Daily Archive: Monday, December 21, 2015

Articles published on Monday, December 21, 2015

Gov’t holds key meeting on natural resources transparency initiative

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DNRE), today, hosted its first technical working group meeting with stakeholders and members of civil society on the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI), a globally recognised governance framework for the natural resources sector that Guyana had committed to joining several years ago.

New Amsterdam United’s scorers from left to right-Jermaine Samuels, Keon Williams, Jamal Butts and Lenardo Adams posing for the camera following their 7-0 drubbing of Black Water FC in the Banks Beer Football Championship Saturday at the Number Five ground.

Butts steals the show for NA United

New Amsterdam United sent an ominous warning to the rest of the field, crushing Georgetown unit BlackWater 7-0 when the 5th Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Banks Beer Knockout Cup continued Saturday.

Raiders remain unbeaten with win over Jets

Retrieve Raiders continued their unbeaten showing in the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) sanctioned Malta Supreme Christmas Open Championships, downing Amelia’s Ward Jets Saturday at the Mackenzie Sports Club hard-court.

Colts defeat UG Trojans twice at basketball

Colts swept aside the University of Guyana (UG) Trojans in the Open and U23 divisional matchups when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) 2015 League Championship continued Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Attorney General Basil Williams at head of table with the representatives of Rastafarian organisations. (AG Chambers photo)

Rastafarian groups meet AG on marijuana laws

Sixteen representatives of several Rastafarian organisations on Wednesday met with the Attorney General Basil Williams at his invitation in the AG’s Chambers and a key issue discussed was the decriminalisation of two ounces of marijuana for personal use.

Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach (right) being crowned by 2014 queen Paulina Vega. First runner-up,  Miss Colombia Ariadna Guiterrez who had originally been crowned is at left.

Philippines wins Miss Universe

Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach was last night declared the winner of the 2015 Miss Universe pageant but only after an unprecedented blunder by host, comedian Steve Harvey led to Miss Colombia Ariadna Guiterrez being crowned the queen.

Wins for Thunder, Knicks over Lakers, Bulls

(The Sports Xchange) – Highlights of Saturday’s NBA basketball games   Thunder 118, Lakers 78 Kevin Durant scored 22 points and Russell Westbrook handed out 11 assists to lead Oklahoma City to a 118-78 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers at Chesapeake Energy Arena.

Many drivers are not qualified to drive

Dear Editor,   Quite a while back I penned a letter suggesting that it should be mandatory for auto body workshops to report on any work to be carried out on a vehicle to the nearest police station in order to help combat crime, especially that involving hit and run accidents.

Rainbow City woman robbed by 15-year-old

At about 2130h on Saturday, Nazeema McLean, 22 years, of Rainbow City, Mackenzie, was at Co-op Crescent, Linden, when a youth snatched her handbag containing her cell phone, house keys and cash and attempted to escape, the police said yesterday.

Judge blocks Brazilian assets of Vale, BHP after dam burst

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A judge in Brazil’s state of Minas Gerais has frozen the Brazilian assets of mining giants BHP Billiton and Vale SA after determining their joint venture Samarco was unable to pay for damage caused by the bursting of a dam at its mine last month.

What is going on?

Dear Editor, Most fans who were paying attention to the team to date would have heard what was reported as the absolute truth that Jerome Taylor and Kemar Roach had refused to respond to the captain`s request that they bowl from a particular end.

Drama in the House

Before proceeding with today’s article, I refer to the comment by parliamentarian Juan Edghill in connection with the forensic audits being conducted at various government agencies and departments.

The audits

So far, around $133m has been spent on the audits which were ordered by the APNU+AFC government on its accession to office in May of controversial agencies and projects such as NICIL, the Marriott Hotel and the Guyana Gold Board.