Daily Archive: Monday, June 15, 2009

Articles published on Monday, June 15, 2009

Stephon Gillis (#7) scores on a fast break lay-up in the first half of his team’s victory over North Ruimveldt (Orlando Charles photo)

All-Stars overpower North Ruimveldt

The Giftland Office Max All-Stars eased past the GT&T IM2GO North Ruimveldt team by 15 points (70-55) as the Georgetown Inter-Ward tournament officially came to an end on Saturday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Ministry blows the whistle on more noise offenders

-urges police commanders to act The Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday announced in an advertisement that it has advised police Divisional Commanders to take appropriate action against a number of businesses, residences and houses of worship which have been making noise and have been complained about.

Hemp rules himself out of coaching job

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Batsman David Hemp wants to continue playing for Bermuda but has ruled himself out of the race to replace Gus Logie as Bermuda’s next national in favour of a long-term teaching job at Solihull School in England.

Sri Lanka beat Ireland by nine runs

LONDON, England, CMC – Former captain Mahela Jayawardene smashed an attacking 78 and helped Sri Lanka fend off a brave bid by Ireland to win their ICC World Twenty20 Champ-ionship Super Eight match by nine runs yesterday.

Deandra Dottin above blasted the fastest T20 half century yesterday off only 22 balls.

Dottin blasts fastetst 50 in T20 cricket

– But Windies Women beaten by AustraliaTAUNTON, England,  CMC – West Indies Women got a rapid record-breaking half century from teenager Deandra Dottin but crashed to an eight-wicket defeat by Australia yesterday in their ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Championship match.

Indigenous leaders of the Peruvian Amazon hold a press conference to talk about the violence.

In The Diaspora

The Struggle for the Amazon: A Struggle for Us All This week’s column has tremendous relevance for us in Guyana, for it is about the Amazonian rainforests increasingly being seen as a resource to be exploited, and about the potentially devastating implications for Amerindian communities, the Amazon’s original caretakers, and for us all if the forests are threatened.

CIA chief believes Cheney almost wants US attacked

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – CIA director Leon Panetta  says it’s almost as if former vice president Dick Cheney would  like to see another attack on the United States to prove he is  right in criticizing President Barack Obama for abandoning the  “harsh interrogation” of terrorism suspects.

Let the public be the judge

No doubt nonplussed by the government’s endless shilly-shallying on the delayed and much needed 3 million pounds sterling programme of security assistance to Guyana, the UK’s top diplomat here, Mr Fraser Wheeler made it clear to the media on May 25 that he was unhappy with the unnecessary hurdles that were being thrown up by bureaucrats.

The need for an engine

By Dave Martin In the course of clearing some of my personal items from Customs recently, and inevitably with some time to wait (as the Trinis say, “you know how that go padna”), I ended up in an interesting conversation with a soft-spoken but very intense young man from Amerijet who was despairing about our music industry and the lack of opportunity and progression for local performers, particularly in comparison to the vibrant music scene in Trinidad, Jamaica and Barbados.