Daily Archive: Saturday, October 4, 2008

Articles published on Saturday, October 4, 2008

What was left of the building yesterday

Three-storey house falls

Two workers hurt An unfinished three-storey wooden house located in Diamond New Housing Scheme, East Bank collapsed yesterday afternoon causing injuries to two construction workers.

Gunmen raid Meta office

Two gunmen walked into the Meta Airlines Office on Church Street yesterday under the pretext of enquiring about purchasing a ticket and held up two women before escaping with some $85, 000 in cash, jewellery and two cellular phones.

Frankie Ross

Regent St arms find

Trini released; habeas corpus for Hutson Investigators yesterday released Trinidadian Joseph Aboud three days after he turned himself in for questioning into allegations of the illegal importation of firearms and ammunition; and they are in contact with Interpol over another detainee, businessman Clayton Hutson.

Dr Leslie Ramsammy

Local PAHO office helping to monitor dengue

– number of infections highest for this decade The local PAHO/WHO office has been working continuously with the Ministry of Health in monitoring the country’s dengue situation, given that the highest number of cases for the decade was recorded this year.

Noelina Prospere-Medor

Search for ‘missing’ mother…

Former caretaker tells her side of story The woman who once assisted her now estranged husband in taking care of the “missing” octogenarian Noelina Prospere-Medor has disputed what the woman’s son says and insists that she has no idea where the elderly woman is.

 Sha Sha designs will be on show at GFW.

Second GFW rolls down the runway

Sonia Noel is not easily surprised and there are very few things that she fears, which is why she has taken on Guyana Fashion Weekend (GFW) and has run it with from the day she got the go ahead; she is about to be tested.

Jeff Roberts

Roberts thinks Lewis/Eastman evenly-matched

– Calls for more government, business sector support for amateur boxing Former three-time national amateur boxing champion Jeff Roberts thinks that the upcoming middleweight title fight between Andrew `Sixhead’ Lewis and Howard `Battersea Bomber’ Eastman is a battle between two evenly-matched boxers.

Culture Box

Time to turn some heads There comes a time in life when you just feel like getting all dressed up and stepping out to grab some attention, even if that attention means getting checked out for all the wrong reasons.

Hard at work, the local planning committee for the IGG yesterday at their weekly meeting at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. (Lawrence Fanfair photo)

Inter-Guiana Games preparation on stream…

Guyana plans to pay more attention to female participationBy Rawle Toney Preparations for Guyana’s participation in the second leg of the 2008 Inter Guiana Games (IGG) which will be held in French Guiana from November 12-16 are rolling smoothly according to the games planning committee in Guyana.

Bucatini pasta aka macaroni (Photo by Cynthia Nelson)

Tastes Like Home

Macaroni pie – definitely not ordinaryHi Everyone, Here in Barbados, the ability to make a “proper” dish of Macaroni Pie is testament to your ability to cook and some say it even makes you eligible to be a good wife.

Seon Crandon

BCBC/NBS Challenge trophy

Crandon slams 104 to power Gibraltar/Courtland to 303The 2008 New Building Society Challenge second division limited overs cricket competition organized by the Berbice Cricket Board of Control (BCBC) is continuing apace with Seon Crandon becoming the third centurion of the competition.

Authorities move to bump up airport security

– over $2.5M spent replacing stolen Bajan runway lights Even as airport authorities attempt to deal with the many recent security challenges, they have been forced to expend over $2.5 million to replace six of the runway lights this country had borrowed from Barbados’s Grantley Adams International Airport for Carifesta X.

Gavin Adams

ECDFA Mackeson Stout League

Kings win; defending champions held to draw Victoria Kings defeated their neighbours Golden Stars 2-1 while defending champions BV/Triumph United had to stave off a strong challenge from Ann’s Grove before securing a 1-1 draw when action in the East Coast Demerara/Mackeson Stout-sponsored premier league football competition continued Thursday night at Plaisance Community Centre ground.

Lionel Baker lands Leicestershire contract

Lionel Baker, the 24-year-old Leeward Islands fast bowler from Montserrat and member of the West Indies team that reached the final of the 2002 under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh, has signed a two-year contract with English county, Leicestershire.

Plastic food

The deliberate placing of the substance melamine in baby formula and milk products, quite possibly, ranks right up there among the most reprehensible acts known to be committed against humans by humans.

Courts unveils $24M promotion

Courts yesterday launched its $24M Stash of Cash (2) promotion at a glittering ceremony at its Main Street office heralded by whole page movie-style advertisements in the daily newspapers.