Articles published on Sunday, February 14, 2010
A house was completely destroyed by fire while another was badly damaged yesterday and residents believe that had the response by the fire service been more timely the fire could have been contained to only one flat.
A fire, which broke out last evening at the Drop-in-Centre in Hadfield Street, has forced the temporary relocation of the 46 children housed there, even as several of them had to be hospitalized after being tramautised by the experience.
A Block 22, Wismar, Linden family now faces straitened circumstances as the modest one-bedroom home the mother and daughter shared was reduced to ashes in the early morning hours of yesterday.
– entertainment centre to follow Within the next three weeks the Princess Casino is expected to be opened and its Operations Director Oguz Tayanc has given all assurances that the establishment will be operated within the confines of the law; only allowing hotel guests to participate in the casino activities.
Nearly a decade after the completion of the constitution reform process, none of the four constitutional rights commissions is functioning.
Federal authorities in New York knew former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) major David Clarke was into drug trafficking since early 2005 – almost one year before he was indicted – according to court documents which revealed that his name came up repeatedly during court proceedings involving his wife and his brother.
President Bharrat Jagdeo has denied that a new intelligence body being set up would be used to spy on opponents, while criticising politicians for only finding fault with the country.
GHK Lall was a member of the diaspora, and is a remigrant.
Pele Football Club could not have asked for a better start to their 2010 campaign when they lifted the Mayor’s 75th birth anniversary knockout trophy on Friday day after an exhilarating 4-1 whipping of the ‘Hammers’ Alpha United at the Tucville ground.
Albert Philander clocked a time of one hour, 11 minutes and 18 seconds as he sped to an impressive win in this year’s George `Boy Blue’ Cumberbatch Memorial 30-lap feature race inside the National Park Circuit yesterday as the cream of the country’s cyclists all returned to the saddle.
Introduction Ram & McRae in their Focus on the 2010 Budget drew attention to a section of their 2009 Budget Focus which examined the explosion of the number of ministries between 1992 and then.
By Marlon Munroe Talented and stylish left handed batsman Trevon Griffith contended that while conditions in New Zealand for the ICC Under-19 World Cup were sometimes difficult, it was imperative that he adapt and perform at the top of the order for his team.
Former West Indies Cricket Captain Clive Lloyd has taken the required steps to set up a foundation in his name with the intention of assisting disadvantaged young people.
Last week I was careful to point out that any serious assessment of the LCDS and the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Government of Guyana and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway needs to be situated in the broader context of the global negotiations on climate change.
Leeward Islands’ Omari Banks destroyed the Windward Islands with a seven wicket haul to help his team to first innings points and a 143-run first innings lead on day two of their four-day regional first class match at the Georgetown cricket Club’s Bourda ground yesterday.
I don’t care if the whole a BG burn down But they will be putting me out me way If they tackle Tiger Bay An bun dung de hotel where all me wahbine does stay The Mighty Sparrow Strange as this might sound, those words are a compliment to Guyana.
Anti-Money Laundering And Countering The Financing Of Terrorism Act 2009 Passed by the National Assembly on April 30, 2009 and signed by the President on August 14, 2009.
– Patterson seems set to run uncontested for presidency The highly-anticipated and long-awaited Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held today at the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) headquarters in Kingston from 2pm.
Lately I made a visit up the great Essequibo to rest the body, refresh the mind and remind the soul of the beauty in this world.
Our opinion The Guyana cricket team continued its poor showing yesterday.
By Marlon Munroe Barbados maintained their stranglehold against Guyana yesterday after pacer Tino Best and Ryan Hinds conspired to exhibit the home team’s poor batting performance in the WICB regional four-day tournament at the Albion Community Development Centre ground yesterday.
Continued Dry mouth Last week, we described the condition of the increased production of saliva (hypersalivation or Ptyalism) which was characterized by profuse drivelling and drooling.
The Anjue and Hamlet racecourse will come alive today when the Kid’s First Fund non-profit organization and the IMRARC Cane Grove stage a grand Gymkhana horse race meet from 13:00hrs.
The ruling PPP yesterday informed that it has held no discussions on the restoration of overseas voting, following strong criticism by the main opposition PNCR, which has dismissed the issue as a distraction.
Guyana suffered two agonizing losses to their campaign at the International Rugby Board (IRB) USA Sevens World Series yesterday in Las Vegas, USA losing by huge margins to Australia and New Zealand according to the International Rugby Board (iRB) website.
