Daily Archive: Friday, April 14, 2017

Articles published on Friday, April 14, 2017

ANSA McAl training women staff in self defense

(Trinidad Guardian) The ANSA Mc Al Group has taken the challenge upon themselves to train its women staff in self defense, especially given the fact that there has been several recent reports of crime violence against women throughout the country—some of them beaten, abducted and in some instances, killed.

State assets bill passed

A parliamentary debate cut short because of time constraints followed by a PPP/C walkout saw the controversial State Assets Recovery Bill being passed shortly before 10pm yesterday.

Clique has “hijacked” Windies cricket

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has accused a small leadership clique of “hijacking” West Indies cricket and argues that unless fundamental changes are made in the area of governance, the region will continue to languish behind the rest of the cricketing world.

Guyana forced to make five changes for Leewards match

—Yadram and Rutherford set to make debut The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), yesterday, released the names of a squad mixed with an ideal balance of youth and experience as the two-time defending champions hunt for a third successive Regional 4-day championship, on the back of a number of strong performances throughout the season.

Who’s who in the Guyana Junior table tennis team (Part 3)

Name: Navindra Persaud  Age: 14 Local titles won: Two (last in 2013) Experience for Guyana; Guyana 2013, USA 2015, 2016 Category competing in: Under 15 singles, doubles, mix doubles and team Style of play: Right hand defense Strengths: Serves, ball control and backhand School: Queen’s College Secondary Goals: “I hope to represent my county well and play to the best of my ability.

Regime wants to change land law to disadvantage of the Amerindians

Dear Editor, The recent setting up of a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) “to examine and make recommendations to resolve all issues and    uncertainties surrounding the claims of Amerindian land titling, the individual, joint or communal ownership of lands acquired by freed Africans and on any matters relating to land titling in Guyana” is the latest move by Government that is creating disunity amongst the peoples of this country.

Aspiring to offer an even higher quality of graduate

UG must be worthy of business sector support – VC

The wholehearted support of the business community for the University of Guyana is unlikely to be forthcoming in circumstances where the institution provides little if any meaningful evidence of its worthiness of that support, Vice Chancellor Professor Ivelaw Griffith has said.

Consumers grateful for prolonged vegetable glut

The past three weeks or so of prevailing rock-bottom prices for greens and vegetables in local municipal markets attested to the possibilities that obtain in the widely-held view the Guyana can indeed be the food security hub of the Caribbean Community (Caricom).

Opener Kyle Hope … one of the players eyeing Test selection.

President’s XI urged to seize opportunity

FALMOUTH, Trelawny,  CMC – WICB President’s XI head coach, Graeme West, said Thursday it was important those players on the fringe of West Indies selection used the three-day tour game against Pakistan to remind selectors of their credentials.

Ajax win, United held

BERNE,  (Reuters) –  European football was given good and bad reminders of its past on Thursday with an impressive 2-0 win for once-mighty Ajax Amsterdam over Schalke 04 in one Europa League game but ugly scenes in the crowd at Lyon delaying another.

CPL returns to Florida

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – The Caribbean Premier League will once again stage matches in the United States during the upcoming campaign, organisers have announced.

The University of Guyana and the business community

Based on what he had to say on the issue during a recent lengthy interview for a forthcoming issue of the Guyana Review, it is clear that University of Guyana (UG) Vice Chancellor Professor Ivelaw Griffith believes that the future of the university will be heavily dependent on the quality of the relationship that it can cultivate with the private sector.

Bureau of Statistics

For the first time since its establishment in 1957, Guyana’s Bureau of Statistics has moved into its own dedicated building – the former Customs House on Main Street.

*Prices only represent the average Wholesale Farmgate and Retail Prices at the above mentioned markets and are NOT prices set by the Guyana Marketing Corporation or Ministry of Agriculture.

Market prices

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation and published by Stabroek Business as a public service)The New Guyana Marketing Corporation has agreed to provide us with the above information which we will publish on a weekly basis subject to receipt.

Stock market updates

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 716’s trading results showed consideration of $8,840,485 from 179,273 shares traded in 10 transactions as compared to session 715’s trading results, which showed consideration of $11,416,955 from 270,360 shares traded in 12 transactions.