Daily Archives: Nov 9, 2018

The collection of dry goods to assist people with disabilities may be hampered this year since the association responsible for the disabled has to seek an alternate venue to replace the Woods Centre as a collection point.

The government is one step closer to finalising its agreement with– the international company that has won the bid to manage the local cruise ports in the country, as well as the construction of a fifth berthing facility that would be able to accommodate the largest sailing vessels in the world.

Members of the National Festivals Commission are actively promoting and marketing Carnival 2019 way ahead of schedule.  Two teams from the Commission are currently on separate missions overseas promoting the annual summer festival with the aim of attracting more visitors to the island next year.

The four years and seven months that Kuanda George spent on remand awaiting his trial, will be counted as the sentence for his recent conviction for wounding.

The National Office of Disaster Services (NODS) ramped up efforts to regularise occupation of the old Barrymore Hotel by Barbudans and Antiguans – some of whom have been living there for as long as 10 years.

As you would have been able to tell from our opinion on the recent referendum regarding the constitutional amendment to allow the move to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as our final court of appeal, we were really hoping that those who crafted and executed the “pro CCJ” campaign would recognise that the key deficiencies were the lack of engagement, the politicisation of the subject matter and process, and the absence of real dialogue and education.

Local school teachers are being asked to disregard a Cabinet minute about outstanding back pay to public servants that has been making the rounds as they are not qualified to benefit.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Teenaged left-arm seamer, Qiana Joseph, has been called up to replace injured off-spinner, Sheneta Grimmond, ahead of West Indies’ campaign in the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup which bowls off here on Friday.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Three-time champions Australia flexed their muscle with a 46-run victory over South Africa, as they warmed up for their Women’s Twenty20 World Cup campaign with a strong performance on Tuesday in Guyana.

CHENNAI, India (CMC) – West Indies head coach Stuart Law has defended under-performing all-rounder, Kieron Pollard, contending the player’s value to the Twenty20 could not be assessed purely on the basis of numbers.