Daily Archive: Thursday, August 8, 2013

Articles published on Thursday, August 8, 2013

President of the GTTA Godfrey Munroe receives the sponsorship cheque from Wärtsilä Contract Manager, Aaron Fraser.

Munroe lauds Wartsilla for support

President of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Godfrey Munroe yesterday lauded Power Company Wärtsilä’s continued support towards the sport ahead of this Saturday’s opening of the 8th annual Pre-Cadet Caribbean table Tennis championship.

Hugo Chavez Centre for opening on Saturday

The $400M Hugo Chavez Centre for Rehabilitation and Reintegration located at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice, which will be a shelter for the homeless, will be opened on Saturday, by President Donald Ramotar, and Venezuelan Ambassador to Guyana,  Reina Margarita Arratia Díaz.

Deandra Dottin

Guyana women go under to J/ca

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC- Aggressive middle order batsman Deandra Dottin roared to a century to hand Barbados their first win, a commanding 235 run victory over host Grenada in the second round of matches in the West Indies Women Super 50 yesterday.

Chanderpaul drops to number three

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC-West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has lost his second position in the ICC rankings for test batsmen, according to the latest figures released on Tuesday.

British supports Dominica CCJ decision

(Barbados Nation) ROSEAU, Dominica, – Britain does not regard Dominica’s move to join the appellate jurisdiction of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as an act of “anti Privy Council”, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit  said today.

It doesn’t hurt to be honest

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in the July 16 edition of the Chronicle under the headline: ‘Solomon, other official criticise Fyffe over accommodation issue,” in response to the letter I wrote to SN over the manner in which a worker of the Region 10 RDC was treated.

Railway in deadly Quebec explosion files for bankruptcy

OTTAWA/WILMINGTON, Del.,  (Reuters) – The railway whose runaway train killed 47 people in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, last month filed for bankruptcy protection in Canada and the United States on Wednesday as it faces mounting pressure from authorities to pay for the disaster cleanup.

TRINCHLORO winners

TRINCHLORO winners: ANSA McAL Trading Ltd yesterday held the second drawing for the TRINCHLORO Sure Cash Promotion and five lucky TRINCHLORO customers were the winners of US$100 each.