Daily Archive: Sunday, May 20, 2018

DELHI, India,  CMC – Chris Gayle’s involvement in this year’s Indian Premier League came to an unflattering end on Sunday, when he failed yet again as Kings XI Punjab crashed to a five-wicket defeat to Dwayne Bravo’s Chennai Super Kings.

Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes has recommended cease work orders against a stone quarry in the Mazaruni River and a sand pit operated by the regional authorities of Bartica.

President David Granger, this morning, along with First Lady,  Sandra Granger departed for Trinidad and Tobago and will return to Guyana on Thursday, May 24, 2018. While

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Individual brilliance notwithstanding, cricket remains a team sport and the fancied Royal Challengers Bangalore discovered that the hard way as they exited the Indian Premier League (IPL) playoff race after yet another middle-order meltdown.

Sans Souci is situated along the Canal Number One Road between Studley Park and L’Esperance and is two villages away from the Conservancy.

Curtis ‘Chappy’ Dey continues to be a model of consistency on the saddle this season.

The family of Calvin Edwards, also known as Calvin Dover, one of the two suspected bandits shot and killed after they attempted to rob a city businessman on Friday, became aware that he chose a criminal path after his constant arrests and their relentless efforts to steer him away bore no fruit.

The Guyana Carnival is here. Guyana has now joined other countries in the celebration of carnival, which is both, variously, a long-standing tradition and a new imitative contrivance.

The APNU+AFC government has made great strides during its three years in office, according to President David Granger, who also says there are still some challenges that it is working to overcome.

Given that I am known as someone creating music for a Caribbean audience, I am often asked by interviewers, or the general public, what kind of music I listen to.

Fresh off their Commonwealth Games experience, Guyana’s Shemar Britton and Priscilla Greaves captured the boys and girls’ 21 years-and-under titles at the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) senior national championships at the National Gymnasium yesterday.

I am not a monarchist and neither is Jeremy Corbin, the leader of the Opposition Labour Party, and many other British people.

In wake of the recent armed attack on a Cuyuni mining camp, where over two dozen miners were robbed, President of the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) Urica Primus says she is hopeful that the resuscitated Hinterland Intelligence Committee can put measures in place to protect miners against the feared “Sindicato” gangs reported to be operating here.

Next week I am presenting a paper at the first entrepreneurship conference to be hosted by the School of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation, University of Guyana.

Elton ‘The Guyanese Gladiator’ (TGG) Dharry continued his march up the bantamweight ranks with a unanimous victory over a game Mexican, Oscar Mojica in Queens, New York Friday Night.

Gopaul Etwaroo, the 22-year-old man who was recently rescued from the pig pen in which he was held captive, has been discharged from hospital but will undergo a psychiatric evaluation tomorrow.

Diamond Secondary thrashed Friendship Secondary by 65 runs to win the East Bank Zone while Chase Academic Foundation snatched a 28-run win over North Georgetown Secondary (HGS) to win the Georgetown district title at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday in the 2017/2018 Guyana Cricket Board/ Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited/ National Sport Commission/National Secondary School Cricket League (GCB/DMLAS/NSC/NSSCL).

“You gave me gifts, God-Enchanter. I give you thanks for good and ill.

The 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Troy Doris is due to arrive in Guyana tomorrow as a guest of the National Sports Commission for the Independence anniversary celebrations.

“Some days does be trialling, but I had to throw pride and dignity behind and just do what I have to do.

Although the performance of local firms in Guyana, as measured by sales growth, is the highest in the Caribbean, power outages cost them more than their counterparts in the region, while the percentage paid in bribery is also the highest in the region, a new Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) study has found.

Marian Academy defeated Presidents’ College under controversial circumstances in their U19 matchup when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) ‘Regional Conference’ continued yesterday.

A driver escaped almost certain death along the Linden-Lethem Trail on Friday when his truck toppled into a ravine close to the Kurupukari Crossing.

Have you repeatedly tried to lose weight and eat better, only to find yourself falling off the wagon?

Plaisance Secondary blew out School of the Nations’ 100-21 in the U19 division when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) ‘Regional Conference’ continued on Friday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

Since 2015, the Rights of the Child Commission (RCC) has been able to help more than 400 juvenile offenders access legal aid through funding from United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and assistance from the Guyana Legal Aid Clinic.

Introduction: Findings Today’s column addresses Part 2 of the proposed three-part evaluation of Open Oil’s financial modelling exercise of Guyana’s 2016 PSA.

