Daily Archive: Sunday, September 1, 2013

Fire this afternoon gutted the living quarters above Da Silva’s House of Optics on Middle Street leaving severe water damage in the lower flat housing the optical service.

(Barbados Nation) Next year, beleaguered regional carrier LIAT could find itself on the outside looking in on the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) because of the poor quality of service it delivered during the just-ended Twenty20 tournament.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – British journalist David Frost, best known for interviewing former U.S

(Trinidad Express) Police officers are in mental and emotional pain and need psychologists to help them deal with violent crime and prevent them from bending the rules of law enforcement, President Anthony Carmona has said.

On his first official visit as President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart President Donald Ramotar recommitted to the United Nations Good Offices process in the search for a peaceful and practical settlement of the border controversy between the two South American neighbours.

By Gaulbert Sutherland Photos by Arian Browne At the RH Hotel in Mahdia, it is easy to believe that you are on a Caribbean island.

From the humble beginnings of Corriverton to the top of the power lifting world stands the 5-foot, 3-inch, 115-pound gladiator, Gumendra Shewdas.

A businesswoman was yesterday morning found dead in her Diamond Housing Scheme home, which was doused with diesel and partly burnt.

Leader of the Opposition David Granger has written to Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman requesting a meeting on government’s refusal to act on a slew of motions and bills passed in the House during 2012 and 2013.

It has been five years since Tenisha Morgan mysteriously vanished and many still believe that she is the key to the alleged murderous rampage of the now dead Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins and execution style killing of his sister, which occurred in the months following her disappearance.

An 18-year-old North West District resident died yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) days after she had a caesarean-section operation during which she delivered a healthy baby girl.

The Guyana Sugar Corpora-tion (GuySuCo) will meet with the National Assembly’s Economic Ser-vices Commit-tee once again in October, when the state-owned entity will have to answer to how consistently it has met the indicators set by the European Union (EU) for funding and how the money was used.

David Ramdial, the Blairmont sugar estate worker who was struck by lightning on Friday morning, remains a patient in the Georgetown Public Hospital, relatives said yesterday.

In sweltering conditions at the National Park yesterday, Roraima Bikers Club’s (RBC) Alanzo Greaves won his 13th local signature race for the season when he scorched a star-studded field of rivals in the feature 35-lap event of the National Sports Commission (NSC) sponsored 11-race cycle programme.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent and the Grenadines (CMC) – A former West Indies cricket player is concerned about the contribution of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) to the development of the sport in the region.

Every time I go away to play to audiences outside I hear from Guyanese in the diaspora on the coping-with-life-in-Guyana question.

A month after the decomposing body of Delon Melville was found in the Mocha backdam, the dead man’s family says that the police’s sloth in acting on information has lessened the chances of a breakthrough in finding the perpetra-tor(s).

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Victoria Azarenka dropped her first set of the tournament yesterday but recovered to book her place in the last 16 at the US Open after two former grand slam champions were sent packing.

At about 0115h yesterday, police say that Brazilian miner Jose Alves Silva, 43 years, was driving an ATV along the trail at Buckhall, Essequibo, when he swerved from an oncoming vehicle and crashed.

From Donald Duff in St Lucia Guyana’s Trenace Lowe came within a whisker of defeating defending women’s singles champion Rheann Chung on Friday night, the penultimate night of the 55th annual Caribbean Table Tennis Championships here at the Beausejour Indoor Facility, Gros Islet, St Lucia.

The final of the Slingerz/National Association for Women Football (NAWF) Goal for Gold tourney commences today at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda with a titanic clash between Alpha ‘the Hammer’ United and Slingerz FC.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is doing great things in Latin America, but I wonder whether its latest role as a middleman to help place 4,000 Cuban doctors in remote areas of Brazil does not amount to sponsoring slavery.

A post mortem examination was yesterday performed on the body of Samantha Cummings of Better Hope by Government Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh who gave the cause of death as abscess in the liver, her relatives said.

By the time this is published, it is likely that the US administration will have authorised a military attack on Syria.

