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Guyanese Fung, Campayne pummel their way into Pan American MMA Semi-final  Sep 06, 2024 Sports Guyana will be fancying their chances at the upcoming semis in Mexico. Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Federation is thrilled to announce that the local fighters recently battered their way into the semi-finals at the Pan American Games in Mexico. Prize fighters John Campayne and Lyndon Fung have already traded blows in the local boxing scene, are now gearing up for a showdown of epic proportions. Come today, Friday, they’ll step into the cage with one goal in mind: to secure their spot in the finals, where the battle for the gold or silver for Guyana will be decided. But that’s not all, fight fans! Ezekiel “The Hammer” Persaud has bulldozed his way through the competition and secured his place in the finals on Saturday. With two of heavy hitters in the Super Heavyweight division and one fierce contender in the Strawweight division, Guyana is well on its way to dominating the MMA scene at these Games. Assistant Technical Director, Charles Greaves, reports that the team is laser-focused and riding high on momentum. The fighters are in peak condition, and their spirits are through the roof as they head into the next rounds. It’s all about heart, grit, and the relentless pursuit of victory from here on out. Stay tuned as the fighters continue to make history in Mexico. The road to gold is paved with blood, sweat, and tears—but our fighters are ready to leave it all in the cage for Guyana, it was noted. Related Similar Articles

GCB congratulates Savory following maiden CPL call up  Sep 06, 2024 Sports Kemol Savory Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) hailed Harpy Eagles wicket-keeper Kemol Savory following his selection to the Antigua and Barbuda Falcons for this season’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL). The left-hander was called up by the Falcons as cover for West Indies batsman Brandon King, who is dealing with an injury. Savory, Guyana’s current first choice gloveman, has been one of the younger, more talented batsmen in Guyana and around the Caribbean, having cemented his place in the championship winning 4-Day as well as the 50-over team. GCB lauded the Essequibo batsman for continuing his journey from strength to strength as he patiently maps his way into the West Indies senior team. The board wishes Savory, along with the many other players representing the Guyana Amazon Warriors and any other franchise, the best for this CPL season. Related Similar Articles

GTA Storm cart off Trophy Stall sponsored Legends trophy Sep 06, 2024 Sports Roger Sunich, brother of Trophy Stall proprietor, Ramesh Sunich, hands over the winning trophy to GTA Storm skipper, Troy Gobin, a former Guyana Under-19 player. Kaieteur Sports – GTA Storm defeated archrivals Toronto Blizzards in a thrilling encounter to claim the Legends Over-50 title when the second edition of the Canada Cup, organised by the Ontario Twilight Softball Cricket League (OTSCL) ended last Sunday at the Ashtonbee playing field in Scarborough, Ontario Canada. In a pulsating final, Toronto Blizzards, who were inserted, reached 137 for nine in their allotted 20 overs. In reply, GTA Storm got to the required target with two balls to spare. Ramo Malone hit a top score of 37 not out. Earlier, left-arm bowler Richard Driffield stole the show with a brilliant spell of four for 11 in his four overs to undermine Toronto Blizzards batting. He was subsequently named player of the final. Former Guyana all-rounder Sunil Dhaniram copped the Most Valuable Player of the tournament award while Driffield also received a cash award for taking four wickets in a match. Malone collected a trophy for the best catch in the category. At the presentation ceremony, which followed, GTA Storm received the Trophy Stall sponsored trophy, and medallions, sponsored by Ramesh Sunich of Bourda Market. Related Similar Articles