Ten young entrepreneurs will have a shot at earning from $500,000 to $1 million in start-up funding for their proposed businesses at the inaugural Youth in Business Summit, which will begin this week, Director of Youth Melissa Carmichael has announced.

(IPL) The Kolkata Knight Riders became the third team to secure a playoff berth in VIVO IPL 2018 after they defeated the table toppers Sunrisers Hyderabad in their final league stage match of the season yesterday.

The grieving mother of a 31-year-old woman who passed away recently from cervical cancer believes that the treatment she received at the Cancer Institute of Guyana caused her death, but the attending physician says all was done to save the young woman’s life.

(IPL) The Delhi Daredevils and Mumbai Indians will clash in Match 55 of VIVO IPL 2018.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Next month’s tour of the Caribbean by Sri Lanka could be reduced to two Tests, Sri Lanka Cricket has said.

Marlon Jordan, the three-year-old boy who was discovered dead in his grandparents’ Sophia house last Wednesday, died as a result of pneumonia, a post-mortem examination has found.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – China has agreed to take measures to boost imports from the United States to reduce America’s trade deficit, the two countries said yesterday, although without mentioning the $200 billion target the White House had touted earlier.

Haniff Bacchus, the 70-year-old Guyanese national who was allegedly caught with a quantity of cocaine hidden in his motorised wheelchair at the Maurice Bishop International Airport in Grenada earlier this month, has since pleaded guilty to possession of the drug and he will be sentenced on Thursday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Sasher-Gaye Henry is set to continue as Sunshine Girls coach following clear-the-air talks with Netball Jamaica.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon on Thursday visited La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara businessman Naresh Persaud and his family, who were brutalised and robbed in a home invasion.

KUALA LUMPUR,  (Reuters) – Malaysians have avidly watched the public humiliation of former leader Najib Razak and his wife, as police hunting evidence of graft loaded five trucks with luxury items, including dozens of Birkin handbags, some costing as much as a sportscar.

Dear Editor, A number of persons recently reached out to me asking my support for banning gramoxone.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Eden Hazard’s first-half penalty proved decisive as Chelsea salvaged their season by beating Manchester United 1-0 in the FA Cup final in what is widely expected to be manager Antonio Conte’s swansong yesterday.

(Reuters) – Unbeaten Justify pulled away in the fog to win the Preakness Stakes yesterday, as the Kentucky Derby winner set the stage for a Triple Crown bid next month.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela yesterday accused the United States of using new sanctions against its government’s top officials to sabotage a controversial presidential election today, which the country’s opposition says has been rigged.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has announced that the pedestrian overpasses located at Providence and Diamond, on the East Bank of Demerara, will be temporarily closed to allow for works necessary before the planned installation of elevators.

CANNES, France,  (Reuters) – Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda won the Palme d’Or at Cannes yesterday for “Shoplifters”, a critically acclaimed family drama with unguessable plot twists.

Dear Editor, The general operations of the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) need a good tweaking to get up to speed with modern times and to remain relevant.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Flags flew at half-mast in Cuba yesterday marking the start of two days of national mourning while authorities worked to identify the corpses of 110 people who died in the crash of a Boeing 737 shortly after takeoff from Havana.

For some years now, China has sought to deepen its relations with the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.

We have a fair idea of the composition of the team that will represent Guyana at the Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia in September.

Two bandits last Monday intercepted and robbed Dr. Holly Alexander, the wife of former Registrar of the University of Guyana Vincent Alexander, of over half a million dollars in cash as well as other valuables shortly after she visited a city bank.

The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) rose 1.17 percent during the second period of trading in May 2018. 

SANTA FE, Texas, (Reuters) – The 17-year-old student who authorities said killed 10 people when he opened fire in an art class in his Houston-area high school appeared “weirdly nonemotional” on the morning after the rampage, one of his lawyers said on Saturday.

Dear Editor, The recent royal wedding and its endless breathless coverage has an embracing feel good quality about it. 

Given the structure of the 1999 and 2016  Production Sharing Agreements (PSAs) between the government and ExxonMobil’s subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), the extent of benefits to Guyana is significantly hinged on the allowable expenses.

There was a variety of fresh flowers, fresh floral arrangements and potted plants on sale for Mother’s Day. Tropical

WINDSOR, England, (Reuters) – Prince Harry and his actress bride Meghan Markle married yesterday in a dazzling ceremony that blended ancient English ritual with African American culture, infusing the 1,000-year-old British monarchy with a blast of modernity.

The Pale-breasted Spinetail  (Synallaxis albescens), is a passerine bird found in the tropical New World from Costa Rica  to Uruguay and in Trinidad and Tobago.