Daily Archive: Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Articles published on Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Ministry of Public infrastructure website hacked

Anyone attempting to access the Ministry of Public Infrastructure website last evening was greeted by a message declaring the space owned by Egyptian Hackers, a development which has crystalized a fear expressed by local technological experts that Government’s Cyber security is not up to par.

[Video] Singh, Brassington placed on $6m bail each

Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni Singh and former Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited, Winston Brassington were yesterday granted a total of $6m bail each after being read three counts of misconduct in public office when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s court.

 Ravindra Samaroo (63 runs and three wickets) and Brian Jagmohan (57 and five wickets) destroyed Ann’s Grove.

LBI Secondary thrashes Ann’s Grove Secondary

La Bonne Intention Secondary (LBI) romped to a 103-run win over Ann’s Grove Secondary at the Lusignan Community Center Ground, East Coast Demerara yesterday as the 2017/2018 Guyana Cricket Board/ Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited/ National Sport Commission/National Secondary School Cricket League (GCB/DMLAS/NSC/NSSCL) continued.

PPP/C governments failed to address piracy

Dear Editor, It is quite apparent that former ministers and senior officials of the then despotic PPP/C regime, have absolutely no shame in their public utterances as they chime in on numerous topics of good governance and democracy in order to score cheap political points against the current ailing and seemingly defenceless APNU+AFC regime.

Cavs cruise, complete sweep of top-seeded Raptors

(Reuters) LeBron James recorded 29 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers completed a four-game Eastern Conference semifinal sweep of Toronto by rolling to a 128-93 victory over the visiting Raptors on Monday night at Quicken Loans Arena.

Referees snub a wakeup call for football

The recent stance by the majority of referees, who chose not to participate in the recent Guyana Football Referees Council (GFRC) Electoral Congress, forcing it to be abandoned due to a lack of quorum, should serve as a wakeup call for all involved in the sport.

GFF Commission of Inquiry finally underway

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the sexual harassment of female referees by match officials and administrators has gotten underway, with several female referees testifying before the five member panel.

Hacked?

Dear Editor, Has somebody hacked into the computer of the Vice Chancellor of UWI Professor, Hilary Beckles and written that bizarre rant you published on May 6th?

Worrisome development

In the sports section of last Sunday’s edition, this newspaper broke a story that the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) was asking Under-15 and Under-17 players to sign contracts with long term implications for their future earnings from the game of cricket.

Sunil Ambris

Ambris among 11 for batting camp

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies’ batting group began their preparation in earnest for the Sri Lanka series, with the start of a five-day camp here yesterday Vice-captain Kraigg Brathwaite, who has emerged as the Caribbean’s leading batsman in recent times, is among nine current Test players who will be involved in the camp at the UWI Cave Hill Campus, under the guidance of West Indies A coach Floyd Reifer.