Articles published on Sunday, September 6, 2009
MARAD probe finds blue paint on green army boat – calls for forensic analysis aA Maritime Administration (MARAD) preliminary report into the Hog Island boat mishap, which left two people dead and a child missing, has confirmed that the army Coast Guard vessel had blue paint on its hull and has recommended a forensic analysis to determine its origin, a source close to the investigations said.
– banking on dry weather to boost cane farming GuySuCo is banking on dry weather and a reliable outsourcing contract with private operators to push land expansion at Skeldon and boost cane cultivation in the industry a bit earlier than its projected 2012 target, but there are no indications of a major change in strategy.
Head of the PNCR’s Human Services and Welfare Department Volda Lawrence said the party has “just a social partnership” with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, facilitating its humanitarian work in several communities for nearly a decade.
A distinct type of Guyanese cuisine is about to hit the restaurant scene in Trinidad and Tobago.
Not that green! The stagnant water in this drain at the corner of North Road and Avenue of the Republic has turned green.
The Business Page Introduction After all the fears of economic Armaged-don, the Great Depression Mark II and no recovery until after mid-2010, the economies of the world have bounced back, and for the economists at least, the recession is over.
Latin View SINGAPORE — Perusing the newsstand in the Hong Kong airport on my way here, I saw something that caught my eye: most of the books were about China and Asia’s allegedly unstoppable rise to the world’s foremost superpower.
Ian On Sunday The memory of man is astonishing and mysterious.
Guyana and the wider world Recap There is no known way of successfully preventing future global economic crises and their negative impacts.
The Alliance for Change (AFC) said Amerindian Heritage Month should be used to reflect on the sterling contributions these persons have made in the social and economic sectors while ensuring their full involvement in national initiatives.
Government has heeded the concerns of New Amsterdam residents for the preservation of the building which formerly housed the town’s public hospital, and will now meet the Berbice private sector to design its future.
Prime Minister Samuel Hinds has urged the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) to consider installation of pre-paid meters by way of lottery, in the pilot areas it had selected, even as it prepared to suspend installation to address concerns raised by residents.
Go-Invest CEO Geoffrey Da Silva was recently appointed Honorary Consul for Portugal in Guyana.
The CIOG said the roster of activities planned for Amerindian Heritage Month must include checks to ensure that indigenous peoples are able to participate fully in national life.
The PNCR said Amerindian Heritage Month presents the nation with an opportunity to celebrate the artistic, culinary and cultural contributions this group has given to the nation.
Waiting:Secondary school and university students stand in line to use the reference/research facilities at the National Library yesterday.
More than a year after the burnt remains of eight miners were discovered at Lindo Creek, the murder of gold dealer Dweive Kant Ramdass allegedly by three members of the Coast Guard has once again raised questions about whether soldiers could have participated in the mining camp massacre and the trail of unexplored clues left behind.
By Marlon Munroe The President’s XI must have rued their chance when they won the toss and batted on a pitch laced with grass, cracks and provided uneven bounce as they were bowled out for 98 by the CARICOM All Stars in the President’s Premier League Twenty20 at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.
NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Gasps briefly reverberated around Flushing Meadows on Saturday as Roger Federer lost his first set at this year’s U.S.
Health A weekely column prepared by Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital Inc.
Local sculptor Andrew Ridley carving a lion in the avenue on Main Street yesterday.
Sport has been revolutionized over the years to the extent that it is no longer “sport” but more “big business.”
Consumer Concerns As children, our parents instilled in us certain sayings that were meant to guide us through life.
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australians Lesley and Doug McGrath have for decades battled ocean swells that have eaten away at the backyard of their multi-million dollar Sydney home.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies were almost disqualified from the ICC World Twenty20 Championship ahead of their semi-final clash with Sri Lanka, a West Indies Cricket Board director has revealed.
