Daily Archive: Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Articles published on Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Surging food prices

Guyana has to produce more grains, corn – Badal Surges in the production cost of basic foods and rising demand continue to push food prices up the world over and businessman Robert Badal says the long-term solution for Guyana is to expand production of grains and other commodities like soya beans.

Man remanded over murder of girlfriend

A 22-year-old man who allegedly stabbed his teenage girlfriend to death on Friday last was remanded on a murder charge when he appeared before Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Carifta selectees dominate at GASA Mashramani swim meet

Three of the four swimmers who have been selected to represent the country at the 2008 Carifta Games which are to be held in Aruba at month-end, were in full throttle on Sunday at the Guyana Amateur Swimming Associa-tion’s Mashramani swim meet which concluded yesterday at the Colgrain swimming pool.

Warnapura scores ton; Jayawardene misses one

O pener Malinda Warnapura scored a century while Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene narrowly missed one as the touring Sri Lankan cricketers ended the first day of their three-day match against a Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) President’s XI (and not a West Indies Select XI as was previously reported) on 343-5 at the National Stadium at Providence yesterday.

Regions 4, 7, 10 against SN ads boycott

Corlette motion seeks break from gov’t ban With the government’s ads boycott of Stabroek News extending to the regions, Chairman of Region Four, Clement Corlette is to present a motion to its statutory meeting tomorrow calling for it to take control of its advertising decisions.