Articles published on Sunday, February 13, 2011
BANGALORE, (Reuters) – Indian leg spinner Piyush Chawla grabbed a four-wicket haul to trigger an Australian batting collapse today and hand his captain a World Cup selection dilemma with under a week to go.
(Trinidad Guardian) Close to 100 Pleasantville residents have been left homeless after arsonists firebombed an apartment in a HDC complex yesterday.
A statement from Caricom Chairman Tillman Thomas says the massive protests in Egypt which led to the stepping down of its long-serving President constitute a victory for democracy.
The police are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of Abdul Rasheed called ‘Jack’, 33 years of Enterprise, ECD, whose body was found in a trench at Enterprise at about 0730h.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – Egypt’s new military rulers said today they had dissolved parliament, suspended the constitution and would govern only for six months or until elections took place, following the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.
(Trinidad Newsday) Jamaican Marlo Rodman and Warren McKay of Guyana are joint leaders of the current Trinidad and Tobago Cycling Federation’s (TTCF) Five-Race Keep Fit Cycling series.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Tradition won the day today when the French tennis federation decided to keep the French Open at a renovated Roland Garros and rejected plans to move the tournament to the Paris suburbs from 2016.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s experienced Shoaib Akthar today brushed aside the suspension of two of his partners in the Pakistan pace attack, predicting they still had more than enough variety to succeed in the World Cup.
Rockstone sits on the Essequibo River some thirty-two miles above Bartica.
Today I continue the discussion on the Guyana Stock Exchange and what we might do to make it work.
Early in my reacquaintance with driving in Guyana, I was introduced to a phrase, numbingly illogical, that will become very familiar very quickly to anyone coming to grips with the traffic rules in the country.
The Black Curassow (Crax alector), or Powis, as they are locally called in Guyana, are found in humid forested areas in the Guianas, northern Amazon, southern Venezuela and parts of Colombia, and are part of the family of
It hasn’t taken long in the 2011 regional first-class tourmament for cricket’s usual regional bullies to throw their weight around.
Following my recent Nostalgia update on Cosmos Sports Club, Dr Ian McDonald challenged me to write a tribute to the other clubs in British Guiana in the pre-Independence years.
Guyanese food writer and blogger Cynthia Nelson has just had her first book published.
The first shot has been fired, a process has begun. President of the Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United Football Club Odinga Lumumba yesterday warned his players to get in line or face the axe from Guyana’s number one team.
At Davson and Davson Port Plaza Store making household items is not just a job, it’s a family trade that has survived from generation to generation.Located
“Will 2011 be the dawn of the Latin American decade?” asked the headline of a Standard & Poor’s webcast that piqued my curiosity last week.
Many days I pass our National Library, and I never fail to bestow a silent blessing on those who work within its rooms quietly, rendering service of inestimable value.
Support continues to pour in to the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association ahead of their upcoming tour of Florida, United States of America next month.
Guyana’s National Rugby Sevens side failed to make the expected impact crashing to two heavy defeats against England and Argentina on the opening day of the International Rugby Board (iRB) HSBC World Sevens Series tournament in Las Vegas, United States of America.
The developmental work for boxers and officials attached to the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) continues with the selection of two female boxers and national Coach Wincel Thomas for the World Youth and Junior championships in Antalya, Turkey from April 18-29.
Rationale In last Sunday’s column, I made a call for the establishment of a statutory independent non-partisan and professionally-staffed Budget Office to be located in the National Assembly (NABO).
A number of sponsors have come onboard for the Rising Sun Turf Club pre-Mashramani horse race meet scheduled for February 20 at the club’s facility at Arima Park, West Coast Berbice from 13:00 hours.
When Caricom heads of government meet in Grenada towards the end of February, among the issues they are expected to consider is how to respond to the situation in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Facing accusations of elitism in the laying of a water main to the new housing scheme at Sparendaam, where several top government officials are building homes, President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday said he did not know about a “special” pipeline.
Several of the nation’s leading dominoes players are expected to compete in the Banks Premium Beer `Last Man Standing’ dominoes competition organized by Forever Youth Dominoes Club on February 23 (Mash Day) at Merriman’s Mall.
