Daily Archive: Monday, February 18, 2019

Articles published on Monday, February 18, 2019

Alex Arjoon (black top) won his first handicap tournament by defeating Regan Pollard on Sunday (Royston Alkins photo)

Arjoon wins Open Bounty Handicap title  

Guyana’s top-seeded male player Alex Arjoon produced another disciplined performance to take the Open title of this year’s Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Annual Bounty Farm Handicap Tournament at the Georgetown Club Squash Court yesterday. 

The participants pose for a photo opportunity after the conclusion of the seventh annual GUMDAC Open Doubles tournament

Ramdhani, Moore, Odit star in GUMDAC Doubles Open

Top female seed, Priyanna Ramdhani, registered wins in both the male and female divisions, partnering with Avinash Odit and Priscilla Moore respectively in the seventh annual Guyana Badminton Association GUMDAC Doubles Open tournament earlier this week at the National Gymnasium.

The official knockout draws for the NSC/Magnum Futsal Championship

GFF referees fail to show up at Magnum Futsal c/ships

Defending champion Bent Street, Sparta Boss, Leopold Street, Broad Street and Melanie secured berths to the knockout round when the NSC/Magnum Futsal Championship continued on Saturday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.  However, the evening was marred by the non-appearance of the Guyana Football Federation [GFF] referees, forcing the organizer to solicit the services of a former official and player to officiate the matches.  This was in spite of the federation sanctioning the tournament.

UG’s Omesh Danram after slamming his unbeaten 89 (Royston Alkins photo)

Danram powers UG past MSC

Former national youth batsman Omesh Danram yesterday swatted an unbeaten half-century to power the University of Guyana (UG) to a comfortable seven-wicket win over the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) in the penultimate round of the New Building Society (NBS) Second Division forty overs tournament.    UG, chasing 220 for victory, reached 221 for 3 inside 26 overs with the right-handed Danram slamming eight fours and four maximums in an unbeaten knock of 89 to see his side home.     He also shared in a 155 run-stand with Linden Austin, who made 57 inclusive of five fours and a maximum.

 Sachin Singh

DCC wallops Queen’s College

Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) walloped Queen’s College by 207 runs while Guyana National Industrial Cooperation (GNIC) scampered to a one-wicket win over Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) on Saturday in the Georgetown Cricket Association’s Noble House Seafoods Generation Next Under-19 tournament.

   Richard Pybus

Pybus wants West Indies to maintain focus

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Fresh off a historic Test series win over England, interim West Indies head coach Richard Pybus wants the home side to execute their plans in the upcoming five-match One-Day International series.

 Elaine Thompson captured gold in the Muller Indoor Grand Prix

Thompson and McPherson capture gold at indoor meet

BIRMINGHAM, England, CMC – Double Olympic gold medalist Elaine Thompson continued her rehabilitation from an Achilles injury by winning the 60 metres, while compatriot Stephenie Ann McPherson won gold in the 400 metres at the Muller Indoor Grand Prix here Saturday.

The aftermath of the vote of no confidence and preparing for elections (Part VI)

[Sustainable Development Goal] 16 recognises that building peaceful, just and inclusive societies that provide equal access to justice and that are based on respect for human rights including the rights of development requires effective rule of law and good governance on all levels, and are transparent, effective and accountable to institutions.   United Nations Office in Guyana Last week, we suspended our monitoring of events since the 21 December vote of no confidence, to give coverage to the controversy surrounding the decision to increase the threshold limits for Requests for Quotations and restricted tendering.

EU partners with T&T transparency bodies

(Trinidad Guardian) The European Union has provided funding to the T&T Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (TTEITI) and the T&T Transparency Institute (TTTI) to implement a 12-month national public awareness and sensitization campaign on Beneficial Ownership Disclosure (BOD).

PPP in consultative approach on manifesto

Dear Editor, The People’s Progressive Party under the leadership of General Secretary Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has clearly indicated through its  membership and supporters that  they are prepared to manage Guyana, where every Guyanese will be respected and have a commitment of hope for a better future.    The recent stakeholder forum was held to provide genuine ideas in the PPP/C manifesto in order to craft a framework that would enable national development.

Complying with the Constitution

On July 19, 2017, following a landmark ruling by Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George on the classes of persons eligible to be appointed as Chairman of GECOM, President Granger struck a defiant note.