Daily Archive: Monday, January 22, 2018

(ICC) Antigua and Barbuda, Guyana and St Lucia were today announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as the venues for the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2018, which will be staged from 9-24 November.

The sugar union, GAWU today said that more sugar workers are to be made redundant.

(Trinidad Guardian) Education Minister Anthony Garcia says the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) is of the view that the organisation is “overstaffed and to run the university efficiently it will mean they have to trim fat.”

In preparation for Guyana’s emerging oil and gas sector and the bustling business usually synonymous with the industry, the Pegasus Hotel is expected to undergo a huge expansion which includes office and residential rental spaces.

Guyana Jaguars yesterday completed a resounding innings and 81 runs victory over the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force on the final day of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) regional four-day first-class season at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Winners of the seventh annual Trophy Stall doubles championships received their prizes last Friday at the grand Guyana Tennis Association 2017 annual Awards Ceremony.

Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud is to resume his duties today after spending approximately six months on leave, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday confirmed to Stabroek News.

There were no surprises as two-time Olympian Winston George and Natrena Hooper were named the Senior Male and Female Athletes-of-the-Year for 2017.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday launched a scathing attack on the union GAWU, accusing it of decades of sabotage of the sugar industry and not genuinely representing the interests of its workers.

The importance of foot health, especially for persons with diabetes, was emphasized by Podologist Yvonne Braithwaite yesterday, when she launched the local leg of Rovon Health Care Inc, which includes a foot spa.

The ascension of Dexter ‘De Kid’ Marques in the world flyweight ranks continued on Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

All local and international bidders for government contracts are being asked by the National Procurement and Tender Administration (NPTA) Board to complete a NPTA Supplier Registration form to obtain a registration number which they can use on bidding documents for quick database referencing.

By Noelle Smith World ranked tennis player Sachia Vickery was Friday honoured by the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) and showed her appreciation by giving back to the GTA and a  bevy of young players through a donation of tennis equipment.

Dear Editor, In articles which appeared in the news media on Jan.

The return of metered parking looms on the horizon as the city council, having voted largely in favour of accepting the recommendations of the parking meter renegotiation committee, will move on to amending the contract and reconstructing the by-laws.

Dear Editor, The few honest individuals remaining in this country are, from time to time, made out to be secret Judases. 

By Noelle Smith Titans Table Tennis Club in its quest for the continued development of its players will stage three tournaments this year.

Monedderlust `A’ was crowned the inaugural Stag ‘Skills for Gold’ 7-a-side football champs after crushing Paradise Invaders 4-1 Saturday at the No.#5

Dr. Steven Chefoon, the Regional Health Officer (RHO) of Region Five who was among doctors named in a complaint over a former APNU+AFC councillor’s alleged abuse of her office to access prescription pain medication, is now stationed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).

Dear Editor, Reference is made to the letter `GTUC never had any discussion on closure of sugar estates’ written by Eon Andrews, Vice-President, GTUC (SN January 20, 2018).

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A U.S. government shutdown will enter its third day today as Senate negotiators failed to reach a deal late on Sunday on Democrats’ demand for legislation protecting “Dreamers,” young people brought to the country illegally as children.

Dear Editor, During the days leading up to the end of 2017, the APNU+AFC coalition government revealed the long asked for Petroleum Agreement between oil giant, ExxonMobil and Guyana.

Those murals which decorate the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) found new life when they were integrated into its expansion project, now CJIA is announcing that the project will also focus on the addition of new artwork conceptualized by some of the country’s talented artists.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – A career-best hundred by Devon Thomas put Leeward Islands Hurricanes in a strong position to force a victory against Windward Islands Volcanoes on yesterday’s final day.

Dear Editor, It is with much pleasure that I applaud the relaunch of the National Cadet Corps (NCC).

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Pope Francis celebrated an open air Mass for more than 1 million people yesterday, ending a trip to Chile and Peru marked by tough talk on political corruption but a backlash over what many see as his insufficient resolve to tackle sexual abuse in the Church.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA)  says it supports the restructuring of the sugar industry and  promised to “be vigilant” in ensuring that the government keeps its promise to pay the remaining severance to sugar workers in a timely manner.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – West Indies batting star Marlon Samuels, along with the Trinidadian duo of Kevon Cooper and Akeal Hosein, have been again named in a 14-man Leeward Islands Hurricanes squad for the Regional Super50 starting month end.

AZAZ, Syria,  (Reuters) – Turkey’s army and rebel allies battled U.S.-backed

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Former Guatemalan presidential candidate Manuel Baldizon, who is wanted on graft charges, has sought asylum in the United States after he was arrested while trying to enter the country, authorities from both nations said.

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) have identified several blocks of mining lands for miners who are part of the South Rupununi Miners’ Association and former occupiers of Romanex Mining lands in Marudi, Region 9.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – Gunmen in army uniforms who stormed Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel late on Saturday and battled Afghan Special Forces through the night killed more than 30 people and wounded many more, although the final toll of dead and wounded may still be higher.

Dear Editor, Saturday’s media report of the previous day’s meeting between government and the unions operating in the sugar industry is a most welcome sign.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – There were more than 25,000 murders across drug-ravaged Mexico in 2017, the highest annual tally since modern records began, government data showed.

Dear Editor, It is time, we understand and accept that the world is changing and when we look at our country, it is not.

Cummings Lodge bridge: Works are currently ongoing for the reconstruction of this bridge in Greater Georgetown which links Cummings Lodge to the Cummings Lodge Access Road.

In an effort to attain 100 percent yellow fever vaccination coverage in Guyana for 2018, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers are urging AT&T Inc, the No.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov held his nerve to knock home favourite Nick Kyrgios out of the Australian Open in a fourth-round thriller at the Rod Laver Arena yesterday.

Friday’s meeting on the future of the sugar industry between the government and the two unions, GAWU and NAACIE is a heartening development and must lead to substantive options for the thousands of dislocated workers and a viable plan for the remaining estates.

  BEIJING, (Reuters) – China’s top newspaper, decrying Washington as a trouble-maker, said yesterday U.S.

Last week, we carried our second article highlighting the key findings and recommendations contained in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) report entitled “Guyana: A reform Agenda for Petroleum Taxation and Revenue Management” dated November 2017.

LONDON,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Four out of every five dollars of wealth generated in 2017 ended up in the pockets of the richest one percent, while the poorest half of humanity got nothing, a report published by Oxfam found yesterday.

By Deo Persaud   Born in Guyana, Deo Persaud grew up in Georgetown.

Jacqueline Lagnah, the Leopold and Breda streets shop owner who was shot in her back on Wednesday last during indiscriminate shooting has been discharged from the hospital and is at home recuperating.

Brothers United secured the final berth in the playoff round of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West Demerara/East Bank Demerara zone, defeating Young Stars 2-0 in the final yesterday.

Dear Editor, United States President Donald Trump has completed his first year in office.

(Reuters) Elfrid Payton scored 22 points and the Orlando Magic snapped a 14-game losing streak in Boston by delivering an impressive 103-95 triumph over the Celtics yesterday at TD Garden.

As part of the Rural Agricultural Infrastructure Development (RAID) project, which is being funded by the Caribbean Development Fund (CDF) in collaboration with the Government of Guyana to the tune of US$12 million, four new cooperative unions are being formed so that farmers in the target communities can access funds more efficiently.