Daily Archive: Thursday, July 17, 2014

Articles published on Thursday, July 17, 2014

Bus for Kamwatta

Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai (left) handing over the keys to a new vehicle to Kamwatta’s Toshao, Peter Nazier.

Recyclers co-op launched

The Guyana Total (GT) Recyclers Co-operative Society was yesterday officially launched, at the Haags Bosch Landfill, Eccles, East Bank Demerara, to provide “dignified identities and health security to waste pickers”, GINA said.

Laptops shared at Trafalgar Union group

Staff of the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) Secretariat yesterday visited the Trafalgar Union Women’s Training Group and Bath Primary School in Region Five and distributed approximately 600 laptops to villagers in those communities.

June Ogle punches a ball down the ground.

June Ogle plunders Essequibo bowling

Demerara skipper June Ogle scored a scintillating century to propel her side to a record-breaking victory over an inexperienced Essequibo side in the opening match of the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) Women’s Inter-county Competition.

Adrian Amsterdam

Camp, home-field advantage a boon to U-19 players

National Under-19 Cricket Coach Adrian Amsterdam said a good encampment phase combined with a home-field advantage is the ideal blend for a successful outing for his team in this year’s West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional U-19 tournaments played in Guyana.

Guyana squash teams down Bermuda

Guyana got their Boys and Girls team title defence’s off to the perfect start, overcoming Bermuda 3-2 and 4-1 respectively when the team section of the 2014 Caribbean Junior Squash Championships commenced yesterday in Hamilton, Bermuda.

The Guyana Amazon Warriors along with executives of Digicel and the participants posing after yesterday’s clinic concluded.

Amazon Warriors in clinic with children

Digicel Guyana and the Guyana Amazon Warriors as part of the ongoing Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) T20 tournament brought smiles to the faces of young cricketers and some of the country’s differently- abled children during an interactive clinic yesterday.

Chase Academy goal scorer Shamar Barrow (left) trying to evade his Morgan Learning Institute marker (No.17) during their match-up

St George’s impresses with 3-1 win

Defending Georgetown zone champions St. George’s Secondary continued their spirited title defence, defeating Guyana Industrial Training Centre (GITC) 3-1 in their quarterfinal match-up when the Digicel National Secondary Schools U-18 football tourney continued yesterday at the Beterverwagting ground.

Sri Lanka fight back after Elgar’s hundred

GALLE, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Opener Dean Elgar struck a magnificent century for South Africa but Sri Lanka came back strongly with four wickets in the final session to balance the scales on the opening day of the first test yesterday.

Anderson claim is tactic by India, says Cook

(Reuters) – India’s accusation that paceman Jimmy Anderson “abused and pushed” spinner Ravindra Jadeja during the first drawn test at Trent Bridge may be a tactical move by the tourists, England skipper Alastair Cook said yesterday.

Kevin Fields

For at least the last two years of his 21-year-old life, Kevin Fields apparently considered himself a high roller (rich ghetto gangster – Urban Dictionary).

Khemraj and Ramsaroop should conduct a field survey on opinions of Guyana’s rulers

Dear Editor, Although a large number of people take issue with some of the points made by Messrs Tarron Khemraj and Gerhard Ramsaroop in their missive ‘Aspects of Burnham’s vision still relevant’ (SN, Jul 11), the writers must be applauded for stating a position and proceeding to defend it with data (examples of Burnham’s achievements), unlike some other writers who make unsubstantiated claims and descend into polemics and personal attacks.