Jamaica’s Lewis to lead Windies Squad to U-19 World Cup
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, (CMC) – Jamaican allrounder Ramaal Lewis will lead a 15-member West Indies team to the International Cricket Council (ICC) Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the United Arab...
View ArticleWorld Champs name provisional T20 squad
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, (CMC) – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has included Chris Gayle and Kieron Pollard in a provisional 30-member squad for the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20...
View ArticleTrouble was brewing inside GFF prior to UDFA issue : -Adams resigned
“I am not aware of a one third decision being made among the executives of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) agreeing to the hosting of an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) to discuss the fate of...
View ArticleJBBC names team for GBA ‘Goodwill Series’ : -St. Lucia and T&T to confirm
SECRETARY of the Jamaica Boxing Board of Control (JBBC) Leroy Brown yesterday responded in the positive to president of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) Steve Ninvalle’s invitation to have a team of...
View ArticleUDFA not recognising penalties handed down by GFF : – suspended executives to...
VICE- President of the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) Collie ‘Hit-man’ Hercules said that the suspended executives of the entity that governs the game of football in Linden will not...
View ArticleHouse passes Bill to regulate land surveying profession
MINISTER of Natural Resources and the Environment Mr Robert Persaud has said that, given the growth in all sectors of the economy and competition for land (housing expansion, development of natural...
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Howard hosts Annual Scientific Symposium here for the first time
THE 21st Annual Scientific Symposium, which focused on ‘Innovations in primary care…America & Guyana’, began here Friday and ended yesterday at the Guyana International Convention Center (GICC) at...
View ArticleFrustrated lawyer accuses authorities of protecting ASL boss : –magistrate...
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Gino Persaud charged Friday that the authorities, including the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), have been “protecting” ASL (Air Services Limited) boss Ahamad Mazahar Ally from...
View ArticleBus fare hike… : Subject Minister promises to take swift action : –but only...
ACTING Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce (TIC), Irfaan Ali says his Ministry can only advise commuters not to pay the fare increases being imposed on commuters by public transport...
View ArticleAnnandale break-in… : Gunman remains critical in hospital as search continues...
THE gunman who was shot in Friday’s morning intrusion at Annandale, East Coast Demerara is, contrary to earlier reports, very much alive but in critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital, the...
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Vreed-en-Hoop power station construction slated for July completion
THE US$30M power plant being constructed at Vreed-en-Hoop, once completed, is expected to increase the capacity from a current 87 megawatts to 106 megawatts in Demerara.Prime Minister Samuel Hinds...
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Court order puts Harding on self-bail
-probe launched into how he got cellphone as a prisoner in hospital THE court on Friday served an order on the acting Director of Prisons detailing its decision to release Colwyn Harding on...
View ArticleNICIL records $6.965B revenue for 2012
THE Annual Report of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) for 2012 was tabled by Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh in the National Assembly last Thursday.The Auditor...
View ArticleHouse defers Wildlife and Cricket Administration Bills
TWO bills were deferred by the National Assembly on Thursday evening when they came up for consideration.Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud, moved the motion to defer the...
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‘Slingshot’ to launch ‘Guyana Get Fit’ band for Mash 2014
ALL around Guyana, groups, entities and private individuals are in a frenzy preparing for the Mashramani 2014 celebrations! Designers are unleashing their creativity in the form of dazzling floats and...
View ArticleTeenager shot by stray bullet outside popular city nightclub
SEVENTEEN-year-old Joseph Johnson of Queen Street, Kitty, was shot to the face Saturday morning by a stray bullet intended for a thief who was attempting to break into the car of a patron of the Palm...
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ICT new frontier for regional integration
– La Rocque AT the 48th Special Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development on ICT, held in Grenada on Friday, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador...
View ArticleOpposition making a mountain out of a mole hill
I WISH to briefly refer to the USAID- funded Leadership and Democracy (Lead) Project. What is the hullabaloo about over this project which the parliamentary opposition is seeking to capitalise on? I...
View ArticleSetting the record straight
I recently had the pleasure of reading the book, Hendree’s Cure, written by Moses Nagamootoo, Guyanese attorney and politician. After all, having been born in the same village, Whim, being his class...
View ArticleOpposition should put country first
TWENTY FOURTEEN promises to be a particularly interesting year as the size of the anticipated, indiscriminate budget cuts are likely to provoke new elections by year-end. This will indeed be a year of...
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