Articles published on Sunday, May 3, 2015
BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – A century partnership between Darren Bravo and Jermaine Blackwood helped West Indies to win the third and final test against England at Barbados’ Kensington Oval by five wickets today to draw the series 1-1.
Chairman of the Joint Services, Brigadier Mark Phillips has condemned former APNU parliamentarian James Bond for posting on his Facebook page purported election results from one of the polling stations during the disciplinary forces voting yesterday.
LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Floyd Mayweather Jr cemented his place among the pantheon of boxing greats by improving to 48-0 with a unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao yesterday in a fight that lived up to its immense hype and price tag.
In 1962 the slogan ‘axe the tax’ became well known in then British Guiana.
Members of the disciplined forces turned out in their masses to cast their votes yesterday and Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally said the process ran “smoothly” despite a few minor hitches.
Nestled in Canal Number Two Polder on the West Bank Demerara is a petite village called Mon Desir.
A Sophia resident is now dead after he was shot in front his children by armed bandits who invaded his home on Friday night.
With women representing over 50% of the electorate, their votes are crucial to victory at the May 11 general elections but questions have been raised about the treatment of women by the two main political groupings, with some opining that much remains to be done.
A garbage collector was crushed by his truck and killed yesterday morning at Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD).
Introduction After some introductory material, the lessons dealt with so far in this series on the management of Guyana’s public investment regime have concentrated on: 1) the “basic steps” needed to establish an adequately functioning organization of this regime and 2) the types of failures and weaknesses displayed in public projects during the 2000s.
The four elderly women living at the run-down Chase’s Indigent Home continue to endure the squalid conditions, while awaiting word on alternative housing.
With the 33rd Independence Three-Stage road race around the corner, Team Evolution decided to put on a dress rehearsal of team riding yesterday at the National Park.
Many foreign nationals have failed to publicise their applications to become naturalised citizens as is required, according to APNU+AFC member Joe Harmon, who says it is important that the public knows how many naturalised Guyanese are in the country.
Sports psychologist and medical doctor Rudi Webster, who has written often on West Indies cricket, gave a very detailed speech on that subject at a recent sport seminar in Barbados where he outlined some qualities missing from our recent teams.
Bennita Kissoon now has access to potable water for the first time after years of fetching bucketsful from generous neighbours to do her daily chores.
By United States of America Embassy Georgetown Chargé d’Affaires Bryan Hunt GEORGETOWN—World Press Freedom Day in Guyana has special meaning in 2015.
HYDERABAD, India, CMC – All-rounder Dwayne Bravo turned in a decent all-round effort but it was not enough to save Chennai Super Kings from a 22-run defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League here yesterday.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies compensated for a dismal batting effort with a sensational bowling display, to leave England in tatters and the third and final Test tantalizingly poised following a riveting second day’s play when 18 wickets tumbled.
Residents say the ‘A’ Field, Sophia access road, which has been left incomplete after reconstruction began a month ago, is a hazard.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jermaine Blackwood says West Indies are focused on wrapping up the England second innings early today as they chase a series-levelling victory in the third Test at Kensington Oval.
Encouraging competition Last week’s article considered two of the three components of the economics of unity.
The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) launched its PEPFAR and USAID-funded three-year Local Capacity Initiative (LCI) project to work on reducing HIV transmission in the region, following a two-day meeting in Trinidad late last month.
St. Rose’s got their tourney off to the perfect start, crushing St.
Massy Trading has announced a partnership with Unilever under which it will distribute a range of Unilever household products on the Guyana market.
Over two months after a reportedly speeding driver hit down nine-year-old Holly Ann Archer on the Mahaicony Public Road leaving her incapacitated and manic, he is yet to appear in court.
Today marks 180 years of the arrival of the Portuguese in Guyana.
Herstelling Raiders led by a Shoran James hat-trick, dismantled Kuru-Kururu Warriors 4-0 when the inaugural East Bank Football Association Lens Craft Optical u-13 league continued yesterday at the Grove Community ground.
I am reissuing the personal manifesto I have issued in previous general election campaigns and will no doubt continue to issue until time runs out on me.
Western Tigers, Beacons FC, Sunburst Camptown and Fruta Conquerors secured contrasting wins when the inaugural I-Net Communications u-13 Football League continued yesterday at the Tucville Community ground.
Since 1982 there has been an International Dance Day observed by countries around the world.
The Guyana Tourism Authority began a series of health and safety workshops on April 29, 2015 for all stakeholders in the tourism industry.
The Civil Defence Com-mission (CDC) on Wednesday hosted winners of its National Essay and Poster competition for students.
On May 7 the people of the United Kingdom will vote in a general election.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The ICC has confirmed it is investigating the registration of company names which it regarded as of “concern to the sport of cricket” as reports of a rebel organisation which might split the game continued to emerge on Friday.
LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Floyd Mayweather Jr cemented his place among the pantheon of boxing greats by improving to 48-0 with a unanimous decision over Manny Pacquiao on Saturday in a fight that lived up to its immense hype and price tag.
Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ladies got their history making inaugural season in the Trinidad and Tobago Outdoor Women’s League off to the perfect start, edging Ventures Hockey Club by a 1-0 score line on Friday in the twin-island republic.
Ectropion Last week we dealt with the condition whereby the eyelids roll inwards and, as a consequence, the edge of the lids and the eyelashes rub against the eyeball.
West Front Road and Sparta Boss will face off for the inaugural Guyana Beverage Company Busta five-a-side football championships following hard-fought semi-final wins over Queen Street Tiger Bay and Kitty Weavers respectively on Friday.
ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis defended an 18th-century Spanish priest yesterday from accusations he brutalised Native Ameri-cans in missionary work that helped lay the foundations for the Catholic Church in the United States.
Dear Editor, It is good that Ms. Azeena Baksh, the Registrar of Deeds responded, even if indirectly, to my blog article Conspiracy to conceal mandatory public information in SN’s letter of May 2, `Procedure on filing of annual returns clear’.
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Customs inspections at Kathmandu airport are holding up vital relief supplies for earthquake survivors in Nepal, a UN official said yesterday, as the death toll from the disaster a week ago passed 6,600.
Guyana opened their international three match tour of Suriname in the worst possible manner, going down to the Dutch nation by a 63-59 score line on Friday at the Anthony Nesty Indoor Stadium.
The Norwegian Parliament recently approved a trial to include a one-hour a week chess class in schools for third and fourth grade students.
(Reuters) – Tamim Iqbal scored a double century and Imrul Kayes 150 in a record opening stand of 312 as Bangladesh overhauled a huge first innings deficit to force a draw with Pakistan in the opening test at Khulna yesterday.
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military is confident it has Boko Haram cornered, but a final push to clear the Islamist militants from their forest hideouts is being hampered by landmines, it said yesterday.
Dear Editor, Today the European Union joins with Guyana and the rest of the world in celebrating World Press Freedom Day.
When Pope Francis goes to Cuba in September, he will have a larger-than-usual influence over the Cuban government: he has been a champion of dialogue with the island’s regime and strong critic of the US trade embargo since he authored a little-known book on Cuba in 1998.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least 12 Iraqi soldiers and paramilitary forces were killed yesterday by suicide car bombs targeting an outpost in western Anbar province, while attacks in the capital killed at least 14 civilians, security and medical sources said.
The South View Tavern will be the venue for a nine team dominoes competition which takes place on Tuesday (Arrival Day).
By Amina Mohammed At the turn of the century, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) represented a new approach to address by end of 2015 the greatest development challenges of that time.
The second “Conversation on Art” between eminent Guyanese artist Stanley Greaves A A and artist Akima McPherson focuses on Edward Rupert Burrowes’s Guiana, Land of the Dolorous Garde, another significant work of art in the Guyana National Collection, housed in the National Gallery of Art, Castellani House, Georgetown.
Amaryllis is another amazing bulb plant that is simply gorgeous. Scientific name Hippeastrum, Amaryllis is taken from the Greek word which means ‘sparkling’ and it symbolizes radiant beauty and love.
Dear Editor, Swami Aksharananda’s critique of my view in an interview of 4th March with SN that “ ..we
Bill Emmott, a former editor-in-chief of The Economist, is executive producer of a new documentary, “The Great European Disaster Movie.”
PEDANG BESAR, Thailand (Reuters) – Dozens of police and volunteers have exhumed 26 bodies at a mass grave near a suspected human trafficking camp on a hillside deep in a southern Thai jungle, police said yesterday.
Dear Editor, The gifting of the taxpayer-funded fibre optic cable from Brazil to Dax Contracting Services should be condemned by every Guyanese.
BANGALORE, India, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell smashed a scintillating cameo but then sent down a poor final over to gift Chris Gayle’s Royal Challengers Bangalore an exciting seven-wicket win in the Indian Premier League here yesterday.
Two members of the Guyana Defence Force Coastguard show their stained fingers after they voted yesterday.
By Bernard-Henri Lévy Bernard-Henri Lévy is one of the founders of the “Nouveaux Philosophes” (New Philosop-hers) movement.
By Wade Shepard Wade Shepard is the author of Ghost Cities of China — a book which chronicles the two and a half years he spent researching the country’s urbanization movement.
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors in Brazil have opened a preliminary investigation into whether former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva improperly used his connections to benefit construction conglomerate Odebrecht SA overseas.
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge, the wife of Prince William, gave birth to a girl yesterday, the couple’s second child and a sister to one-year-old Prince George.
The British go to a general election four days before Guyanese do, and are engaged in as intense a campaign as any that has taken place here.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Cricket Australia have dismissed as “highly speculative” media reports that Michael Clarke and David Warner will be offered A$50 million ($39.37 million) contracts to defect to an Indian-financed rebel cricket league.
Dear Editor, For the first time in Guyana, our youth make up over 60% of the electorate.
A member of the Guyana Defence Force shows his ink-stained finger after voting at Camp Ayanganna yesterday.