Roseau, Dominica: International Cricket Council Elite Panel umpire, Billy Doctrove, says the Digicel Cricket Clinics are an important cog in the wheel of cricket development in the West Indies.
Chess World chess champion Vishy Anand paid a surprise visit to Botswana three weeks ago as a guest of the Indian technology company NIIT, and the Botswana Chess Federation.
Alpha United and Western Tigers romp to victories Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United and BK International Western Tigers were the latest teams in winners row as action in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Cellink Plus Premier League continued with two matches on Friday night at the Tucville Playfield.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Four Jamaican athletes have admitted to taking a banned substance and are now awaiting sanctions from the Jamaica Appeals Tribunal.
Arts On Sunday AJ Seymour started the prestigious Edgar Mittelholzer Lecture Series in 1976 with a narrative of how he received a visit from the ghost of Mittelholzer which gave him much insight into the man and his work.
LONDON (Reuters) – G20 finance leaders yesterday took aim at excessive bank pay and risk-taking at the root of the financial crisis and insisted trillions of dollars of emergency economic supports would be needed for some time.
Pet Corner Last week we dealt with the symptoms of ailments in the mouth.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies women’s cricketers will be looking to extend their dominance over South Africa when they play four One-Day Internationals and three Twenty20 Internationals there next month.
(BBC) Seven men on the Caribbean island of Grenada have been freed after more than two decades in prison for the murder of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop.
Andrew Strauss says England’s top order must start making bigger scores if his team are to win their one-day series against Australia.
In Our Time Seventy years ago last week, the armies of Hitler swept into Poland, in the opening act of what would soon be World War II.
Dear Editor, A notice complete with photograph and address was published in your newspaper (July 26, 2009) by the Public Service Ministry (PSM) requesting information about me.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela will pull the plug on 29 more radio stations, a top official in President Hugo Chavez’s government said yesterday, just weeks after dozens of other outlets were closed in a media clampdown.
URUMQI, China (Reuters) – China sacked the top official of the strife-torn city of Urumqi as well as the regional police chief yesterday, as the town crept back to uneasy calm after days of sometimes deadly protests that inflamed ethnic enmity.
The View From Europe By David Jessop (Executive Director of the Caribbean Council for Europe)In Europe and North America, governments and regulatory authorities are still debating how best to manage the behaviour of financial institutions that have become so large that should they fail, their operations would pose a systemic risk to the nations in which they are located.
Dear Editor, On 60 Minutes a few weeks ago, former Atlanta Falcons football player Michael Vick was interviewed by James Brown after being released from prison.
MAKHMOUR, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi Kurdish mayor Barzan Said Kaka says he has no choice but to declare independence from the largely Arab-run council of violent Nineveh province — it’s infiltrated with insurgents and killers, he says.
(Trinidad Express) The two houses of Parliament – the House of Representatives and the Senate – are expected to be summoned in historic session to vote on whether a tribunal should be appointed to investigate President George Maxwell Richards’s conduct with respect to the appointment of an Integrity Commission.
KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan have called in the Austrian coach of the country’s football team to help their cricketers prepare for the Champions Trophy.
‘Life is a cabaret, old chum,’ runs the song, and nowhere is that more true than in GT.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Troops captured the suspected killer of 17 patients at a rehabilitation clinic in northern Mexico, one of the deadliest attacks in President Felipe Calderon’s three-year war against drug cartels, local media said yesterday.
The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Guyana Masters Football Association (GMFA) will be hosting a Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Over-40 side to play against the Guyana Masters Squad on September 24 and 26 at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Groud.
Dear Editor, I went for a drive up the coast last weekend and I saw something that I hadn’t seen since I was much younger.
A Gardener’s Diary The dry season still seems to be producing a little rain but mainly during the night.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Thousands of Venezuelans marched yesterday in protests against President Hugo Chavez while thousands of his supporters held their own rallies, a sign of the sharp split in the OPEC nation over the socialist leader’s policies.
