Daily Archive: Sunday, July 3, 2011

Police say that at about 0250h today Police Sergeant 18905 Chandradat Kuldeep along with his wife and three friends were on their way home when he observed two men on a motor scooter robbing a man and a woman of their jewellery on the Eccles Public Road, EBD.

Police say that at about 0730h today the body of Andy Dilchand, 22 years of  ‘C’ Field, Sophia, was found in his home.

(WICB) St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board has noted the statement of July 1 by Chris Gayle.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic outplayed Rafa  Nadal to win the Wimbledon title with an emphatic 6-4 6-1 1-6  6-3 victory in the final today.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government must first examine what will happen “at home” in T&T regarding the Clico matter before it can consider outside, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has said, noting regional concerns about the Clico issue.

(Jamaica Observer) A police inspector assigned to a Corporate Area Police Division was yesterday nabbed by members of the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) with more than 100 lbs of ganja.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Western Bureau: Doctors at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) worked hard to save 17-year-old Khajeel Mais’ life last Friday night, and when nothing seemed to be working, one of the medics held the Kingston College sixth-form student and prayed.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Six years ago when Lorraine Carpenter found out her sixth child was a girl, she was filled with joy and decided that she would stop having children.

(Barbados Nation) Church leaders have denounced the lewdness and vulgarity of Crop Over, particularly Kadooment, and are advising members of their faiths to steer clear of the festival in its present form.

(Barbados Nation) Landing rights for REDjet to Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago are still on hold.

BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – India have been fined for  maintaining a slow over-rate during the drawn second test  against West Indies, the International Cricket Council (ICC)  said today.

The mismatch between pension benefits and contributions and weak reserve management threaten the sustainability of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), a recently released Inter-national Monetary Fund (IMF) report says.

Three pirates, armed with five guns went on a rampage in the Corentyne since Thursday, terrorizing and robbing the crew of some 15 fishing boats of engines, gasoline and groceries and shooting a crew member.

(WICB) Bridgetown, Barbados – Nevisian opener Kieran Powell has been named in the West Indies squad for the Third Digicel Test at Windsor Park in Dominica.

Both the ruling PPP/C and the joint opposition coalition APNU are still to settle on a prime ministerial candidate for the upcoming polls, but gender balance seems to be critical in the considerations and a woman could be named in either camp.

Persons who watch a rape being committed and do nothing to stop it or assist in bringing the perpetrator (s) to justice should be held criminally responsible, Red Thread member Wintress White says.

Introduction In last week’s column on the sugar industry I had ended with the presentation of a table on GuySuCo’s expenditure on two key items, namely, “employment costs” and “materials and services” for the years, 1990, 1995 and the decade of the 2000s.

BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – The second Test between West Indies and India ended in a draw yesterday after the fickle weather that had interrupted the match for days finally halted play.

Five months after the teen torture case was dismissed after the complainant failed to appear in court, the three policemen who were implicated in the matter remain interdicted from duty.

Introduction A report compiled last November by the staff of the IMF in which two officials of the World Bank participated predicts a brighter future for Guyana despite the challenges, risks and threats to the economy.

Across Europe, many governments are in financial difficulty. From Greece to Ireland, Portugal and Spain, public expenditure cuts, austerity and retrenchment coupled with low levels of growth and rising inflation are creating significant political problems.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s critics have taken advantage of his three-week absence for treatment of what was at first an undisclosed illness in Cuba to blame him for all kinds of misdeeds, but it’s time to give him credit for having performed a true economic miracle in his country.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson believes estranged opener Chris Gayle has to decide his own future with the regional side, and says he will press ahead with his goal of building a successful, united side.

While Chris Gayle, not without reason, tries to understand why he still remains basically debarred from selection, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Marlon Samuels, two other batsmen of similar vintage who have confronted different troubles of their own, have been battling to re-establish themselves in the Test team.

Joe Brown, the original bass player of the Caribbean Tradewinds band, would not eat breadfruit because it was “slave food.” 

Belgium-based Blair Wynn scored a hat-trick as a youthful T&T senior women’s hockey squad thrashed Guyana 7-0 in the first of a three-match series at the National Hockey Centre, Tacarigua on Friday night.

The Mayor and City Council is working towards the opening of its New Stelling View Mall as part of the municipality’s commitment to investment and to develop the city of Georgetown.

These are no more than sparks snatched from the fire of their lives – encounters with two of the men who were most memorable in my life.

The Mayor and City Council has been carrying out ongoing works to help improve the drainage system by clearing the alleyways and surface drains of bushes, weeds, long grass and silt.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – A frustrated Lionel Messi said a joke goal had complicated Argentina’s Copa America start as the hosts struggled to impose themselves in their 1-1 draw with Bolivia in the tournament’s first match on Friday.

