News

Okay I know. Much of what follows below first appeared five years ago in a feature article by me and published by the Stabroek News (January 2002).

This week marked the start of what promises to be a marketing showdown between GT&T and Digicel.

Stabroek Business has been reliably informed of what appears to be a major infringement of the Cricket World Cup Sunset legislation by local importers who are distributing CWC souvenirs and memorabilia to retailers and street vendors for sale as official CWC items.

If Digicel Guyana’s Chief Executive Officer Tim Bahrani declines to be pushed into “talking up” a marketing war with GT&T, the “body language” of the Guyana’s newest cellular service provider is sending an altogether different signal.

In his book `The economics of development in small countries with special reference to the Caribbean’ William G.

A man who admitted having in his possession ganja for trafficking was sentenced to prison and fined while his uncle and aunt denied the charge when the trio appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

A North West man who was allegedly found with cocaine when police searched his home appeared on Wednesday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Magistrate Fazil Azeez at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court yesterday committed a man accused of murdering his brother in 2005 to stand trial for the capital offence in the High Court.

Georgetown clubs, Everest Cricket Club and Malteenoes Sports Club, will face off in one semi-final match of the 2006 Guyflag three-day, first-division cricket competition from today at the Everest Cricket Club ground, Camp Road.

A much – anticipated battle looms at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall tonight when old friends from Courts Pacesetters and Bounty Colts meet in the feature quarter-final game of the Next Level Entertainment nation-wide first division basketball tournament.

Young Warriors, winners of last year’s million dollar Shapoorji/Pallonji Twenty20 competition will take on the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) in the first competitive match at the new National Stadium at Providence today.

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Notes 1 – Interim results 2 – Prospective EPS: earnings per share for 12 months period to the date the latest financials have been prepared.

Tomorrow’s national consultation forum on the creation of a log export policy convened by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) appears set to endorse sweeping recommendations contained in a discussion paper prepared by the GFC on the banning of log exports from Guyana.

Far from being unique to Guyana the recruitment of qualified and trained expatriates to occupy key positions in the hotel industry is a Caribbean-wide practice, according to Executive Director of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) Maureen Paul.

Last time a review of the government websites of Caricom countries was done to determine the facilities available on these sites and to get an indication of the level of e-government development of these countries.

When it comes to avoiding work, it’s fair to say I have been exposed to the masters at this.

Dear Editor, Crossing the Berbice river is a nightmare as Taijpaul Gainda said in his letter captioned “T & H D should employ another vessel on the Berbice crossing” (07.02.14).

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) annual novices boxing competition gets underway tonight at 7pm in the GDF Auditorium at Base Camp Ayanganna, Thomas Lands.

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) commenced their Bounty Farm Mashramani handicap tournament Tuesday night with interesting matches being played.