Daily Archive: Monday, December 6, 2010

ADELAIDE,  (Reuters) – England won the second Ashes   test by an innings and 71 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the   five-match series after dismissing Australia’s last six   batsmen cheaply in the first session today.

GuySuCo has blamed a dismal production year for its inability to offer sugar workers any increase this year, and yesterday it made a final proposal of two weeks pay which the union said it “has accepted for now”.

A Guyanese grandfather was shot to death in his central Brooklyn, New York apartment early this morning after an evening of drinking with friends, police and family members said, according to today’s New York Post.

The police are probing two attacks at mining camps in the interior that left a man with a bullet wound in the first raid and the loss of raw gold in the other.

With the 2011 general elections now a matter of mere months (how many months is anyone’s guess) away, members and supporters of the PNCR remain very much in the dark as to who will be their   presidential candidate.

There was once a village and it was run by a Headman.

(CMC) FORT DE FRANCE- Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz kept their nerve in a nerve-wracking penalty shoot-out to beat Guadeloupe 5-4 on penalties and retain the coveted Digicel Caribbean Cup last night.

Former PNC Finance Minister Carl Greenidge has been nominated by the Murray camp as their choice for the party’s presidential candidacy, Stabroek News has confirmed.

Suriname on Friday signed Memoranda of Understanding with two Chinese companies for US$6B worth of projects which include a deep sea harbour and a railroad to Brazil.

Chartered accountant, Christopher Ram, today confirmed that he had declined an approach by a PNCR group to be nominated as the party’s presidential candidate for next year.

(Barbados Nation) Chris Gayle  is about to call time on Test cricket – if only on a temporary basis.

PONTOISE, France, (Reuters) – A French court today  found Continental Airlines and a mechanic at the airline guilty  of involuntary manslaughter for their role in the 2000 Concorde  crash that spelled the end of the supersonic airliner.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen took the key   wicket of Michael Clarke with the last ball today to leave   Australia 137 runs behind England with a day to play in the   second Ashes test.

Electricity has been restored to Bartica and surrounding areas which were thrown into darkness following an explosion at the power station there yesterday, Regional Chairman Holbert Knights told this newspaper today.

The Broad Street Futsal team was crowned as the Guinness ‘Greatest of De Street’ champion after they defeated Albouystown in the final of the Futsal Competition on Saturday night at the National Park Tarmac.

A mother of two got the shock of her life yesterday afternoon when her 10-year old son hanged himself as she desperately sought the release of her older son from police custody.

THOUSAND OAKS, California, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods’s  miserable year ended with more disappointment as he gave up a  four-stroke lead and suffered a crushing playoff loss to Graeme  McDowell in the Chevron World Challenge yesterday.

Saturday night fun ended early yesterday morning for a group of young men, who were driving around in a car owned by a police officer, after they collided with another vehicle at Camp Street and North Road.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australian media today   were praying for more rain after day three of the Ashes, as   England moved to 551-4 on day three to amass a 306-run lead   before showers saw play abandoned after the tea break.

Umpires called off the third round game of the Pepsi/Carib T20 tournament between Demerara and Essequibo last evening due to intermittent rain at the Guyana National Stadium.

As at November 30 there were 58% (all figures rounded) more murders than the total amount recorded by police in 2009.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Shane Watson and Simon Katich   made a solid start to Australia’s second innings after England   declared with a lead of 375 on the fourth morning of the   second Ashes test today.

As three fishermen chased their first catch out in the Atlantic Ocean in a newly bought second-hand boat equipped with a $1 million engine the vessel was hijacked on Saturday by pirates who deposited them just off Mahaica.

Brigadier (ret’d) David Granger who is in the running to be the PNCR’s presidential nominee for next year’s general elections is to leave Guyana today to meet party members in New York, New Jersey and Washington DC.

PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka, CMC – Apart from the endless rain, Kemar Roach will have fond memories of the drawn West Indies Test series with Sri Lanka, after he was named Man-of-the-Series.

The PNCR needs to stop its “suicidal tendencies” evident during the past years and seek to provide a new type of leadership to the country, ACDA’s Eric Phillips says.

Maintaining a balance between preservation of traditional ways and development is the goal of the Wapichan (Wapishana) Amerindian nation of the remote Rupununi Savannahs who are formulating plans to take control of their development.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – West Indies A batsman Andre Fletcher stroked an enterprising double century as Grenada took control of their opening game of the Windward Islands Senior Championships on Saturday.

Caribbean junior cadet table tennis champion, Chelsea Edghill pranced to three more titles yesterday while Denzel Duff strolled to victory in the 15 and under category despite being outplayed for the 18 and under title.

Dear Editor, The stranglehold the sugar unions (GAWU and NAACIE) have on GuySuCo is an indication of who is in charge of sugar in Guyana and particularly the Skeldon White-Elephant.

Founder of Project Dawn and retired physician, Sister Mary Carmen Gannon, who dedicated years of service to Guyana, died of stroke complications at age 79 last Tuesday in the US.

Guyanese batsman Rohan Mangal was voted Cricketer-of-the-Year at the 2010 annual prize giving ceremony of the South Zonal Council on Friday night in Hermitage San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago.

