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Playing at home in Albouystown in front of hundreds of their supporters was enough motivation to propel one of the pre-tournament favourites, Albouystown ‘B’, two steps closer to claiming the 2013 Mackeson ‘Keep Your Five Alive’ Futsal football title. However, standing in their way is five other teams, including the overwhelmingly talented North East-based, […]

  The University of Guyana (UG) developed a worrying trend of tense finishes Sunday at the Mon Repos Primary School Basketball Court when they escaped with yet another close win in the ongoing National Schools’ Basketball Festival (NSBF). Guyana’s premier tertiary institution, UG beat President’s College 44-43 in the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) East Coast […]

  Guyanese dominated the Telecommunications Company Suriname (Telesur) half marathon race on Sunday, sweeping the male category of the event staged in Nickerie. The Caribbean’s most dominant distance athlete, Cleveland Forde won the race ahead of Kelvin Johnson, Cleveland Thomas and Lionel D’Andrade respectively. It was good warm-up for the Guyanese male dis […]

  After seven days of intense battles at the Paragon Ranges in Christ Church, Barbados, Team Great Britain emerged as the best, highlighting their world leaders billing, winning all the rifle shooting matches on their Caribbean tour. They won the prestigious Australia Match last weekend beating Australia West Indies and Canada shooting at 300, 600, […]

  Caribbean Premier League – With the start of the inaugural Caribbean Premier League tournament less than three months away, CPL officials have recently concluded a tour of the six franchise countries – Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, St Lucia and Trinidad & Tobago – meeting with Government Ministers of Sports and Tourism, cricket [... […]

  Twelve teams have so far qualified the play offs of the Georgetown Dominoes Association (GDA) tournament, which is scheduled for this weekend at Gaulding Place in South Ruimveldt. The teams that have so far gone through are Raiders, Scramblers, Wild Bunch, C 7, Specialist, TNT, Assassin, B 6, Lions, Cody Girls, Mix Up and […]

By Michael Benjamin   President of the Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United FC, Odinga Lumumba, has always boasted his club is the best locally. The local ball weavers have once again endorsed that boast when they tucked another prestigious accolade under their belt after attaining an unassailable 41 points after playing 16 games in the current […]

  The country’s major opposition coalition bloc APNU has pulled out of a Special Parliamentary Committee tasked with fine-tuning amendments to the country’s law on financial crimes. The move essentially paralyses the government’s efforts to have the amendments rushed through the House before it faces an international review panel in Nicaragua next week. The […]

  By Latoya Giles Heavily shackled and clad in white trousers and shirt, police brought a nervous and shaking Chaka Chase to court yesterday. Chase is alleged to have murdered Police Corporal Romain Cleto on April 27,last, at Georgetown. Chase made his court appearance yesterday before Chief Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. [... […]

  The Alliance for Change (AFC) says it will only reverse its position on the proposed amendments to the country’s law on financial crimes if President Donald Ramotar acts to root out corruption. The party is adamant that it will only vote in favour of the amendments if the President appoints the Public Procurement Commission […]

  The police have solved a high profile murder which led to a juvenile and a teenager being among three charged. The robbery/murder occurred at a Mandir at Williamsburg, Corentyne back in January. The trio Kevin Hintzen, called ‘Ratty’, 23, of Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, Shivnarine Jainarine called ‘Sammy’ or Samuel, of Train Line Dam, […]

  Fuh years dem boys know that people been thiefing money till dem get so much that dem couldn’t do nutten wid it. Some of dem try fuh drink and party wid de excess that dem couldn’t put inside a bank. All of dem frighten Uncle Sam because he quick fuh clamp down pun scamps. […]

- says Govt. trying to justify an “indefensible position” Despite Government’s attempt to justify the manner in which former President, Bharrat Jagdeo, issued several radio licences in 2011, days before he ended his two terms in office, there is evidence that frequencies were given away without proper procedures followed. A Partnership For National Unity (AP […]

  Guyana has found itself in a tenuous situation because of the existing legislations that seek to curb money laundering and dent international terrorism. The government sent the various amendments to the National Assembly on May 7, last, and expects that the Bill would be passed when the House meets on May 23. Already the […]

Tuschen West cattle farmers have risen in defence against Minister of Housing Irfaan Ali, calling him a liar. The farmers are furious that the Minister, on May 3 last, denied meeting with them over the confiscation of cattle land for the purpose of housing development. The farmers charged that the Minister promised them alternative land […]

Although the People’s Progressive Party/Civic is not opposed to the notion of compromise in order to bring into being the highly anticipated Public Procurement Commission, moves will first have to be made by President Donald Ramotar to address some concerns. Housing Minister Irfaan Ali noted that in terms of the Public Procurement Commission the Government [ […]

  APNU takes it to the National Assembly A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has moved to the National Assembly to have the government live up to its agreement made with Region Ten last August. The Party’s contention is that the people of Linden have honoured their part of the agreement but the government is […]

  Teneshia Lewis, 19, recalls shouting for the driver of the car that she was in, to stop as the traffic light at the junction of Rupert Craig Highway and Conversation Tree on the East Coast of Demerara minutes before the two-vehicular smash up. The crash occurred around 22:30hrs last night. The young lady, who […]

  The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) have denied reports that the mining agency will be moving to Regent Street. In a press release yesterday, the agencies said that, “The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment and Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) wish […]

I met a friend a few days ago. He looked all stressed out. I asked him what was the problem, and he replied that he just could not decide what to give his partner as a gift. Here was a guy who was not short on cash. He could buy whatever he wanted. The problem […]