Daily Archive: Sunday, November 15, 2015

Articles published on Sunday, November 15, 2015

The newly elected GFF Executive Committee from left to right- Brian Rodrigues, Keith O’Jeer, Deon Innis, Wayne Forde, Bruce Lovell and Magzene Stewart pose for the camera following their 12-10 win over the Nigel Hughes led ‘Team Unity’ slate at the federation’s electoral congress. Absent from the picture are executives Rawlston Adams and Attorney-at-Law Thandi McAllister.

Integrity wins!

Amid controversy within his opponent’s camp, Fruta Conquerors President and Team Integrity leader Wayne Forde was officially elected to the highest office in local football, defeating Nigel Hughes and his ‘Team Unity’ outfit 12-10 when the Guyana Football Federation staged its Electoral Congress yesterday.

Steven Jacobs

Leewards Volcanoes 48-4 in reply to Guyana Jags 419

Chris Barnwell and Gudakesh Motie landed lethal blows minutes before close of play yesterday which left the Leeward Volcanoes in deep trouble at 48-4 in pursuit of the Guyana Jaguars first innings 419-9 declared at the end of the second day of the second round of the ongoing WICB/PCL Regional 4-day match continued at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, yesterday.

WikiLeaks… Kaunda visit revealed creeping party paramountcy, flying of PNC flag on Appeals Court building –US cable

Aside from the impoliteness of local officials being kept waiting for four hours for the arrival of Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda in April of 1975, a US diplomatic cable related what it saw as a creeping merger of the party and the state which saw the PNC flag flying on all government ministries and the Guyana Court of Appeal building.

GAWU’S new, militant, mode

The recent three-day general strike in the sugar industry, called by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), protesting the delay by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) in initiating wage talks, signals a return to militancy of Guyana’s largest and most influential trade union.

Heliconias

(Continued from last week) Heliconias make excellent table and floor fresh flower arrangements and can be found in hotel lobbies, malls, banks, churches and reception halls.