Daily Archive: Monday, December 24, 2018

Articles published on Monday, December 24, 2018

Professor Clive Thomas

SARA seeking to curb gold smuggling

With an estimated 30 per cent of Guyana’s raw gold being smuggled out of the country, Director of the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA), Dr Clive Thomas says efforts are being made to not only plug the leak, but to have as much as possible of the precious metal returned.

Lenox Shuman

Shuman hails vote by Charrandas Persaud

When the government fails the people, the elected representatives have to be held to account, says Liberal and Justice Party (LJP) founder Lenox Shuman, who hailed AFC MP Charrandas Persaud’s defection from the government benches to vote for a PPP/C no-confidence motion that triggered the fall of the APNU+AFC government on Friday night.

Shiva Boys Hindu School of Trinidad and Tobago captain receives the championship trophy from the KFC representative in the presence of teammates, after they defeated Christianburg/Wismar to complete a perfect campaign in the inaugural KFC Goodwill Football Championship at the Ministry of Education ground Saturday night. 

Shiva `lords’ it over other teams

Trinidad and Tobago’s Shiva Boys Hindu School, were crowned the inaugural KFC Goodwill Football Champions after squeaking past Christianburg/Wismar 2-1 on Saturday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Everton’s Kurt Zouma in action with Tottenham’s Oliver Skipp REUTERS/Andrew Yates.

Kane and Son rip Everton apart as Spurs hit six

LIVERPOOL, England, (Reuters) – EVERTON 2 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 6 Tottenham Hotspur showed the Premier League title race might not be just a two-horse affair with a hugely impressive 6-2 win at Everton yesterday with Harry Kane and Son Heung-min both scoring twice.

Dale Steyn

Steyn guns for long-awaited record

PRETORIA,  (Reuters) – Firebrand fast bowler Dale Steyn will seek to become South Africa’s greatest wicket-taker in tests when they take on Pakistan in the first match of a three-game series at Centurion Park in Pretoria on Wednesday.

Sita Nagamootoo (right) poses with some ballerinas (DPI photo)

Christmas festivities at PM’s residence

Laughter was heard on Saturday from the lawns of the Prime Minister’s Official Main Street Residence as over 200 children from various orphanages in Georgetown were treated to an afternoon of Christmas festivities by Sita Nagamootoo, wife of Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo.

What the Caricom Single Market and Economy needs

Dear Editor, According to David Jessop, in his article headed ‘At Last a Time For Action on the CSME’ in the Sunday Stabroek of December 16, 2018, Guyana does not appear to have been represented at the special summit hosted recently in Trinidad & Tobago, and attended by the Prime Ministers of Barbados and Jamaica, the declared objective of which was to resuscitate the Caricom Single Market & Economy.

Five lifters suspended after London 2012 retests

(Reuters) – Five weightlifters, including two Olympic champions, have been provisionally suspended after retests of their samples from the 2012 London Olympics came back positive for doping, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said.