Daily Archive: Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Articles published on Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Jordan unable to explain unauthorised GPHC $605M drug purchase

Asked to explain how the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) was able to purchase over $605 million in emergency pharmaceutical supplies through sole sourcing if its request for a waiver of the Procurement Act was denied, Finance Minister Winston Jordan last Friday told the National Assembly that he could not explain.

U.S. diplomats accuse Tillerson of breaking child soldiers law

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A group of about a dozen U.S. State Department officials have taken the unusual step of formally accusing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of violating a federal law designed to stop foreign militaries from enlisting child soldiers, according to internal documents reviewed by Reuters.

Chris Gayle

Gayle half-century hands Riders win but Smith knock goes in vain

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies superstar Chris Gayle notched his second half-century in as many days to fire Rangpur Riders to a narrow three-run victory over Kieron Pollard’s Dhaka Dynamites but Dwayne Smith’s fifty proved in vain as Rajshahi Kings lost again in the Bangladesh Premier League here yesterday.

Equality: a requirement for justice

Last week two events were reported that deserve some comment. The first had to do with the case between DIPCON Engineering Limited and the Attorney General (AG) of Guyana before the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), which the AG, Mr.

Colombia protests Venezuelan military crossing border

BOGOTA,  (Reuters) – Colombia sent a letter to the Venezuelan foreign ministry yesterday protesting the incursion of a military helicopter and troops from that nation over the border, the latest in a series of similar incidents that have drawn criticism from Colombia.

Lost World

The borders of Guyana, Venezuela and Brazil collide at the site of Mount Roraima, the tallest of the Pakaraima Mountains.