Articles published on Sunday, January 29, 2017
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – All-rounder Raymon Reifer says Saturday’s victory over Combined Campuses and Colleges Marooners in the Regional Super50 was a critical one for Guyana Jaguars, especially after losing their two opening games.
SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – Democratic attorneys general across the United States today condemned President Donald Trump’s order to restrict people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the country and are discussing whether to challenge the administration in court.
(WICB) BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The West Indies Cricket Board has advised that Shimron Hetmyer was fined for a breach of the Code of Conduct during the second round of matches in Group “B play of the Regional Super50 Tournament.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – An emotional Roger Federer wiped away tears and urged Rafa Nadal to stay with him on the tour for years to come after felling his great rival to win his fifth Australian Open today.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – After immigration agents detained two Iraqis on Saturday at New York’s John F.
As I’ve mentioned before, for many years, living abroad, I have kept a kind of informal journal not as a record of daily events but as a storehouse of various thoughts or ideas or observations that come to me during the course of a day.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados CMC – All-rounder Raymon Reifer stroked a fluent half-century as Guyana Jaguars arrested their losing slide by brushing aside the previously unbeaten Combined Campuses and Colleges Marooners by eight wickets here yesterday.
Alanzo Greaves kicked off the 2017 cycling season in fine style yesterday, winning the feature 35-lap event of the 24th annual Ricks and Sari Agro Industries multi-race programme.
Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman was yesterday returned as Leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC), just barely clinching victory over the incumbent, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan by two votes at the party’s 5th Biennial National Conference.
Improved fitness and speed are the keys to unlock success ahead of the Hong Kong Sevens following a series of simulation games yesterday at the National Park.
Bugbear Guyanese have read and heard about oil discoveries and production that have taken place in various parts of the world.
Today’s column continues the presentation of lessons Guyana can learn from global experiences with oil and gas-based SWFs.
LONDON, CMC – Outstanding former Test batsman, Shiv Chanderpaul, will return to Lancashire for this year’s County season, the north England club has announced.
Harlem is a small village on the West Coast Demerara, just over three miles from Vreed-en-Hoop.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados Pride effortlessly notched their second win of the Regional Super50 after spinners Ashley Nurse and Sulieman Benn combined to destroy ICC Americas and set up an eight-wicket victory here yesterday.
The ruling elite in the United States, supported by those of Europe, are becoming apoplectic at the prospect of a rapprochement between the US and Russia, which could lead to the lifting of sanctions against Russia.
Amidst fears that Muslim scholar Nezaam Ali will not face a trial in the absence of key documents which mysteriously disappeared from nine files, several legal minds are confident that the case can be salvaged by a thorough investigation and the introduction of secondary evidence.
The world of reading – I mean actual ‘flesh and blood’ books alive in my hand – is full of countless wonders and perceptions and images that spark the imagination as long as one is alive.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Serena Williams reigned supreme in tennis’s great sibling rivalry, edging an emotion-charged clash with sister Venus to claim her seventh Australian Open yesterday and a record 23rd grand slam title in the professional era.
Tuna fishing is new to Guyana but local business entrepreneur Pritipaul Singh has undertaken a US$15 million venture, which has seen success since it was established about six months ago.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Man-of-the-Match Jason Mohammed and Evin Lewis stroked half-centuries but Trinidad and Tobago Red Force were made to repel a late surge from Windward Islands Volcanoes before making a winning start to their Regional Super50 title defence, with a nerve-jangling two-wicket victory here Friday night.
A Rolling Stone Once upon a time you dressed so fine You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn’t you?
Countrywide Emergency Medical Service (EMS) coverage may become a reality by 2020 as efforts will be made to expand the service annually, National Medical Director of the EMS Dr Zulfikar Bux has said.
This is one of the quickest side dishes that you can make.
We have all been there at some stage; our first month in the gym is usually filled with excitement, enthusiasm and learning correct form.
