Daily Archive: Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Articles published on Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Placards being held up by PPP/C MPs on Thursday

‘We did nothing obscene’

  Taking umbrage at him and fellow PPP/C parliamentarians being called “vulgarians” by President David Granger after their protest in the parliamentary chambers last Thursday, former attorney general Anil Nandlall yesterday said the opposition had to demonstrate its objections to the unilateral appointment of retired judge James Patterson as Gecom chairman.

Frankie Fredericks

Former Namibian sprinter Fredericks suspended by IOC

ZURICH,  (Reuters) – Former Namibian sprinter Frankie Fredericks was suspended by the International Olympic Committee yesterday after being placed under formal investigation in France in a probe into allegations of vote buying to win the 2016 Summer Olympics for Rio de Janeiro.

Bids in for De Willem sea defence

Million-dollar bids for the sea defence at De Willem on the West Coast of Demerara and for the construction of an Immigration office in Linden, Region 10 were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board.

 Jack Sock

Sock happy to swap Augusta for ATP Finals

(Reuters) – Jack Sock was so certain he would not qualify for next week’s ATP Finals that he had a tee time booked at Augusta National, but the American will have to wait another day to cross that round of golf off his bucket list.

Jaikarran, Bell, Lord star in GCC win over GYO

The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) over the weekend earned another win in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA), New Building Society (NBS) second-division limited overs tournament by defeating the Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) by 246 runs.

AFC: hijacked

Seething with unaddressed grievances, the AFC’s support for President David Granger’s unilateral appointment of the chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission being the final straw, the Canada chapter of that party has temporarily withdrawn its support from it ‘unless and until’ all its grievances are properly addressed.

Eroded poles

Eroded poles: GPL workers fixing eroded utility poles on Thomas Lands that were dislodged by yesterday’s heavy rain.