Daily Archive: Friday, August 17, 2018

Articles published on Friday, August 17, 2018

Darren Bravo

Bravo smashes 94 off hapless Stars

– Knight Riders win with 1 ball to spare A swashbuckling innings of 94 not out off of 36 deliveries by Darren Bravo, ably supported by Brendon McCullum’s knock of 68 from 42 balls, saw the Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) home by five wickets with one ball to spare.

Emmerson Campbell

Campbell misses gold by 1 point

Despite missing gold by a single point at the recently concluded CAC Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships in Mexico, Guyana’s three-time Men’s Physique champion, Emmerson Campbell was thankful for the opportunity to represent his country and has vowed to continue to chase the elusive top podium spot.

Persaud’s unbeaten 80 leads Guyana past Canada

Guyana began the defence of their Cricket West Indies Regional Under-19 50 Over title with a victory over the invitational team, Canada, by six wickets, as  West Indies Under-19 wicketkeeper batsman, Joshua Persaud smashed a half century and Kevin Sinclair bagged a four wicket haul.

 Valrie Grant

Local crime-fighting turning to geospatial technology for solutions

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialist and Business Consultant Valrie Grant, who was recently awarded a crime-mapping contract under the Ministry of Public Security has told the Stabroek Business that the initiative by the Government now better positions it to have reliable digital information of “real world events in a computer environment. 

A Perspective on Local Content in the Oil and Gas Industry

Local Content has become very topical, particularly in poor countries where the discovery of rich deposits of natural resources and the inevitable association of First World entities with the exploitation of those resources gives rise to discourse regarding how smaller businesses and potential local investors in the resource-yielding countries can benefit, directly, through the provision of goods and services necessary for the effective execution of the recovery and exploitation processes.

T&T trounce Leewards, Windwards beat Jamaica

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s quest to do the double got off to the perfect start when they thoroughly defeated the Leeward Islands by a mammoth 176 runs in the first round of the Regional Under-19 50-over Championship here on Thursday.

Linking by Minister of pay increases for teachers to other categories of workers is frightening prospect

Dear Editor, Those, of so many of us who have long been concerned about the prolonged maltreatment of the category of public servants who commit to teaching us and our children, could not help but pay heed to the pronouncements by the Minister of Education, as reported in SN’s ‘Wages talks with Teachers Union not over’ of August 15, 2018.

France top new-style FIFA rankings

ZURICH, (Reuters) – World champions France predictably shot to the top of the FIFA rankings published on Thursday while previous leaders Germany slumped to 15th after their humiliating first round exit in Russia.

Market Prices

(Prepared by the Guyana Marketing Corporation andpublished by Stabroek Business as a public service)The New Guyana Marketing Corporation has agreed to provide us with the above information which we will publish on a weekly basis subject to receipt.

Stock market updates

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 786’s trading results showed consideration of $1,325,725 from 8,455 shares traded in 3 transactions as compared to session 785’s trading results which showed consideration of $3,205,580 from 32,255 shares traded in 8 transactions.

Fitzgerald Hinds, acting Attorney General and Member of Parliament for Laventille West.

Hinds: Don’t condemn Beetham

(Trinidad Express) Don’t condemn Beetham!  This was the message from acting Attorney General Fitzgerald Hinds as he broke his silence in defence of the wider Beetham Gardens community, saying “three miscreants” were the ones who disrespected him and councillor Akil Audain. 

Kitco Market Data

Gold Prices for three day period Thursday August 16, 2018Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.