Daily Archive: Friday, January 9, 2015

Articles published on Friday, January 9, 2015

Guyana's Delegation to the Forum (GINA photo)

CELAC-China summit

Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Minister of Foreign Affairs (centre) led a delegation to the First Ministerial Meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) – China Forum which is being held in Beijing, China on January 8-9, 2015.

Gayle blows hot on return to inspire Windies victory

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, CMC – Explosive opener Chris Gayle announced his return to international cricket after nearly five months with a stunning half-century, but West Indies made a meal of their target before stumbling past South Africa by four wickets in the opening Twenty20 International of the three-match series here today.

Imran Khan marries

(AAP) PAKISTAN’S legendary cricket star and politician, Imran Khan, has tied the knot, ending weeks of speculation about whether one of the country’s most famous bachelors was getting married for a second time.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) with President of Guyana Donald Ramotar during the 13th edition of ‘Pravasi Bharatiya Divas’ in Gandhinagar. (Press Trust of India photo)

US$50M credit from India for East Bank road

India will grant a Line of Credit (LoC) of US$50 million to Guyana for the East Bank Demerara-East Coast Road Link Project, as well as US$8 million to assist in the acquisition of an ocean ferry vessel, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported yesterday.

WICB directors for key governance meeting

The Board of Directors of the West Indies Cricket Board will hold its first meeting for 2015 tomorrow at the Tradewinds Hotel in Antigua and key governance issues will come up including the embarrassing scuttling of the India tour which has left the board facing a hefty damages bill.

Steven Jacobs

Jaguars, Singh XI clash in final practice match

Riding high after stellar performances by their key players at Wednesday’s practice match, the Guyana Jaguars are aiming to end on a high note when they tackle the Vishaul Singh-led XI in today’s final day/night match at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

GGMC workers continue strike

Striking workers of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) remain optimistic that normalcy will return very soon as wage negotiations continue between their union and the agency’s management.

Chief Executive Officer
Keith Burrowes

Go-Invest for major overhaul – Burrowes

The Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest), the lead agency responsible for creating an enabling environment for investment promotion in Guyana is to undergo a wide-ranging overhaul, designed to better position the entity to draw an enhanced level of investor attention to Guyana, Stabroek Business has learnt.

Chadwick Walton

Walton to lead CCC in Super50

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC-Jamaica’s wicketkeeper/ batsman Chadwick Walton will lead the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) for the WICB Super50 Championship starting next week in Trinidad and Tobago.

Gerry Gouveia

Roraima sticking with ‘strategic’ partnership with Dynamic Air – Gouveia

Roraima Airways Chief Executive Officer Gerry Gouveia who has had to weather a storm during the holiday period over the glitches that caused Dynamic Air to twice—on Christmas Eve Day and Old Years’ Day—fail to provide service to passengers travelling to Guyana remains insistent that given Guyana’s circumstances, particularly the need for the country to benefit from more airline service between here and North America, Dynamic remains “a good option” for the country.

GMC to stage major agro-processors show this year

The Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) is hoping to stage its first ever major national agro-processors exhibition during the first quarter of this year, which General Manager Nizam Hassan says is intended to bring producers, traders and consumers together in an arrangement which, hopefully, would move the sector forward.

Stock market updates

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 597’s trading results showed consideration of $2,283,010 from 33,170 shares traded in 22 transactions as compared to session 596’s trading results, which showed consideration of $1,100,544 from 47,580 shares traded in 13 transactions.

Policy musings

In his most recent Sunday Stabroek column, ‘Negotiating the coalition,’ Ralph Ramkarran lays out a scenario for a possible coalition government, if the PPP/C were to win executive power with a plurality but not a majority of the votes in the next general election.

Extra virgin coconut oil

Local Extra Virgin coconut oil could be on the brink of breakthrough on key Jamaica market

The South American Coco Company may still be some distance away from the big leagues in what is now a rapidly expanding and, these days, is a global multi-million dollar industry—the manufacture and marketing of coconut byproducts—but Lois Rickford, proprietor of the two-year-old West Coast Berbice-based enterprise believes her business is headed in the right direction.

Russell credits mid-night cardio and u tube video

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, CMC- West Indies allrounder Andre Russell says strength training and late night cardio vascular exercises to u tube videos have formed important part of his training routines and are responsible for improvements in his bowling speed.

Sophia road

Sophia road: Workers on Tuesday laying down the first layer of tar along the Section B Sophia Entrance Road which is under rehabilitation.