Articles published on Sunday, July 19, 2009
– fires firm, demands answers The ruins of the two burnt Ministry of Health buildings are still being assessed by investigators in the wake of Friday’s fire, but preliminary confirmation of security breaches have resulted in the ministry immediately switching security firms and demanding a full explanation for what occurred.
– Guyana’s Junior squash team pulled off the remarkable feat of repeating as boys, girls and overall team champions as the curtain came down on the 2009 Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) championships yesterday in Barbados.
Wanted: A United Nations Economic Security Council G20 – leading the charge In last week’s column I argued that the global economic crisis had become very complex, involving immense human and social suffering, thereby constituting a grave threat to past global developmental efforts.
St George’s, Grenada: West Indies pacer Kemar Roach says that his career best six wicket haul was nothing short of magical, especially coming in only his second Test match.
A mother’s worst nightmare became a reality yesterday afternoon, after her reputed husband acted on a repeated threat to take the lives of his two younger children and then commit suicide.
Cozier on Sunday To be in the company of Lance Gibbs, Ian Bishop and Jeffrey Dujon this past week has been to empathise with heart-broken men waiting for the inevitable demise of a close, revered but seriously ill relative, once strong and vigorous but in progressively deteriorating health over the past decade.
The Allied Health Professions Bill The Parliament Office has been advertising the Allied Health Professions Bill 2009, which was committed to a Special Select Committee of the National Assembly.
The unsung heroes of the Ministry of Health’s fire which devastated the main building and an annex at Brickdam were the drivers, who are usually behind the scenes, and a few residents of Hadfield Street who together pulled 50 vehicles to safety as the inferno raged.
Dhoni delighted over playing tournament in CaribbeanCaptain of the Indian cricket team Mahendra Singh Dhoni believes that when the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Twenty20 World Cup comes to the West Indies next year, it would be nothing short of fantastic because the type of game fits perfectly with the West Indian culture.
A review of the Low Carbon Development Strategy Introduction To all Guyanese, from Cabinet to Canal # 1, the announcement that the people of Guyana are willing to act in placing our rainforests under “globally-verified forest and other land use governance standards and transparent, accountable deployment of forest payments” must have come as a great surprise, if not a shock.
The extraordinary value in everythingAll my life I have had an urge to preserve the extraordinary value of everything that I experience.
– as ID cards production delayed A delay in the start of national identification (ID) card production has put plans to run off belated local government elections this year in doubt.
Guinness Futsal Competition… The Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Pele, Sunburst Camptown and Flamingo Football Clubs moved on to the next knockout stage of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCY&S)/Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Guinness Futsal Competition after sending their opponents packing on Friday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England sensed history in the making yesterday when they took an overall lead of 521 over Australia with two days’ play left in the second Ashes test at Lord’s.
The law suit which threatens a nation It must be rare if not unique for a law suit to threaten the viability of a whole nation.
– to be operational by August 1, though staffing still a problem By Cathy Richards Several sections of the new $1.8 billion Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) were officially handed over to its management on Thursday last and the administration remains confident that it will be fully operational by August 1.
Minister of Local Government Kellawan Lall is now in receipt of the report on the inquiry into the Mayor and City Council, according to Commissioner of the Inquiry Keith Burrowes.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite, whose authoritative delivery of news events from the John F.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Paul Thomas hit a maiden hundred of 126 and led a powerful batting performance to hand hosts Jamaica a first innings lead of 127 over Leeward Islands in the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge yesterday.
Introduction The Office of the Historian of the United States State Department recently published Volume 10 of ‘Foreign Relations with the United States’ covering the period 1969-1972.
– Guyana remains on high alert Guyana remains on high alert for new swine flu cases, according to Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy, who revealed that the illness appears to be accompanied by conjunctivitis.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Skipper Dalton Polius grabbed a four-wicket haul with his off-spin to propel Windward Islands to a 73-run first innings lead over Guyana in their third round, TCL Group West Indies three-day Cup match yesterday.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica/ TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras’ ousted President Manuel Zelaya agreed yesterday to a power-sharing government as a way out of his country’s political crisis, but his enemies rejected any deal that puts him back in the presidency.
