Daily Archive: Friday, June 7, 2013

Articles published on Friday, June 7, 2013

Windies scrape to win over Pakistan

West Indies’ Denesh Ramdin (L) and Kemar Roach celebrate as their team sealed a two wicket win over Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy group B match at The Oval cricket ground in London yesterday.

Tops at Grade Six assessment

Top student Salma Majeed (centre) with Education Minister Priya Manickchand (right) and teacher Erika Razac today after the results of the National Grade Six Assessment were announced.

Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett

Find new ways to fight drugs

Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett has called on the OAS to formulate new approaches to battling drugs, arguing that policies centred around “eradication and interdiction are doomed to fail”.

Thirteen GDF sergeants graduate

A group of sergeants of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) who graduated yesterday was charged by the Chief of Staff Commodore Gary Best  to uphold the principles of the Force, and to let their values be their guide, according to the Government Information Agency.

Officer-in-Charge of the Guyana Fire Service B Division Compton Sparman

Fire Department defends response to NA fire

Campton Sparman, Officer-in-Charge of the Guyana Fire Service’s Berbice Division has defended the New Amsterdam Fire Department’s response to the early morning fire in the town last Saturday, saying fire-fighters were professional, effective and efficient in executing their duties.

Bravo bent on a winning start

LONDON, England,  CMC- New One Day International captain Dwayne Bravo says West Indies will be going all out for a winning start when they meet Pakistan in their first Group B encounter of the ICC Champions Trophy today.

Bank of Guyana Governor  Lawrence Williams

Key FATCA forum weeks away

Local commercial banks are reportedly moving closer to developing modus operandi for compliance with the United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) with the banking community preparing for a crucial meeting with the Bank of Guyana to make a presentation on their collective position on FATCA,

Grade Six results to be announced today

The Ministry of Education last evening said that it will be announcing the results of the 2013 National Grade Six Examinations today in keeping with the Education Minister’s commitment that the results will be out earlier than normal.

Hardutt and Bobby at their house aback Onverwagt

Onverwagt farming couple fears loss of land

A farming couple in West Berbice are worried that they will have to vacate lands that they have occupied and cultivated since 1990 and for which they have been paying Drainage and Irrigation charges with the expectation that the land would be eventually leased to them.

Business Support Organisations and the urban garbage disposal crisis

If it has long been accepted that the filth and desecration that is commonplace on the streets and sidewalks and in gutters and alleyways in our city are, by and large, the remains of the trading day and that much of the onus is on our urban traders – whether they be street vendors or established merchants – to take some measure of responsibility for the disposal of garbage, the practice of indiscriminate dumping persists unabated.

T and T to clash with USA in Pan Am opener

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, , CMC- Reigning Caribbean champions Trinidad and Tobago will take on defending champions USA in their opening match of the 12th Women’s Pan American Cup which will be held in Peru from June 10 to the 17.

Krishmar Santokie

Santokie looking forward to playing for Guyana

Jamaican left arm seamer Krishmar Santokie feels great about his selection to represent Guyana in the inaugural Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 tournament and he is looking forward to playing with his new teammates when the competition begins.

O’Jeer quits from Berbice football

Berbice Football Association (BFA) President and Guyana Football Federation (GFF) executive committee member Keith O’Jeer officially resigned from his post as the BFA’s leader on May 31st, citing the increased burden from his GFF appointment as the reason for his decision.

CPL’s request for Indian players rejected

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC- Cricket authorities in India have rejected a request from the organisers of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) for Indian players to participate in the inaugural tournament carded to begin next month in Barbados, according to regional media reports.

Stock market

GASCI reports that session 514’s trading results showed consideration of $11,852,403 from 542,896 shares traded in 16 transactions as compared to session 513 which showed consideration of $13,858,643 from 170,274 shares traded in 22 transactions. 

Latin America’s Pacific Alliance

Even as Chinese President Xi Jinpeng was making his way around the region to promote more trade and cooperation between China and Latin America and the Caribbean, visiting Trinidad and Tobago (where he also held bilateral talks with those Caricom countries with which Beijing enjoys diplomatic relations), Costa Rica and Mexico, there was a buzz coming from the western rim of Latin America with the consolidation of the one-year-old Pacific Alliance.

Four-car pile-up

Four-car pile-up: This accident, in which nobody was seriously injured, occurred on the East Bank Highway, Eccles, around 18:45hrs last evening and stalled traffic using the eastern corridor of the highway for approximately 15 minutes.