Daily Archive: Monday, February 20, 2017

Articles published on Monday, February 20, 2017

Ben Stokes

England’s Stokes hits jackpot in IPL auction

BANGALORE,  (Reuters) – England’s Ben Stokes fetched a staggering $2.17 million in the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) player auction on Monday, with the Rising Pune Supergiants splashing out in a frenzied bidding war to land the explosive all-rounder.

Digicel not in Mash float parade this year

Digicel Guyana, usually one of the largest contingents in the Mashramani float parade, has decided to opt out of participating in this year’s festivities in order to focus its efforts on executing community and family events, as it celebrates its 10th year here.

The prize winners at the conclusion of the annual Bounty Farm handicap squash tournament.

Dias, Cadogan, Open, category A champs

Deje Dias won the Open category and Abosaide Cadogan, the `A’ category when the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) in collaboration with its corporate sponsor Digicel, Bounty Farm Limited handicap tournament ended yesterday at the Georgetown Club Incorporated courts, a release from the GSA stated.

ExxonMobil will make its decision on the basis of net price in 2020 and beyond

Dear Editor, At the end of last year I had pointed out that the Hotelling rule for optimal extraction of a non-renewable resource would suggest that oil companies, had they owned or controlled a resource such as the Liza and Payara wells, would in fact choose not to produce if they expected the net price (ie, its price less extraction costs) of oil to rise in the future, and in particular to rise faster than the interest rate.

Ball in Bravo’s court, says Cameron

The ball is in Darren Bravo’s court. That was the response from West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Dave Cameron when asked about the impasse between the regional board and the West Indies star batsman which erupted last year when the left-hander was sent home from the Zimbabwe due to a controversial comment on social media platform Twitter.

International Mother Language Day

By Dhanaiswary Jaganauth University of Guyana (Dhanaiswary Jaganauth is a member of the Informal working group for language policy and language rights) In 1999, UNESCO proclaimed February 21 as International Mother Language Day.

Mr Goolsarran’s application

At various junctures of the life of this 21-month-old government it has been emphasised in the editorial columns of this newspaper that the government must fastidiously ensure fairness in the hiring of persons for all positions given the concerns over the jobs-for-the-boys syndrome and the favouring of persons on grounds other than merit.

Sammy sparkles briefly as Zalmi lose again

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Captain Darren Sammy’s rearguard knock was not enough to save Peshawar Zalmi from their second straight defeat as they went down to Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard’s Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League here yesterday.

The activation of the Public Procurement Commission

In the last few days, several controversial procurement issues were highlighted in the media, the latest being the Court battle and subsequent ruling in favour of the Government regarding the award of a contract for $4.6 billion for the Inter-American Development Bank-funded rehabilitation of the Guyana Power and Light’s medium voltage distribution.