Guyanese among outstanding performers following 2024 CWI Rising Stars Men’s U17 season Sep 06, 2024 Sports From left: Golcharran Chulai, Romario Ramdehol, skipper Jonathan Van Lange and Rampersaud Ramnauth pose with their awards following a mixed season for the Guyana U17 team. Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana quartet of Romario Ramdehol, Johnathan Van Lange, Golcharran Chulai and Rampersaud Ramnauth copped individual awards following sterling performances at the recently concluded CWI Rising Stars Men’s U17 tournament. Guyana finished third in both formats but could have easily walked away with the title if not for the intervention of rain which plagued both formats of the tournament. Despite the shortcomings, the Guyanese will hold their heads high. They finished with 39 points in the 2-Day format, which was won by Barbados, who tallied up an aggregate of 69.2 points; leaving 2nd place to be occupied by the Windward Islands with 62.8 points. In the 50-over leg of the competition which suffered the most because of the weather, Guyana finished with a total of 14.4 points. Winners Trinidad and Tobago sat in the number one spot with 20.2 points, followed by Barbados who missed out on a double title by a few points as they sealed the 2nd spot with 17.6 points. Ramnauth copped the award for Most dismissals by a wicketkeeper, while Van Lange bagged the most wickets award, both in the 50-over, with Chulai finishing as one of the leading wicket-takers with one of the better match performances. Ramdehol was Guyana’s leading wicket-taker and joint leading alongside Cody Fontenelle of the Windward Islands. Player of the Match awards 2-Day format: Round 1: Leewards vs. Windwards – Cody Fontenelle Barbados vs. Jamaica – Joshua Branch T&T vs. Guyana – Romario Ramdehol Round 2-Windwards vs. Jamaica – Cody Fontenelle Leewards vs. Guyana – Golcharran Chulai T&T vs. Barbados – Zachary Carter Round 3: Leewards vs. Jamaica – Vitel Lawes Guyana vs. Barbados – Zachary Carter T&T vs. Windwards – Edmund Morancie Top individual performers: Most catches – Joel Durand (Windwards) Most wickets– Cody Fontenelle (Windwards)/ Romario Ramdehol (Guyana) Most runs – Joshua Dorne (Barbados) Most dismissals by a Wicketkeeper – Gadson Bowen (Barbados) MVP: Zachary Carter (Barbados) Player of the Match awards  50-Over format : Round 1: TT vs. Windwards – Edmund Morancie Round 3: Leewards vs. Barbados- Zachary Carter T&T vs. Jamaica – Aadian Racha Windwards vs. Guyana – Jonathan Van Lange Round 4: Jamaica vs. Barbados – Zachary Carter Windwards vs. Leewards – Isra-el Morton T&T vs. Guyana – Brendan Boodoo Top individual performers: Most catches– Zachary Carter (Barbados)/ Brendan Boodoo (TT) Most wickets– Jonathan Van Lange (Guyana)/Zachary Carter (Barbados) Most runs – Zachary Carter (Barbados) Most dismissals by a Wicketkeeper – Christiano Ramnanan (T&T)/Rampersad Ramnauth (Guyana) MVP: Zachary Carter (Barbados) Related Similar Articles

Kascon Engineering donates bat to Rampertab Ramnauth Sep 06, 2024 Sports Rampertab Ramnauth receives his newly purchased bat from Cricnation592 Store, compliments of Kascon Engineering. Kaieteur Sports – The Rafeek Kassim-led construction firm, Kascon Engineering Services continues to provide support for young cricketers in Berbice, with Rampertab Ramnauth being the latest beneficiary. The left landed Ramnauth, a prolific National youth player who plays locally for Port Mourant, received a quality SG Grade one player edition bat which was purchased from Cricnation592 Store. Ramnauth was above the cut as he represented Guyana and Berbice at all junior levels. He also featured for West Indies U-16 team on a tour to the United Kingdom. The businessman, Kassim who has also pledged support to the current Guyana Under-17 player Adrian Hetmyer, recognized the ultra-talented Ramnauth, and decided to lend support. Earlier this year, under his construction firm, Kascon Engineering Services, Kassim pledged a 12-month support to young Hetmyer, who played for Guyana Under-17 in Trinidad and Tobago. Ramnauth is on the senior Guyana selectors’ radar and is currently a Guyana Harpy Eagles contracted player. He expressed gratitude to Kassim and his company for providing this bat. “I am thankful to Mr. Kassim for recognizing my talent and supporting me,” Ramnauth said. Kascon Engineering is a company in Guyana which specializes in the construction of roads, buildings, and sea defenses. Kassim is no stranger to cricket, as he played the game competitively and has served in administrative roles.He was once at the helm of the Young Warriors Cricket Club. Related Similar Articles

PNC and taxes – clear the air thoroughly, please Sep 06, 2024 Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column Hard Truths by GHK Lall Kaieteur News – The PNC must speak straight and speak true.  The PNC cannot speak like Vice President Jagdeo when a direct question is put to it, with a shave here, a shove there, and a slice somewhere else.  Does it owe any taxes to the Municipality of Georgetown? The party gave a loud, unequivocal NO.  Thanks for that clarity.  But that transfer of the lands to Maikwak has come in for its own fire.  Does Maikwak now owe the $6.7B to City Hall, and on this the PNC shouldn’t shift from foot to foot, or retreat into silence. If it does owe billions in taxes, as stated with considerable confidence by VP Jagdeo, what are its plans and arrangements to resolve the matter?  