Year: 2017

Education, agriculture will transform regional development – President

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President David Granger has said that investments in education coupled with development and emphasis on the agricultural sector will play a leading role in the transformation of the Region and the country. The President made the comment while speaking at the opening of the three-day Regional Agricultural and Commercial Exhibition (RACE) at the Lusignan Community Centre Ground. At the event he also commissioned two new school buses under the “Boats, Buses, Bicycles plus Books and Breakfast” (Five Bs) Programme. He said that the buses would serve the schoolchildren of the…

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Business persons operating in fear of being targeted by SOCU – Ram

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As the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) and the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) continue to compile evidence mainly against individuals linked to the former Administration, Chartered Accountant and Attorney Christopher Ram has condemned the parallel police agency, saying that some business persons are operating in fear that they too could come in for scrutiny. He made these comments on Friday at a symposium on the National Budget which was organised by the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG). Ram highlighted that Guyanese have reduced purchasing power owing…

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Budget 2018 offers benefits for many categories of persons – Harmon

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Budget 2018 will foster better working conditions, a conducive business environment and job opportunities and that will provide an avenue for young entrepreneurs who want to invest in ‘Green State’ development plans. This pronouncement was made by State Minister, Joseph Harmon, following the presentation of the 2018 National Budget by Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan in the National Assembly on Monday, according to DPI. “Most importantly, there are no new taxes in this budget, in fact there are benefits for so many categories of persons that they will only see…

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Is this how a democratic liberal party operates?

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Dear Editor, The press recently reported that AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan referred to the AFC as a “liberal democratic party.” If that is so, why then did he and Party Leader Raphael Trotman decide to approve the unilateral appointment of the GECOM chairman while many senior AFC members have strong reservations about this appointment, which was not vetted? This is revealed from a brief reading of recently leaked emails. Mr Ramjattan has unreasonably accused those who released those emails as being “rogue elements.” Even if that is so, it still…

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CONCACAF Women’s football activities day hailed a success

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–Trim, Smith cop U15 and U17 MVP accolades National U15 member, Jaladi Trim, and U17 Tiandi Smith were the Most Valuable Players (MVPs) of their respective categories in the 3rd annual CONCACAF Women’s Football Day hosted by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) last Saturday at the National Training Centre, Leonora. The programme, held from 11:00 to 17:00hrs, saw The U15 competition being won by Kwakwani while Senior Fruta Conquerors won the U17 edition. The participants were girls from across Guyana inclusive of Kwakwani, Lethem, East Bank, Georgetown, Bartica, Orealla, Berbice…

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Football: Golden Jaguars arrive in Indonesia for historic clash

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Guyana Senior Men’s Football Team commonly called Golden Jaguars arrived in Indonesia on Tuesday for their momentous clash against the host on Sunday in Jakarta. The 19-man squad is expected to begin training to face an opponent they will be meeting for the first time for a debut match in the continent of Asia. The squad consists two Goalkeepers, five Defenders, seven Midfielders and five Forwards, including locals Dwain Jacobs (Police FC), Trayon Bobb (Uitvulgt FC), Curtez Kellman (Georgetown FC), Denzil Fordyce (Milerock FC) and Anthony Abrams, Jeremy Garrett and…

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Chanderpaul, Shepherd star in West Demerara’s 31-run victory

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West Demerara was indebted to the returning Guyana Jaguars opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul who struck four boundaries in his top-score of 70 which laid the platform for their 31-run win over East Bank in first round of the Jaguars’ 50-over Franchise League at the Everest Cricket Ground on Tuesday. Chanderpaul helped West Demerara to 167-10 in 41.2 overs as Safraz Esau was the next best scorer with 35. The batting lineup suffered from regular losses of wickets thanks to the East Bank duo of skipper Ronaldo Alimohamed with figures of 3-26…

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Boxing: Forgotten Youth Foundation punch way to GBA U-16 title

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Fistic fury and hard fought battles were the highlights of the 2017 Guyana Boxing Association’s (GBA) national under-16 championships held at the Andrew “Six Head” Lewis gym in Albouystown last Saturday. At the tourney, the Forgotten Youth Foundation Boxing gym came out victorious, while the Savannah Boxing Gym’s (SBG) performances were memorable. Technical Director at GBA, Terrence Poole noted that the 16-bout, one-day tournament which “rumbled” off on Saturday afternoon was a fitting way to close off junior amateur boxing in the country for the year, since all the fights…

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Powerlifting Federation to close year with Senior Nationals on December 3

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The Senior Nationals of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) will close off the calendar year on December 3 at the Ramada Princess Hotel. According to officials of the federation, powerlifting fans can come out expecting an entertaining show since the local lifters will be pushing themselves to qualify for next year’s international competitions. Moreover, overall winners of the Raw Nationals held in October; Vijai Rahim and Lisa Oudit are returning to showdown with the other top competitors. Aiming to “lift” away the accolades will be Colin ‘Mr. Clean’ Chesney,…

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Daniel flexes to Mr ‘Stage of Champions’ title

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Last Saturday night, the Theatre Guild was the place to be for bodybuilding fanatics since some of the best bodies in the Caribbean took the stage to do battle in what turned out to be a highly entertaining evening. After 28 gladiators flexed their muscle fibres to the max, Grenada’s Damion Daniel, Guyana’s Emmerson Campbell and Suriname’s Stefeni Tjon-A-San found themselves as the last men and woman standing. Daniel, a 2016 Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC) gold medalist in the heavyweight class, stood head and shoulders above the competition,…

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