Water, water everywhere?When, many years ago, VS Naipaul referred to the land of his birth as “the little island in the mouth of the Orinoco,” Trinidadians resented what they interpreted as an intentionally belittling description.
Chairman of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Linden Town Council Orin Gordon says he stands ready to take strong action against PPP Councillor Eon Hall for alleged destructive practices.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Barbados were left with a tall order to avoid losing their second straight TCL Group West Indies three-day Cup match after a superb century by Evin Lewis put Trinidad & Tobago firmly in charge on the second day yesterday.
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Investigators were sifting through two bomb-damaged luxury Indonesian hotels yesterday, for clues to those behind suicide attacks that shattered four years of stability in the world’s most populous Muslim nation.
Ailments of the nose Continued from last week Difficult breathing in short-nosed dogs Certain breeds like the Pekinese, the Bulldog, Cocker Spaniels, Boston Terriers, and a ‘new’ type we are now calling the ‘Pom-Pek’ (you know, those dogs with faces looking as if they had a run in with a concrete wall and came out second with caved-in faces) seem to have a genetically-based predisposition to experience difficult breathing.
Dear Editor, On Friday last the people of Guyana lost yet another historical and important building.
This Route 32 (Parika-Georgetown )minibus, ran off the East Bank Demerara Public Road at Eccles early yesterday morning, resulting in several persons being injured and hospitalized.
TURNBERRY, Scotland, (Reuters) – Ross Fisher may be well-placed to end a 10-year wait for a native winner of the British Open but he is expecting most of the crowd to be backing 59-year-old Tom Watson in today’s final round.
Dear Editor, Just recently, the trail going from Lethem to the south of the Rupununi, between Shulinab and Mountain Point, was upgraded to allow easier access, especially in the rainy season.
Planting bulbs in the lawn I have scribbled a few notes about tasks which most of us have to do at some time during the year, so here goes.
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian hardliners hit back at former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani yesterday for criticising the conduct of last month’s election and its aftermath, highlighting deepening establishment divisions.
A Linden man is nursing two gunshot wounds to the leg at the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) following an altercation with his brother.
Dear Editor, On April 4, 2009, five baby Barn Owl chicks (about 1 week old) were found in a box at the corner of Light and First Streets, Alberttown.
President Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday met a team including representatives from ACDA and the Bagotville Cultural Circle to finalise support for their respective celebrations for Emancipation Day.
In November last year the Schomburgk Pavilion and pond were officially launched in the Botanic Gardens.
Horse power: Even the horses appear to be stepping in time as the Guyana Police Force Mounted Branch gives the salute to Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee at Eve Leary yesterday in the Guyana Police Force’s 170th anniversary parade.
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Kemar Roach bowled with hostility and purpose to help West Indies secure a narrow first innings lead and hold a slight advantage in the second and final Test against Bangladesh yesterday.
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa denied yesterday that he ever received funds from Colombian rebel group FARC, and said a video claiming he did was “a set up.”
BESANCON, France, (Reuters) – The Tour de France was marred by the death of a spectator yesterday as Russian Serguei Ivanov won the 14th stage, a 199-km ride from Colmar.
The partially decomposed body of a man was found in a trench between Enmore and Foulis, East Coast Demerara yesterday morning.
(Trinidad Express) Presi-dent George Maxwell Richards and Prime Minister Patrick Manning, as well as government ministers and opposition MPs, should not get salary increases because of the current economic downturn in the country.
What a disaster – for the health sector, for our material heritage, for the political environment and most of all for the people of Guyana.
The Canine Division of the Guyana Police Force marches past the podium at Eve Leary yesterday where Commissioner of Police Henry Greene took the salute in the 170th anniversary parade.
Preparing for the national championshipsWendell Muesa has won his third chess tournament for the year following his victory in the Sasha Cells eight-round swiss tournament.
URUMQI, China (Reuters) – Chinese police shot dead 12 Uighur rioters in Xinjiang this month, regional governor Nuer Baikeli said yesterday, in a rare government admission of deaths inflicted by security forces.
Dear Editor, On Friday, July 17 at 3pm I was in the vicinity of Republic Avenue and America Streets, when I saw a student about 12 years old approach the minibuses there.
