Guyana, Mexico serve up rice deal
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyanese rice farmers could soon be benefitting from the Mexico market, as Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo continues to seek new buyers for local rice.
Points standing in WICB Pro League
Cricket with Dalchand Bissoon At the end of round three in the WICB Professional Cricket League Regional four-day tournament which ended last Monday, Guyana is still leading despite their loss to Barbados. Guyana set a victory target of only 69 runs and bundled out for 66 at their home ground, the Guyana National Cricket Stadium. […]
Guyana scores second win in pro league
Cricket with Dalchand Bissoon Guyana Jaguars recorded their second consecutive win in the WICB Professional Cricket League when they defeated Windward Islands Volcanoes by 92 runs last Monday at Providence National Stadium, Guyana. An impressive bowling performance by left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul mesmerized the Windward Islands batsmen, snaring a career-best first-class figure of eight for 36 […]
Call to remove Guyana AG over death threat
By Gerald V. Paul Guyana’s Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall – accused by Kaieteur News publisher Glenn Lall of expressing plans to kill him – “should resign or be removed over the statements he made in a conversation with Kaieteur News senior reporter Leonard Gildarie,” the Guyana Bar Association and the […]
Guyana AG accused of death threat
By Gerald V. Paul Guyana’s Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall has been accused by the online Kaieteur News publisher Glenn Lall of expressing plans to kill him. Nandlall was taped in a conversation with Kaieteur News senior reporter Leonard Gildarie and is heard saying, “When he start to publish that […]
Guyana’s future lies in green economic growth
By Gerald V. Paul Eyesers, do you know that saving forests offers a new route to alleviating hunger and malnutrition, promoting development and tackling climate change? You do? Cool. By the way, Guyana’s former president and Champion of the Earth (UN, 2010), Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, delivered a keynote address at a business forum last Friday, […]
Young Chanderpaul in Guyana squad
Cricket with Dalchand Bissoon Tagenarine Chanderpaul, the son of West Indies batting legend Shivnarine Chanderpaul, has been named to the Guyana Jaguars 15-man squad for the upcoming West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Professional Cricket League’s (PCL) Regional Four-Day and Nagico Super 50 Tournaments, starting Nov. 14th. The 18-year-old left-handed opening batsman made his first-class debut for […]
Saukrates reaches across the divide
This is the second of a two-part series of chats about music with Saukrates, also known as Soxx. By Dave Douglas The seventies saw some tough times. North America grappled with high rates of inflation and economic stagnation. However, during that same time, Star Wars was released, the first computer game Pong was invented and […]
Toronto Arya Samaj honours Singh, Balkissoon
By Gerald V. Paul “I literally grew up with medicine all around me as my dad Dr. Chetram Singh was in charge of the Georgetown Public Hospital,” Dr. Narendra Chetram Singh told the Eyes Guy at the elegant Toronto Arya Samaj / Vedic Cultural Centre last Saturday during their award presentations, dinner and musical evening. […]
Guyana, Cuba link brings mutual benefits
By Ronald Austin Last year the governments of Guyana and Cuba celebrated 40 years of diplomatic relations. It was a mutually satisfying occasion. But the road to this situation was difficult and occasionally fraught with challenges for both nations. To be sure, one is not speaking of misunderstanding or differences between Guyana and Cuba but […]