Camptown’s inter-block tournament
Kitty `A’ and Campbellville `B’ will clash today in the opening encounter of the Camptown Football Club’s super-six round robin/knockout inter-block tournament. Kick-off time is 4pm at the Camptown ground. The three teams in each group will play each other with the top two teams advancing to the knock-out stage. Three points will be awarded [...]
Nine schools cop Futsal wins
Nine schools copped victories when play in the Chico Sweets/Smalta inter-secondary schools futsal tournament continued Thursday night at the National Gymnasium. In the opening match Zeeburg Secondary’s Jamal Downer, Sherlock Griffith and Orin Fontanelle each booted three goals as Zeeburg swamped Christ Church Secondary 9-0. In other results St. George’s High defeated St. Stanislaus 5-2; [...]
Top local golfers competing in Suriname this week-end
Approximately 20 of the country’s top golfers are participating in the Suriname Open Golf tournament known as the RBTT (Suriname) N.V. Invitational, 2007. According to a release, the tournament will be played today and tomorrow on the golf club’s Paramaribo Indira Gandhiweg course. The tournament will be divided into the following five handicap flights: Men [...]
GCB calls 26 players to national under-15 trials
The Guyana Cricket Board yesterday called up 26 players to participate in two trial matches today and tomorrow at the Demerara Cricket Club ground in preparation for the regional competition. The selected players will play two 50-over matches following which, the Guyana team will be selected for the competition which is scheduled to run from [...]
Charles Hope wins CLC ‘Mash’ TT tourney
Charles `Kassa’ Hope copped first place when the Critchlow Labour College held its Mashramani table tennis teachers’ knockout tournament last Thursday while another Hope, Kajel won the students’ category. The tournament was coordinated by the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) and was held at the college. In the first round of the students’ play-off Kajel [...]
Reis rules the roost
Neil Reis ruled the roost when the Flying Ace Cycle Club staged its Annual 20-mile Mountain Bike and six-mile BMX Road Races for cyclists in Berbice recently. According to a release, Reis won both the mountain bike and BMX races. He recorded 41 minutes 20 seconds to win the Mountain Bike category. The event saw [...]
Taste Like Home
Hi Everyone, I say bake, you say float. I say muffin, you say fried dumpling. I say saltfish and bake, you say shark and bake. And the truth is we could go on. The bottom line is – they are fried dough of deliciousness. And we could travel the entire Caribbean seeking to discover what [...]
Culture Box
Being poor is something many people in Guyana could probably relate to given that a considerable number of them struggle to make ends meet, and find it extremely hard to pay their bills and eat properly in the same month. Things are so bad that being poor is not something people hide anymore. In fact, [...]
Fantasy pageant promises different approach
Come April 7 Guyanese are promised a pageant with a difference, which would move away from the event just being a night of competition among young women to the audience being be treated to a fashion show in addition to the delegates modelling fantasy costumes in the form of a swimsuit. Those in attendance would [...]
I hope we’re not over-regulated at the stadium
The World Cup Cricket is around the bend and along with it the fever and hype-up in anticipation of the excitement and other lucrative gains. And in preparation of this grand “once in a lifetime” event we are being admonished, beseeched and schooled on proper behaviour and good manners, on how to conduct ourselves when [...]
Young people take on HIV abstinence campaign
Three young people have come together to be the voices and creative talent behind a song and video that form a major part of an HIV and AIDS campaign that champions abstinence and faithfulness to one’s married partner. The song, “The Way You Used To Love Me”, was written by 27-year-old Sherod Duncan, who has [...]
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Shabeau seeks new face
Who will be the next Face of Shabeau? The Caribbean magazine is scouting for a face to grace its cover and be the official face of Shabeau for one year. Shabeau which continues to attract new readers and is in its fourth year of publication recently launched the second annual Face of Shabeau Model Search [...]
OAS and CARICOM hail stronger working relationship
Caricom and the Organization of American States (OAS) at their fourth meeting in Georgetown last week hailed the stronger working relationship between them and underscored the contributions that both have made towards institutional strengthening in Haiti. During their first working meeting together, OAS Secretary General Jos
GPSU slams vending ban
The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) paid tribute on Thursday to women on the occasion of International Women’s Day and lamented that women vendors at a local market are being prevented from earning a living. A message from union president Patrick Yarde said women on all continents, though divided by cultural, ethnic, linguistic, political and [...]