Tag Archives: Guyana

Guyana officially declared a host venue for U19 World Cup

Guyana was yesterday officially declared a host venue for the International Cricket Council’s Under-19 men’s World Cup, which will make it the only country in the West Indies to host all four World Cups held in the Caribbean. This announcement was made by tournament Director, Fawwaz Baksh during a simple but significant ceremony at the […]

Tigers edge Rupununi All Stars 2-1

Tournament favourite Western Tigers squeaked past Rupununi All-Stars 2-1  when the main draw of  the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Kashif and Shanghai Super-16 Championship commenced yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora. Witnessed in front of a sizable crowd, the Georgetown-based unit took the lead in the 14th minute when midfielder Daniel Wilson found […]

Intra-regional trade – Stabroek News

Observers of what, up to this time, have been largely fruitless efforts to forge a regional food security pact that can, among other things, reduce expenditure on extra-regional food imports whilst upgrading the nutritional quality of the region’s food intake, may well be wondering whether the contribution made by President Irfaan Ali at the recent […]

Pakistan tour offers opportunities aplenty for emergence of new West Indies whiteball stars

By Tony (McWatt) and Reds (Perreira) The recent disastrous tour of Sri Lanka having now been relegated to that part of the brain which stores the most unpleasant memories, supporters of West Indies cricket, ourselves included, will now turn their attention to the team’s forthcoming white-ball tour of Pakistan with high hopes for far more […]

Mother of twins ‘doubling up’ as online businesswomen

Just over a year after taking the plunge into the world of entrepreneurship, Indira Jaipersaud appears to have taken to business like an idiomatic duck to water. Crazy Cart GY, an online shopping service, is intended, Indira says, “to cause online shopping to become much easier for persons who are either unable or simply ‘can’t […]

Cottrell, Chase, Mayers test positive for COVID-19

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Sheldon Cottrell, Roston Chase and Kyle Mayers have been ruled out of the tour of Pakistan after testing positive for COVID-19, but Cricket West Indies said yesterday the six-match would continue as planned. The trio are among four positive cases in the travelling contingent which arrived in Karachi on Thursday […]

President’s foreign investment commitment will challenge his administration

One of the important takeaways from the visit to Guyana by a Ghanaian delegation led by that country’s Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, and which included members of the Ghanaian private sector was the overwhelming emphasis which the public side of the engagements placed on a strong private sector-driven investment regime between the two countries, […]

GBBFFI permitted to have live audience at upcoming c/ships

After two years, bodybuilding starved fans will be served several courses when they return to the ornate splendor of the National Cultural Centre on December 19. According to President of the Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation Inc. (GBBFFI), Keavon Bess, the body has been granted permission to have a live audience at this year’s National […]