The setting sun, chirping insects and rough water as it flowed over the rocks all fused to contribute to the picturesque setting that greeted us as we arrived at Tumatumari – a small village tucked away in the Potaro River in Region 8.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Nerveless 21-year-old Petra Kvitova delivered a remarkable performance of confidence and power to out-gun favourite Maria Sharapova and win the Wimbledon title for the first time with a convincing 6-3 6-4 victory yesterday.

The pilot of a Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) Britten Norman Islander aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at the Bartica airstrip yesterday after one of the plane’s engines failed.

If your garden occasionally begins to look like a paddy field or you get pools of water which lie on the ground for quite long periods of time, then you almost certainly have a drainage problem.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Test spinner Danish Kaneria filed a High Court petition yesterday against the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) refusal to clear him to play international cricket.

The employee of the city business who was held after reports surfaced that he had demanded that 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris leave her home just days before she was brutally gunned down, has been released.

When your dining room and living room are essentially the same room, decorating can be confusing.

Well-known Guyanese danc-er and entertainer of yesteryear Pita Pyaree has passed away at the age of 94.

People often use the words “seizure” and “convulsion” as synonyms, but they don’t mean exactly the same thing.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition said yesterday President Hugo Chavez’s prolonged convalescence from cancer in Cuba put the country’s security and sovereignty at risk and it stepped up calls for him to delegate his powers.

Gunmen, in a well-executed attack on Friday, snatched money bags containing million of dollars from two armed security guards who were heading to the headquarters of a city business.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Indian opener Virender Sehwag needs more time to recover from surgery on his shoulder and will miss the first test against England at Lord’s later this month, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Often overshadowed by his classic duels with Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal’s rivalry with Novak Djokovic has been brewing slowly and it will come to the boil today when the world’s two best players contest the 125th Wimbledon men’s final.

Introduction One of the eight consumer rights agreed to internationally was the right to be informed. 

When Janice Gray’s son was three years old he complained about a pain in one of his legs, but she dismissed it as probably the result of having hit the leg and when the pain had gone by the next morning she forgot all about it.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said yesterday that authorities would never arrest members of the Shi’ite militant group indicted by a UN-backed tribunal seeking the killers of statesman Rafik al-Hariri.

Well-known Guyanese dancer and entertainer of yesteryear Pita Pyaree has passed away at the age of 94.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo said yesterday CARICOM governments should heed the call from embattled West Indies opener Chris Gayle, and intervene in the impasse between him and the West Indies Cricket Board.

BEIRUT  (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad sacked the governor of Hama province yesterday, a day after tens of thousands of protesters massed in the provincial capital to demand the Syrian leader step down.

The recent performance of the Jamaican play Ova Mi Dead Body by Paul Beale was a very timely intervention where the state of Caribbean theatre is concerned.

SAN JUAN (Reuters) – Puerto Rico’s top police official resigned yesterday as the US Caribbean territory battles a crime wave with killings on pace to set a record this year.

We have been discussing ailments pertaining to the respiratory system of our pets.

Eleven-year-old Gabriella Bacchus, whose 529 marks placed her in the top 15 in the country in the 2011 National Grade Six Assessment, is an aspiring forensic scientist.

The eighth edition of the gruelling Wheat Up Cycle Road race sponsored by National Milling Company (NAMILCO) organized by Roraima Bikers Club will take place tomorrow (Caricom Day) on the East Bank of Demerara.

A 33-year-old Friendship man is now dead after he is suspected of having fallen off the side of a koker sustaining fatal injuries in the process.

Dear Editor, Yesterday around 10.05am I entered a minibus heading to Georgetown with a computer that I had repaired for a friend.

Heavy rain yesterday prevented any play on the opening day of the 2011 Regional Under-15 cricket series between Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana and Jamaica and the Windwards.

MADRID/TRIPOLI (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stepped up Western calls on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to quit yesterday, brushing off his threat to attack Europeans in their homes and offices.

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The Guyana Booth at the World Expo in Shanghai during October  last year was a huge attraction and created much interest with its display of the country’s unique heritage.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s revelation he is being treated for cancer has cast doubt on the left-wing populist’s capacity to sustain his self-styled revolution and raised the possibility of a power struggle among his allies.

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While for once politics on the home front could hardly be described as lacking in diversion, our small-scale drama pales into insignificance in comparison to the one being played out to our west.

The career of tinsmith David Moses, 55, began in his father’s tin workshop, where he began as a youngster cleaning the debris from the previous day’s work.

Cleveland Forde and Alika Morgan will miss the CARICOM 10 kilometres Road Race scheduled for St.

(Trinidad Express) There should be a clause in the Constitution where whenever the Prime Minister is unable to report for duty, there is an “automatic identification” of who shall perform such duties (as Prime Minister), Acting Prime Minister Winston Dookeran said on Friday.

The photograph of Derek Walcott carried in the Sunday Arts column captioned ‘Europe and the Caribbean’ of July 4, 2010, was taken by Photographer Matt Valentine,