PUNE, India (Reuters) – A bomb ripped through a packed restaurant in the Indian city of Pune yesterday, killing at least eight people including one foreigner in the country’s first big attack since the 2008 Mumbai massacre.
Carlos Gervasoni is Professor of Political Science at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
MARJAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – US Marines spearheaded one of NATO’s biggest offensives against the Taliban in Afghanistan yesterday, in an early test of US President Barack Obama’s troop surge policy.
Dear Editor, I am 58 years old with a long Hindu name, Parshatan.
Tale of another crossing Last year, Brigid Wells, a descendant of the British doctor who sailed with the first Indian immigrants to this country on the Whitby in 1838, visited Guyana.
PROVIDENCE, Guyana, CMC – Leg-spinner Odean Brown claimed a career-best eight wickets for 54 runs from 28.4 overs to secure first innings lead for tournament leaders Jamaica over the Combined Campuses & Colleges in the WICB regional first-class championship yesterday.
Two men are currently nursing chop wounds at the Georgetown Public Hospital, following separate incidents on Friday.
There is nothing sillier than sticking a handful of leaves into your mouth and setting fire to them.
Police have arrested four men suspected of robbing two La Grange pump attendants of more than $100,000 cash and other items on Thursday night.
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuadorean Vice President Lenin Moreno said yesterday he will travel to Iran, Turkey and Dubai next month to pitch a plan for protecting the Amazon region by leaving 850 million barrels of oil underground.
BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – Red hot opener Shane Watson will make a return to the Australia side for the fourth One-Day International against West Indies, following an injury to Shaun Marsh.
Dear Editor, Regarding the Minister of Foreign Affairs’ expression of “deep concern” about revelations of an alleged plan to invade and occupy Guyana’s New River Triangle by persons in Suriname, she and the government need to be assured that the Alliance For Change will support any lawful action taken to secure, protect and defend Guyana’s territorial integrity.
Dear Editor, Ram & McRae in its Budget Focus 2010 drew attention to one example of the subversive manner in which funds constitutionally due to the Consolidated Fund are diverted into a government owned company with the impressive sounding name of National Industrial Commercial and Investment Ltd (NICIL).
CARACAS – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said yesterday he had opened talks to buy a supermarket chain owned by France’s Casino, a month after expropriating another chain owned by the same group.
By Dr Rishu Agarwal, MD (Pathology) The pap smear also called a pap test is the standard test used for early detection of cancer, and precancerous cells of the cervix.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Rookie teenaged West Indies opener Adrian Barath has revealed his frustration at having to watch the regional side struggle on the current one-day tour of Australia but believes the embattled side can hit back.
Dear Editor, In your report ‘Three hectares proposal eases mining fears’ (SN, February 12), you quote or re-state two sentences from the President’s address to miners at the Liliendaal International Convention Centre on February 11 where the reasoning does not seem to accord with the MoU which the President signed just three months ago.
Saying I love you: A shopper choosing a Valentine’s Day gift from the array available on Water Street yesterday.
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia’s Congress has given leftist President Evo Morales the go-ahead to make top judicial appointments in legislation that his opponents say gives him too much power.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – War torn Afghanistan and minnows Ireland, coached by former West Indies all-rounder Phil Simmons, will do battle in the World Twenty20 Championship in the Caribbean later this year after reaching the final of the ICC qualifying tournament yesterday.
Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao warned his people to keep a “sober mind” about the challenges ahead in the new year as the country welcomed the arrival of the Year of the Tiger with noisy celebrations yesterday.
Getting ready for Mashramani: Stringing lights in a tree in front of the Bank of Guyana, Avenue of the Republic yesterday.
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – A West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) commissioned survey has upheld cricket’s popularity in Caribbean sport while listing team captain Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Dwayne Bravo as the team’s biggest stars.
The cabinet has never been discomfitted by accusations of philistinism. It is perhaps the mark of a true philistine if the members of an official body do not suffer even a little pique when they are so described.
Dear Editor, Incontestably, GuySuCo is the largest publicly owned corporation in Guyana, employing many Guyanese and until recently the largest earner of foreign exchange in the country.
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Gordon Brown has bared his soul to Britons in a television interview in which he speaks about the death of his infant daughter and his hopes for his son who suffers from cystic fibrosis.