Barama Company Limited (BCL) has begun to import plywood, “to fill the supply gap” in the local market after its plywood factory experienced a boiler explosion two months ago.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) is planning to send at least two of its junior players on a training stint at a high performance training centre in China next year. 

Dear Editor, As we enter the last month of the first semester of the University of Guyana 2010-2011 academic year, there are students who have faithfully attended classes, studied, written and passed class tests and now are worried since their efforts to excel in and secure a loan to cover the cost of tuition fees for their programmes may all be in vain.

The National Training Project for Youth Empowerment (NTPYE) on  Friday held a graduation ceremony at which  175 youths in Region Five received their certificates at the Belladrum Secondary School, West Coast Berbice, signalling the end of training for 154 out of school youths and 21 single parents.

Dear Editor, In his letter, ‘The repression of the Critchlow Labour College is a serious cultural assault on the working people of all sectors’ (SN, December 4), inter alia Mr Eusi Kwayana, alludes to a discussion we have been having over the past few months.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – England’s Kevin Pietersen is a   past master at batting in top gear but it was learning to   shift down that helped him end a long lean spell with a double   century in the second Ashes test yesterday.

Organisers of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) Champion of Champions extravaganza are expecting some overseas boxers on December 18-19 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

The Three Rivers Foundation is making arrangements to send a group of 13 children from Guyana to Max Hospital in Delhi, India, in February next year for open heart surgery.

Dear Editor, It is with grief I read of the passing of former US Congressman, Stephen Solarz.

The Flying Ace cycling club of Berbice will be staging the Phillip Arokium Memorial 40-mile cycle road race on Sunday.

Dear Editor, I write in relation to the ongoing issue at my alma mater, Wismar Christianburg Secondary (Multilateral) School where I started my high school education.

Minister of Development of Nicaragua, Lumberto Campbell has said that his recent exchange with President Bharrat Jagdeo was fruitful and they are looking forward for his support in his capacity as President of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), a portfolio which he assumed a week ago.

ABIDJAN, (Reuters) – Presidential claimant Alassane  Ouattara said yesterday that incumbent Laurent Gbagbo must step  down after a disputed poll in Ivory Coast, and he named a rival  government as African mediators tried to resolve the stalemate.

The Learning Resource Center  in the North West District, Region One, was recently refurbished through funding garnered from the regional administration and inputs from the friends and family of Peace Corps Volunteer Christopher Miller.

Dear Editor, Minister Clement Rohee gleefully points out at the anti-narcotics meeting that Guyana spends about $900M annually in the war on drugs in Guyana.

BELGRADE, (Reuters) – Serbia stormed to their first  Davis Cup title after Viktor Troicki thrashed France’s Michael  Llodra to secure a memorable 3-2 victory inside a rocking  Belgrade Arena yesterday.

KANDY, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara  called for cricket officials to analyse weather patterns  thoroughly before hosting test matches after the third and final  test against West Indies ended in a tame draw at the Pallakele  Stadium yesterday.

CHICAGO, (Reuters Life!) – Uncertainty about a  possible diagnosis causes more anxiety and can be more  stressful than knowing you actually have a serious illness, a  study said.

Politikles

Youngsters in the West La Penitence area discovered the decomposing remains of a man in his home yesterday afternoon.

Dear Editor, President Jagdeo conferred our highest National Award on President Lula of Brazil on November 25, 2010.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez blamed  “criminal” capitalism yesterday for global climate phenomena  including heavy rains that have killed scores and left tens of  thousands homeless in Venezuela and Colombia.

MILWAUKEE, (Reuters) – The Milwaukee Bucks snapped a   two-game losing streak with a 96-85 win over a depleted   Orlando Magic, who suffered a first loss in nearly two weeks   on Saturday.

SEOUL – North Korea warned its tough-talking neighbour yesterday against holding more firing drills near a disputed  maritime border off the west coast of the peninsula, accusing  the South of being “hell-bent to set off a war”.

Dear Editor, Yes, there are calls for more radio stations in Guyana, but would people listen?

For many years it has been argued that Guyana needs a positive immigration policy that takes account of the stagnation in its population growth – a combination of heavy migration and a low birth rate.

Photos by Jules Gibson This week we asked the man and woman in the street what they thought of the government giving $40 million to the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) to pave the race track at South Dakota.

I am going to assume that you haven’t been living in a truli hut in the Amazon, and you know that since the terrorism upsurge the airlines have these restrictions designed to keep us safe in the air.

MANAMA, (Reuters) – Australian police are  investigating whether WikiLeaks’ Australian founder Julian  Assange has broken any of the country’s laws and is liable to  prosecution there, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said on Saturday.

SUN CITY, South Africa, (Reuters) – World number one  Lee Westwood cruised to victory by eight shots in the Sun City  Challenge yesterday, shooting a four-under-par 68 in the final  round to finish on 17-under-par 271.

By Harry Hergash Harry Hergash, a graduate of the University of Guyana, taught at the Annandale Government Secondary from 1964 to 1969.

Dear Editor, Why is it that when there is something somewhere, like Diwali in the USA or some festival somewhere else, Mr Vishnu Bisram will send a letter about it to your newspaper and you will use valuable space for such irrelevant matter?

A 21-year-old man who stabbed a fisherman to death two Saturdays ago following a row over money during a game of pools, has been charged with murder.