Daily Archive: Friday, February 8, 2019

Articles published on Friday, February 8, 2019

New CEO for NA Hospital

The Region Six Democratic Council was yesterday informed that the New Amsterdam Public Hospital’s Chief Executive Officer is expected to be replaced following a series of complaints from residents of Berbice.

Showstoppers to tackle Up-Top-Bosses

Three-time defending champion Showstoppers engages Up-Top-Bosses, while Ballers Empire tackles Brothers United in the semi-final round tonight, following quarterfinal wins in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West Demerara/East Bank Demerara Zone on Wednesday.

Local agro-produce on display in the Guyana Shop

GMC pleased with agro processors 2018 performance

The high Caribbean-wide demand for ‘well-seasoned, spicy foods’ and the evident market potential deriving therefrom is pushing established and emerging agro-processors in Guyana in the direction of creating food seasonings and pepper sauces in the direction of being more accommodating of those preferences, the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) says in a recently released statement.

Pacers rout short-handed Clippers, 116-92

(Field Level Media) Bojan Bogdanovic scored 29 points, and Myles Turner added 17 as the Indiana Pacers extended their winning streak to four games yesterday with a 116-92 home victory over the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers.

Who’s Who in business in Guyana

Arguably the most poignant of the rationale articulated in the “Publisher’s Note” for the emergence of Who’s Who In Guyana Business is the unending dilemma of “both local and foreign investors who lose a lot of time, energy and money due to not understanding the intricacies of the local business landscape.”

Lendl Simmons … struck his 11th first class hundred.

Simmons, Mohammed hundreds put Red Force on top

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Former West Indies batsman, Lendl Simmons, struck a superb hundred on his first appearance in first class cricket in just over two years, as Trinidad and Tobago Red Force flourished against arch-rivals Barbados Pride, on the opening day of their seventh round match here yesterday.

Nysha Homemade Ice Cream Proprietor Sharlene Roberts

Nysha’s homemade ice cream

There appears to be no end to the profusion of creativity and inventiveness that pervades Guyana’s manufacturing sector, particularly in the area of condiment and beverage production, though the limited rewards for what continues to be the sustained and mostly successful efforts of the producers continue to be undermined by the customer limitations of the local market and the difficulties which locally manufactured products have been experiencing in breaking into overseas markets.

Deandra Dottin … missed out on three figures with 96.

Dottin hurts Pakistan with all-round heroics

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – Player-of-the-Match Deandra Dottin narrowly missed out on a second One-Day International hundred as West Indies clobbered Pakistan by 146 runs in a one-sided opener of the three-match ICC Championship series here yesterday.

 Veteran Chris Gayle has returned to the squad.

Gayle returns, Pooran set for debut but no Russell

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Veteran opener Chris Gayle has made a return to the one-day squad for the first time in seven months after being named yesterday in a 14-man West Indies squad for the first two One-Day Internationals of the five-match series against England starting later this month.

Market prices

*Prices only represent the average Wholesale Farmgate and Retail Prices at the above mentioned markets and are NOT prices set by the Guyana MArketing Corportation or Ministry of Agriculture.