Whatever the amount owed, if any at all, what does the party intend to do about it? GHK Lall It does not help that a clear, straight answer on the $6.7B tax bombshell has shifted from the PNC itself into the blankness of Maikwak, and right there in Sophia.  I am all for confidential relative to certain matters, but there are some things that still must be said to set the record straight.  If Maikwak is due some concession or exemption, then the documentation would help. Also, confidentiality has its time and place, but it must stop being seen as some sacred, all-purpose shelter when answering uncomfortable questions can lead to the potential disclosure of inconvenient truths.  The PPP Government and some of its more sparkling luminaries have rushed for cover inside the sanctuary of confidential when to speak to truth about national matters would expose its underbelly and possibly some type of skullduggery.  Or it settled for silence.  The claims of clean, transparent government and leadership have suffered from this seeking of the safe harbor of confidentiality.  Or silence.  So, when I read of this development about Maikwak coming out of PNC spokespeople, it does not sit right, falls short.  The PPP Government and its players cannot be roundly denounced for hiding behind smokescreens when the hard issues of the day are raised, but the PNC held to a different standard.  Through silence.  Through some verbal maneuver.  Through what looks like an unpersuasive head fake.  Wrong once, wrong twice. I think that this stand from Jagdeo about $6.7B owed by the PNC (Maikwak) to the Georgetown City Council demands a clean response, represents a good start.  I could pause if the actual amount owed is not shared currently.  A case could be made for some degree of confidentiality, but it can’t be open-ended.  I assert this because the PNC is not some run-of the mill, fly-by-night presence in Guyana. The PNC is a major national presence, the national government more than once.  This makes it the farthest thing from a regular mom-and-pop corner shop.  With that highest former national presence [a government] and its status as the major opposition political group (a government-in-waiting, should there be alignment of the stars, and the Americans so inclined), as backdrop, the onus is on the PNC to get this issue sorted out convincingly and publicly. In other words, Maikwak cannot serve as shield or dead-end.  The confidential status that is due other ordinary presences in Guyana cannot apply in this situation.  The answer about the PNC not owing those taxes is welcomed.  But pointing to Maikwak does not conclude this matter. In the interests of plain truths and the transparencies that go along with those, this $6.7B issue [and Maikwak] must be told.  The longer that this alleged tax arrears dangles unanswered in the face of Guyanese, the worse odor it assumes.  I believe that the party has already put the wrong foot forward in how it has dealt with this startling development.  Should it persist with what I believe is a losing approach, the only thing that it succeeds in doing is digging a bigger hole for itself.  Separately, my concern is how does a responsible organization of the national standing of the PNC, reach this stage of an alleged $6.7B rates and taxes backlog.  If the amount is in the neighborhood (wherever it applies), I wonder how negligent or cavalier it could have been about something of this nature.  An amount of $6.7B must involve a good number of years.  Unless there is a significant set of property spread across the municipality’s area of authority.  Either way, this doesn’t look good and calls for immediate comment that goes to the heart of the matter.  To repeat: taxes are owed or not owed by Maikwak.  If owed, efforts are underway to clear up the situation.  The PPP Government loves to smirk and snarl about proof when cornered with allegations of wrongdoing or failure.  The PNC is best advised not to go down that road. This brings me to the development coming out of the Georgetown City Council.  I just say that it is certainly timely, a nice late August surprise that benefits one political group currently.  Why revisit what has been already settled?  So, it has nothing to do with arrears.  This blows some smoke in the face.  If not arrears, then what is it, really?  Why even bother to bring that up again?  We must start somewhere is walking the straight line with straight stories and straight talk.  If not, all that there would be is the usual six-for-nine that has become such a feature in Guyana.  From leadership to governance, to oil, to statistics, to taxes, to public disclosures.  We continue this way, and all Guyana would ever be is a society and country forever embroiled in controversies, riddled with accusations, and going nowhere. (The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of this newspaper.) Related Similar Articles

