Mackeson hands over prizes for Super16 Street Football
Ansa McAl under its Mackeson Brand yesterday handed over the prizes to the winner and top performers in the Mackeson Super16 Street Football competition that was held at the Amelia’s Ward and MSC Hard-Courts in Linden over three competition dates. Retrieve Unknowns upset favorites, New Era Russians to take home the championship trophy and $250,000 [...]
Milo / Petra U-20 Schools F’ball – KO Stage…Richard Ishmael, St. George’s move on; Christ Church, QC out
The start of the knockout phase of the Milo / Petra Organisation Under-20 Schools Football Competition which begun yesterday at the Ministry of Education Ground on Carifesta Avenue held true to early predictions when both favourites Richard Ishmael and St. George’s ran riot over their respective opponents Christ Church and Queen’s College en route to [...]
GABA Division I and III Leagues
- TGH Pacesetters remain unbeaten Trinity Grid Holdings (TGH) Pacesetters remained unbeaten in both the Division I and III Leagues of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Wednesday night when the competition continued on Burnham Court. In the opening game of the double-header that featured Pacesetters, Calvin Harding dropped 16 points and Tarique Cave 13 [...]
PAHO donate sports equipment to NOC
By Zaheer Mohamed The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) yesterday donated a quantity of sports equipment to the New Opportunity Corps on the Essequibo Coast. The presentation took place in the Boardroom of the Ministry of Sport, Main Street. The equipment included 22 footballs, basketballs, volleyballs and reflex exercises, Six (6) table tennis sets, two [...]
GCB, WICB and the GOG reaches agreement
– Int. cricket to make grand return After being critical of the Government’s stance at a press conference on the availability of the National Stadium to host the first Pakistan test match, Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Secretary Anand Sanasie confirmed late last night that an agreement had been brokered between himself, Sports Minister Dr. [...]
Davis and Taharally to Guest Pose at Central Corentyne Flexout
Reigning Mr. Guyana Devon Davis and 2012 Ms. Flex Night Best Legs Nadina Taharally will be making guest appearances tomorrow (Saturday) hotly anticipated Central Corentyne Flexout bodybuilding competition comes off at the new House of Pain Gym, Ankerville Port Mourant. The event, which is being hosted by Messrs. Raheem Ali and Kumar of House of [...]
Regional 4 day tourney Rd 4…T&T in control against Guyana
Guyana were struggling on 195-9 at stumps on day two of their fourth round game in the West Indies Cricket Board Regional 4-day tournament against Trinidad and Tobago at the Queen’s Park Oval. At the wicket are Ronsford Beaton on 7 and Paul Wintz on 5. Leon Johnson failed to get to three [...]
Running Brave\AAG to host developmental Meet
The Running Brave Athletic Club (RBAC) in conjunction with the Athletics Association of Guyana will be hosting a Developmental Meet this Sunday, March 10, at the Guyana Defense Force Ground, Camp Ayanganna. Events are scheduled to commence at 10:00hrs and admission is free. A release from the club stated that the aim of the Meet [...]
UDFA needs a Nelson-hold
Elections for the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) are nigh, but scars from a recent two-decade old vice-grip at its top post are apparent. After half of a 26-month ban that wrestled the body’s running from a Colin Klass clench, there is uncanny haziness in sifting for a suitor to clutch the ‘business’. The direction [...]
US-suspended Marriott supervisory firm…Background checks conducted? – APNU asks
Government’s decision to hire a United States-based firm that has been blacklisted by authorities in New York from participating in any of its school contracts until mid-2015, has alarmed the main opposition. According to Member of Parliament for A Partnership For National Unity (APNU), Joseph Harmon, it is clear that government is continuously [...]
Education is a business not love, UG Vice-Chancellor asserts
– as extensive improvement plans unveiled “If you want quality degrees you will pay for it; nobody gets quality for free. If students can’t pay for it, somebody’s got to pay for it; either the private sector or scholarships, somebody’s got to pay for it.” This was the emphatic assertion of newly-appointed Vice Chancellor [...]
Questions on Marriott, NICIL…Opposition mulls sending Finance Minister before Privileges Committee
Parliamentary opposition has signaled its intentions to table a motion to send Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, before its Committee of Privileges, for alleged failures to provide information. Several questions were reportedly posed to the Minister as far back as six months ago for information on the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited [...]
