Daily Archive: Saturday, July 11, 2015

Articles published on Saturday, July 11, 2015

Sydney Allicock

2,000 hinterland support officers let go

Roughly 2,000 persons have been relieved of their positions as Community Support Officers (CSOs) in Amerindian communities, according to Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs Sydney Allicock, who says the initiative has not achieved its stated objectives and in many cases those recruited were used to do political party work.

Ambassador Robert Kopecký (seated at left) and Anand Goolsarran signing the contract while EU Programme Officer  LaToya DeMendonca-Blair and EU Head of Cooperation Ewout Sandker look on. (EU photo)

Goolsarran contract to help unlock EU funds

Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation in Guyana, Ambassador Robert Kopecký on Thursday signed a contract with former Auditor General and now Public Finance Management Consultant Anand Goolsarran which will help the government here to meet the criteria for EU budget support for the sugar and sea defence sectors.

Muguruza has belief and knowhow to topple Serena

LONDON, (Reuters) – A fresh-faced Spaniard who has a love-hate relationship with grass will be eager to prove in today’s Wimbledon final that the mighty Serena Williams is as human as the next person with blood, and not ice, pumping through her veins.

Steve Ninvalle receiving his AIBA tie from president of the body Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu on Wednesday during the four-day congress in Doha, Qatar.

Caribbean, African boxers could land scholarships

Caribbean and African nations could soon find themselves punching with power equal to the more developed countries as the International Boxing Association (AIBA) is ready to lend a helping hand by offering scholarships to deserving pugilists of their lesser developed affiliates.

From left George Abrams Colwyn Blair and Davlon Marley Richmond

Linden artists sound Code R3d

Singer and songwriter George Anthony ‘Chiney Man’ Abrams and Code R3d Records are looking to release an album come November called ‘Soca Forever’, which will feature a collection of soca music from various artistes.

Sloppy office personnel

Dear Editor, A friend of mine after quite some time of encountering all forms of obstacles in trying to get his act together said to me in sheer disgust, “I really can’t take five more years of this, it would throw me off balance completely, I would lose me bearings.”

EU, IMF give thumbs up to Greek bailout request -source

BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – EU and IMF officials have given euro zone governments a positive assessment of Greece’s request for a new bailout, a source close to the matter said, making it likely they will agree today to open talks on lending Athens tens of billions of additional euros.

The CJ’s ruling

Dear Editor,   While legal and lay minds continue to dissect and digest the import of acting Chief Justice Ian Chang’s ruling, I decided to do my own research to frame questions to help me draw my own conclusions.

A neat fit?

A neat fit? This motorcycle ended up neatly on top of this car after the two collided at Garnett Street and Stone Avenue on Thursday morning.

A fate worse than debt

“If history shows anything,” writes anthropologist David Graeber in Debt: The First 5000 Years, “it is that there’s no better way to justify relations founded on violence, to make such relations seem moral, than by reframing them in the language of debt — above all, because it immediately makes it seem that it’s the victim who’s doing something wrong.