By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
An elderly security guard was found murdered in the Soesdyke NDC compound early yesterday morning.
The body of 71-year-old Cecil Hamilton of Soesdyke was discovered with …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – If West Indies captain Chris Gayle does not return in time for the start of the opening Test next Thursday, his …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan gave firm proof yesterday that they hold the key to West Indies’ survival in their forthcoming Test …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
Fire fighters yesterday battled a fire at the Mandela Avenue dumpsite, which broke out two days ago even as a heavy cloud of smoke shrouded …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
The General Register Office (GRO) is working to improve the registration of births in indigenous communities.
Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee made the disclosure recently in …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – Stand-in captain Denesh Ramdin has taken heart from West Indies’ batting on the final day of their drawn four-day match against …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
Part1
By Dr Pankaj Kshatriya, MD (Physician)
How the heart works
To understand heart disease, you must first know how the heart works. The heart is like any …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A broad healthcare overhaul was poised to clear its first US Senate hurdle yesterday as the last wavering senators said they would …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
MONTE CARLO, (Reuters) – Jamaican triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt and main sprint rival Tyson Gay have praised the new Diamond League series …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
CUCUTA, Colombia (Reuters) – Colombian President Alvaro Uribe yesterday ruled out any military retaliation against Venezuela after Venezuelan troops dynamited two cross-border footbridges.
“The fellow republic …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – Two Australian legends have given West Indies little hope of taking anything from their three-Test series against the hosts.
Fast bowling great …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
HARBIN (Reuters) – A gas explosion killed 42 miners in a Chinese mine yesterday and 66 remain trapped hundreds of metres (yards) underground after the …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
Dear Editor,
In SN of November 18, Mr Chandan, Corporate Secretary of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) implied that my statement about the NDIA …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian anti-terrorist police have arrested two Pakistanis suspected of helping to finance the Islamic militant group responsible for the attacks on Mumbai …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
BOSTON, (Reuters) – Vince Carter scored 10 of his game-high 26 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Orlando Magic to a 83-78 victory …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
GENEVA (Reuters) – After a year’s delay, scientists at the world’s biggest accelerator have restarted an experiment to recreate ‘Big Bang’ conditions that had sparked …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – With West Indies’ marketability seemingly on the decline, tickets sales for next Thursday’s opening Test at the Gabba are expected to …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
Dear Editor,
Please permit me to respond to the comment attributed to Ms Iana Seals [sic] which was appended to the letter authored by me and …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
Above: An existing GuySuCo factory. Below: The new factory at Skeldon. (Stabroek News file photos)
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 22, 2009 | 0 Comments
COLOMBO (Reuters) – A pro-rebel website accused Sri Lanka’s military of killing 64 people yesterday by shelling a makeshift hospital inside the last scrap of …