Daily Archive: Sunday, July 6, 2008

Articles published on Sunday, July 6, 2008

Dr Henry Jeffrey

The View From Europe

There is a change in political mood about trade liberalization among small states By David Jessop As this is being written Caribbean Heads of Government are meeting in Barbados.

Through a woman’s eyes

Don’t hold your breath By Cheryl Springer Women, women’s organizations and anti-violence advocates may just have felt a sliver of hope three weeks ago, when the government launched its much-touted national policy on domestic violence, titled ‘Break the Cycle – Take Control.’

Arts On Sunday

River Bottom: Reflecting current popular trends in theatre The theatre of Oliver Samuels as it is today has many things to tell us about itself and its development over three decades, but it can also say quite a bit about Jamaican and Caribbean theatre over the same period.

BARAMA DONATION! From left, Lester Sealey, assistant secretary/treasurer of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA), Troy Mendonca, president of the GFA, Denise Beresford, senior manager of Barama Company Ltd, Liaison Officer/Stakeholder Mitzy Campbell, and Marlon Cole, secretary of the GFA and captain of the Fruta Conquerors Football Club. (Lawrence Fanfair photo)

Barama fulfills promise to Fruta Conquerors

– donates $400,000 in greenheart for construction of bleachers The Barama Company Limited on Friday donated  a quantity of greenheart wood valued at approximately $400,000 to the Fruta Conquerors Football Club to assist in  improving the seating arrangement at the Tucville ground.

A Gardener’s Diary

The Casuarina is a good barrier against salt-laden wind By John Warrington When the rain is bucketing down and everything is awash and bedraggled it can often be enchanting.

Benn urges sanctions against Delta crew

– after passenger opens plane’s emergency exit at Timehri Minister Robeson Benn said that the flight crew of the Delta aircraft on which a male passenger opened the emergency exit when the plane landed from New York on Friday morning at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), should be sanctioned.

Pet Corner

Infectious diseases By Dr Steve Surujbally ContinuedTransmissionThere are several different routes that an infectious agent (germ) can take to enter a new host and make it ill.

Nicolette Fernandes

Fernandes, Jeffrey cart off St Lucia Open titles

One week after being crowned `King’ and `Queen’ at the Guyana Squash Association’s National Senior Championships, Kristian Jeffrey and Nicolette Fernandes dethroned the defending champions at the 2008 Subaru St Lucia Open Squash championships to cart off the male and female titles.

Guyana’s U-19 ruggers go down 13-23 to Cayman Islands

Misfortune and a series of errors were the contributing factors to the downfall of an inexperienced Guyana Rugby Under-19 team as the Cayman Island ran out 21-13 winners at the Garrison Rugby Playfield in Barbados in the North America West Indies Rugby Association National (NAWIRA) Rugby World Cup 2008 Qualifier yesterday.

Hostage rescue

The BBC was not alone in describing the hostage rescue carried out by the Colombian armed forces last Wednesday as like something out of a Hollywood movie script.