Daily Archive: Friday, October 7, 2011

Articles published on Friday, October 7, 2011

Gayle, Kohli power Bangalore to final

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – David Warner’s second unbeaten  hundred in a row went in vain as Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli  made short work of a steep 204-run target to power Royal  Challengers Bangalore to the Champions League T20 final against  New South Wales today.

GPA urges lifting of Sharma TV suspension

  The Guyana Press Association (GPA) today added its voice to the calls for the lifting of the CNS TV 6 suspension, while saying that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) cannot ignore the “silencing” of a media house in an election period.

Jamaica doctors dead on their feet

(Jamaica Observer) The Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA) yesterday pleaded for more resources for the health care system, citing instances of doctors keeling over from sheer exhaustion while performing surgery.

Nobel Peace Prize honours African, Arab women

OSLO, (Reuters) – Declaring women’s rights vital for  world peace, the Nobel Committee awarded its annual Peace Prize  today to three indomitable campaigners against war and  oppression — a Yemeni and two Liberians, including that  country’s president.

Corbin tackles Gecom on Channel 6 and Region 4 returning officer

PNCR Leader Robert Corbin yesterday called on the Guyana Elections Commis-sion (Gecom) to discharge its constitutional responsibility to ensure free and fair elections asking specifically that the commission respond favourably to public concerns regarding the suspension of CNS Channel 6 and the appointment of the Returning Officer for Region Four.

Leon Johnson on the attack during his innings of 48 at Bourda yesterday, as wicket-keeper Derwin Christian and Chanderpaul Hemraj ( first-slip) looks on. (Aubrey Crawford photo)

Deonarine and Jacobs propel Chattergoon XI to victory

Half-centuries from former West Indies middle-order batsman Narsingh Deonarine and Steven Jacobs aided the Sewnarine Chattergoon-led XI to victory over the Assad Fudadin-led XI by eight wickets in the second scheduled national practice match at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground, Bourda, yesterday.

Bishops teachers recognised

Headmistress Beverley Daly and the staff of The Bishops’ High School were recognised for their sterling contribution to the general all-round development of its students at a petit déjeuner on Wednesday at the school, in the Oswald Parry Hall.

Lionel Jaikaram presents Guyana captain Assad Fudadin with a sponsorship cheque on behalf of Big Daddy’s Burgers.

Big Daddy’s Burgers on board with Guyana team

Fast food entity Big Daddy’s Burgers became the latest corporate business to support the Guyana cricket team ahead of the Regional Super-50 tournament when it presented team skipper Assad Fudadin with a cash donation at a simple handing over ceremony at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) yesterday.

CAS dismisses Olympic ban on doping offenders

BERLIN, (Reuters) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport  (CAS) cleared the way yesterday for dozens of past doping  offenders to compete at next year’s Olympics after rejecting an  International Olympic Committee (IOC) eligibility rule as  invalid.

GuyExpo 2011

GuyExpo 2011 a significant success

-cites new products, new exhibitors, overseas participation GuyExpo Co-Chairman Deryck Cummings has told Stabroek Business that this year’s three-day event was a significant success and that the barometer for measuring the achievements of the event goes well beyond the number of people that visited the Sophia Exhibition Site over last weekend.

Dr Keith Nurse

Sixty per cent of tourist arrivals are returning Guyanese

Nationals of Guyana and Suriname residing away from home account for more than 60 per cent of tourist arrivals in their respective home countries, which  numbers are among the highest in Caricom territories according to an article published in the October 3 issue of the Barbados Business Monday.

GuyExpo 2011

There are aspects of the organization and execution of GuyExpo which are still are still in need of remedial attention, a fact that was again pointed out to this newspaper last week by some of the exhibitors.

Vaughn  van Jaarsveld

S. African Vaughn Van Jaarsveld gets drugs ban

DURBAN, (Reuters) – South African batsman Vaughn  van Jaarsveld has been banned from cricket for three months  following an appeal from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA),  the South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA) said yesterday.

What crime has Mingo committed?

Dear Editor I refer to an article in your newspaper on Wednesday, October 5, captioned ‘Head of breakaway PNCR faction calls on Mingo to resign’ Leader of the Guyana Youth Congress (GYC) has called on Chairman Mingo to resign his position as a representative of the PNCR on the grounds that his judgment is questionable over the offer of a lot at Pradoville 2.

Transparency, accountability key elements in new GuySuCo procurement regime, Burrowes says

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has completed a major overhaul of its Procurement Policy Manual to render the company’s procurement procedures more consistent with national policy guidelines and to improve transparency and accountability in its multi-billion-dollar procurement process, Chairman of the Corporation’s Central Tender Committee (CTC) Keith Burrowes has told Stabroek Business.

Warren and Tracy Douglas displaying their product and their GuyExpo trophy

Local wine manufacturers to set up new creative learning centre

The manufacturers of the popular Pandama brand of local fruit wines, Warren and Tracy Douglas, are to establish a learning centre to help refine and enhance the range of skills in the local creative industry with a view to broadening product range and increasing both domestic and overseas marketability of goods produced in the sector.

An unjustified tribute

Dear Editor,   It was completely appropriate for a correspondent to Stabroek News to bemoan Sir Shridath Ramphal’s unjustified tribute to President Jagdeo on the occasion of the appreciation charade jointly funded by both appreciators and depreciators (taxpayers).

Gecom on Election Day

Joe Hamilton’s crossover: any meaning? Up to the time of writing this, President Jagdeo was still awaiting Gecom’s official intimation that it is quite ready and capable to conduct the General and Regional Elections some time before December 2011 ends.