Daily Archive: Sunday, August 7, 2011

Articles published on Sunday, August 7, 2011

Goed Fortuin couple loses $$, jewels to armed gang

The police say they are conducting investigations into an armed robbery that occurred at about 1930h yesterday at Goed Fortuin, WBD, during which businessman Peter Sahadeo, 42 years, and his wife Nanda Sahadeo, 36 years, were attacked and robbed by four men armed with handguns.

5.3 quake felt in St Lucia

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 hit St Lucia today followed by a number of aftershocks, the Trinidad-based Seismic Unit of the University of the West Indies (UWI) has reported.

Bajan top cop: Don’t panic

(Barbados Nation) Don’t panic. That was the advice to Barbadians from Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin yesterday over their alarm about the recent spate of crimes, heightened by last Tuesday’s double murder of 79-year-old Arthur “Fred” Chaderton and his son-in-law Austrian-born Gerhart Metamara Stock, 44.

Over 130 acres of Victoria backlands to be cleared

The Ministry of Agriculture has approved the clearing of 131.5 acres of land in the Victoria backlands, on the East Coast of Demerara, while the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has already completed ‘crowning’ dams, based on a submission on works needed in the community by the Victoria Restoration Trust.

Guyana’s number 11 Lloydel Lewis evades a bouncer from Justin Greaves yesterday morning.

B/dos crush Guyana to clinch third place

By Colin Benjamin Barbados completed their demolition of the home side early on the final day yesterday, to claim an impressive innings and 52-run victory, in the final round of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) three-day tournament at Everest Ground yesterday.

Team Guyana kicks back with men’s individual medley record holder Ryan Lotche

Swimmers benefited from “Swim, Power Test”

National swimming coach, Stephanie Fraser says that one of the greatest benefits for the swimmers who attended the recently concluded FINA (World Swimming Federation) World Championships was that they were afforded the opportunity to participate in the globally renowned “Swim, Power Test”, created by Global Sport Technology.

  Dr. Frank Anthony

Lumumba engaging GFF on setting up pro league

Alpha United president Odinga Lumumba has pitched the idea to the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) for the commencement of a professional league two days after his club bowed out of the CONCACAF Champions League after drawing with professional club Herediano of Costa Rica.

Lessons in Caribana

I was living in Toronto, 44 years ago, playing music full time with the Tradewinds band, when the annual Caribbean festival in Toronto known as Caribana was born. 

Residents standing at the bus shed awaiting transportation

Kildonan

Violet Rodrigues, 84, a retired teacher of Kildonan Village, Corentyne who still takes her morning walks to “keep fit” was always actively involved in the development of her community and the youths.

Clive Lloyd holds the World Cup after the West Indies had defeated Australia in the 1975 final at Lord’s.

Memories of Clive Lloyd’s captaincy

By Rudi Webster Unlike Sir Frank Worrell, Clive Lloyd has not yet received the credit he deserves for his extraordinary achievement of building a world champion West Indies cricket team that dominated world cricket for 15 consecutive years.

Essequibo wetlands (Photo by G Watkins)

Ecosystems – Wetlands

Wetlands are areas that hold water, either seasonally or permanently; they have been titled the kidneys of the landscape and biological supermarket because of the functions they perform in the hydrological and chemical cycles and the extensive food web and rich biodiversity they support.

Saleh to leave hospital, fighting flares in Sanaa

SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s president Ali Abdullah Saleh will leave hospital soon, a government source said yesterday, as clashes between his loyalists and opponents flared in the capital he left when protests against his rule turned into open warfare.

The Zanzibar model could be considered for the funding of the Guyana Elections Commission

Dear Editor, I am availing myself of the facility of your columns to comment on two issues of national interest highlighted recently in your columns – (a) The funding of the Guyana Elections Commission: In this connection, I refer to Mr Eusi Kwayana’s letter published in your issue of Wednesday July 20, 2011 captioned ‘Gecom’s reliance on the government for funds undermines its independence.’

Food Safety Management System

(Continued from last week) What are the benefits? “We have found that there are numerous benefits to securing standards, namely having a defined procedure in place with a structured management system that can be audited and performance benched-marked.

Dravid recalled to ODI squad after two years

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Rahul Dravid received a surprise  recall to India’s one-day squad after a two-year absence while  selectors left out the injured Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh  for the limited-overs series against England.

It would be good practice for the GFC and the Forest Products Development and Marketing Council to join the global best practices in reporting

Dear Editor, The Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) has reported to the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) that “many of Guyana’s lesser used species of lumber continue to catch the attention of the overseas markets in Asia, the Caribbean, Europe and North America” (ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report 16-14, 16-31 July 2011, page 11, and Stabroek News ‘Forestry Commission moving to upgrade wood-processing capacity – report,’ August 5 2011). 

Plane crash

Timehri, or the CJIA as it is now known, has been fortunate in that it never had a major air crash prior to last Saturday morning.

Curtain comes down on GT&T fastball tourney tonight

Adam’s Rockers will clash with BK International Western Tigers A while Pele Gold will be looking to strike against Bakewell Topp XX A in the semi finals of the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph (GT&T) Fastball tournament at the Guyana National Stadium ground, Providence, tonight.