Daily Archive: Thursday, February 13, 2014

Articles published on Thursday, February 13, 2014

One-sided!

From Clifton Ross in Trinidad Man-of-the-match and Trinidad skipper Dwayne Bravo treated the “Trini Posse” with an appetizer ahead of the Saturday’s final as their team crucified Jamaica by seven wickets at the Queen’s Park Oval Ground in the first semi-final of the NAGICO Regional Super50 tournament.

Tagenarine Chanderpaul

Young Tiger roars!

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC- Tagenarine Chanderpaul compiled a powerful half century to guide West Indies to a comfortable six wicket win over New Zealand in a warm-up match yesterday before the start of their campaign in the ICC Under 19 World Cup here tomorrow.

Ramnaresh Sarwan

Guyana, B/dos hunt spot in final

From Clifton Ross in Trinidad   Malta Supreme Guyana will today look to take one more step towards lifting the Regional 50-over title for the 10th time when they face Barbados in the final semi-final of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)/NAGICO Super-50 tournament.

Laparkan, Jamaica in logistics dialogue

Laparkan Trading’s future plans to introduce air cargo service to Jamaica and to use the island as a hub for the reconsolidation and transport of ocean cargo from the US destined to the smaller countries of the Caribbean region, were discussed when a team from the Consulate of Jamaica in Miami, Florida led by Consul General Franz Hall met last Friday for a working lunch with Laparkan Trading senior executives headed by Chairman Glen Khan.

Anti-Money Laundering bill

Dear Editor,   Taking into consideration the ongoing debates in Guyana on the Anti-Money Laundering Bill, please see attached a copy of the letter from HE Nikolay Smirnov, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana to the Leader of the Opposition Mr David Granger.

Before the proceedings started, the successful recruits treated Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee to a marching drill.

Beware media

There are 25 new additions to the ranks of the Guyana Prison Service with the conclusion of its latest Basic Recruit Training Course and Home Minister Clement Rohee has warned them to be wary of their behaviour due to media scrutiny of the security sector.

Parliamentarians especially from the opposition should show better judgement

Dear Editor, As Executive Chairman of the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) I would like to call for better judgment and a sense of patriotism to prevail among Guyana’s parliamentarians, especially those in the opposition, so as to allow for the much anticipated and expeditious passage of the Anti-Money Laundering/ Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) legislation.

Breathalyzer kits

The recent admission in Parliament that Guyana has just 3 working breathalyzer kits in the entire country, which would obviously negatively impact on the functioning of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) as regards road safety should be of serious concern to all of us.

Training Rohee on role of free media

Ironic, isn’t it, that on the same day news flared up in the United States and Europe that the Italian mafia connects with Guyana to smuggle narcotics across the world, General Secretary of the ruling political party, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, was launching a verbal attack against the free, independent press?