Daily Archive: Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Articles published on Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Some of the stranded Cuban Nationals outside of the airport’s terminal yesterday midday.

Stranded Cuban nationals begin returning home

A decision to temporarily grant Honduran airline Easy Sky permission to operate in local airspace has been made by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), allowing Cuban nationals who were stranded at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) over the past few days to return home.

Windies in a ‘tough phase’, laments Holder

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Embattled West Indies captain Jason Holder conceded yestersday his inexperienced side were enduring a difficult period, after they suffered a seven-wicket thrashing at the hands of Pakistan on the last day of the opening Test at Sabina Park.

Coupling African and Amerindian land issues

Given its historical development and situational context, outside of pure formalism (an emphasis on form rather than content), to which this regime appears particularly prone, there are no good logical, historical, political, economic, social or other reasons why it should have decided to couple the generally settled Amerindian land issue to the yet to be consensually formulated African demand for ancestral land.

Focus on skills gaps, labour market mismatches

Dear Editor, Recent reflections on the Government’s initiative to set up a College focused on developing talent and competencies for the Public Service of Guyana reminded me of an article I read not so long ago titled: “Scouting for Talent” which appeared in the Spring edition of the periodical titled: “WORK” published by the CIPD.

Golden State completes sweep of Portland

(The Sports Xchange) – Stephen Curry scored 37 points, dished out eight assists and grabbed seven rebounds despite sitting out the entire fourth quarter as the Golden State Warriors buried the Portland Trail Blazers 128-103 Monday night at Moda Center to complete a four-game series sweep.

National Library

A cloth banner, about eight feet wide and four feet high, attached to the wrought iron grillwork fence of the National Library at Church and Main streets reads: The National Library in collaboration with the University of Guyana and other special libraries celebrates Library Week 2017 April 23-28 “Facing the Future Information Literacy in a Changing Technological landscape” The last three words of the theme “changing technological landscape” suggests a change in the function of the library in the future.