Daily Archive: Thursday, May 21, 2009

Articles published on Thursday, May 21, 2009

Bravo boost for winless Windies

– Regional side aiming for redemption LEEDS, England, CMC – West Indies will try to salvage something from their tour of England when they start a three-match One-day International series today at Headingley.

Iwokrama climate services deal still to bloom

As ways of assigning a monetary value to climate services provided by forests continue to be examined, a project being implemented at the Iwokrama International Centre (IIC) is said to be moving slowly, more than a year after a ground-breaking agreement was signed.

President Jagdeo should speak out against Prime Minister David Thompson’s announcement on undocumented Caricom nationals in Barbados

Dear Editor, I am very surprised that up to the time of writing President Bharrat Jagdeo has not come out in response to Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson’s announ-cement on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 that undocumented Caricom nationals who have been living in his country for more than eight years will be kicked out by December 1, unless they regularize themselves in the six months prior to that date.

Irish priests beat, raped children

– nine-year report DUBLIN, (Reuters) – Priests beat and raped children  during decades of abuse in Catholic-run institutions in Ireland,  an official report said yesterday, but it stopped short of  naming the perpetrators.

Bryant’s gem lifts Lakers over Nuggets

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant scored 40  points and produced an inspired fourth-quarter performance to  lift the Los Angeles Lakers to a 105-103 victory over the  Denver Nuggets on Tuesday and a 1-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.

Track cycling gets government boost

In a move that is expected to revive the sport of cycling on the local scene, the Ministry of Sport has renewed its commitment to the Jamaica Cycling Federation (JCF) through several initiatives announced by Sports Minister Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange.

History this week No. 20/2009

Guyana’s International Relations and Foreign Policy 1966-1985 By Dr. Mellissa Ifill This article gives an overview of Guyana’s international relations and foreign policy between 1966 and the mid 1980s and argues that although Guyana’s foreign policy shifted to accommodate the adoption of a differing ideology, particularly after 1970, the themes that dominated Guyana’s foreign policy during the period of review remained constant.

Steve Neils Jr.

South Ruimveldt versus Wortmanville/Werk-en-Rust

Best-of-Three semi-finals game one tonight After witnessing the Charlestown/Albouystown downing of  defending champions North Ruimveldt in game one of their semi-finals on Tuesday, basketball fans are eagerly looking for a similar show  tonight when  South Ruimveldt and Wortmanville/Werk-en-Rust  do battle in game one of their best-of-three semi-finals  at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Ask the Consul 83

Traveling With Children, Part II This installment of Ask the Consul continues the discussion which began in installment 82 about traveling with American citizen children.

Michelle Obama

When People magazine included Michelle Obama in its recent “most beautiful” list, which usually profiles celebrities no one wondered why.