Daily Archive: Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Articles published on Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Police team visits cop hurt in plane crash

Today,  Guyana Police Welfare Officer, Deputy Superintendent Jewel Sullivan along with Public Relations Officer (PRO) Superintendent Jairam Ramlakhan, his deputy Cadet Officer Ike Grandison and other members of the Guyana Police Force on behalf of the Commissioner of Police and Senior Administration team visited constable 21380 Mark Grimmond who along with  pilot Lincoln Gomez survived a plane crash last evening.

Narayan Ramdhani (center) displays his accolade after taking the tournament by storm

Ramdhani wins men’s singles at ACAC c/ships

Guyana’s top male  badminton player Narayan  Ramdhani  made history for the Kings Eagles University Badminton Team when he won the gold  medal in the men’s singles  at the 2018-2019 ACAC Provincial championship which was played off at the Concordia University in Edmonton Alberta.

Suresh Dhanai

YWCC marches into NBS 40-overs semi

Young Warriors Cricket Club booked their spot in the semifinals after defeating Rose Hall Canje by 15 runs in the Berbice Cricket Board/New Building Society 40-overs second-division tournament on Sunday at the Canje Welfare Ground.

Kareem McKenzie's 58th-minute strike separated the two teams after the match seemed to be heading for a scoreless draw.

Bounty GCC holds Pepsi Hikers in draw

A low- scoring contest between defending champions Pepsi Hikers and rivals Bounty GCC headlined Sunday’s round of matches in the ongoing 2019 Farfan & Mendes Men’s First Division league at the Saints Ground. 

From one captain to another: Sir Vivian Richards (right) receives the portrait from Sir Richie Richardson at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground.

Sir Viv honoured with portrait

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Legendary former West Indies captain, Sir Vivian Richards, was recently honoured with a large portrait himself, during the second Test of the just concluded Test series here.

Winston Long

Ex-con remanded on new robbery charge

A robbery charge which was “struck out” on Friday due to the absence of the police rank required to swear to the truth of the information in the charge, was read yesterday to ex-convict Winston Long, who was remanded to prison on yet another robbery charge.

Chris Gayle

Gayle to sign off on ODI career at World Cup

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Veteran left-hander Chris Gayle has earmarked the ICC World Cup later this year as the swansong of his illustrious one-day career, and hopes he can help underdogs West Indies lift the title at the showpiece in England.

West Indies need better batting – Bishop

(Reuters) – Former West Indies bowler Ian Bishop took pride in his former team’s recent test series win over England, and thinks the current crop is “filled with possibilities” enough to climb up the rankings and put a smile back on the face of Caribbean fans.

Gayle buoyed by Test series success

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Veteran Chris Gayle says he is thrilled with the Test series win over England in the recent three-match series and hopes that success can it used as a motivation for the one-day rubber which bowls off here yesterday.

 Olusegun Obasanjo

West Africa’s Democratic Tipping Point?

By  Olusegun Obasanjo, John Dramani Mahama, Ernest Bai Koroma, and Saulos Chilima ABEOKUTA/MUNICH/FREETOWN/LILONGWE – The decision to postpone Nigeria’s presidential election, made just hours before polls were due to open, has raised fears about the integrity of the eventual vote.