Guyanese intrigued by Indian science exhibition
Over 22,000 Guyanese from all walks of life continue to be intrigued by the science and technology exhibition sponsored by the Indian Government. The exhibition branded “India: a Culture of Science,” demonstrates the country’s deep-rooted culture on the topic. As such, the Cliff Anderson Sport Hall was transformed into a spectacle of technological [...]
Watson steers Australia into Super Eights
Cricinfo – Another fine all-round effort from Shane Watson steered Australia into the Super Eights as they claimed a Duckworth-Lewis victory over West Indies in Colombo. Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels both scored quick half-centuries to put up a hefty score of 191 but a strong start from Australia, who reached 100 for 1, [...]
Jets fuel pass opposition in Linden
- Action shifts to Den Amstel tonight Jets comfortably fuelled pass its opposition in Linden Friday night when competition in the Linden Zone of the Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 Basketball tournament got underway at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Court. Unknowns and Ghetto set the right atmosphere for a competitive first zone in Linden in [...]
South Africa win seven-a-side affair
BBC – AB de Villiers gave the big crowd at Hambantota as much entertainment as he could as South Africa won a seven-over-a-side shootout against the hosts. The fixture was the most anticipated in Group C but a two-hour 45-minute rain delay meant the contest was curtailed and the result, another one-sided mis-match in a [...]
Forde favoured to win Courts 10k Road Race today
By Edison Jefford Cleveland Forde will enter today’s Courts 10km Road Race as the clear favourite to win after coming off back-to-back victories in Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago recently, giving some clear indications of his excellent form in the process. Starting at 6:00am, Forde’s challenge will come from Cleveland Thomas and Dennis Horatio, who [...]
Anthony Williams: World Cup Player 1979 – 1986
Statistician Charwayne Walker continues his series of features on Guyana’s World Cup Football players. Today we are pleased to feature Anthony Williams. Anthony Williams led Guyana to a pair of commanding wins over a strong Venezuelan selection at the Camp Ayanganna Ground in November, 1986. In the first match the Guyanese blanked the Venezuelans 6-0 [...]
Tutorial Academy Secondary win Wilbur Hope schools memorial football competition
Tutorial Academy Secondary School (TASS) chose the right time to enact revenge on Berbice High School by securing a 2-1 victory in the final to come out winners of the inaugural Wilbur Hope Memorial Inter Secondary School Football competition which was played on Friday at the All Saints Scots Church Ground in New Amsterdam. TASS [...]
James, Ageday claim bronze at SA U-23 Championships
Local sprint sensation, Stephan James continued his international ascendancy yesterday when he, along with Chavez Ageday, claimed bronze in Brazil at the 2012 South American Championship that gave the Guyanese four-man team two early medals. Official reports out of Brazil indicated that James clocked 46.52 seconds to place third in the 400m race, while Ageday [...]
Stage set for Rising Sun Turf Club $6M Horserace Meet today
More than seventy horses will vie for over $6m in prizes when the Rising Sun Turf Club (RSTC), in collaboration with Banks DIH Ltd presents a fund raising horse race meet scheduled for today at the Rising Sun Turf Club, Arima Park West Coast Berbice. Nine races are slated for the day and jockeys would be [...]
Hand in Hand 2nd Div. 40 overs – West Berbice…
Cummings 58, Carmichael 6-9 propel Rainbow Generation into semis Rainbow Generation of Seafield and Cotton Tree Die Hard are both through to the semifinals of the 2012 Hand in Hand 2nd division 40 over cricket competition organised by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) for teams in the West Berbice area. In their quarterfinal, Rainbow Generation [...]
“ICC World T-20 2012 – After a slow week, coming up to boiling point!”
Colin E. H. Croft By the time you read this, West Indies will have played its first game of this 2012 ICC WT-20, but the competition, overall, has been something of a damp squib so far, all games going to expectations. New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum did liven up things a bit, but much more is [...]
RRT 11-Race Cycle Programme…Robin Persaud wins feature; Raynauth Jeffrey takes juvenile event
Robin Persaud was back in winner’s row yesterday when he won the feature School Boys and Invitational 35-lap contest in the RRT sponsored 11-race National Park Cycle Meet. He crossed the finish line all alone in One Hour 18 Minutes 17.12 Seconds. He was followed by Geron Williams, Alonzo Greaves, Raynauth Jeffrey, Rastaff O’Selmo [...]
