Daily Archive: Saturday, July 9, 2016

Articles published on Saturday, July 9, 2016

Sandals row with Antigua PM heats up

(Trinidad Guardian) Founder and chairman of Sandals Resorts Gordon Butch Stewart has denied allegations made by Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne that Sandals has been retaining the lion’s share of hotel room tax income, by what the Antiguan government has called “an unlawful agreement.”

Adam Zampa

Warriors looking to stay unbeaten

After disposing of Jamaica Thursday night the unbeaten Guyana Amazon Warriors will be eying their fourth consecutive win come today when they play the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in match 10 of the 2016 Hero Caribbean Premier League (HCPL) at the Providence National Stadium.

The 8.2 km Parika all-weather road and bridge project. (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

Guyana has the answer to high Caricom food import bill

Guyana’s abundant land and freshwater supplies for agriculture places it an enviable position to take advantage of the increased demand for food globally and in the Caribbean Community (Caricom), President David Granger said yesterday as he opened two farm to market roads in Parika, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara (Region Three).

The sponsorship by local businesses of events put on by foreign missions is based on sound business analysis

Dear Editor, Kindly spare me a few lines to comment on a letter in yesterday’s edition of your newspaper regarding the sponsorship by local businesses of the national day celebrations of friendly countries with diplomatic representation in Guyana (‘Local businesses should not be asked by foreign missions to sponsor events like American Independence Day’).

Bahamas storms into CBC final

Tournament favourites The Bahamas yesterday stormed into the final of the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Boys U16 Championship, defeating Jamaica 72-51  in their semi-final match at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Delesa Archer

Delesa Archer: From school concerts to New York Fashion Week

Delesa Archer grew up watching Tyra Banks on America’s Next Top Model and hearing comments on her tall and slender figure, so it came as no surprise when she chose to pursue modelling; a choice that has seen her take the runway in international designer brands including Yeezy Season 2, a Kanye West clothing line and Jreamer, a Jerome Lamar brand that Beyoncé has become affiliated with in many of her song videos.

Not Leonard Chapman

In a story on page 16 of yesterday’s newspaper captioned ‘Wismar duo charged with murder of newspaper vendor,’ the name Leonard Chapman was published as one of the persons charged along with his photograph.

Comforting bystanders

Three days ago, during what should have been a routine traffic stop to check on a bad tail light, police in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, shot 32-year-old Philando Castile four times ‒ killing him.