Daily Archive: Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Articles published on Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Roxanne Prince-Myers

‘Judge me on my professional record’

Incoming Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Roxanne Prince-Myers has dismissed the suggestion that her seemingly partisan Facebook posts make her unsuitable for the sensitive post, while saying that attention should instead be given to her strong track record of professionalism.

Sweden bury World Cup opening jinx to beat South Korea

NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia,  (Reuters) – Sweden won an opening World Cup game for the first time since 1958 with a narrow 1-0 victory over South Korea yesterday, but they will need to find their shooting boots if they are to match their two other, trickier opponents in Group F.

GECOM hypothesis

Dear Editor, An hypothesis: if my good friend Dr. Steve Surujbally was still Chairman of GECOM and had cast his vote for Vishnu Persaud would the PPP have expected any other political party to trumpet “racial bias”?

Women b/ballers lose opening match

Guyana suffered a crushing defeat in their opening match of the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Women’s Championship, losing to Barbados 79-39 on Sunday at the Anthony Nesty Sports Hall, Suriname.

Over-cautious England get out of jail

(Reuters) – England manager Gareth Southgate’s overly cautious approach and his team’s hesitance in front of goal resulted in a nervy 2-1 World Cup win over Tunisia yesterday rather than the comfortable victory their early dominance deserved.

Town Clerk’s food safety licence lament

It appears that one of Town Clerk Royston King’s difficulties as Head of the Georgetown Municipality’s administration is his lack of understanding of how much the image of his administration depends on the goodwill of the citizenry, a circumstance that is decidedly surprising given the fact that  he had served as the City’s Public Relations Officer immediately prior to being elevated to Town Clerk and would therefore have come to his current job with some understanding of the virtues of image-management.