Month: March 2018

Softball champs find form in Republic Cup warm-ups

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Some of the country’s top softball teams returned to form when action in the Regal Sports softball tournament continued last Sunday at the Malteenoes Sports Club ground, Thomas Lands. Regal Masters defeated Fisherman by 30 runs in a feature over-45 years old clash. The victors took first strike and posted 153-5 off their allocated 15 overs. Opener Mahase Chunilall (1×4; 6×6) hit the top score of 46 and got good support from Rudolph Baker who made 40 (1×4; 5×6) and Mohendra Arjune 23 (1×4; 2×6). Chunilall added 63 for the…

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‘I’m ready for battle’

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……Britton expresses confidence in securing CAC spot Nineteen-year-old national racket-wilder Shemar Britton knows a tough task is on the cards but is by no means fazed as he participates in the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Table Tennis qualifiers which got underway Wednesday and concludes Sunday in Cuba. “I am not nervous at all; to be the best you have to beat the best so I am looking forward to defeating the best players Central and Latin America has to offer” he told this newspaper prior to departure on Tuesday.…

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Yonex extends deal with Guyana’s Ramdhani

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Guyana’s Top Badminton Player Narayan Ramdhani was again endorsed by the Team Yonex to become their ambassador for 2018. The signing means that Ramdhani will be exclusively using Yonex equipment including racquets, bags, shoes, apparel and accessories for the second consecutive year. Yonex USA was very pleased with Ramdhani’s performance in 2017-2018 when he managed a medal in every event he participated in on the Canadian Circuit where he is based for the last 18 months. He bagged two golds in the VCR Jack Under-Hill Open Singles & Doubles tournament,…

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Just desserts

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Satiricus was in a feisty mood. He’d just read the WAPA representative saying his party KFC had gotten more than its fair share after the elections, from the Pee-an-See. “What a crock!” he fumed to himself as he stalked into the Back Street Bar. He downed his beer without even as much as a “hello” to the fellas. “If you want the truth, it is WAPA that got more than it deserved!” he blurted out firmly, as he put down his bottle rather abruptly. “Tek am easy, Sato,” said Cappo…

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Bandits snatch over G$2M from Georgetown businessman

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Three gunmen on Monday afternoon relieved a Drysdale Street, Charlestown, Georgetown businessman and his worker of over G$2 million in cash and other items. The victims, Jonathan Alli, 30, of Drysdale Street, Charlestown and 35-year-old Dexter Cyrus, a salesman of La Grange, West Bank Demerara, were held at gunpoint by the three men about 14:20h and relieved of G$2 million in cash, one Samsung Galaxy S5 mobile phone and a Samsung Galaxy A3 cellphone. Reports are Alli owns and operates a grocery and confectionery business in Section A, Block X,…

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Several jobs to be created as G$10M ground coffee project launched at Santa Rosa

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A 10-million-dollar initiative to produce ground coffee has been launched at Santa Rosa in the Moruca sub-region of Region One (Barima-Waini). The project has been launched as one of the green sustainable initiatives to be implemented within the hinterland for this year, and it is intended to boost the region’s economy. Members of the village are required to select 12 farmers who would each be required to plant an acre of coffee, which would be used to produce Robusta Coffee. Each acre will host six hundred coffee plants. Addressing those…

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Hapless…

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…in agriculture The agony at Wales continue, as the severance payments of the 1400 who received them run out. The picketing exercise by the 300+, who are still fighting being treated like slaves and indentured servants who had no labour agreement, brought this out clearly from their placards and cries. How many “pointer brooms” can they sell to survive, when there is no other alternative? The workers’ call for the dismissal of Agriculture Minister Noel Holder is not just because of the spiteful withholding of their severance. This is the…

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Republic Fete

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Satiricus was smiling all the way to the Back Street Bar. He and the fellas had looked at the Mash Float Parade on TV this year at their individual homes, and he knew they would be comparing notes. In previous years, they’d all taken their families to look at the jump up and wining, but this year the wives had drawn a line: There were too many robberies taking place, and they weren’t going to take any chances in the hyena’s den! “Budday, wha’ yuh tink?” called out Cappo to…

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Kamuni Creek: Pathway to Hopetown, an early Chinese Settlement

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By Chevon Lim The Kamuni Creek (Kamuni Creek) is a stream found in in Demerara River. It is located at an elevation of 2 meters above sea level. Kamuni Creek is also known as Kamuni River, which cuts across the left bank of the Demerara River and is flanked on both sides by amazing greenery and rich vegetation . The Hopetown settlement at Kamuni Creek (a creek more well-known for the present-day Santa Mission and Santa Aratak villages) began in 1865 as an effort by colonial authorities to induce Chinese…

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Homeless persons in Georgetown posing serious problems for City officials

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It is a rare occasion when all serving on the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown (M&CC) agree on an issue, but at Monday’s statutory meeting one such occasion arose — when there was unilateral agreement that the homeless people lining the City’s streets are causing an eyesore. The issue was raised by Councillor Ivelaw Henry, who reported that between 06:00hrs and 18:00hrs on any day, the “social rejects” could be seen lining the pavement in front of the Bourda Market and the pavement leading to the Bourda…

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