A domestic row turned violent last night when a 41-year-old nursery school teacher was fatally stabbed in the head and her 19-year-old daughter lashed across the face with a bar.
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Heavy rainfall last Thursday forced the postponement of the Oasis Café Team Golf tournament but organizers are hoping to stage the event on Wednesday, a public holiday at the Lusignan Golf Course.
Play will get underway in the second round of the WICB Four-Day tournament between Guyana and the Leeward Islands at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda, today, weather permitting.
In the isolated Laluni community, on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway, two children watched as their father severely broadsided their mother with a cutlass on Monday leaving her clinging to life.
Blind and without any education till he was 18 years old, Raj Tribhuwan today plays a leadership role in a community of persons with disabilities in Ontario, Canada.
The Bissondyal Singh faction of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) issued a statement late last night urging members of the public to disregard the tape that was aired on CNS Channel 6 about the Special General Meeting on January 17 at the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) boardroom.
Inconsistency in the testing of the substance which was found in the suitcase of British citizen Julie Ann Warner resulted in the narcotic case against her being dismissed last year.
The recently resuscitated Linden Himara Aquatic Club has been reinstated as a member of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA).
There will be no consensus candidate emerging from the PNCR before February 26, if the words of the five nominees now contesting for the presidential candidacy are anything to go by.
Weeks before Indonesian police announced that the passports held by a high-level corruption convict and his family were officially issued by Guyana, Commissioner of Police Henry Greene had insisted that the documents were fakes and were concocted on the outside.
Dorado Swim Club emerged in the lead after the first day of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) Inter-club meet being held at the Castellani Pool was completed on Friday.
With mounting complaints about the condition of the East La Penitence lock-ups, where female detainees are forced to sleep on the concrete floor and endure the stench of filthy toilets, women’s rights groups and the local human rights body are urging the relevant authority to rectify the situation.
The Mashramani Domino competition for persons with disabilities will be held on Wednesday in Region Two.
Dear Editor, Please permit me to respond to a letter captioned ‘What’s with the sale of vehicle licences?’
Explanatory Memorandum This Bill seeks to provide for the mediation of disputes as an alternative to litigation.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – England Lions started their chase for first innings points strongly, after a career-best hundred from Kirk Edwards and Ryan Hinds’ 12th first-class hundred propped-up solid Barbados batting in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s new military rulers told the nation yesterday they were committed to civilian rule and democracy after Hosni Mubarak’s overthrow and said they would respect all treaties, a move to reassure Israel and Washington.
Poisoning with petroleum products Dogs, as I have mentioned before, are a species characterized by curiosity.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad, CMC – Another resilient, lower-order knock from Rayad Emrit brought Trinidad & Tobago back to life, and allowed them to capture first innings points in the WICB Regional first-class championship against Combined Campuses & Colleges yesterday.
Dear Editor, On Jan 29, 2011, Guyana Times carried a letter written by one T Narain under the title ‘Animal Shelter needs to expand its services.’
A group of women from Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) is working to instil lifelong values in the younger generation while assisting the community’s women to live independent lives.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A Pakistani court yesterday issued an arrest warrant for exiled former president Pervez Musharraf in connection with the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto, officially implicating him for first time in the death of the former prime minister and rival.
Continuing with the theme of propagation I would like to say a few words about two other ways to increase your stock of plants.
A vessel belonging to the Transport and Harbours Department sank late on Friday afternoon in the Demerara River, in the vicinity of Providence.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Ramnaresh Sarawan scored an attractive 123 including five sixes to help West Indies to a 61-run victory over Kenya in their World Cup warmup match yesterday.
A close-up of Hosni Mubarak shown on the CNN website revealed an utterly cynical face.
Dear Editor, The Ministry of Labour, Human Services & Social Security met with the executives of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) on Tuesday, February 8.
HAVANA (Reuters) – A political prisoner who had refused to leave prison was freed yesterday against his wishes as Cuba continued to release jailed government opponents.