Linden COI report…Govt. accepts aspects ‘with a drop of salt’
The government yesterday said that it is likely to award compensation only as dictated by the Commission of Inquiry, which handed over its report on the Linden unrest to President Ramotar last week. Three persons were killed on July 18, 2012, the first day of protests against electricity rate hikes in the mining town. [...]
National Day of Mourning today for Chavez
- Ramotar wings out for funeral Today has been designated a National Day of Mourning as Venezuela prepares to bury its former leader Hugo Chavez in what is believed will be the biggest funeral Latin America has seen since Evita Peron. The political impresario was widely adored among Venezuela’s poor for putting the oil-rich state [...]
Mc Doom miner murder probe…Cops provide false alibi for one suspect, ranks release another found with firearm
- Policeman provides false alibi for one suspect, ranks release another found with firearm Some corrupt cops are reportedly hindering investigations into the murder of Mc Doom miner Gavin Mc Neil, who was gunned down two Wednesdays ago outside his home. A senior police official has disclosed that a rank is under investigation for [...]
Dem boys seh…De Creator waiting fuh some of dem
De Creator never like wicked people. He don’t like thieves; he don’t like liars and he surely don’t like scamps. And that is wha dem got at the top of Guyana. Imagine that one year before it happen dem boys seh that Gerry woulda get de place next to Duke Lodge. Up come de [...]
AHI advertised for Marriott engineering contract
Atlantic Hotel Inc. (AHI), the government-owned company that is overseeing the Marriott Hotel construction disclosed in a statement yesterday that they submitted a “Request for Proposals” from reputable firms for the provision of Construction Management and Supervision Services. Government is reportedly paying $213M for the supervision of the Marriott-branded hotel that it is building at [...]
Marriott Hotel construction…No concrete decision Guyanese will be hired
After hours of discussion with Government, the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) was not given any concrete decision that Guyanese will be given the opportunity to be hired during the construction phase of the Marriott Hotel, Kingston. Winston Brassington, Head of Atlantic Hotel Inc, merely assured the Union that Government will continue to push [...]
Trade union makes special committee proposal for Parliamentary consideration
….AFC to engage body By Zena Henry The Alliance for Change (AFC) has decided to engage concerned persons on a proposal to convene a special committee for trade unions. After being approached by the General Secretary of ‘The People United and General Workers Union (PU&GWU),’ Micah Williams, who initiated the idea, AFC General Secretary [...]
UGBC washroom set afire
Police in Berbice are investigating a fire which was set in the male washroom at the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC) on Wednesday afternoon. “A ball of fire on the cistern” was discovered by a security guard who was about to relieve himself shortly after 13:15 hrs. The fire was set from [...]
More discipline must be encouraged on our roadways
It does not require drastic nor draconian measures for the number of road fatalities in Guyana to reduce. All that is required is a commitment to a sustained campaign to inculcate greater discipline on your roads. Yet whenever there are tragic accidents on our roadways, the first reaction is to say that something dramatic needs [...]
Ituni lumber dealer succumbs two weeks after smash-up
A lumber dealer from Ituni, Region 10, succumbed yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital, some two weeks after being involved in an accident on the Ituni Trail. Fifty-two year-old Jean Lim Stoll died at around 09:00 hours yesterday while receiving treatment at the medical institution. The woman along with her husband, Frederick [...]
Police brutality at Marudi…Home Affairs Ministry attracts one-man protest
Social activist Mark Benschop yesterday staged a one-man protest in front of the Home Affairs Ministry over two recent occurrences -police brutality at Marudi and the findings of the Linden Commission of Inquiry. Benschop, while carrying a placard, told media operatives that he was at the location to stand in solidarity with those who were [...]
Former GPL employees detained on extortion allegations
Two former Guyana Power Light Inc. (GPL) workers are in police custody on allegations that they menacingly demanded money from residents of Good Hope, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara yesterday. The two men, whose names were provided, are presently being held at the Mahaica Police Station, pending charges. Reports reveal that the former GPL employees [...]
Linden COI report…Victims’ compensation is unrealistic – Region 10 Chairman
By Latoya Giles Region Ten chairman Sharma Solomon says that he does not take any personal responsibility for what transpired on July 18, 2012, at Linden, when three Lindeners were shot dead and dozens were injured during a protest against proposed increases in electricity tariffs. Solomon at a press briefing yesterday, in discussing the [...]
