Daily Archive: Monday, November 21, 2016

Articles published on Monday, November 21, 2016

Hurricanes stun Jaguars with record run chase

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Leeward Islands Hurricanes laid waste to a 33-year-old record by executing the highest successful run chase in the history of the modern first class championship, as they shocked two-time reigning champions Guyana Jaguars by four wickets here Monday.

Norton referred to Privileges Committee

Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton was this afternoon referred to the Privileges Committee over inaccurate statements he made in the National Assembly in August with regard to government’s controversial renting of the Sussex Street bond.

Stage of Champions! The overall winners of Saturday night’s fixture pose for a photo. From left to right are the men’s invitational champion, Soepe Koese, Ms. Bikini champion, Militia Galimo, open champion, Shaquille Lavine and Men’s Physique champion, Emmerson Campbell.

Koese flexes his way to overall title

If you are a fan of bodybuilding and fitness then Saturday night at the Theatre Guild was the place to be since some of the best bodies in the Region took the stage to do battle in what turned out to be a fantastic evening.

The top male and female prize winners of  the finale of the South American 10k pose for photos yesterday following the race. 

Trinis sweep 10k Classic run

Trinidad and Tobago had a banner day during yesterday’s third and final leg of the South American 10k Classic on the streets of Georgetown, as Curtis Cox and Tonya Nero won the men’s and women’s titles.

Hamilton Green

Dump Green’s pension bill –TIGI

Opposition mounted yesterday to a pension bill for former PNC Prime Minister Hamilton Green with Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) calling for its withdrawal and describing it as vulgar, political partisan and reeking of cronyism.

A member can refer to any document in the House without having to produce it

Dear Editor, John Q Tilson, a lecturer in Parliamentary Law at Yale Law School, a former Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives and a former Majority Leader of the US House of Representatives in his text, A manual of Parliamentary Procedure, (1948), describing the personage of one who presides over a Parliament, wrote thus: “The presiding officer of a parliamentary assembly is an institution growing out of human efforts directed toward self-government and is typical of a democratic republic.

Opener Anthony Alleyne celebrates reaching his maiden first class century against T&T Red Force at Queen’s Park Oval yesterday. (Photo courtesy WICB Media)

Brilliant Alleyne century puts Red Force on ropes

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Opener Anthony Alleyne blasted a boundary-studded maiden first class hundred here yesterday to install Barbados Pride as heavy favourites to win their Regional Four-Day second round contest against Trinidad and Tobago Red Force.

Andy Murray

Murray rules the world after humbling of Djokovic

LONDON, (Reuters) – His season had already provided several unforgettable chapters but Andy Murray saved the best to last as he eclipsed Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4 to claim his first ATP World Tour Finals title and rubberstamp the year-end top ranking yesterday.

A frontal view of the Stabroek Market on a Friday afternoon

Stabroek Market: The Guyanese experience

(As part of its 30th anniversary being observed today, Stabroek News revisited the Stabroek Market for which it is named and spoke to some of its stallholders) For 135 years, the Stabroek Market, with its peaked clock tower and steel-framed structure has sat at the edge of the Demerara River, hovering over downtown Georgetown like a prayer.

Mr Green’s pension bill

On November 15, 2016, Parliament Office distributed the Order Paper for today’s session of Parliament which contained the hitherto unknown bill for a pension for former Prime Minister Hamilton Green and a range of other benefits.

Ambris, Mayers give Volcanoes edge

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Half-centuries from Sunil Ambris and all-rounder Kyle Mayers gave Windward Islands Volcanoes the upper hand over Jamaica Scorpions, on the penultimate day of their second round game in the Regional Four-Day Championship here yesterday.