Daily Archive: Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Articles published on Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Myles Turner

Turner leads Pacers past Wizards

(Field Level Media) Myles Turner had 26 points and 12 rebounds, Bojan Bogdanovic added 22 points and the Indiana Pacers held off the visiting Washington Wizards 109-101 last night for their fourth straight win.

UG Trojans, Pacesetters clinch wins

University of Guyana [UG] Trojans and Pacesetters secured wins in the U23 Division, when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association [GABA] ‘League Championship’, continued on Sunday at the Burnham Court, Middle and Carmichael streets.

Kevin Sinclair

Kevin Sinclair leads RHTGG to victory

-Albion, Tucber Park also record wins The Berbice Cricket Board/Busta Champion of Champions 40-overs first division tournament bowled of on Sunday with Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets, Albion, Tucber Park and Young Warriors Cricket Club recording victories.

No.5 trounces Soccer City

No.5 made light work of Soccer City 5-0, when the 2nd Annual GT Beer 8 A-side Football Championship continued on Sunday at the All Saints ground, New Amsterdam [NA].

Net-Rockers rout Silver Shattas 4-0

Net-Rockers FC sent a stern warning to the field, crushing Silver Shattas 4-0, when the 6th Upper Demerara Football Association [UDFA] GT-Beer Football Championship, commenced on Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Club [MSC] ground, Linden.

PM’s budget approved

The $908 million budget for the Office of the Prime Minister was approved by the Committee of Supply yesterday although questions remain unanswered about the location of funds that were previously allocated for constitutional reform, while the Prime Minister was circumspect about progress in this area next year.

Fast bowler Alzarri Joseph

Late collapse hands Hurricanes win over Pride

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Off-spinner Terrance Warde snatched two wickets to spark a dramatic slide as Leeward Islands Hurricanes stunned Barbados Pride by 34 runs in their day/night opener of the Regional Four-Day Championship here Sunday night.

Noble House Seafoods’ Richard Jodah (left) presents player of the match, Bernard Bailey with his prize. (Romario Samaroo photo)

Bailey leads GCC to 2nd two-day title

Bernard Bailey’s maiden 10-wicket match haul spurred Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) to their second Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Noble House Seafoods two-day second division title after drawing their match against Police Sports Club but taking first innings points at GCC on Sunday.

Dep’t of Energy for $100m building

A state-of-the-art building will be constructed next year to house the Department of Energy, State Minister Joseph Harmon disclosed yesterday during the consideration of the estimates of the Ministry of the Presidency’s Petroleum and Energy Management Programme.

SPU behaviour not reflective of the standards consistently upheld by GuySuCo’s management

Dear Editor, It was at a joint meeting of representatives of GuySuCo and the Special Purpose Unit (SPU) with the Sugar Unions, GAWU and NAACIE, about October 2017, when the SPU in its presentation optimistically announced that there was the promise of some seventy prospective investors, who had expressed a primary interest in the sugar estates that were due to be effectively closed – Skeldon, Rose Hall, East Demerara (Enmore); LBI and Wales Estates had already been closed.

Stroke-maker Shai Hope … top-scored for the Windies.

Batsmen never came to grips with pitch: Chase

DHAKA, Bangladesh,  CMC – Roston Chase conceded Sunday that West Indies’ batting had not been up to scratch in their five-wicket defeat to Bangladesh, failing to adjust to the slow pitch and ultimately falling short of a competitive total.

Mr. Holloway’s ‘doom and gloom’ comment

There are times when it takes an opinion that is detached from what, all too often, is our rumbustious political culture to voice truths about important national issues, we ourselves being too immersed in our prejudices to muster the honesty to speak objectively.