Daily Archive: Monday, May 14, 2018

Articles published on Monday, May 14, 2018

The new office

Mackenzie gets $20M GECOM office

Eleven staffers at the Mackenzie Office of Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), will now function in a comfortable environment, following the inauguration of a new $20M two-flat building on May 10 in Region 10.

Winston Brassington

Brassington defends Rusal bauxite deal

Former Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Winston Brassington has defended the decision to bring Russian bauxite company Rusal to Guyana saying it was done to save the local industry and Rusal was the only company to show investment interest at the time.

Barbadian fast bowler Jofra Archer.

Archer brace tops Lewis half-century in Royals win

MUMBAI, India,  CMC – Exciting West Indies opener, Evin Lewis, smashed his second half-century of the Indian Premier League but was outshone by the brilliant Jofra Archer, as Rajasthan Royals thrashed Mumbai Indians by seven wickets to strengthen their claim for a playoff spot in the Indian Premier League here yesterday.

Bhaskar Yadram

Guyana U19 team poised to continue regional dynasty

Following the conclusion of the Guyana Cricket Board/Hand-in-Hand Insurance inter-country under – 19 tournament, last weekend, only a few players raised their bats or had stellar performances with the ball with the engraving, “select me” to participate in this year’s regional under -19 tournament.

The victorious 1981 Jamaica team, the inaugural men’s CARICOM basketball champions.

A tribute to the trailblazers

Statistician Charwayne Walker salutes the stars of the first Caricom Basketball Championships highlighting the outstanding performances of over 30 years ago Thirty seven years ago in August of 1981, Guyana hosted the inaugural CARICOM Basketball Championships.

Awards for what?

In its simplest form, an Award Ceremony is a formal occasion at which accolades are given out to honour achievement in a particular field.

President’s College whips YBG Cluster 31-9

Chase Academy, Presidents’ College and Marian Academy all recorded contrasting wins in the U14 section of the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) ‘Regional Conference’ which continued yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

University of T&T starts retrenching

(Trinidad Guardian) More than 30 members of the University of T&T’s (UTT) academic staff were given letters of termination on Friday, as the financially-plagued institution officially began a retrenchment exercise aimed at saving money.

Who controls Republic Bank?

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad Government’s acquisition of an additional 26.13 per cent of the publicly-traded Republic Bank Limited (RBL) two weeks ago, has raised concerns about control of the bank.

The Sussex St bond revisited

In its column in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek, Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) addressed the country’s ranking in the most recent report of Transparency International on corruption perceptions and considered the various factors which could have given rise to the improved score. 

Crude behaviour by cop at Mon Repos market

Dear Editor, ENetworks has been collecting additional monies for the past three months  to replace the current TV boxes with “orange boxes” with the written undertaking that their customers would access additional channels with better resolution and that this would have been in place by 1st May 2018.