Daily Archive: Friday, June 7, 2019

Articles published on Friday, June 7, 2019

President visits Albion estate

President David Granger, this afternoon, visited the Albion Sugar Estate, Corentyne where he assured workers that the sugar industry is going to recover from its current challenges.

YBG Director Chris Bowman [left] making the presentation to LABA secretary Joseph Chapman

Linden schools set for basketball tourney

The Youth Basketball Guyana [YBG] Promotional group donated the winners’ trophy and the sum of $100,000 towards the staging of the Linden leg of the ‘Regional Conference Schools Championship’, which is slated to commence today.

Andre Russell (right) celebrates one of his two wickets during yesterday’s 15-run defeat to Australia at Trent Bridge.(Photo courtesy CWI Media)

Batting collapse sends Windies to depressing defeat

NOTTINGHAM, England,  CMC – Shai Hope and captain Jason Holder struck half-centuries but a late batting collapse sent West Indies to a hugely disappointing 15-run defeat to Australia, squandering an ideal opportunity to notch their second straight win of the ICC World Cup here yesterday.

GMC General Manager
Ida Sealey-Adams

GMC staging agro-produce promotional fair in Antigua

Even as local agro-processors step up their lobby for the creation of greater market opportunities for their produce in the region, Stabroek Business has learnt that the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) is in the process of creating an opening for local agro-produce to consolidate its existing foothold on the market in Antigua and through that vehicle to possibly expand access in territories beyond the region.

(From left) Mayor of Linden, Waneka Arrindell; United States Ambassador, Sarah-Ann Lynch; Minister of Social Protection,  Amna Ally; Chief of Staff; GDF, Brigadier Patrick West; Member of Parliament,  Jermaine Figueira and a representative of the US Army. (Ministry of Social Protection photo)

Sod turned for women’s shelter in Linden

The township of Linden will soon be benefitting from its first ever women’s shelter and two new community centres following an agreement between the United States Security Cooperation Office (SCO), the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), and the Ministries of Communities and Public Health of Guyana.

Plants are a regular feature at local Farmers’ Markets at D’Urban.

D’Urban Park Farmers’ Market makes case for more state support

Locally organised Farmers’ Markets are yet to make the kind of mark that they seek to make in terms of providing a recurring assembly of farmers or their representatives selling the food that they produce directly to consumers and in effect enabling the creation of close and often lasting bonds of mutual benefit amongst farmers, shoppers and communities.

Eye-pass from CPL

Dear Editor, Now that they have announced that the 2019 CPL finals will once again be held in Trinidad & Tobago for the 3rd consecutive year, they may as well give the champions trophy to the Trinidad & Tobago Knight Riders.

Business training and regional universities

A few weeks ago the Stabroek Business reported on an announcement made by Professor Stefan Gift, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Graduate Studies and Research at the University of the West Indies, regarding what he said was the intention of the region’s foremost institution of higher education to push a Caribbean-wide entrepreneurial curriculum with a view to positioning graduates to pursue options to paid employment by establishing businesses of their own.

What Carlee the career criminal knows

-The Chief Commander: Chronicle page 3 Hello. As a teacher in my by-gone twenties I had concluded, a little hastily, that our laws and system of justice, especially “criminal” justice, were tilted and lopsided in favour of the criminals.

Stock market updates

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 828’s trading results showed consideration of $17,725,123 from 157,626 shares traded in 19 transactions as compared to session 827’s trading results which showed consideration of $21,545,797 from 183,455 shares traded in 31 transactions.

Market Prices

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