Articles published on Sunday, April 10, 2011
TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi has accepted a roadmap for ending the civil war in Libya, South African President Jacob Zuma said after leading a delegation of African leaders at talks in Tripoli.
(Jamaica Observer) The 27-year-old Jamaican woman who has accused officers of the Royal Barbados Police Force of rape and sexual assault has given a graphic and horrific account of the treatment she said was meted out to her after she was jailed in that country two months ago for drug smuggling.
(Trinidad Express) There are reports of people from small Caribbean islands being held as virtual slaves in homes in Trinidad, said Foreign Affairs Minister Surujrattan Rambachan.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) plans to make major cuts in the number of former Air Jamaica workers who now service operations in Jamaica.
(Barbados Nation) Opposition Leader Owen Arthur is warning that the Shanique Myrie incident must not be allowed to tarnish relations between Barbados and Jamaica.
“Mahaicony is more of a family place and everybody living here either related or would look out for each other,” said Claudia Braithwaite, who vends at the once busy Farm/Zeskenderen junction in Central Mahaicony.
The Universal Solutions Tigers of Berbice ousted defending champions, Trophy Stall from the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) 10/10 softball cricket competition in the quarter finals at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday.
Introduction Today’s column resumes the review of the 2011 budgetary allocations to the principal ministries of government.
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) received G$148,029,143 in grants last year from the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), an almost 100% increase from 2009, according to the financial report of the organisation ending December 31, 2010.
Visiting a country for short spells, no matter how frequently they occur, can leave you unsure if a social behaviour or condition in that society is entrenched or not.
Tucville Secondary devour QC 10 – 2 The inaugural ScotiaBank/ Pepsi Schools Football Tournament officially kicked off yesterday with the opening ceremony and curtain-raiser match between Queen’s College and Tuvcille at the Carifesta Sports Complex Ground.
In an interesting turn of events the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) and Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) are to receive constitutional rights from the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) pending the submission of certain documents.
In Guyana there are eight snake families. The main families are the pit vipers, the elapides (coral snakes), the colubrids (largely non-venomous snakes) and the boids.
Guyana became the fourth Caribbean country to benefit from Digicel Grassroots Cricket Programme that was launched at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) on Friday afternoon.
The world is suffering from giganticism. Bigger is considered better and biggest best.
Sport has always been a passion of mine and now as a sports journalist I’m actually living my dream.
A stormy relationship between a Timehri couple ended tragically yesterday morning when a man chopped his former reputed wife to death in front of one of their three children.
KOCHI/HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) – Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore recorded comfortable away victories to open their respective campaigns in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) yesterday.
Government has defended the decision to remove Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) ranks from wharves, saying that the handing over its responsibilities to personnel from the Customs and Trade Administration (CTA) was a “calculated risk” that was based on restructuring.
LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester United enjoyed a stroll in the spring sunshine yesterday as they eased to a 2-0 home win over Fulham to open a 10-point lead at the top of the Premier League.
For forty-seven-year-old Mortlyn Benjamin it is certainly a ‘hard knock life’ and while she may have given up hope of ever finding betterment for herself, she has a burning desire for her children to experience what it is “to live a better life than this.”
SEPANG, Malaysia (Reuters) – Mercedes’ Michael Schumacher was only able to qualify 11th for today’s Malaysia Grand Prix as once again team mate Nico Rosberg outperformed him in a struggling car with rear wing problems.
Could a moment come when the Caribbean’s partners in Europe and North America reconsider the way they relate to the region?
‘Executions’ are the most difficult murders for police to solve as the perpetrators often cover their tracks so well that investigators have little chance of finding them.
9.8 LOCAL GOVERNMENT 9.8.1 Relevant Articles 71-78 9.8.2 Rationale for the recommendation made 9.8.2.1 The NCLDO and the Supreme Congress of the People are incompatible with the local government structure, the electoral system,
DHAKA (Reuters) – Michael Clarke got his captaincy off to a terrific start by smashing a century and leading Australia to a 60-run win over Bangladesh in the first One-Day International in Dhaka yesterday.
