Daily Archive: Sunday, August 16, 2009

Articles published on Sunday, August 16, 2009

Player of the match! Pamela Lavine receives her trophy from Secretary of the Guyana Cricket Board Anand Senassie while Malcolm Peters, left, and Grantley Culbard look on.

Jamaica make winning start

By Marlon Munroe A magnificent century by Pamela Lavine failed to rescue Barbados from going under by 15 runs to defending champions Jamaica in the WICB Senior Women’s Challenge 50-over tournament at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground yesterday.

Anil Nandlall

Dismissal of confession statement by magistrate controversy

De Santos, Hughes endorse Juman-Yassin’s opinion A controversy over whether a magistrate can determine the admissibility of a confession statement recently erupted in the wake of the dismissal of the case against murder accused David Leander, with former Chief Magistrate KA Juman-Yassin and PPP/C MP Anil Nandlall weighing in on what the legal procedure is.

Cellink Plus Premier League…Western Tigers upset Pele

BK International Western Tigers stunned the Pele contingent with a 2-0 victory while the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) easily disposed of Flamingo when the first night of second round action in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) organized Cellink Plus 2009 Premier League resumed at the Tucville Playfield on Friday.

WI cricket needs a paradigm shift

When he came to his review of relationships with the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) in his second annual report as unchallenged president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) last week, Dr Julian Hunte was in bullish mood.

CIOG dialysis centre closer to reality

With fifteen dialysis machines already in the country and bids to construct a comprehensive medical facility currently being considered, the Central Islamic Organisation (CIOG) is finally pushing ahead with plans to offer affordable dialyzed care here.

Harris suffers scary head injury

TUCSON, Arizona, CMC – Guyana’s former world boxing champion “Vicious” Vivian Harris suffered a scary head injury in an aborted non-title bout Friday night against Mexico’s Noe Bolanos.

Foreign policy

Whether it is because of the revelations emerging from a federal courtroom in Brooklyn, or whether it is because of the other innumerable problems which beset him, President Jagdeo does not appear to be hanging around the country much these days.

Bikers’ invasion

Bikers’ invasion!  Yesterday people lined the city streets to get a glimpse of the bikers who will be performing at the Biker’s Fest 2009 slated for the National Park today.