Past and present basketball and foot6ball teams of the Black Stallion club will be in action today in matches organized by the South Turkeyen Sports Committee.
The state-owned vehicle in which former president Donald Ramotar and his security detail is transported was outfitted with a wheel clamp by a team of officials from Smart City Solutions (SCS), the PPP said yesterday.
A year after Banks DIH (BDIH) Chairman Clifford Reis announced that the company’s sale of shares in Barbados beverage conglomerate Banks Holdings Limited (BHL) to Brazilian AmBev Group of Companies would see the company getting access to manufacture almost two dozen more beer brands, he reported to shareholders yesterday that the process was not as easy as planned.
Despite a power outage lasting approximately 90 minutes, Linden team Eagles FC and Den Amstel secured contrasting wins when the second annual Petra Organization/ Limacol football tournament continued Friday.
Her day starts at 5 am and the early hours are filled with the rush of preparing herself for work and her daughter for school; once she leaves work at 4 pm, she bolts home to help her daughter with homework before rushing off to her night job from 6 pm to 2.30 am.
The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is set to hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and election of office bearers for the next two years today at the GCB’s La Bonne Intention Hostel.
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William and his younger brother Harry have commissioned a statue in honour of their mother Princess Diana who died in a Paris car crash 20 years ago to be erected outside their official London home, their office said yesterday.
Taking a ride: Boys taking a ride on a makeshift cart they made at Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara yesterday.
The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) will be moving towards making the current grid smart in order to improve its efficiency while increasing its capacity.
“Chess is like business. I mean it is very important, because it is strategic thinking.
A 90th +1 minute own goal earned Ann’s Grove a deserved 1-1 draw with Santos when the second annual Petra Organization/Limacol Football Championship continued Thursday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.
A budding rivalry and a familiar contest will highlight the ‘Stag Nation’ Cup semi-final round when the Guyana Police Force (GPF) engages Western Tigers and Santos opposes Riddim Squad today at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground from 18:30hrs.
Today we begin a series which focuses exclusively on the raw experiences of women all across the country.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s most far reaching action since taking office plunged America’s immigration system into chaos yesterday, not only for refugees but for legal US residents who were turned away at airports and feared being stranded outside the country.
Dear Editor, Smart parking is usually one of the first solutions that gets implemented as traditional cities upgrade to become smart cities.
Police were yesterday pursuing leads in Friday afternoon’s armed robbery in Meadow Brook Gardens, which left the wife of senior mining official of the Roraima Mining Company SILICA Ltd with a gunshot wound to her right arm.
The Red-capped Cardinal gets its name from its crimson head. Immature birds have a brown head.
Police youth clubs in Berbice are expected to play major roles when the seventh annual Desmond Dorsett Memorial Road Race Classic and Family Fun Day takes place today.
In the coming months, it is likely that the way in which governments think about international trade and their fundamental values will evolve rapidly, as the promises and threats that President Trump made on the campaign trail become US policy.
A 14-year-old boy is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) nursing a stab wound to his abdomen after an altercation with a police officer on Friday afternoon.
ATN closes deal Improvements likely in two months By Sharief Khan AFTER several postponments, the US Virgin Islands-based ATN telephone company yesterday closed the deal to immediately take over the running of the local telecommunications network.
It was Mr Ralph Ramkarran who in an uncompromising column published in this newspaper last week, drew the public’s attention to what he called the Guyana Chronicle’s “obscene calumny” against Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag) Carl Singh.
Lucky Bamboo is actually a member of the Dracaena sanderiana family even though the plant resembles a Bamboo.
Dear Editor, What follows is a small contribution which comes at the juncture of two discussions lately current in the media, on energy and on agriculture in Guyana’s social, economic and natural environment.
LONDON (Reuters) – You must wear shoes with heels 2 – 4 inches (5 – 10 cm) high at all times when you are at work.
Plaisance Guardians claimed wins in the Open and U23 sections while Colts secured a victory in the Open division when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) League of Champions continued on Thursday.
