Articles published on Sunday, July 25, 2010
The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Ltd (GBTI) last evening commissioned its $2.6 billion corporate office, signalling the latest effort by the establishment to transform the local banking sector.
The AFC is examining a new proposal for a “grand alliance” of compatible allies to contest next year’s elections that is premised on the idea that coming together is the only option for the country’s survival.
– US prosecutors US prosecutors recently disclosed that former PNC parliamentarian Abdul Kadir had links to Iran as he was once closely connected to the Islamic school in Guyana whose Iranian head was abducted in April 2004 and later killed.
A cyclist last evening lost his life after colliding with a motorcar on the public road at Woodley Park, West Coast Berbice and residents are furious that the police did not administer a breathalyzer test to the driver of the car involved in the accident.
The once-volatile village of Buxton has launched a series of activities spanning the next two weeks to mark the 170th anniversary of the purchase of the community amidst a call for residents to reclaim their dignity.
Some 450 persons turned up yesterday morning to access the services of the Guyana Watch Inc medical outreach at the Patentia Secondary School.
The local media should take the “high road” when confronted by abusive public officials, according to Professor Alan Miller of the Ohio State University (OSU).
The dead man who was pulled out of a trench in Le Repentir cemetery on Friday was yesterday identified as Cleveland Jarvis, 48, of Lot 76 West La Penitence Housing Scheme.
– husband had threatened her life Three weeks ago, Yashpattie Samaroo’s estranged husband had threatened to knife her to death but the police did not find him when they went to investigate.
– after he blocked drugs sale “We have no problem; this is a serious thing,” Parashuram Samsundar said from his hospital bed on Friday.
– local govt polls likely in 2012, Jagdeo says President Bharrat Jagdeo said yesterday that his government will continue to support the “visionless” City Hall until the holding of local government elections, now likely to be in 2012.
By Floyd Christie The rugby community came out in support of the national men’s rugby Sevens team on the opening day the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games yesterday at the National Stadium, Providence and were not disappointed.
DENNERY, St Lucia, CMC – A late order century stand between Evin Lewis and Akeal Hosein rescued Trinidad and Tobago from a total collapse against Guyana on the opening day of their final round match in the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge yesterday.
The police acting on information received shot and captured Mazaruni Prison escapee, Neville Williams called `Bull Eye’ on Friday afternoon.
Nicolette and Keisha win silver medal Local squash pair Nicolette Fernandes and Keisha Jeffrey claimed a silver medal in the Women’s doubles at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Bogota Columbia on Friday evening.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Xavier Marshall stroked his second half-century of the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship to propel Jamaica to a nine-wicket victory over Canada yesterday.
Arts on Sunday presents another in a series of articles revealing the Caribbean interest in Brazilian literature, and Guyanese writers’ engagement with Brazil.
– 4th matchBRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Sensational, exciting, and thrilling are just some of the adjectives that could be used to describe Barbados’ victory over the Combined Campuses & Colleges in a one-over eliminator in the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship just past Friday midnight.
By Candace Phillips A miner, former member of parliament and outspoken mining advocate, Cyrilda De Jesus is a giant in her field despite her diminutive stature.
Armed bandits struck at the Ramroop Bond on Friday night and after holding the security guard at gunpoint escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash.
The Norman Singh Turf Club, West Coast Berbice will come alive again today when horses compete in seven events for over three million dollars in prizes in the St.
Apex Insurance Brokers Inc is sponsoring a one day rapid chess tournament for players at the junior and senior levels on Saturday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club.
PAUILLAC, France, (Reuters) – Spaniard Alberto Contador was poised to win his third Tour de France yesterday after he extended his lead over Andy Schleck to 39 seconds following the 52-km individual penultimate stage time trial.
Dr Prashant Pruthi, MD – (Paediatrics) How do I know if my child is obese?
(Trinidad Express) – Three people have died of dengue haemorrhagic fever, while tests are being conducted to determine if two others also died of the illness.
(Jamaica Gleaner) – Classifying ‘Shottas’ as “waste sperm”, the man tagged the ‘Five Star General’, Rodney ‘Bounty Killer’ Pryce, said it was time for the government to replace dons, commence the fight against poverty, and leave the police to carry out the job of crime fighting.
On training dogs In these hard times, everybody is in the business of making a buck – some by dint of hard work, others by devious and odious means.
PARIS, (Reuters) – France’s 23-member World Cup squad have been suspended for the country’s next game after their first-round exit from this year’s tournament, the French Football Federation (FFF) said Friday.