Infrastructure as post oil backup Sep 06, 2024 Editorial Kaieteur News – Guyana’s chief policymaker, Bharrat Jagdeo, operates with his own logic.  His latest is that infrastructure gorging represents the best in forward thinking and preparing for a post-oil world in Guyana.  Jagdeo fallback being pushed is that when the oil is depleted, infrastructure will prove its usefulness in many ways, with the manufacturing sector benefiting handsomely.  It is wishful thinking at work, but with a conspicuous deficit which he sidesteps because there are negatives embedded, which darkens his fairytales.  In Jagdeo’s head, it is highlighting the pluses, ignoring the drawbacks, and the rest will solve itself somehow. The justification for hundreds of billions in several national budgets is that there will be a blueprint already in place, when the oil is finished.  Surprisingly, Jagdeo acknowledges that ExxonMobil is pushing the daily production meter, which means that the initial 20-year lifespan for some projects/wells has been considerably reduced.  Like massive GDP numbers, increased oil production has resulted in minimal differences in the lives of ordinary citizens.  Guyanese observe the staggering rush of activity, read of the billions being spent, learn of how well the country is doing, but lament about why they are left behind, falling farther behind. It is mostly because of the oil wealth but, to repeat, the benefits at the citizen level are not coming to them.  According to chief policymaker Jagdeo, Guyanese must sacrifice today, so they will be better poisoned to capitalize in a few years when oil production peaks.  Meanwhile, those on the lower ends of the local wage ladder (in a rampaging economy) must find ways to get by.  The richest citizens in the world per capita are forced to ask themselves that, if this is what it means to be that rich, since it has translated to nothing for them.  For poor they are today, because they are fighting a losing battle with cost-of-living and living in a dignified manner.  In other words, they can’t manage, survival is a daily trial of brutal proportions. So, they are waiting, and now Jagdeo is all brightness about the significance of infrastructure when the oil is gone.  Ordinary Guyanese have serious difficulty coping today, when they are the talk of the world.  The challenge is how are they going to manage from now in this time of penniless individual barrenness to the time when Jagdeo’s infrastructure magic proves its worth?  He says that the manufacturing sector will benefit, notwithstanding the fact that the same sector is struggling with a severe shortage of workers with the required skills.  It is obvious that Jagdeo prefers dealing with fantasy than reality. When the new roads and bridges connect farm to markets, what about the money that should have been in the pockets of the poor Guyanese masses to help them buy not whatever they want, but what they need?  It is the usual Jagdeo standard, where his economic formulas have one element only which appeals to other objectives that he is slick enough to leave unstated.  It is a truism that for corruption to take wings, there must be spending.  The more spending there is on infrastructure, the more the opportunities for the skullduggeries that Guyanese live with, pay for, and which torture them presently. Aside from roads, Jagdeo spoke of the Wales gas-to-energy project and how his promised lower electricity rates will be a boon for the manufacturing sector.  Give Guyanese the basis for that promise, that optimism, and there could be some support for it.  Having been promised before, and burnt badly before, by Jagdeo with different costly projects, more Guyanese have had their fill of him and his clever concoctions always wrapped in secrecy.  Two billion American dollars do not represent pocket money for Guyanese.  They want substance now, they want money in hand now, they want to taste and savor the benefits of their oil wealth now.  Post oil is years from now, and Guyanese must live with dignity now.  Future probable infrastructure benefits do nothing for struggling citizens now.  The oil is flowing now, and Guyanese should experience its positives today.  Less in infrastructure and more for people is the wiser and better way.  Of course, less infrastructure spending means less available to steal. Related Similar Articles