Daily Archive: Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Articles published on Tuesday, August 14, 2018

DHBC General Manager, Rawlston Adams (right) and Arie Mol of LievenseCSO (left) shaking hands following the signing of the contract in December of 2016.

Ministry defends feasibility study award for new bridge

Citing time constraints and Cabinet’s blessing of the decision, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) yesterday defended the single-sourcing of a Dutch firm to do the feasibility study for the Demerara Harbour Bridge following a stinging rebuke last week by the Public Procurement Commission (PPC).

Shimron Hetmyer has been the Guyana Amazon Warriors’ most reliable batsman to date

Just one of those off days- Hetmyer

In the aftermath of the Guyana Amazon Warriors losing to Barbados Tridents on Sunday at the Providence National Stadium during the 2018 HERO Caribbean Premier League (CPL), inform batsman, Shimron Hetmyer believes it was just one of those days where Barbados got the better of them.

David Richardson

ICC makes significant investment in Ireland’s cricket

(ICC)   The International Cricket Council  Chief Executive, David Richardson attended the official opening of the new world-leading Cricket Ireland High Performance Centre yesterday in Dublin, with the International Cricket Council making significant investment into the future of Irish cricket.

Kevin Umroa is only the second bowler to get a 10-wicket haul in the tournament this season

Umroa’s 10-for unable to stop Barbados

Kevin Umroa’s first 10 wicket haul was not enough to stop Barbados from recording a slim three-wicket win over Guyana on the final day in the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional Under-19 three day tournament at Playing Hill Playing Field, St Vincent and the Grenadines yesterday.

GTU gearing up for strike action

Neither the Ministry of Education (MOE) nor the Department of Labour has responded to the declared intention of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to engage in strike action but the union is already advising its members to “hold the line”.

Real face up to life without Ronaldo

MADRID, (Reuters) – Following up Zinedine Zidane’s treble Champions League success with Real Madrid was always going to be a difficult job for Julen Lopetegui, but having to do it without Cristiano Ronaldo is a monumental challenge.

President David Granger (third from left) at the meeting yesterday. (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

‘Guyana is open for business’

President David Granger yesterday met with the executive members of the newly formed American Chamber of Commerce of Guyana at State House, where he said that Guyana is open for business in all sectors including agriculture, mining and eco-tourism.

The GTU strike ultimatum: It is the government that must ‘shift gears’

The first thing that should be said about last week’s notification of strike action by state-employed teachers, through their union, the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) is that the extent of the notice given by the Union allows sufficient time for a compromise to be arrived at, thereby sparing us the headache of having to see a new academic year begin with children unable to take their places in classrooms and in a situation where it becomes anyone’s guess as to when normalcy will be restored.