Daily Archive: Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Articles published on Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Renee McDonald

Chair of Bid Protest Committee resigns

Chairperson of the recently-established Bid Protest Committee (BPC) Renee McDonald has resigned even as the body’s first case—Cevons Waste Management’s protest against the Ministry of Communities over the award of a $221M Haags Bosch landfill maintenance contract—awaits a decision.

The Kurupukari Crossing (Office of the Prime Minister photo)

Allicock raises idea of Kurupukari Bridge with PM

Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Sydney Allicock has pitched the idea of a bridge across the Essequibo River at Kurupukari along with an attached  hydro-electric generating facility to power the bridge, nearby communities and the Iwokrama River Lodge and Research Centre.

The victorious Trinidad and Tobago women’s T20 side celebrate their T20 triumph.

Trinidad captures WICB women’s T20 title

Anisa Mohammed produced another sterling all-round performance which allowed Trinidad and Tobago to hoist the 2016 West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional T20 title after beating Jamaica by two wickets in Monday night’s final played at the Providence National Stadium.

Garfield Wiltshire

Squash players performed “beyond expectations”

Manager of the Guyana Junior Squash Team to the recent Caribbean Junior Squash Championships in the Cayman Islands Garfield Wiltshire said the recent performance of securing Guyana’s 12th overall Team Title was outstanding and that the players performed beyond expectations.

Autopsy scheduled today in GPHC maternity death

A post-mortem examination is expected to be conducted today to determine the cause of death of Relisa Sam, the young woman who died on Sunday, two weeks after undergoing a caesarean-section (c-section) delivery at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, a relative has said.

Leaning GTT sign has been removed

Dear Editor, We acknowledge a letter, as published in your paper, on behalf of Digital Technology, which called on us to remove “a GTT sign”, at their Diamond location (‘After two months GTT has not fixed dangerously leaning sign’ SN, July 22).

U.S. expands Central American refugee screening programme

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Obama administration announced a broad expansion on Tuesday of a programme to let people fleeing violence in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras enter the United States as refugees, and said Costa Rica agreed to temporarily shelter some of those with no other recourse.

Stenson, Mickelson bring their fireworks show to PGA

SPRINGFIELD, New Jersey, (Reuters) – Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson forged an epic duel in the final round of the British Open and they ride into the season’s final major, the PGA Championship at Baltusrol, on a wave of momentum and inextricably linked in golf lore.

Islamists attack French church, slit priest’s throat

SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France,  (Reuters) – Knife-wielding attackers interrupted a French church service, forced the priest to his knees and slit his throat yesterday, a murder made even more shocking as one of the assailants was a known would-be jihadist under supposedly tight surveillance.

Australia dismiss Sri Lanka for 117 in opener

(Reuters) – Australia’s bowlers ripped through Sri Lanka’s brittle batting order to dismiss the home side for 117 on an eventful first day of the opening test at Pallekele yesterday that also saw the visitors lose their openers for just seven runs.

Jamaica-Trinidad & Tobago relations

It might have been surprising to observers that so soon after the 37th Caricom Heads of Government meeting from the 4th to 6th of this month, the Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley should have chosen to make an official visit to Jamaica to discuss bilateral relations between the two countries.