Daily Archive: Saturday, August 15, 2009

Articles published on Saturday, August 15, 2009

Wallisa Roberts

QC students ace CAPE exams

-Wallisa Roberts is top student Queen’s College student Wallisa Roberts, who obtained Grade One passes in five subjects, heads the list of outstanding performers at this year’s Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE), according to preliminary results released by the Ministry of Education (MoE) yesterday.

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GAWU concerned over NY testimony about missing sugar workers

-army mum The main sugar union GAWU yesterday expressed concern about testimony in a New York courtroom that members of the army in 2005 moved the bodies of missing sugar workers from the front of Buxton to the backlands and it raised the question as to whether those who have been named shouldn’t be made to provide a response.

The ceiling

‘Moon’ thought life could get no better but it did

They thought their life could get no better. Seeking shelter under an old wooden table as rain fell through the porous zinc sheet roof was the way of life  for 61-year-old Gladys Madramootoo, called ‘Moon’, and her surviving son David, a forty-five-year-old drainage and irrigation foreman, attached to the Canefield Enterprise Neighbourhood Democratic Council in East Canje, Berbice.

Farmer accused of forging will

A man accused of forging a will for a plot of land for his own benefit was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $200,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Ministry examining St Stanislaus board proposal

The Education Ministry will be examining a proposed five-year educational plan, prepared by the Board of Governors of the St Stanislaus College which the institution says can be used as a model for private-public sector partnerships to transform secondary education in Guyana.

Basil Jaipaul heads Linden Chamber

The Linden Chamber of Industry, Commerce  and Development  (LCICD) at its recent AGM elected Basil Jaipaul as president and  Marvin Burns as senior vice- president, the Chamber said in a news release yesterday.

Straight Fight!

– Olympic 100 and 200m champion Usain Bolt will look to leave his own personal stamp on this year’s World Championships which begins today in Berlin but will find American Tyson Gay standing in his way BERLIN, Germany, CMC – Phenomenal Jamaican Usain Bolt and reigning champion Tyson Gay, of the USA, are the undisputed star attractions at the 12th IAAF World Championship and fans will not have to wait long to see them.

Barbados here I come again! Stephen ‘Valentino Rossi’ Vieira caught in action at the South Dakota Circuit in July. Vieira is hoping to continue his winning ways when he competes in  Barbados during the second round of the Caribbean motor racing series. (Orlando Charles photo)

Lara sharing expertise at Sandals Cricket Academy

Local speedster Stephen ‘Valentino Rossi’ Vieira says that he is hoping to transfer his winning ways from the South Dakota Circuit in Guyana to the Bushy Park race circuit which will play host to the second round of the Caribbean Race of Champions series.

Michelle John

Christophe, John win titles

Sydney Christophe and Michelle John turned in outstanding performances in the New York Table Tennis Federation event held recently at the club’s headquarters in Manhattan, NYC.

Only in the West Indies

By Orin Davidson Only in the West Indies would you find an `Old Boys Club’ being allowed to run a professional sports organisation into the ground.

Let the Tournament begin! Teams line up yesterday ahead of the WICB Senior Women’s Challenge tournament that bowls off today. The Guyana is second from left and Jamaica third from left.

Guyana, Jamaica raring to go

By Marlon Munroe Women from seven Caribbean nations will contest the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)  Senior Women’s Challenge 50 limited overs tournament which bowls off today.

Travel woes

Culture Box Travelling overland most times is a tedious exercise especially when one considers the long line to check in, the immigration process and then the long waiting time before actually boarding an aircraft.

Sharing a moment with his proud mom, Collette Trellis burnett

GT&T jingle competition

‘Music is the world to me’ says Calvin Burnett By Tiffiny Rhodius Music means the world to 20-year-old Calvin Burnett and by winning second place in the GT&T Jingle and Song Competition, he believes he has now boosted his standing from that of a small town singer to a Guyanese artist.

Cosmetologists get gender lesson

By Nicosia Smith City cosmetologists, through a Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) and United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) sponsored programme, are forging a path toward behavioural change through their service as they learn about gender violence and its causes.

Spready’s Bakery U-19 50-Over Competition

Scottsburg United and Port Mourant through to semis Scottsburg United and Port Mourant have moved onto the semi-final round of the 2009 Spready’s Bakery Under-19 50-overs cricket competition in Berbice after registering easy victories against their opponents in the quarter-final matches.

MAJ, PAJ back PM on libel laws revision

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Media Association of Jamaica Ltd (MAJ) and the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) have come out in strong support of Prime Minister Bruce Golding’s endorsement of proposed amendments to libel laws that would engender higher levels of accountability among public officials.

Jamaica to get US$320m from IMF in September

(Jamaica Gleaner) Even as discussions continue for Jamaica to resume a borrowing relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the way has been cleared for the country to get approximately US$320 million (J$28.5 billion) from the fund by early next month.

Losses in the forest carbon budget (3)

(This is the ninth in a 10-part series intended to look at some of the issues surrounding Guyana’s bid for funds from the World Bank-administered Forest Carbon Partnership Fund (FCPF) and from Norway, and for the President’s Low Carbon Development Strategy.)

Jamaica remittances plunge

(Jamaica Gleaner) Remittance inflows to Jamaica have already dropped close to 16 per cent since January, and a multilateral agency is predicting that money transfer markets will continue to slide and that the drop would be widespread across Latin America and the Caribbean region.

Obama’s battle over health care

Within the Caribbean, we often tend to think that our politicians are uniquely ignorant and venal, and that in places like the United States, public life is pursued with a proper respect for facts and reasonable arguments.