The President of the Amateur Athletics Association of Guyana, Aubrey Hutson on Tuesday said talk that the Guyanese team at the CARIFTA Games in Jamaica was short of cash for COVID tests an extra night’s food was due to a wrong calculation by the Team Manager but at all times money was available to send to the team. He explained ...
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Sonny Ramadhin: West Indies’ legendary spin bowler dies aged 92
Reproduced from the BBC Former West Indies off-spinner Sonny Ramadhin has died at the age of 92. Born in Trinidad, he took 158 wickets in 43 Tests between 1950 and 1961, but he was best known for his exploits in the 1950 series against England. Bowling in tandem with slow left-armer Alf Valentine, the pair took 59 wickets in a ...
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News-Talk Radio Guyana to broadcast Sri Lanka v West Indies cricket commentary
News- Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM today acquired the rights to broadcast the radio commentary of all the cricket matches to be played by Sri Lanka and West Indies. The less than five-year old radio station welcomed the opportunity to be part of the game that has singularly united Caribbean peoples for centuries. “We have entered the radio commentary scene ...
Read More »Ramson dismisses suggestion of political motive for assisting communities
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson shrugged off suggestions that traditional opposition strongholds were being targeted in the delivery of sport gear as a means of making political inroads. “A government will never look at the position of government and treat it as though it is a temporary situation. However, your actions are the ones that indicate whether ...
Read More »Director of Sport fired- Minister Ramson confirms
by Samuel Sukhnandan Government has moved to terminate the contract of Director of Sport Mr. Christopher Jones with immediate effect. This was confirmed with Minister of Culture, Youth & Sport Charles Ramson Junior who told News Talk Radio 103.1 FM/Demerara Waves Online on Monday that Mr. Jones was formally let go Monday based on a clause of his contract. The ...
Read More »Parks and gardens closed for Easter weekend
The Protected Area Commission (PAC) and the National Parks Commission (NPC) have announced the closure of all recreational parks and gardens for the Easter Weekend adhering to the COVID-19 National Task Force social distancing measure. The PAC in a statement says from Thursday, April 9 to Tuesday, April 14 (Easter Weekend) all parks and gardens, including the Botanical Gardens, National ...
Read More »Former Chief of Staff Gary Best on station bail for Bentley’s death
After being hospitalized for almost two days, former Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Retired Rear Admiral Gary Best was Monday granted station bail in connection with a deadly road accident. Police said that at about 5 pm Best was placed on GYD$100,000 bail under the surety of his Attorney-at-Law James Bond to facilitate investigations. Police said ...
Read More »Former GDF Chief of Staff Best was intoxicated during deadly road accident -police
Former Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Retired Rear Admiral Gary Best was driving under the influence of alcohol at the time of a road accident that resulted in the death of national cyclist, Jude Bentley, early Saturday morning. Traffic Chief Linden Isles said Best underwent two breathalyser tests – once at the accident scene and again at ...
Read More »National cyclist Jude Bentley dies in accident with vehicle driven by former GDF Chief of Staff Gary Best
Well-known Guyanese cyclist, Jude Bentley, was early Saturday morning killed on the Rupert Craig Highway in the vicinity of the Russian Embassy turn. Witnesses at the scene say the vehicle, driven by former Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Retired Rear Admiral Gary Best, struck down Bentley. Divisional Police Commander Edgar Thomas confirmed that Best was driving the ...
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