Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Articles published on Tuesday, October 2, 2018

GCC Pitbulls were runaway winners after the conclusion of the boy’s under - 19 league 

GCC runs away with three GHB titles

GCC the Sequel, Pizza Hut GCC and GCC Pitbulls, last evening, secured championships after the conclusion of the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) Under-19 and Second Division Development League at the Saint Stanislaus College (SHC) ground on Carifesta Avenue.

International Court of Justice

Venezuela’s non-participation before the ICJ in the controversy over the Essequibo Region

By Alexander Wentker Published on June 29, 2018      On 18 June 2018, Venezuela notified the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that it intends not to participate in the proceedings before the Court in the case over the Essequibo region brought by Guyana (for an excellent analysis of Guyana’s application and the complex historical and procedural background on this blog see here).

Azeem Azeez

Farm snatches three-wicket win over Peter’s Hall

As the action continues in the fifth annual East Bank Cricket Association, Neville Sarjoo Memorial 40-overs tournament, Farm recorded a comfortable three-wicket win over Peter’s Hall at the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) ground, Thomas Lands on Sunday.

Law doesn’t require that sale of properties conform to valuation certificates

While arguing that there is nothing in Guyana’s laws which mandates that properties are to be sold in accordance with a certificate of valuation, attorney Anil Nandlall yesterday insisted that the case brought by the state against former Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh and former head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington over the sale of land under the former administration is defective.

Carlene Gill-Kerr

Waves of Emotion-Carlene Gill-Kerr

Perhaps poetry’s most valuable purpose has to do with the role it plays in throwing open a door to the mind, to the mind of the poet that is, unearthing thoughts which, otherwise, would probably remain entomb-ed forever in minds that care little for this remarkable discipline.

Lewis Hamilton

Hamilton has mixed feelings after benefitting from team orders

SOCHI, Russia,  CMC – Reigning World champion Lewis Hamilton described Sunday’s win in the Russian Grand Prix as “difficult” after he benefitted from team orders that saw Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas give way, allowing him to seal a victory that sent him 50 points clear in the Formula One drivers championship.

Ticket squabble threatens Windies ODI in Indore

MUMBAI, India, CMC – A squabble over complimentary tickets between the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) and the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association could see the second One-Day International between West Indies and India shifted from Indore to Vadodara from Indore.

Time to roll out the Small Business Procurement Programme

Last Friday, the Guyana Chronicle reported that Minister of Business Dominic Gaskin had indicated that his Ministry was “in the advance(d) stages” of preparation for the introduction of the Small Business Procurement Programme, the provision under the 2004 Small Business Act for small businesses to access 20 per cent of state contracts.