Daily Archive: Sunday, August 11, 2013

Articles published on Sunday, August 11, 2013

Amazon Warriors end Tridents unbeaten run

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Mohammad Hafeez and Steven Jacobs ripped through the middle order of the Barbados Tridents to help the Guyana Amazon Warriors register a crucial 27 run win over the front runners after match 13 of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League at the Queen’s park oval here today.

Bolt overhauls Gatlin to regain world title

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Usain Bolt produced his killer-instinct for vaporising rivals by regaining his world 100 metres crown in the Moscow rain today, restoring some credibility to a sport tarnished by a plethora of doping scandals.

Taxi driver shot at Robb and Light Sts

At about 2115h last night, Police say that taxi-driver Troy Anthony Patrice of Lodge Housing Scheme, Georgetown, was standing on the roadway at Robb and Light streets when shots were discharged at him by persons who escaped in a motor vehicle.

PSC Chairman Ronald Webster

Sithe exit fans investor fears among private sector

With Sithe Global confirming its withdrawal from the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Project (AFHP) over its failure to win full support from all the parliamentary parties, Private Sector spokesmen yesterday blamed partisan politics for setting the country back and warned of growing fear among investors.

Cousins having a
chat under a shed

Cane Grove

Story and photos by Tifaine Rutherford and Shakisa Harvey A long drive several miles behind the Mahaica market leads to this agricultural community that is located along the Mahaica River.

Kareem Abdul-Jabar

Court overturns Chief Co-ops officer’s dismissal

Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang has overturned the dismissal of Chief Co-operative Development Officer Kareem Abdul-Jabar, after finding that the Public Service Commission (PSC) and the Ministry of Labour found him guilty of breaches of the public service disciplinary code even before giving him a chance to respond to the charges.

Travis Wilson

Relatives identify accident victim

The man who was brought to the Accident and Emergency Unit of the Georgetown on Thursday after being involved in a motor vehicle accident and who succumbed the following day in the High Dependency Unit  has been identified by relatives as Travis Wilson.

UG hosting int’l research conference on sustainable development

The University of Guyana’s Faculty of Natural Sciences, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, is hosting its first international research conference on sustainable development from August 12 to August 14, 2013, at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC), Liliendaal and at the Education Lecture Theatre (ELT), University of Guyana, Turkeyen.

Kadecia Baird

Baird, Harris fail to advance at World C/ships

Guyana’s top sprinters, Kadecia Baird and Adam Harris were yesterday unable to advance to next round of their sprint events as the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) World Championship officially opened at the Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Russia.

Former President Julio Maria Sanguinetti

Joyous climate spoils Uruguay’s pot drive

Uruguay’s government-proposed marijuana legalization drive has been described as the world’s boldest, and could help reduce drug-related crime, but a conversation I had this week with former Uruguayan President Julio Maria Sanguinetti left me wondering whether it won’t backfire.

William France along with Dennis Berne and John Antoo with the banner for today’s ‘William France Fitness Walk’.

William France Fitness Walk on today

Guyana’s successful amputee marathon champion William France will be staging the 13th edition of his walkathon, ‘William France Fitness Walk’ today from the Two Brothers Gas Station to Mocha Road Head on the East Bank Demerara from 6:45hrs.

Recent events review August 3-August 9

Saturday, August 3   No compromises, no power sharing President Donald Ramotar yesterday declared that the way forward for the ruling PPP was to remain steadfast in principle and ruled out shared governance with the opposition, which he lambasted for “crippling” the country.

High dive

High dive: Boy jumping off a koker into a canal at Plantain Walk in Beterverwagting, ECD (Photo by Arian Browne)

GFF to open season today

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will open its 2013/2014 season today at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda from 16:00hrs with two inter-association exhibition games.

AFC

“A week is a long time in politics,” British Prime Minister Harold Wilson famously said, and there can be nowhere in the political universe where that remark was more applicable than in Guyana recently.