LEEDS, England, (Reuters) – Pakistan scrambled the 40 runs they required to beat Australia in a test for the first time in 15 years yesterday, winning the second test at Headingley by three wickets to draw the series 1-1. Pakistan, chasing 180, lost four wickets on a sunny morning in what was expected to be a comfortable run chase but was eventually far from it as a resilient Australia went on the attack.
The Child Sex Offences section of the Sexual Offences Act 2009 continues as shown below: Meeting a child under 16 years following sexual grooming 13.
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The stirring performance by the team from Cave Hill in the extraordinary regional T20 double-tie with Barbados at Kensington Oval that ran through Friday night and into the witching hour should not have come as a surprise.
MONACO, CMC – Jamaican Jermaine Gonzales stormed to victory in the 400 metres but it was his 20-year-old countryman Yohan Blake who grabbed the headlines with a blistering run in the 200 metres at the 10th IAAF Diamond League meet here Thursday night.
– but little forward movement by private sector It is unlikely that you have ever heard of Christofer Fjellner from Finland or Peter Sratsny from Slovakia.
Some people always have difficulty remembering which plants like to pretend they are still living in the Sahara from those which prefer life in a puddle.
Dear Editor, I heartily applaud the group of citizens which has initiated the process aimed at creating a broad partnership (Stabroek News July 24th) to contest next year’s general elections.
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said yesterday it would begin a “sacred war” against the United States and South Korea at “any time necessary” based on its nuclear deterrent, in response to “reckless” military exercises by the allies.
Dear Editor, I heartily applaud the group of citizens which has initiated the process aimed at creating a broad partnership (Stabroek News July 24th) to contest next year’s general elections.
Introduction That the Government used its majority in the National Assembly to push through major amendments to the New Building Society Act was not surprising.
GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Barbados let their advantage slip as Jamaica hit back strongly, on a competitive opening day of their final round TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge clash yesterday.
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivian President Evo Morales called yesterday for an emergency meeting of South American presidents to resolve a stand-off between Colombia and neighbouring Venezuela that has raised tensions in the Andes.
HOCKENHEIM, Germany, (Reuters) – Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel snatched pole position for his home German Grand Prix yesterday after beating Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso by barely the blink of an eye.
It took only eighteen years. After continuous denial, derision, and delay from the ruling party, two of its leading men grace the national stage to deliver confessions, with a third likely to hobble from among the goat herders to bow his head and admit to sins.
Dear Editor, I am of the opinion that little is accomplished by the assault on the integrity or credibility of presidential candidates that takes the form of questions starting “Where were you when your party was messing up by….”
HAVANA (Reuters) – President Raul Castro will mark the 57th anniversary of the start of the Cuban revolution tomorrow on a bit of a roll internationally, but still struggling to modernise one of the world’s last communist economies.
Dear Editor, Guyanese are not the only people to experience a delay in local government elections as Trinidad also experienced a long delay before tomorrow’s local elections.
GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Left-arm orthodox spinner Kavem Hodge bagged five wickets as leaders Windward Islands restricted lowly Leeward Islands on the opening day of their final round, TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge encounter yesterday.
DUISBURG, Germany (Reuters) – A stampede killed at least 17 people after mass panic broke out in a tunnel at a Love Parade techno music festival in Germany yesterday.
In Guyana reciprocated animosity has not even come close to plumbing the awful depths which exist in so many other countries and, God willing, such hideous animosity never will prevail.
HOUSTON (Reuters) – An emergency alarm that could have warned workers aboard the doomed Deepwater Horizon Gulf of Mexico drilling rig was intentionally disabled, a rig engineer told US investigators on Friday.
Introduction I had indicated in last week’s column that I would treat with three particular aspects of global climate funding (aid) as I wrap up for now, my analysis of the LCDS, the Guyana – Norway Agreement and associated arrangements, as well as several environmental topics related to global warming and climate change.
Dear Editor, I saw in SN of Wednesday July 21 you reported that Mayor Green was “very satisfied” with the garbage collection efforts of his council workers, and that City Hall is working to ensure that a health crisis does not develop.
Considering that as far as the public was concerned Venezuela has not been on the foreign policy radar for so long, last Wednesday’s visit by President Bharrat Jagdeo to Caracas came as something of a surprise.
Guyana’s male Under-17 footballers yesterday defeated Aruba 7-0 in their final match of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) World Cup qualifiers in Dominica yesterday.
