Daily Archive: Saturday, June 9, 2018

Articles published on Saturday, June 9, 2018

Beach clean-up

Guyanese and SOL staff turned out early this morning to participate in the fuel company’s clean-up of the beach along the Kingston Seawall, DPI said today. 

The agreement being signed (DPI photo)

Hinterland Green Enterprise centre $130m contract signed

Guyana’s first Hinterland Green Enterprise Development Centre to be built in the North Rupununi, Region Nine is one step closer to realisation as the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs and the JR Ranch Construction Incorporated yesterday signed a $130 million contract for the institute’s construction.

Joseph Harmon

Harmon skirts around gov’t’s position on LGBT rights

While steering clear of declaring the government’s position on the rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) persons, Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday stressed the administration’s responsibility to ensure that the rights of all citizens are protected in keeping with the constitution.

Sri Lanka’s Roshen Silva has his leg stump uprooted by Kemar Roach (not in picture) during the first test at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad. (Photo courtesy of Cricket West Indies).

Audacious Powell helps Windies dominate SL

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC –  Kieran Powell’s audacious, unbeaten half-century underlined West Indies’ dominance of Sri Lanka on Friday’s day three, as the hosts installed themselves as heavy favourites to win the opening Test at Queen’s Park Oval.

Trawler owners and seafood operators have continued to benefit from 2005 agreement with gov’t

Dear Editor, The Guyana Revenue Authority wishes to respond to a letter published in the June 6, 2018 edition of the Kaieteur Newspaper, titled `We can’t continue governing with our heads buried in the sand like this’ written by Tony Vieira, as well as allegations in a Demerara Waves article alleging that ‘higher taxation’ was a reason for the closure of BEV Enterprises, a fishing company owned by Bruce Vieira.

We are the Champions! Diamond Secondary became the first ever champions in the RDC/Lloyd Britton/Devcon Construction/REO Inter-Secondary Schools tournament

Diamond Secondary crowned inaugural REO Champions

In a dramatic end to an exhilarating tournament, Diamond Secondary triumphed over Annandale Secondary in a tense final to be crowned the first ever champions of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC)/ Lloyd Britton/ Devcon Construction/ Regional Executive Officer (REO) Region Four Inter-Secondary Schools Tournament at Everest Cricket Club, Camp Road yesterday.

Bermudian Delray Rawlins

Rawlins half-century in vain for Sussex 2nds

LONDON, CMC – Bermudian left-hander Delray Rawlins smashed 62 but was unable to prevent Sussex slipping to a 37-run defeat against visitors Middlesex, in a 50-overs Second XI South Trophy match at the Blackstone Academy Ground near Brighton.

America’s ICE Age

Last week, a Brooklyn army base called the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency when a pizza delivery man could not produce adequate documentation.