Daily Archive: Friday, December 21, 2018

Articles published on Friday, December 21, 2018

Minister of State Joseph Harmon speaking in Parliament today.

Harmon says PPP/C neglected city residents

Minister of State Joseph Harmon, who today opened the debate for government on the opposition’s motion of no-confidence  in the government, used most of his 25 minutes to remind all about the work government has done to develop the controversial D’Urban Park and how the former PPP/C government neglected the residents of Georgetown.

Royston King

City probe report for police

The Local Government Commission (LGC) has accepted the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into operations at City Hall and will be forwarding the report to the Guyana Police Force to facilitate investigations into possible criminal wrong-doing by Town Clerk Royston King.

Rovman Powell … struck his maiden T20I half-century.

Record total sends Windies to defeat

DHAKA, Bangladesh,  CMC – Rovman Powell’s maiden Twenty20 International half-century went in vain as West Indies caved under the pressure of a difficult run chase, to go down by 36 runs in the second T20I here yesterday.

Several Members of the short-listed squad that will represent Guyana at the ExxonMobil International Futsal Festival

GFF shortlists 16 for Futsal

The Guyana Football Federation [GFF], has short-listed a 16-member squad to represent Guyana at the upcoming ExxonMobil International Futsal Festival, scheduled from December 27th-31st.

Northern Rangers Nigel Denny (second from right), collecting the championship trophy and winners cheque from Turbo Representative Raymond Govinda (second from left) in the presence of several members of tournament coordinator Petra Organization

Turbo football champs collect trophy

Northern Rangers, the newly crowned Turbo Knockout Football Champion, was officially presented with their prizes yesterday during a presentation ceremony at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Scenes from the lopsided clash between Timehri Panthers [green] and Diamond Upsetters in the EBFA/Ralph Green U11 Football League yesterday at the Diamond Community Centre ground.

Timehri Panthers uproot Upsetters 4-0

Timehri Panthers kept their hopes alive of securing the East Bank Football Association [EBFA]/Ralph Green U11 League championship, dismantling Diamond Upsetters 4-0 yesterday at the Diamond Community Centre ground.

At last Saturday’s Farmers’ Market

Vendors, buyers satisfied with GMC’s Christmas Market

For all the challenges that continue to be associated with finding adequate local markets for the volumes of fruit and vegetables produced by local farmers, the New Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) continues to undertake periodic initiatives to bring buyers and sellers from the coastal regions together.

Barbados Prime Minister
Mia Mottley

Regional food import bill stuck at US$4 billion

Five years and counting… More than five years after alarm bells were first sounded over the size of the region’s annual food import bill, the yearly cost of bringing in food to the Caribbean – mostly from North America – remains anchored at US$4 billion.

Market Prices

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Kitco Market Data

Gold Prices for the three-day period ending Thursday December 20, 2018 Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

Stock market updates

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 804’s trading results showed consideration of $27,558,850 from 249,762 shares traded in 19 transactions as compared to session 803’s trading results which showed consideration of $14,135,665 from 98,398 shares traded in 23 transactions.