Daily Archive: Saturday, October 19, 2013

Articles published on Saturday, October 19, 2013

David Granger

Guyana, Venezuela meeting solved nothing -Granger

With the future of oil search activities in the offshore Roraima block still uncertain after last week’s seizure by Caracas of a ship in Guyana’s waters, Opposition Leader David Granger yesterday declared that the government’s engagement with Venezuela this week solved nothing.

Bibi Shadick

Broadcasting licences handed out

Chairperson of the governing board of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Bibi Shadick and Managing Director of the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) Valmikki Singh handed out several broadcasting licences yesterday at the NFMU’s head office.

Guyana’s captain, Creston Rodney in action last night during Guyana’s 2-3 (27-29, 19-25, 15-25, 25-19, 15-7) defeat at the hands of Suriname. (Orlando Charles photo)

Suriname sweep Guyana at volleyball

From Emmerson Campbell in Suriname Suriname’s male volleyball team rallied for a thrilling come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Guyana while their female compatriots grounded the visiting Guyana female team in straight sets when action in the second leg of the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) served off here in Paramaribo, Suriname last night.

 Guyana’s Director of Sport Neil Kumar during his address yesterday at the Ismay van Wilgen Sporthal. (Orlando Charles photo)

Second leg of IGG underway

From Emmerson Campbell in Suriname The second leg of this year’s Inter Guiana Games (IGG) was declared open by Suriname’s Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Ismantho Adna here at the Ismay van Wilgen Sporthal in Paramaribo yesterday.

Professionalism is the key

There are certain careers where one must display professionalism. No, excuse me, in every career one must display professionalism not just to uphold the goodwill of the company they serve, but because of their own integrity and the need to respect those to whom they provide a service.

Gudakesh Motie-Kanahi

WI U19 in another must-win game

The West Indies Under-19 team trailing their Bangladesh counterpart 2-3 in their seven-match One Day International series need to win today’s sixth ODI at the Albion Community Centre ground if they are to set up a grand finale in the seventh and final ODI.

Heneka Watkis-Porter

Marcie De Santos for Dominicana Moda 2013

Guyana’s Marcie De Santos is one of seven Caribbean designers who have been selected by the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) to attend Dominicana Moda (DM2013) in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from October 21-26.

Indian schools were discriminated against by the Christian establishment

Dear Editor, In letter titled ‘Teachers in colonial times had to be members of the particular faith which controlled a school’ (SN, Oct 17), Mr George N Cave claimed that the British Guiana “Education Department paid the salaries of the teachers and provided small grants for equipment and special equipment; gardening; latrine and sanitation; sweeping; needlework, etc, for all primary schools, including Hindu schools.” 

Alfred Mentore

El Dorado Golf tourney on today

Fresh from her victory in the second annual President’s Cup golf tournament female golfer Shanella Wesbter will again be in action this morning along with a number of the country’s top golfers when the Lusignan Golf Club, Demerara Distillers Limited-sponsored tournament gets underway from 11am at the club’s course, Lusignan, East Coast Demerara.

Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Clarkson sees ‘Red’

(Billboard) Cradling a cherry red guitar and decked in a tartan plaid dress, poinsettia jacket and matching studded, strappy heels, Kelly Clarkson isn’t exactly soft-pedaling her upcoming holiday album, ‘Wrapped in Red’.

Unimagined homelands

A week after Canadian author Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for literature ‒ a mild surprise to the literary world, and to the British bookmakers who picked Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami as a 5-2 favourite ‒ her short story collections are reportedly selling faster than most local booksellers can re-stock them.