Daily Archive: Friday, July 14, 2017

Articles published on Friday, July 14, 2017

Trotman meets Halliburton CEO

Today,  Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman (centre) and a team of technical officers of the Petroleum Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources met with  Jeffrey Miller (second from left), President and CEO of Halliburton, and his team at the Ministry’s head office, Upper Brickdam.

Ministry provides names of 57 early release prisoners

The Minister of Public Security by virtue of ministerial powers vested in him by the Constitution and based on advice from senior prison officials, who testified to the prisoners’ character and good behaviour, released a total of 57 prisoners over the past week, a statement from the ministry said today.

SOCU amends charge against Nandlall

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) yesterday amended the charge against former Attorney-General Anil Nandlall, who is charged with fraudulently converting law reports, valued at over $2 million, which were allegedly the property of the Ministry of Legal Affairs.

Ramjattan confirms six Camp St escapees

Prison authorities have confirmed that the number of escapees from Sunday’s Camp Street Prison breakout is six, according to Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan, who yesterday also clarified that a total of 91 inmates—not 300 as earlier reported—have been released Ramjattan made the disclosures while also announcing plans to today relocate over 500 inmates who continue to be held in a pasture outside of the Lusignan Prison to another walled open area nearby.

Spice’s Dacia Woodroffe being challenged by Renee James of Saints

Wins for Bounty GCC, Pizza Hut GCC, Pepsi Hikers

The Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey Championships saw more high-scoring performances on Wednesday evening at the National Gymnasium as the Bounty GCC men and Pizza Hut GCC ladies both made their first appearances with convincing wins, while the Pepsi Hikers continued along their dominant road to the top of their table.

Action from one of last weekend’s matches at Linden

Six matches tonight at Pouderoyen

Another action-packed night of football is anticipated when the Colours Boutique/Guinness Greatest of the Street National Football playoffs continue tonight with six more matches at the Pouderoyen Tarmac, West Demerara.

GABF selects squad for U17 CentroBasket

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has officially selected their squad for the impending U17 Central America & Caribbean Basketball Championships (CentroBasket), scheduled for Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from July 26th-30th.

Rangel says Venezuelan military is too fragmented to follow an order for military intervention in Guyana

Dear Editor, Beatrice Rangel, a former Chief of Staff to former Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez has said that a desperate President Nicolás Maduro may well order military intervention into Guyana as a means of trying to divert attention from his internal troubles, but not a single platoon of the armed forces of Venezuela will obey that order.

Racers cocaine trial deferred

At the Leonora Court yesterday, Magistrate Rushelle Liverpool adjourned the matter involving four men charged with trafficking in 84.9 kilos of cocaine at Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo, to September 13 and 14.

Spain’s Garbine Muguruza in action during her semi-final match against Slovakia Magdalena Rybarikova (Toby Melville)

Muguruza crushes Rybarikova

LONDON, (Reuters) – Magdalena Rybarikova, who was crushed by Garbine Muguruza in the Wimbledon semi-finals on Thursday, said she was tired and nervous going into the match and had no idea how to respond to her opponent’s superb shot-making.

Hamilton defends London no-show

SILVERSTONE, England, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton defended his decision to snub a major Formula One promotional event in London and said the British Grand Prix and his title challenge came first.

Electronic prison records

On a mundane Sunday afternoon on July 9 last, a remarkable thing occurred: the deeply ingrained inertia and reactionary mindset that characterises the current administration was suddenly and dramatically exposed.