Daily Archive: Thursday, February 7, 2019

Articles published on Thursday, February 7, 2019

UG Turkeyen Campus closed for rest of week following bomb threat

All members of the University of Guyana (UG) and all members of the public are  advised that the Turkeyen campus will be closed to the public, students and non-essential emergency University personnel for the remainder of this week to enable a thorough assessment of the situation following a bomb threat for the second day in succession.

Pam (left), a 55-year-old deportee from the United Kingom, hugs an unnamed friend after leaving the Harman Barracks detention centre on Wednesday, February 6. She was the sole woman among a group of 29 deportees.

Deported mom blasts Jamaican gov’t

(Jamaica Gleaner) Fifty-five-year-old Pam (last name withheld), the lone female among 29 deported migrants who were processed at Harman Barracks after being sent from the United Kingston on a charter flight to Kingston yesterday, has castigated the Jamaican Government for failing to protect the rights of emigrants.

The NDC crossing drainage canal (south of old Mahaica canal) showing encroachment on shoulders (Ministry of Public Infrastructure photo)

Ann’s Grove benefiting from drainage works

In response to concerns by residents of Ann’s Grove that the community has been neglected by the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), the Public Infrastructure Ministry, following a survey of the area, has assured that infrastructural works are underway.

Guyana Jaguars will be looking to bounce back after back to back losses

‘We need to put runs on the board’

-Keon Joseph replaces Keemo Paul in squad Guyana Jaguars Head Coach, Rayon Griffith, was yesterday adamant that his team needed to put runs on the board when they face Jamaica Scorpions in the seventh round of the Cricket West Indies Regional Four-Day Championship from today at the National Stadium, Providence.

Action between Sparta Boss and Gaza Squad  at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue in the 2nd Annual Magnum Futsal Championship on Tuesday.

Bent Street, Sparta Boss held to scoreless draws

It was an evening of unexpected results as defending champion Bent Street and last year’s losing finalist Sparta Boss, were held to scoreless draws when the second annual Magnum Mash Cup Futsal Championship continued on Tuesday.  Witnessed by a surprisingly large crowd at the National Gymnasium, the star-studded Bent Street unit, which features the likes of Daniel Wilson, Pernell Schultz, Sheldon Holder, Solomon Austin and Kelsey Benjamin, was held to a scoreless draw by a disciplined Melanie side.  Sparta Boss, a team that consists of Gregory Richardson, Jermin Junior, Eusi Phillips, Sheldon Shepherd and newcomer Ryan Hackett, suffered the identical fate in the previous matchup, thwarted by the resolute backline of the Gaza Squad in another scoreless but exciting affair.

Jamaica Scorpions interim Head Coach, Robert Haynes

Confidence high for Scorpions

Interim head coach of the Jamaica Scorpions, Robert Haynes, said yesterday his side was brimming with confidence heading into their showdown against Guyana Jaguars in the seventh round of the Cricket West Indies Regional Four-Day Championships at National Stadium Providence from today.

Members of the GCUSA and GTI after the outreach programme.

GCUSA reaches out to GTI

The Georgetown Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (GCUSA) yesterday embarked on its first outreach programme of the year by visiting Guyana Technical Institute (GTI), Woolford Avenue.

Andre Russell

Russell fireworks put Dhaka in final

DHAKA, Bangladesh,  CMC – West Indies Twenty20 star Andre Russell showed once again he was worth his weight in gold, producing a tantalising all-round performance to power Dhaka Dynamites into the final of the Bangladesh Premier League with a five-wicket win over Chris Gayle’s Rangpur Riders here yesterday.

Barbados ministers to be grilled on estimates

(Barbados Nation) A monumental change is coming to the way the annual Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure are presented in the House of Assembly.  In a departure from the previous format in which ministers made their presentation standing by their assigned seat, they will now have to sit in the Well of the House of Assembly (the dividing space between the two sides of the Lower Chamber), along with their permanent secretary and technocrats of the ministry, to be quizzed by other ministers, backbenchers and the Opposition Leader on their plans to spend money allocated from the public purse.

Turned tables

In November 2009, oil-rich, and apparently cash-flush Venezuela, under the then-president Hugo Chavez’s Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, gave Guyana a grant of US$2 million for the construction of a shelter for the homeless.

Work toward elections before April 30th

Dear Editor, Responding to reporters’ query regarding the voters’ list, the Chief Election Officer, Keith Lowenfield, declared, “the list is clean; it has a life until the 30th of April.”  I suggest that all stakeholders work assiduously to hold the elections on or before that date.