Daily Archive: Saturday, July 27, 2019

Articles published on Saturday, July 27, 2019

Vaughn Mieres

Trinidad: Gunning down of gangsters raises questions

(Trinidad Guardian) The mil­i­tary pre­ci­sion in­volved in the killing of Vaughn “Sand­man” Mieres, his wife and two hench­men and the made for movie get­away prompt­ed ques­tions from cit­i­zens whether this was the an­swer to the out-of-con­trol gang vi­o­lence which left a trail of bod­ies in the first sev­en months of the year.

Action in the Guyana/USA 7s match yesterday in Lima, Peru at the ongoing Pan American Games.

Pan American Games

Guyana’s senior men’s 7s team were blanked 62-nil by the USA in their first preliminary Pool A match when the Pan American Games got underway yesterday in Lima, Peru.

President David Granger presenting retired judge Claudette Singh with her Commission of Appointment as Senior Counsel in 2017. (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

Justice Claudette Singh named new GECOM Chair

President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday ended weeks of deadlock, leading to the selection of retired Justice of Appeal Claudette Singh SC as the new Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), thereby clearing a key hurdle on the path towards the holding of general elections.

PNCR against one-party government

A one-party government is not an ideal model for Guyana and People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Vice-Chairman Dr George Norton yesterday said that there is no reason why the party would want to contest another election singly again.

Yorkshire’s West Indies left-hander Nicholas Pooran.

Pooran cameo unable to save Yorkshire 

LEEDS, England,  CMC – Flamboyant West Indies left-hander, Nicholas Pooran, did his growing reputation little harm with a stroke-filled knock but his efforts were not enough to prevent Yorkshire from suffering nine-run loss to Lancashire in the T20 Blast here Thursday.