ANOTHER dominant display by Barbados ensured they retained Cricket West Indies Women’s Super50 title by beating Jamaica by eight wickets on Saturday at the National Stadium, Providence. In another match severely affected by rain, Jamaica’s innings was limited to 26 overs and they managed to reach 118-8 led by captain Stafanie Taylor who struck five…
GROS ISLET, St Lucia, (CMC) – Left-hander Kyle Mayers struck a high quality unbeaten hundred as West Indies bounced back from a pre-lunch wobble to dominate Saturday’s second day of the second Test against Bangladesh. The 29-year-old grabbed the headlines with 126 not out, a knock which powered West Indies to 340 for five at…
THERE is a major difference between vice and virtue that not all politicians understand, as the definitions and interpretation will differ according to time and context. But there’s nothing virtuous about approaching politics with only vice in mind — and calling or treating it as virtue. Efforts by the People’s National Congress (PNC) and the…
Dear Editor, ANOTHER significant promise by President, Dr Irfaan Ali and the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is on track to fulfilment. It assures the government’s facilitation of the conduct of a justified and necessary elections Commission of Inquiry (CoI) by an esteemed team of qualified international professionals. The announced CoI will serve to interrogate the…
Dear Editor, A TROUBLED week that was tampered, tempered and traumatized, VICE News dramatizing a battle of vice submerging and virtue emerging, commenced with Father’s Day celebrations. We remember the Father of the Nation, Dr Cheddi Jagan and now we have the Father of the Year, Dr Irfaan Ali, championing Guyana’s cause throughout the year…
THE VICE News documentary accomplished its mission to create much talk, action, and activism about corruption here. Sadly, the journalist Isobel Yeung failed to create the link between the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government and corruption if her story was to be considered believable. Yeung also failed to embroil Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo in a scandal…
SHAM Moteelall, an overseas-based Guyanese in Minnesota, has authored a fascinating book titled, ‘Marble, Grass, and Glass’. The book documents Moteelall’s family’s journey from India to Guyana and then on to the United States. Specifically, the book delves into the lives of various East Indian servants bound to British sugar plantations in the Caribbean. People came…
West Indies marched into the lead and claimed honours for a second straight day in St. Lucia on the back of Kyle Mayers’ second Test match century. The all-rounder helped the hosts wade through a tricky phase just before lunch during which they lost three wickets for a run and by stumps his unbeaten 126 took West…
RECENTLY, critics of Guyana’s expanding energy sector and the country’s rapid rise as a major oil producer have continued to stir the conversation surrounding royalties. The claims have sometimes conflated Guyana’s oil contract, its debt, and the royalties it is entitled to. Back in early February, Guyana’s national budget of G$552.6 billion was approved and…
By Avenash Ramzan avenash@newsroom.gy A dominant performance from Barbados ensured a successful defence of the Cricket West Indies CG United Women’s Super50 Cup, beating Jamaica by eight wickets in a rain-affected final on Saturday at the National Stadium, Providence. Two rain interruptions saw the contest being reduced to 26 overs per side, with Jamaica winning…