Keen competition anticipated as the best Berbice cyclists hit the road today in EZ Jet race
Cyclists in Berbice and those attached to the Flying Ace Cycle Club will take to the roads today as they continue their rivalry and preparation for the Sixth Annual Five stage Cycle road race slated to commence October. The cyclists will battle in the inaugural Flying Ace/EZ Jet 50-mile road race in Berbice. [...]
Flex Night Inc. 1st Regional Show set for Saturday in Berbice
-male and female athletes to compete at BHS Whenever the name – Flex Night – is raised in bodybuilding circles and gyms for that matter, fans, lovers and followers take their minds back to the Flex Night bodybuilding and fitness shows that thrilled hundreds at the National Cultural Centre many years ago. Well, the [...]
GFF/EDFA U-17 League kicks off
Melanie Tritons 5 Victoria Kings 1; Ann’s Grove 1 BVTU 1 On the opening day of action in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) sponsored East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) Under-17 League played at the BV Ground yesterday, Melanie Tritons recorded an impressive 5-1 win over Victoria Kings with the other game ending in an [...]
Tourism Ministry collaborate with GMR&SC to showcase motor racers at GuyExPo
– Machines also to be on display It is billed as the biggest event on the local and regional calendars of motor racing and the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club and the Ministry of Tourism are leaving nothing to chance and has organized a series of events to promote the final leg of [...]
Couple, daughter die in two-vehicle crash
A couple and their 16-year-old daughter died instantly around 10:30 hrs yesterday after a truck rammed their car on the Supply, East Bank Demerara public road. The tragedy occurred minutes after the father had made plans to assist with preparations for his mother’s funeral. Dead are 39-year-old truck driver Suresh Jhaman; his 41-year-old reputed wife, [...]
President Ramotar will not stop any of Jagdeo’s projects
- regrets the one-seat minority “Jagdeo was not a law unto himself. He has never been a law unto himself. Those were programmes of the PPP. Those were policies of the PPP/C.” The Donald Ramotar administration is unlikely to pull back any of the major projects announced under the Presidency of Bharrat Jagdeo. Nine months [...]
An exceptional and treasured tutor…Patricia Holford is a ‘Special Person’
Pull Quote: “Tools which lie idle will become rusty. You have to keep yourself busy otherwise there will be room for your abilities to become tarnished.” By Sharmain Grainger The notion that a good teacher is like a candle which consumes itself to light the way for others has resonated well with the teaching career [...]
Dem boys seh…Bharrat foundation is Bharrat money
A foundation is something more than wha a building does stand on. It could be a thing to mek money and Bharrat know bout foundation. Dem boys seh that he starting another one now that he done build he mansion at Pradoville Two. This foundation is one fuh collect money. Now Anil, de AG, tell [...]
There was absolutely no walk out at this event
Dear Editor, The Stabroek News published the most bizarre headline in the newspaper of 22nd September 2012. It read “City Teachers divided over automatic promotion – walkout over food aborts corporal punishment discussion.” The event reported on was a consultation hosted by the Ministry of Education regarding automatic promotion and corporal punishment. In attendance [...]
The facts Mr. Al Creighton left out
Dear Editor, This is the second part of my reply to Mr. Al Creighton ( KN – Sep 16, “How truthful is Mr. Kissoon.” and SN _ Sep 14, “Kissoon’s account of Academic Board meeting inaccurate.” I hope to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt how deceitful has been Mr. Al Creighton in [...]
The Int’l reputation of this Nation now lies with the initiatives of Parliament
Dear Editor, The hype of festivals infuses expectations and a virile optimism, especially in the young, who are promised that a practical and collaborative approach will follow the speeches and spectacles. From CARIFESTA to the INTER-GUIANA CULTURAL FESTIVAL to the Amerindian craft makers therein lies a common problem, an official disconnect from the responsibility [...]
Even as President, Desmond Hoyte chose a modest middle income lifestyle
Dear Editor, A very interesting view from a letter-writer about Indians and how many of them now see the late Desmond Hoyte. In 1987, an Indian work colleague (in London) told me that “people like him – they could now get potatoes and dhal”. In 1990, in Guyana, relatives told me the same thing. [...]
Let us be bound by our contracts
By Khemraj Ramjattan AFC Leader It has become necessary, in view of the appalling state of affairs where as a matter of policy the Guyana Government is supporting the piracy of textbooks with the expenditure of over $100 M of taxpayers monies, that there be this timely reminder that we be bound by our contracts. [...]
