There are some problems with the voter registration process
Dear Editor, Dr. Luncheon’s statement is a welcome assurance to our citizens that they can vote using their old ID cards. However, further issues need to be addressed with respect to registration. There are many instances where an individual may have just one name, with no surname as the father’s name is not stated in [...]
McGarrell leads Merryboys to Sunday League title
Guyana’s Neil McGarrell had a fine all-round performance Saturday night as he led Trinidad Ceramic MerryBoys to the Carib Sunday League cricket crown in the twin-island republic. His efforts enabled the champions to complete a thrilling 27-run victory over W Connection Wanderers in the day/night final at Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre. McGarrell scored an unbeaten 40 [...]
Fun filled Digicel/Scotiabank Cricket Experience kicks off in Guyana – Windies players, Mark Vieira and Malo to interact with fans
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The fun filled Digicel/Soctiabank Cricket Experience kicked off yesterday in Guyana at the Merriman’s Mall opposite the Bourda Cricket Ground. The many fans who visited the DSCE participated in several of the eleven exciting and action packed games with the winners walking away with cool prizes including MP3 players and other Digicel [...]
‘Young Sri Lankans’ more experienced than appears
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Upon his arrival in the Caribbean, when asked about his team’s batting relying heavily on himself and senior team mate Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene agreed but said that his team includes “some exciting youngsters who have come through the system”. It was a comment that was taken by the [...]
Western Tigers, GDF score easy wins – annual Mayor’s Cup kicks off
City sides Western Tigers and the Guyana Defence Force, led by a double strike each from Edmonson Gomes and Jerome Richardson, easily disposed of West Demerara’s Pouderoyen and Uitvlugt by 3-1 margins respectively as the annual Mayor’s Cup football tournament kicked off on Sunday with a double header at the Tucville Playfield. In the feature [...]
One million dollars for pools champ
The Palmville Sports Promotions Group national pools championships will commence tomorrow with the winner of the Open male category set to receive a first prize of a whopping one million dollars. This was disclosed by the group at a press conference to launch the tournament on Friday at the Cliff Anderson Sports hall. The competition, [...]
Brooks, Haynes fight back after Dilshan’s ton, Herath’s ‘five for’
A century from Tillakartne Dilshan and a five-wicket haul from left-arm spinner Rangan Herath added to the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) President’s XI misery as the touring Sri Lankan cricketers continued their build-up ahead of Saturday’s first test against the West Indies. Dilshan became the second Sri Lankan batsman to score a century at the [...]
Colombia-Venezuela-Ecuador: peaceful resolution
A huge rock concert on the Colombia-Venezuela border has signaled the end of the apparent threat of military conflict which seemed to overshadow the relations between the three countries over the last few weeks. A peaceful resolution of the immediate threat has taken place, and it is fortuitous that as the storm of charges and [...]
Suriname gold trio produced in High Court
The three men who were allegedly caught smuggling gold into Suriname, appeared yesterday before Chief Justice Ian Chang after attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes filed a writ of habeas corpus. Police then obtained a legal extension to hold Isaac Sarjoo, Richard Sarjoo and Roy Arjune beyond the required 72-hour period and that extension expires today, when they [...]
West Dem man remanded on gun charges
A West Demerara man was remanded on charges of unlawful possession of firearm and ammunition when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday. Cordel Duncan allegedly had in his possession one .32 Taurus Magnum revolver and one .45 Astro semi-automatic pistol, along with one .32 live round and one .45 live round. He was reportedly [...]
UG lecturer on death by dangerous driving charge
A 47-year-old Uni-versity of Guyana lecturer was placed on $400,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty to a charge of causing death by dangerous driving when he appeared before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court. Azad Khan of 32 Hague Public Road, West Coast Deme-rara was charged with causing the death of [...]
Boulanger thief gets ‘lenient’ $15,000 fine
A man accused of stealing a bag of boulanger from a farmer was fined $15,000 with an alternative of six months imprisonment by Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday. Eshwar Kemraj, 39, of Zeelugt Squatting Area pleaded guilty ‘with explanation’ when the charge was read to him by the magistrate. The man told the court that he [...]
Wednesday Ramblings
Unsubful. Ungroupthink. Undoublespeak We were woken from a dream…the golden wheat fields of the Ukraine stretched out across the steppe; we bumped along the rutted road, the family’s belongings lurching in the rickety cart. We were leaving. The Stalinist purges had begun. Waking at 3 am after three weeks of hibernation like some mutant chrysalis, [...]
Zimbabwe’s last chance
This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world. By Tawanda Mutasah Tawanda Mutasah is the Executive Director of the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa. As the world rooted for former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan [...]