Daily Archive: Sunday, April 27, 2008

Articles published on Sunday, April 27, 2008

Watson stars in thumping Rajasthan win

Rajasthan Royals continued to surge up the points table by beating Bangalore Royal Challengers comprehensively by seven wickets at the Chinnaswamy Stadium yesterday to draw level with the Chennai Super Kings with three wins each.

A Tribute

Wordworth McAndrew passes on By Oscar Ramjeet Guyana has lost one of its greatest cultural and folklorist icons who died at the South Orange Hospital in New Jersey.

Guyana and the wider world

Do the interim EPAs create opportunities for Caricom? By Dr Clive Thomas We saw last week that as the WTO-waiver deadline approached at the end of last year, the stratagem that might best describe the process of hasty initialling of interim EPAs was “the aversion of disaster at all costs, with agreement reached nowhere.”

Gopaul new chairman of NBS

– Floyd McDonald Vice-Chairman Deputy Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Nanda Kishore Gopaul was yesterday elected as Chairman of the New Building Society (NBS) at the body’s Annual General Meeting held at the Berbice High School in New Amsterdam, Berbice.

Pakistan destroys Holland

By Calvin Roberts Buoyed by their two run win over West Indies in the knockout phase of this competition along with a man of the match performance from Zafar Gohar, Pakistan on the back of a 105 run first wicket partnership between captain Muhammad Babar (51) and Muhammed Nadeem (90) scored 332-5 in their 50 overs then bowled out Holland for 102 to win their opening game in the league competition of the CLICO sponsored International Under-15 cricket tournament by a whopping 229 at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

Consumer Concerns

Illegal disconnections: GPL should put its house in order By Eileen Cox The Guyana Power & Light Inc wastes no time when it wishes to disconnect a customer but takes its time when a reconnection is to be done.

The View From Europe

The region needs a unified position on the global debate over climate change By David Jessop New international fault lines are emerging at the point where concerns about climate change, agriculture, food and energy meet.

Fruta Conquerors conquer GFC

– Camptown/Alpha United play to stalemate Fruta Conquerors slammed three unanswered goals past the Georgetown Football Club while Sunburst Camptown and Alpha United played to a 3-3 draw when the Guyana Football Assoc-iation’s Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) Cellink Plus Premier League competition continued on Friday at the Tucville ground.

Former national players here for Goodwill tour

-Mike, James Brusche, Shelly Hubbard here to give back to basketball By Kiev Chesney The Guyana United States Basketball Affiliates (GUBA) in collaboration with the Haynes Basketball Found-ation on Thursday launched the US/Guyana Goodwill Tour which commenced last night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

A survey launch would allow monitoring of coastal erosion

-engineer Philip Allsopp says in letter Engineer Philip Allsopp says he does not believe that impending doom lurks on the coast of Guyana in terms of rising seas and erosion if coastal management is tackled intelligently and continuously and he pointed to the need for a survey launch so hydrographic surveys could be done.

GCC through to nation-wide Twenty20 semi-finals

By Kizan Brumell The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) pulled off a victory against the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) in a breath-taking Georgetown zone final of the inaugural Noble House Invitational Twenty20 knockout cricket tournament at the Malteenoes Sports Club ground yesterday.

Health

Epilepsy: The brain’s ‘electrical storm’ Continued By Dr Santosh Mhetre  (Paediatric consultant) What to tell your doctor Most doctors will never see your child have a seizure; they don’t happen often in the doctor’s office.

Moore grabs 5-6 in losing effort

The inaugural Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC)/Guyana Beverages Limited-sponsored Kool Kidz Under-19 Twenty20 competition for secondary schools across Region Six commenced last Friday with Deon Moore grabbing 5-6 in a losing effort for his school, Lower Corentyne Secondary, in one of the six matches played while two were washed out.

South American Defence Council

Colombia’s raid into Ecuadorian territory and the subsequent revelations about the files on Raúl Reyes’ computer have done more damage to President Chávez’s grand hemispheric projects than anything Washington in its wildest dreams could have conceived of.

Chess

Chess develops decision-making skills With Errol Tiwari ‘Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny’Making those critical and irreversible decisions over the chessboard determines the outcome of our game.