Daily Archive: Friday, November 3, 2017

Articles published on Friday, November 3, 2017

President David Granger could not be heard above the din.

Granger’s state address drowned out by PPP/C protest

President David Granger yesterday reported on his administration’s stewardship of the country in the nearly two and a half years since it assumed office, but his state of the nation address to the National Assembly was mostly drowned out by heckling members of the opposition, who staged a protest in the parliamentary chambers.

Sherfane Rutherford’s promising career is set to take flight. (Royston Alkins photo)

Rutherford six-wicket haul rocks Volcanoes

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  CMC – Teenaged seamer Sherfane Rutherford snatched a six-wicket haul to put Guyana Jaguars in command of their second round match in the Regional four-day championship against Windward Islands Volcanoes here Thursday.

James Patterson

Justice Patterson confirms that he only acted as CJ of Grenada

Newly appointed Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom), retired Justice James Patterson yesterday clarified that he was never substantive Chief Justice of Grenada but had acted in the position for a short period of time, a fact he accidentally excluded from the Curriculum Vitae (CV) he had submitted to President David Granger.

CoI on plot allegation urges Top Cop’s removal

Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud’s ability to continue to act in his position has “become untenable” and he should be made to resign under terms considered appropriate by President David Granger, or if he fails to do so, be removed for misbehaviour, according to the final report of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the police force’s handling of an alleged plot to kill the president.

Jason Holder grabbed the key wicket of Sikandar Raza on a day when success was rare

Windies frustrated as Zimbabwe avoid sweep

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, CMC – West Indies’ bid for a clean sweep ended in frustration as wicketkeeper Regis Chakabva struck a defiant half-century to earn Zimbabwe a precious draw on the final day of the second Test here Thursday.

The turning of the sod on the site for the construction of the new Food and Drug Analyst Department complex

Completion of $130m Food and Drugs Complex will provide safety assurances – Cole

This week’s ceremonial turning of the sod preparatory to the construction of a complex in which to house the Government Analyst-Food & Drugs Department (GAFDD) would appear to signal the beginning of the end of the marginalization of a key state agency which has spent just a few years short of a decade performing critical functions utilizing makeshift accommodation on the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus.

BK failed to construct all of Timehri Road but got full amount

BK International Inc. received an additional $195M despite failing to construct the full length of the new access road to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) , according to a performance audit conducted by the Auditor Office, which also found that the project was marred by millions of dollars in overpayments, numerous delays and unauthorized works.

At the Uncapped agro-processing event last Friday

GMSA still sees Amaila as `most feasible” power option…

Just over a month after Minister of State Joseph Harmon had declared that the APNU+AFC administration had set aside the 165 MV Amalia Falls Hydropower Project, the private sector appears to have not yet written off the controversial power supply option as a vehicle for accelerating the growth of the country’s manufacturing sector.

US Ambassador Holloway passing through the stalls in the Sophia Auditorium

Private/public sector organisers standing behind Uncapped model

As early as Saturday evening, long before the scheduled three-night Uncapped event at the National Exhibition Site, Sophia, was over, officials of the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) were announcing that four more such events, at Providence, Port Mourant, and two other venues including one in Region Three, would be held in 2018.

Umpire Danesh Ramdhanie watches Leeward Islands Hurricanes fast-medium bowler Gavin Tonge bowl during the Barbados Pride second innings (CWI Media photo/ Kerrie Eversley)

Tonge follows up Louis to destroy Pride

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Gavin Tonge proved there was life left in the old man yet with an incisive spell of fast-medium, swing bowling that catapulted Leeward Islands Hurricanes to a stunning, innings-and-four-run victory over Barbados Pride in the Digicel 4-Day Championship on Thursday.

ASL plane badly damaged in Chenapau landing

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) yesterday said it is conducting an investigation to ascertain the circumstances that led to the crash of an Air Services Limited, Britten-Norman Islander aircraft – bearing registration number 8R-GER, at the Chenapau airstrip.

Four teenagers off to Barbados

Four teenage cyclists will represent Guyana at the Caribbean Junior Cycling Championships slated for this weekend in Barbados after raising enough funds to cover their own airfare.

U.S. Republicans debut tax bill, Trump seeks first win

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled a tax bill yesterday that would cost $1.51 trillion and deliver deep tax cuts as promised by President Donald Trump, setting off a race in Congress to give him his first major legislative win.

Yeudistir Persaud of Mae’s Secondary

Mae’s, Bush Lot record wins 

Mae’s and Bush Lot Secondary Schools yesterday recorded wins in the latest round of the 2017/2018 Guyana Cricket Board/ Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited/National Sports Commission/ National Secondary School Cricket League (GCB/DMLAS/NSC/NSSCL) continued with matches being played in Georgetown and the East Coast of Demerara.

Apple sees strong holiday sales, smooth sailing for iPhone X

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – Apple Inc on Thursday reported better-than-expected earnings and offered a rosy forecast for the holiday shopping season, allaying investor concerns about production delays on the new iPhone X and demonstrating remarkable strength across its growing line of products and services.

Indiana 124 Cavaliers 107

(The Sports Xchange) – Highlights from National Basketball Association games on Wednesday: Pacers 124,  Cavaliers 107 Thaddeus Young scored 26 points to lead all five Indiana Pacers starters in double figures in a 124-107 blowout of the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night.