STABROEKNEWS:Four credit cards, including two that can only be used locally, were last evening launched by the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) at a cocktail reception at the bank’s Recreational Centre in Bel Air Park. The cards will be available from today. »

Carifesta is for and about the people of this region; the ‘folk’ who remain the foundation and the driving forces of our collective nations. These are the unsung ones, who remember the solid values, the respect, the honesty and the simplicity. They make it their purpose, their raison d’etre to behave as true elders do, [...]

Georgetown, GINA, November 26, 2007
Two of the winners in the Carifesta X logo, theme and song competition today received their prizes of $500,000 each which were presented to them by Minister of Culture Youth and Sport Dr. Frank Anthony.

Defending champions Guyana have retained the NAWIRA Sevens crown after edging Jamaica 7-5 in the final of the men’s event at the Winton Rugby Centre in Nassau, the Bahamas, over the weekend.

LESS than 24 hours after celebrating his 30th birthday on Thursday, a Guyanese national was killed while crossing the Solomon Hochoy Highway, near Freeport in Central Trinidad.
Shafraz Ally, 30, also known as “Pepsi”, was hit by a car driven by a 60-year-old Arima resident around 10.45 p.m. on Friday.

By Jaffar Jamil
RAUL Frank yesterday paved the way for a Christmas treat for boxing lovers by signing to fight Andrew `Sixhead’ Lewis.
The long-awaited on-again, off-again fight will take place on December 22 at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.
After months at the negotiating table Frank finally gave in yesterday and signed the contract in the [...]

Nine young ladies will be facing off tonight at the Starlite Drive-In Cinema, Montrose, East Coast Demerara, for the coveted Miss India Guyana crown.
Promoter of the show, Asif Nawaz, promises that tonight’s event will be four hours of live entertainment, because even as the nine delegates compete for the crown there will be performances from [...]

By Michael DaSilva
MANASEH Primo and Keston Tyrell both registered doubles for Western Tigers and UG respectively, when the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) organise Supligen Under-29 Tournament continued on Tuesday at the NGS ground with a double-header.

GUYANA CHRONICLE: MINISTER of Sport Dr Frank Anthony says one of the things his ministry is embarking on is to promote all sports and football is one of them. They are working with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the Ministry of Education to introduce a strong component of football in schools.
He was at the [...]

Atlantis Cricket Club – New York last Saturday honored former Barbados and West Indies Test player Joel “Big Bird” Garner and outstanding Guyanese scholar Dr. Vincent Adams, now a US Federal government official, at a black-tie awards dinner in Bayside, Queens.