In the Press - Guyana

Nasrallah says Hezbollah will bring victory to Syrian ally Assad

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The leader of Lebanese guerrilla movement Hezbollah said yesterday his group would stay in the Syrian war “to the end of the ...

Gecom still mulling Boodoo contract renewal

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) is still considering whether the contract of Chief Elections Officer Gocool Boodoo will be renewed or not. A review of ...

Credibility of IPL in doubt following spot fixing allegations

There was one topic of conversation in the VIP lounge of Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on April 9, 2000, as players and commentators assembled ...

Digicel preparing for end of telecoms monopoly by early August

CEO of Digicel Gregory Dean says that the company has started to prepare for the breaking of GT&T’s decades-old monopoly on international voice and data ...

The PPP Congress and the electoral defeat of 2011

Guyanese will be able to assess the future of the PPP, and the government it leads, by the way in which it treats with the ...

Naomi King sets new record

Naomi King yesterday set a new record in the girls’ 9-10 100m freestyle event at the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) National Long Course Championship ...

OAS report breaks ground on marijuana

Latin American presidents who support the decriminalization of marijuana won a big diplomatic victory in recent days when the 34-country Organization of American States issued ...

New global policy will have collateral damage in the Caribbean

Last week, Britain’s Prime Minister, David Cameron, wrote to the leaders of all of the UK’s Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.* The letter formed a ...

What has money laundering to do with public projects?

This week I continue my discussion of Phase 2 (project selection and sequencing) in managing Guyana’s public investment programme. Before I proceed further, however, I ...

Worcestershire calls up Russell

WORCESTERSHIRE, England, CMC-West Indian all-rounder Andre Russell will play for Worcestershire County Club in the Friends Life t20 tournament scheduled to start next month. Russell, ...

Still no word from Education Ministry on Sattaur, Hubbard deaths

Four months have passed since Anna Catherina teenager Safraz Sattaur hanged himself and the Ministry of Education is still to comment on whether the probation ...

Ramdin looking to turn page on dodgy form

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Dogged by inconsistency with the bat throughout his career, Denesh Ramdin is hoping to put his dodgy form behind him and ...

Take a deep breath and move on

I get a modest monthly American Federation of Musicians Union pension cheque which I deposit in the bank here, but it takes 30 working days, ...

Rugby team remains upbeat despite rain, injury concerns

Despite injury concerns and the inclement weather, the national 15s rugby squad is forging ahead with their preparations for their NACRA senior men’s Southern Caribbean ...

Windies carrying world T20 confidence to Champions Trophy

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC-West Indies head coach Otis Gibson says the Caribbean cricketers will arrive in England for the Champions Trophy full of confidence on the ...

Four Sophia Care children still hospitalised

Four Sophia Care Centre children, who were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital for treatment on Friday for vomiting and diarrhoea, are still in the ...

Plan for NCN uplink services scuttled by budget cut, says PM

Prime Minister Sam Hinds says plans for the state-run National Communications Net-work (NCN) to be given satellite uplink capabilities were dashed by the opposition-led budget ...

Man, 62, in custody over alleged sexual abuse of step-grandaughter

A 62-year-old man is in police custody in Berbice for allegedly sexually molesting his step-granddaughter; the matter is also engaging the attention of the Child ...

President urges improvement in political trust

President Donald Ramotar wants to create conditions to improve political trust, which he says is necessary to bridge differences and move the country nearer to ...

Government to hold meetings on future of CJIA expansion

Minister of Works Robeson Benn says government is to hold a series of meetings with a view to deciding how the Cheddi Jagan International Airport(CJIA) ...

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