Daily Archive: Sunday, November 15, 2009

-justice advocates warn There are serious concerns about the treatment of young children entering the criminal justice system as offenders and the lack of holding centres to house them.

-Defeat Western Tigers 5 – 3 on penalties By Kizan Brumell The Sunburst Camptown team was crowned champions of the Fruta Conquerors-organized, third annual NAMILCO Football Festival after defeating BK International Western Tigers on penalty kicks Friday night at the Tucville Playfield.

Brian Hackett took an early lead on the opening day of the Digicel two-day Golf Classic at the Lusignan Golf Club yesterday.

It is a blessing that the rush to the precipice halted just in time to save West Indies cricket.

Though Major David Clarke was indicted in the US on April 13, 2006 on drug charges, neither the Guyana government nor the Guyana Defence Force made any disclosures to the public about this.

Several readers have expressed surprise and disappointment on reading in last Sunday’s column that the G20, which includes so many former champions of poor countries in the global economy are now flagrantly doing what the rich G7 countries had been doing for decades previously.

By Marlon Munroe Georgetown Cricket Club’s (GCC) Vishal Singh, Malteenoes Sports Club’s (MSC) Deon Ferrier and Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) David Dick recorded the first centuries in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) first division three-day competition yesterday.

-new hiring practices proposed An interim report on the Guyana Prison Service has identified a number of problems within the system, raising long-standing concerns such as repeat offenders and chronic overcrowding.

– Pele to open title defence against Santos By Rawle Toney Defending Kashif and Shanghai champions Pele Football Club will begin its title defence against Santos when the 20th edition if the competition kicks off on December 13 at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

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Let me make no apology for re-visiting the issue of Air Passenger Duty (APD), the British tax measure that continues to divide the Caribbean and the United Kingdom.

Kuru Kuru Lions and Timehri Panthers will collide with Grove Hi Tec and Mocha Champs today when the Stag Beer division-one league on the East Bank of Demerara continues at the Grove Playfield with double header action from 13:00hrs.

Commander of Police ‘C’ Division Balram Persaud said on Thursday that the 13-year-old accused of murdering another teen is in custody at the Turkeyen Police Station.

By Dr Tejaz John, MS (Orthopaedics) An intervertebral disc prolapse or disc herniation, commonly called a ‘slipped disc’ is a medical condition affecting the spine, in which a tear in the outer, fibrous ring (annulus fibrosus) of an intervertebral disc allows the soft, central portion (nucleus pulposus) to bulge out.

A special committee has been established and is meeting to examine an appeal from  University of Guyana lecturer Evan Persaud  against whom students  had levelled  a number of allegations.

AHMEDABAD, India, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka will have to  curb an inspired Sachin Tendulkar, on the threshold of another  landmark, as they attempt to win a Test series in India for the  first time.

Minister Ramsammy has appealed to Guyanese to part with old tyres to curb the spread of dengue fever.

By Tony Cozier While most of the attention was focussed on the fractured men’s game, the largely neglected women were doing West Indies cricket proud in St.

Murray deplores failure to implement agreed reforms Although the Public Service Ministry is responsible for employment at Parliament Office, it does not select the staff, Public Service Minister Dr Jennifer Westford told the House on Thursday.

Dismissed head coach John Dyson has joined former captain Brian Lara is predicting a hiding for the West Indies in their forthcoming three Tests series in Australia.

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Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the TCL Group Dr Rollin Bertrand says he is willing to meet with President Bharrat Jagdeo to discuss the ongoing issues involving the company and its supply of cement to Guyana, even as he maintains that the Common External Tariff (CET) is integral to the development of industries within the region.

Dear Editor, The Ministry of Local Government takes issue with letters written by Mr Mohamed Ally as published in Stabroek News of October 30 (I strongly support the demolition campaign on the states reserves but it must be done fairly’) and November 10 (How was permission given for a state drainage canal to be filled in’).

PARIS (Reuters) – France and Brazil joined forces yesterday to press the United States and China to make  significant concessions at next month’s climate change summit in  Copenhagen.

Brisbane, Australia: The captain of a team is a natural target for opposition bowlers.

In recent years Jamaican plays have been extraordinarily popular in Guyana and whenever any of the companies from that country are booked on tours to Georgetown they are in high demand. 

Painter and ceramist Anna Correia was this year’s winner of the National Art Gallery’s 6th biennial National Watercolour Competition.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asia Pacific leaders backed  away yesterday from supporting a global halving of greenhouse  gas emissions by 2050, even as Brazil pledged deep cuts of its  own over the next decade.

Dear Editor, Though I hold no brief for the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA), Dr Mahendra Chand’s letter published in the Stabroek News yesterday leaves me utterly dismayed and concerned.

Dear Editor, A man named Jaoquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman Loera is all over the news again. 

Continued Periodontitis I read somewhere that the most common disease in humans is periodontitis.

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s defence ministry said yesterday it was investigating fresh complaints that its  troops had abused prisoners in Iraq.

The man held for questioning about his links to one of the men wanted for recent attacks in the city was released yesterday on $10, 000 station bail and accused police of assaulting him during his arrest.

MELBOURNE, Australia,  CMC – Australian middle order batsman Marcus North has been cleared of serious damage but could still be in doubt for the first Test against West Indies after sustaining a wrist injury in a domestic One-day game yesterday.

Dear Editor, It is always a pleasure to encounter on the telephone or in person a public official who responds to your enquiries in courteous, informative and articulate fashion. 

BRISBANE, Australia,  CMC – For the first time since arriving here two days ago, West Indies will head for the nets today (Saturday, Eastern Caribbean time) as they launch their final preparations for the imminent three-Test series against Australia.

TOKYO (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama  pledged yesterday to deepen dialogue with China rather than seek  to contain the rising power, as he laid out a vision for greater  engagement with a vibrant Asia-Pacific region.

By David A. Granger November 2009 marks the 170th anniversary of the purchase of a single village and the start of a movement that laid the foundation for a nation of human settlements far different from the plantations that existed before.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Peru will quit an APEC summit in Singapore after recalling its envoy to Chile over charges a Peruvian military officer had spied for the Chilean government,  Peru’s foreign minister said yesterday.

A Gardener’s Diary I have previously mentioned some of my favourite flowering plants, and now, because of the proximity of Christmas I will say a few words about Euphorbia pulcherrima a plant which came to us from Mexico.

The Ministry of Labour said it is vigorously pursuing employers to ensure compliance with its Occupational, Safety and Health laws.

Last week came the unexpected announcement from the President that taxis were all to have the same colour by August 2010.

Cozier On Sunday Two headlines within a couple of pages of each other in the sports section of a Barbados daily during the week had different takes on the issue but both highlighted one of the most critical of the many challenges that face the West Indies on their current tour of Australia.

Dear Editor, I am not a person who only highlights the negatives and things that go wrong.

LONDON (Reuters) – Far-right British National Party  (BNP) leaders said yesterday they had voted “overwhelmingly”  in favour of balloting all members on whether to change party  rules and allow non-whites to join.