Guyana News

Jamaican dancehall group T.O.K has come in for more condemnation for its performance at the recent Digicel Experience concert.

Angry inmates of the ‘capital’ dormitory of the Camp Street prison ripped out a cell wall and staged a nearly three-hour protest on Thursday night after officers switched off the television they were watching.

The bipartisan task force for local government reform has hit another roadblock.

The governance report recently accepted by Caricom heads at their St Vincent meeting sees shared sovereignty in “agreed areas,” the funding of institutions on the basis of GNP and a single act in all member countries which would allow a long-envisaged Caricom Commission to expedite decision-making.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee has terminated the contract of a Peruvian who was hired in July last year as technical adviser to former Minister of Home Affairs Gail Teixeira.

It is the ultimate showdown in local football. Two evenly-matched teams will go at each other for 90 minutes tomorrow to decide who will win the 2007 Mayor’s Cup football tournament which carries as first prize a whopping $500,000.

The world today is one that abounds with extremes. Not that it has not always been this way, it has; but it keeps getting worse.

Dear Editor, The falling out between the government and Severn Trent is one of the many ironies in our country.

Nigel Bryan played true to form to cart off the boys’ U-15 singles title, while Samuel Fraser captured the boys’ U-13 crown as action in the annual Mashramani table tennis tournament continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) will serve off a Toucan Industries Incorporated junior Mashramani tournament billed for Tuesday at the Georgetown Club, Camp Street.

The New Amsterdam Champions after winning 89 games copped the winner’s trophy for the Annual Mashramani Domino Competition hosted by the National Sports Commission (NSC) at the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) Hall.

Calypso in Guyana has only ever had one real rebel, though a few in the art form have been radical with their social commentary in the past.

The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall will be a hive of activity today when the National Sports Commission (NSC)/Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Mashramani tournament continues with play in the Under-21 Open, the `C’ and `B’ Class Open events and the Open men and women’s singles.

The Scene now has a new email address: [email protected]. This is the only email address that can be used to contact The Scene at present.

The Rainbow Football Club of Mahdia (RFC) defeated Georgetown Football Club’s (GFC) Under-20 team 1-0 in a friendly game played at the Mahdia play field on Saturday.

Dear Editor, We have seen that despite all the extremely generous benefits, tax/duty exemptions, concessions, political connections, winning of awards, etc.,

Football stars of yesteryear will attempt to roll back the years when the Thomas United Masters Association stages a four-team invitational tournament at the Georgetown Football Club ground from 5pm today.

Dear Editor, I refer to Mr Robin Williams’s letter captioned “The most positive thing we could do is to become conscious of our predicament” (07.01.12).

Dear Editor, I find your editorial, “The other Iran,” (February 22), rather enlightening and stimulating, but especially the strong insinuation that the Bush administration, despite repeated denials, plans to launch a pre-emptive strike against Iran.

Dear Editor, It is very sad to continue to hear all the negatives about the services the NIS provides to the poor people.