Daily Archive: Thursday, October 20, 2016

Articles published on Thursday, October 20, 2016

Bartica for 31-hr blackout

Bartica is set for a 31-hour blackout today and GPL is beset by various faults across the  country including on its pivotal 69kv transmission line in the city leaving consumers and the business community fuming.

Barry Dataram

Datarams getaway passports had been issued to other people

The passports that were found in possession of drug convict Barry Dataram and his reputed wife were legitimately issued travel documents which were tampered with, according to acting Crime Chief Hugh Jessemy who said yesterday that the probe has now been widened to find those behind this highly-skilled forgery.

Sachin Singh

Chase Academy wins again

-as Diamond Sec., Richard Ishmael, Kingston High and St Mary’s record first round wins Chase Academy recorded their second victory of the Guyana Cricket Board’s National Secondary School Cricket League (NSSCL) yesterday when they defeated Bishops’ High School in their second round clash at the Guyana National Industrial Corporation ground.

Kieron Pollard says the sudden departure of Phil Simmons left the team in confusion.

Simmons sacking led to Windies meltdown, claims Pollard

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC –  Kieron Pollard has described shambolic behind-the-scenes operations of the West Indies team in the recent Twenty20 and One-Day series against Pakistan and has argued that the chaos resulted from the sudden sacking of head coach Phil Simmons on the eve of the tour.

The Barbell War athletes in competition mode.

Jeffrey, Toney capture titles

Marino Jeffrey and Tiniesha Toney, dead lifted, squatted and pressed their way to the marquee titles of the inaugural Fitness Express Barbell Wars which was hosted over the weekend at the Queen’s College auditorium.

Savage to play Floodlights in T20 match at DCC

Following their nail-biting five wicket win over Bush Lot United Sports Club in a specially arranged T20 cricket match last Friday, the popular Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) team will take on the challenge of Savage Cricket Club tomorrow night at the Demerara Cricket Club ground in another T20 affair.

The dark arts of diplomacy

Severe verbal attacks against an “obviously nervous” Prime Minister Forbes Burnham, the protest pullout of a key diplomat confidant and mounting tensions with the aggrieved Americans led to the Government of Guyana (GOG) rejecting a Cheddi Jagan-proposed “strong anti-U.S