Even as police in the E and F Division are battling to solve a number of murders since the start of the year, yet another miner has been killed, this time at Pamela Backdam, Mahdia.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sidney Lumet, an American film director known for inspiring top-notch performances from actors in a stream of classic films including “12 Angry Men,” “Dog Day Afternoon,” “Network” and “Fail-Safe,” died yesterday at age 86, his Hollywood talent agency said.
(Fightnews) No one wanted to see Vivian Harris get brutally knocked out.
Guyana will spend US$7M from its forests’ agreement with Norway in the next two years to strengthen crucial institutions to coordinate and execute key components of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS), according to a Project Concept Note released recently.
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s ruling generals said yesterday they were ready to use force to end protests in Tahrir Square after troops cracked down on demonstrators overnight and sparked violence that medical sources said killed two people.
St Lucian poet laureate Adrian Augier will be giving a talk on cultural industries and reading from his poetry collection tomorrow at the Theatre Guild of Guyana.
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Ivory Coast incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo stepped up a counter-attack on presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara yesterday by firing on his hotel headquarters in Abidjan.
Dear Editor, Guyanese are indebted to Stabroek News and the Times of India for the news that some months ago, the Jagdeo administration signed away more than one million eight hundred thousand acres of land to an Indian businessman who plans to cut and ship logs to India to make furniture.
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – World number one Caroline Wozniacki defeated Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic 6-4 6-4 yesterday to set up a final meeting with Russian Elena Vesnina at the Family Circle Cup.
Ecuador’s populist President Rafael Correa has made big headlines with his decision to expel the US ambassador from his country.
Introduction In this and the coming weeks, I shall continue my assessment of the short-to-medium term prospects for the Guyana economy.
Dear Editor, I refer to the press conference held by the Chairman of the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) relating to the robbery at the BV Post Office, which was reported in the papers on April 8.
I wish you all a very good morning and would like to introduce you to a few concepts regarding sowing and growing.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO forces destroyed 17 tanks belonging to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s forces on Friday and early yesterday as the alliance stepped up the pace of its operations in the country, NATO officials said.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jamaica crushed Combined Campuses and Colleges by eight wickets inside two days yesterday to clinch their fourth straight Regional First Class Championship.
Cabinet this week signalled its ‘no objection’ to five contracts, including one which will see $43,407,000 being spent to acquire eight vehicles for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Jason Anderson struck an unbeaten century as Bermuda got their World Cricket League Division Two campaign back on track with a comfortable 69-run win over Hong Kong here yesterday.
Following last week’s joint operation between the local anti-narcotics bodies and their colleagues in Barbados which led to a huge drug bust in the island, there have been calls for the local Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) of the Guyana Revenue Autho-rity to be strengthened.
Dear Editor, Recently, a private group of citizens signed their names to an open letter addressed to Erik Solheim, Norway’s Minister of the Environment and International Development.
It might surprise many to hear it said that after 41 years Guyana’s premier national festival is still a developing tradition.
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A lone gunman shot dead six people with an automatic weapon as he walked calmly through a Dutch shopping mall yesterday, and threatened to blow up three other shopping malls before eventually killing himself.
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(Jamaica Observer) Barbadian police on Friday charged two of their colleagues who have been accused of sexually assaulting a Jamaican woman while in their custody in late February.
Continued In order to implement better wound management procedures, it seems appropriate that the wound healing process be understood.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago have decided against pursuing any further legal action against the West Indies Cricket Board over last week’s contentious Regional First Class Championship semi-final versus Jamaica.
Dear Editor, I am a resident of Sand Road Liliendal. My garbage has not been collected for 2 weeks now.
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PARIS (Reuters) – A Belgian Catholic bishop who resigned in disgrace after admitting to sexually abusing his nephew has left the country for “spiritual and psychological treatment” abroad, a Vatican ambassador said yesterday.
Considering that the PPP never stops talking about democracy, it surely has the most opaque internal ‘democratic’ processes of all the parties.
The laying of a fibre optic cable for government’s e-governance initiative is behind schedule and May 26 has been set as the new deadline for the completion of the project.
