Daily Archive: Sunday, March 10, 2019

Articles published on Sunday, March 10, 2019

The Guyana Jaguars have one hand on their fifth consecutive title (Orlando Charles photo)

Within grasp!

Guyana Jaguars yesterday duly recorded a six-wicket win over Trinidad and Tobago Red Force on the third day of their 10th round match in the Cricket West Indies Regional Four-Day Championships at Providence to inch closer to a fifth consecutive title triumph.

 Sydney James

Police audit of SOCU still ongoing

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan on Friday said that the audit of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) is moving apace and for the time being he has no issue with the police spearheading the exercise or SOCU’s head, Assistant Commissioner Sydney James, remaining on the job while the audit is being done.

Bartica Cycling Challenge…

Trophy Stall continues to exhibit its corporate and social responsibility in a tangible way and has agreed to be on board the inaugural Bartica Cycling Challenge, the first road race to be held there on Saturday.

DCC closing in on season-opening win 

Defending champions, the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) is scenting a season-opening win in the 2019 GISE, Star Party Rental and Trophy Stall first division two-day competition against the Guyana Defence Force (GDF). 

Plane’s brake system was not functional

(Trinidad Guardian) A pre­lim­i­nary re­port has shown that the brak­ing sys­tem on the Caribbean Airlines Limited’s (CAL) ATR air­craft was not func­tion­al at the time the air­craft col­lid­ed with a wall at Pi­ar­co Airport on Wednes­day, Fi­nance Min­is­ter Colm Im­bert said on Friday.

Devon Thomas … struck an unbeaten 117.

Thomas hundred keeps Hurricanes in title hunt

NORTH SOUND, Antigua,  CMC – In-form veteran Devon Thomas stroked a sparkling less than run-a-ball unbeaten hundred to fire Leeward Islands Hurricanes to an emphatic six-wicket win over Windward Islands Volcanoes here yesterday, and keep the hosts in with an outside chance of winning the Regional Four-Day Championship.

Queen’s College beaten in YBG league

Plaisance Secondary, Chase Academy, St. Stanislaus and Annandale Secondary secured victories in the Youth Basketball Guyana [YBG] U18 Developmental League Friday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

Fine words

The President has virtuoso skills when it comes to issuing soothing, anodyne statements which, on their face, appear to be well advised and equitable, but which in reality mask undeclared intentions.

LUCAS STOCK INDEX

Last Update: 574.96                                                Movement: 8.16% Currebt Update: 528.05                                           YTD Movement: -2.56%The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) declined 8.16% during the first period of trading in March, 2019.

Tiger Lily

On my recent travels I came across one of the most awesome sights: Tiger Lily being grown as potted plants. Lilies

Guyana named top eco-tourism destination

From time to time I hear from readers of this space saying that they enjoy the columns but suggest I should use some of them to focus on “feel good” stories, like the one last week about Fay James, the nature tourism lady running a successful nature-tourism business in a lodge on an island in the upper reaches of the Essequibo River.