Daily Archive: Friday, May 10, 2019

Articles published on Friday, May 10, 2019

Mahdia miner fatally stabbed

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Leavern Daniels, 44, a miner of Princeville Village, Mahdia which occurred about 11.45 pm at the above village, allegedly by a male known as “Tattoo Nose” who is currently being sought.

 Jimmy Butler

76ers storm past Raptors, force Game 7

(Field Level Media) Jimmy Butler scored 25 points, Ben Simmons added 21 and the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the visiting Toronto Raptors 112-101 yesterday to save their season and even the Eastern Conference semifinals at three game apiece.

Kelvin Umroa (right)  (5-21 and 3-7) and Nigel Deodat (2-8 and 1-0) helped stifle Demerara’s batting and placed them in a position to win the match

Berbice in control after 25-wicket second day

As 25 wickets fell in just over five hours of play on the second day of the final round in the Hand-in-Hand Inter-County Under-19 three-day tournament at Lusignan Community Centre yesterday, Demerara holds a slim 18-run lead over Berbice, with five wickets in hand in their second innings.

looked set for a big score before his innings ended via the run-out route (Orlando Charles photo)

Contest between under-17s and Essequibo hang in the balance 

The national under-17 select side ended day two of the Hand-in-Hand sponsored under-19 inter-county three-day contest against Essequibo on 77-3, trailing by 68 runs at stumps at the Everest Cricket Club (ECC) Ground, yesterday.   After dismissing their senior counterparts for 145, Mavindra Dindyal and Andre Seepersaud guided their side to the close as they are unbeaten on 21 and 01, respectively.   The men dismissed are Rampertab Ramnauth (01), Zeynul Ramsammy (24) and Matthew Nandu (28), the latter needlessly via the run-out route after looking set to return this morning to pile on a big score. 

Joshua Ramdehol [centre] of Rose Ramdehol displaying the MVP prize for the Corona Beer Futsal Championship alongside Petra Organization Co-Director Troy Mendonca [right] and member Mark Alleyne

Rose Ramdehol Autos backing Futsal

Rose Ramdehol Autos continued their support of the Annual Corona Beer Futsal Championship, donating a Hero Motorcycle toward the event’s Most Valuable Player [MVP] yesterday, during a simple ceremony held at their South Road office.

Guyanese workers hired by JSL International to work on the Noble Bob Douglas Drillship offshore Guyana

ExxonMobil parades its local content credentials

Conscious of the concerns being raised in Guyana regarding the likely extent of the local content spinoff of its oil recovery operations offshore Guyana, ExxonMobil has been going to some lengths to make the point regarding what it says is its commitment to keeping Guyanese ‘in the loop’ as far as employment in the non-core aspects of its operations.

Unilateral selection of GECOM Chairman

Dear Editor, With regards to President David Granger unilaterally selecting Justice (rtd) James Patterson as GECOM Chairman without furnishing reasons for rejecting three lists submitted by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, questions need to be asked as to what criteria did President David Granger use in rejecting the three lists?

Kitco Market Data

Gold Prices for the three day period ending Thursday May 9, 2019Kitco is a Canadian company that buys and sells precious metals such as gold, copper and silver.

The Small Business Procurement Programme

In October last year the state-run Department of Public Information (DPI) announced that the Small Business Procurement Programme enshrined in the Small Business Act of 2004 and under which 20% of state contracts pertaining to jobs of up to G$30 million would have come into effect in January of this year.

 Interim West Indies head coach, Floyd Reifer.

Reifer sees Hope as future batting leader

DUBLIN, Ireland,  CMC – Interim head coach Floyd Reifer says Shai Hope will be one of the keys to West Indies’ batting in the future, following the right-hander’s back-to-back hundreds in the ongoing Tri-Nations Series .Hope

Stock market updates

GASCI (www.gasci.com/telephone Nº 223-6175/6) reports that session 824’s trading results showed consideration of $68,335,474 from 557,109 shares traded in 24 transactions as compared to session 823’s trading results which showed consideration of $13,209,451 from 165,863 shares traded in 9 transactions.

Market Prices

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