Daily Archive: Friday, June 16, 2017

Articles published on Friday, June 16, 2017

 India v Bangladesh - 2017 ICC Champions Trophy Semi Final - India’s Rohit Sharma and Virat Kholi (right) celebrate winning the match (Reuters / Paul Childs)

India cruise past Bangladesh

  BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) – India put on a display of composed and confident batting as they cruised into the final of the Champions Trophy with a nine-wicket victory over Bangladesh on Thursday, setting up a clash with old rivals Pakistan on Sunday.

US revokes visas of MPs Seeraj, Dharamlall

The opposition PPP last night said that two Members of Parliament for the People’s Progressive Party/Civic, Dharamkumar Seeraj and Nigel Dharamlall, have recently received letters from the Consular Section of the Embassy of the United States of America, Georgetown informing them that their non-immigrant visas have been revoked.

Rickie Fowler plays his shot from the first fairway during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Erin Hills (Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports)

Fowler in control in quest for first major

ERIN, Wisconsin, (Reuters) – Rickie Fowler, a prime candidate to become the next in a long line of first-time major winners, fired a record-equalling seven-under-par 65 to seize a two-shot clubhouse lead in Thursday’s first round of the U.S.

Ranieri takes over as coach at Nantes

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Claudio Ranieri, the veteran Italian coach who led Leicester City to their English Premier League title last season against all the odds, has taken over at Nantes, the Ligue 1 club said on Thursday.

Guyanese and Trinidadian businessmen and businesswomen meeting in Georgetown recently

T&T Chamber delegation visit yields more than 100 business meetings  

A recent two-day business-to-business encounter between a delegation headed by the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of  Industry and Commerce and a number of local companies seems set to pave the way for the long-anticipated strengthening of business and commercial ties between the private sectors of the two Caricom countries, Stabroek Business has been informed.

Stephanie Miguel

Port Kaituma exploring options to the fortunes of gold

Port Kaituma is one of several gold-mining communities that has had to adjust to the vicissitudes of the gold-mining industry, not least the instability in gold prices and the attendant fluctuation of the fortunes of gold miners on the one hand, and the strengthening of environmental, safety and health and other regulations that compel a higher level of operational compliance on the other.

FIFA to clamp down on mobbing of refs

ZURICH,(Reuters) – Soccer’s governing body FIFA promised on Thursday to take steps to stop what it called the mobbing of referees during the Confederations Cup in Russia this month as part of its so-called “play fair” initiative.

Authorization is for discussions not negotiations

Dear Editor, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo reportedly earlier today referred to a letter which gives me authorization to discuss the possible privatization of GuySuCo, in whole or in part with potential investors, and accuses the APNU+AFC government of misleading the Guyanese people and making a sham of consultations with stakeholders.

Keith Scott

BCGI’s Russian management, union talking in earnest

The visit last December to Guyana by officials of the Russian company RUSAL, the majority shareholder in the local company Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) in an effort to end a longstanding industrial relations’ dispute involving workers and management may have paved the way for an improved relationship between the two sides, General Secretary of the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) Lincoln Lewis has told the Stabroek Business.

Toshaos council still wants meeting with President

The National Toshaos Council (NTC) yesterday expressed concern that President David Granger chose to meet with the Amerindian People’s Association (APA) on Wednesday instead of it on the controversial Lands Commission of Inquiry (CoI) On Wednesday, the Ministry of the Presidency announced that Granger had met with the APA and outlined a five-prong plan to ease a row over the lands CoI.

Foundation Seven students at work

Republic, Scotia banks award local music school $1M grant

A nine-year-old local music school has been awarded a $1 million grant along with a one-year capacity-building support system through the Small Business Bureau (SBB) designed to equip the institution with the capacity to develop sound and prudent financial best practices in order to facilitate its continued financial growth.

Schippers wins, disqualified and then reinstated

OSLO,(Reuters) – World champion Dafne Schippers was involved in a bizarre women’s 200 metres at the Oslo Diamond League meeting on Thursday when the Dutchwoman false-started, was allowed to race and won, was then disqualified and finally reinstated.

The Enmore Martyrs represent the fight for equal rights

Dear Editor, Whether the Enmore factory stands or not, whether sugar remains a productive part of the economy or not, whether it ceases to be produced or not, whether the family of the martyrs is still in Guyana or not, whether those of us who have championed this cause are around or not, Enmore Martyrs Day is indelibly etched in the social, cultural, economic and political fabric of this nation.

Foreign investment: The Brazil and T&T initiatives

The visit to Brazil in May by a delegation of heads of various state agencies including the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest), the Guyana National Bureau of Standards and the Lands and Surveys Department and the more recent visit here by a delegation of Trinidad and Tobago business leaders under the auspices of that country’s Chamber of Commerce were both focused, in large measure, on exploring trade and investment opportunities, which is among the issues that have featured in national discourses on the performance of the country’s economy and the prognosis for the future.

Stock market updates

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 725’s trading results showed consideration of $2,132,670 from 16,726 shares traded in 11 transactions as compared to session 724’s trading results, which showed consideration of $655,570 from 1,553 shares traded in 7 transactions. 

Market prices

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Nurse Marks

When Nurse Sherlyn Marks dropped a bombshell exposé to the media revealing that Region 5 Councillor Carol Joseph was involved in using the leverage of her office to gain access to prescription drugs, this led to the uncharacteristically (for Guyana) sudden resignation of Councillor Joseph not only from the Regional Administration but from the People’s National Congress Reform as well.