilling in 283 holes. Manganese is the fourth largest metal consumed in the world, behind iron, [...]
Guyanese exposed to yet another university
A tertiary education is becoming more and more of a necessity. For quite some time, Guyana had only one university—the University of Guyana. However, over the years, the country has been seeing the opening of numerous new universities. One such is the recently launched Bakke Graduate University (BGU). BGU was officially introduced to Guyana on [...]
Land Registrar justifies decision to withhold transports
Four days after the law office of Poonai and Poonai made allegations that the Land Registrar, Juliet Sattaur, had refused to sign off on “Land Transfers”, the woman has come forward stating that comments from the lawyer is unfortunate. Mrs. Sattaur yesterday told Kaieteur News that she has always performed her duties in the [...]