Introduction This week’s column provides a highly condensed, yet hopefully accurate portrayal of the origins of money laundering, which as we shall observe is a uniquely modern phenomenon.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Second-seeded Rafael Nadal extended his 2013 hard court record to 18-0 with a 6-4 6-3 6-3 battering of Ivan Dodig of Croatia yesterday that sent the Spaniard into the fourth round of the US Open.

Reliable data is very important for conducting analysis and for making good decisions. 

Two weeks ago a government team led by the President Ramotar visited Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice.

One might have thought that as time passes the heart might harden as arteries harden and the sense of loss grow less acute as the five familiar senses most certainly tend to do.

President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela presents a picture of Simón Bolívar to President Donald Ramotar at the Guyana International Conference Centre Turkeyen yesterday, during his one-day state visit. 

After two months of inactivity, the local rugby season recommenced yesterday at the National Park despite the soggy state of the rugby field due to inclement weather.

Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green will be holding a special stakeholders meeting on Tuesday to initiate a public education programme on waste disposal in the city, the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) said on Friday.

It has all the makings of a hangover on the morning after Mashramani.

Arundina graminifolia commonly called the Bamboo orchid is native to Asia and the Pacific Islands. 

BK Western Tigers defeated Camptown FC 2-0 in their third place playoff as action in the Slingerz/National Association for Women Football (NAWF) Goal for Gold tournament continued on Friday.

A handsome, small lapwing with striking features such as long red legs, red eye, brown crown surrounded by

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama yesterday backed away from an imminent military strike against Syria to seek the approval of the US Congress, in a decision that likely delays US action for at least 10 days.

(Reuters) – Senior batsmen Hamilton Masakadza and Brendan Taylor led from the front as they put together a 110-run partnership for Zimbabwe, who reached 237 for eight wickets at stumps on the opening day of the second test against Pakistan yesterday.

Presidents Ramotar and Maduro sign copies of their joint declaration at the International Conference Centre yesterday.

Continued It is important that we understand the physiology and behavioural patterns of newborn puppies, so that steps can be taken to provide an environment which is conducive to the flourishing of the pups.

NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) – The Bahamas is included on the itinerary for the FIFA World Cup trophy tour which will precede the 2014 World Cup Tournament in Brazil.

Christopher Barnwell hits a massive six over long during his explosive innings last night during the second match between Trinidad and Tobago’s Red Force and Guyana at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

When the Guyanese nation celebrates Amerindian heritage it is like celebrating Guyana itself. 

(Cricinfo) – A lot of expectations were heaped on Zimbabwe as they sat on the threshold of a rare series win against a top side, but they couldn’t summon the temperament to beat Pakistan, who came from behind to win the series 2-1.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to respond to a letter published in Stabroek News on August 30,  captioned, ‘The DPP and TIP should investigate action taken by police in arresting Simona Broomes.’ 

(Reuters) – Military sites in Syria are packed with soldiers who have been effectively imprisoned by their superiors due to doubts about their loyalty, ex-soldiers say, making them possible casualties in any US-led air strikes.

Strange things happen in Guyana. Imagine that a woman who has been a miner in the interior for many years, and is familiar with the lawlessness which is part of life there, joins with other women to form a women miners’ organisation.

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Dear Editor, I refer to a number of allegations contained in a Ministry of Finance press release and carried in the Guyana Chronicle dated August 28th.

MARIANNA, Fla (Reuters) – Teams of searchers recovered human bones from the sands of Florida Panhandle woodlands yesterday in a “boot hill” graveyard where juveniles who disappeared from a notorious Old South reform school more than a half-century ago are believed to have been secretly buried.

Guyana’s Robin Bacchus during his innings of 60 last night during the second match between Trinidad and Tobago’s Red Force and Guyana at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

The FIDE World Cup is a knockout tournament which is being played in Tromso, Norway, and which concludes on September 3.

Leader of the Opposition David Granger has written to Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman requesting a meeting on government’s refusal to act on a slew of motions and bills passed in the House during 2012 and 2013.