Daily Archive: Thursday, April 11, 2019

Articles published on Thursday, April 11, 2019

Dr Rupert Roopnaraine

Roopnaraine resigns

Dual citizen parliamentarian Dr Rupert Roopnaraine has submitted his letter of resignation to the Speaker of the National Assembly but the six other dual citizen Members of Parliament (MPs) on the government and opposition sides are yet to do so.

CANU says firm on body searches at ports

Searches at all ports throughout the country will continue in keeping with the Cus-toms Anti-Narcotic Unit’s (CANU) mandate in an effort to curb the occurrence of trafficking in narcotics, the agency’s Legal Officer Konyo Sandiford says.

Champions! Demerara retained their u17 inter-county title and pose with the trophy alongside the  sponsors

Undefeated Demerara retain U17 title

Demerara retained the Guyana Cricket Board Inter-County under-17 tournament after marching to their third consecutive victory by defeating the Select Under-15 by two runs at the Everest Cricket Club ground, yesterday.

Guyana golden jaguars

Golden Jaguars to face USA, Panama and T/dad in Gold Cup

The Golden Jaguars were drawn in Group-D of the 2019 CONCACAf Gold Cup following the official draw yesterday in Los Angeles.  Guyana will faceoff with heavyweights the United States of America, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago.  Guyana qualified for the prestigious continental tourney following a 2-1 victory over Belize in the final match of the CONCACAf Nations Leagupl Qualifier on March 23rd at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

In reverse

News earlier this week that a subterranean park is to be built in New York in the city’s old trolley tunnels created quite a buzz, but there seemed to be very little surprise that it has actually been conceptualised and is going to come to fruition.