Articles published on Saturday, October 10, 2009
By Gaulbert Sutherland A massive fire raced through a section of Regent Street yesterday afternoon destroying four buildings and obliterating millions in stock, as fire-fighters braved the inferno with limited resources.
The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) will host its second Busta Twenty20 Second Division tournament from October 18, following the company’s renewal of its sponsorship yesterday with the promise of continued support for the association.
All set for the grand finale By Marlon Munroe Defending champions Demerara, buoyed with the addition of West Indies middle order batsman Travis Dowlin, will be aiming to put all on the line in today’s day/night final of the El Dorado Inter-County 50-over against Berbice at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.
By Rawle Toney The 7th Annual Beepat Scorpions All-Star basketball extravaganza has now been shifted to November 7-8, which according to head coach of the Georgetown-based basketball club Vejai Panday, to make sure the event is given its fullest attention by the general public.
By Mark McGowan and Sara Bharrat Dozens of people are now homeless or without jobs following the blaze that ripped through Regent Street yesterday afternoon.
Local cyclists face a hectic weekend with back-to-back events beginning this morning around the inner circuit of the National Park.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies batting all-rounder Ryan Hinds claimed a fine five-wicket haul Thursday and propelled his side to victory in the latest Barbados President’s Cup trial match at Kensington Oval.
-argued over bucket of water By Zoisa Fraser An argument over a bucket of water ended in tragedy yesterday for a Beterverwagting family when a mentally ill man stabbed his 57-year-old father to death shortly after pelting him with bricks.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and her Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolás Maduro Moros made a joint recommendation yesterday for the appointment of a new personal representative to help advance the search for a solution in the border controversy between the two South American neighbours.
DELHI, India, CMC – Captain Simon Katich and pacer Stuart Clark produced pivotal performances as NSW Blues shot down the Eagles for an easy 53-run victory in their Champions League Twenty20 Group B match yesterday.
SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods declared it “a perfect fit” and PGA Tour President Tim Finchem hailed it a “great day” for golf on Thursday after the sport was added to the line-up for the 2016 Olympic Games.
The Administrator of the Palms Home for the elderly, Mohamed Fazloor Yasin, yesterday shot himself in the head at his house after lapsing into a state of depression over an illness he has been struggling with for the past 25 years.
Kingston, Jamaica: – The second Chris Gayle-led Pro 15/15 cricket tournament kicks off at the Kaiser Sports Club in Discovery Bay on October 18 with Digicel on board as main sponsors.
A nurse and a doctor who once shared a relationship yesterday took each other to court over matters of unlawful wounding and malicious damage to property.
BANGALORE, India, CMC – West Indies champions Trinidad and Tobago were piloted by top performances from the Bravo brothers as they whipped Karnata State by 110 runs in a Champions League Twenty20 warm-up match on Thursday.
Seventeen-year-old Jenelle Babb was crowned Miss Guyana Talented Teen last Saturday night and she describes the win as a “stepping stone to bigger and better things.”
Positive Vibes Sports Club in collaboration with Cinderella Promotions Knockout 15-over tapeball competition quarter-finals continued last Sunday on the Paradise playfield.
A minibus driver who pleaded guilty to unlawfully having a quantity of ammunition in his possession was yesterday ordered to pay a fine of $50,000 and sentenced to two years in prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
NEW DELHI, India, CMC – Victoria easily defeated the Delhi Daredevils by seven wickets to open their Twenty20 Champions League on a positive note, in a humdrum affair at Feroz Shah Kotla yesterday.
Dear Editor, I find it strange that Guyana is not following the ruling of the CCJ and not reinstating the CET on cement.
It’s Renaissance time again and this year 11 mature women are set to vie for the crown in what has become a much-anticipated pageant by persons of all ages.
The National Gallery at Castellani House says Christopher Nolan’s mystery thriller Memento is its pick for this week’s ‘Classic Tuesdays’ movie.
Dear Editor,I am appealing to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) and the Georgetown City Council to investigate the possible cause of the water in the Lamaha Street trench being black and stink for months.
John Lewis Styles is celebrating its sixth anniversary today by donating $500,000 to five charities.
Culture Box It’s Saturday. You’re probably sitting at home watching cheap, crappy, pirated DVDs.
WASHINGTON/OSLO, (Reuters) – Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday in a stunning decision that honoured the first-year U.S.
Dear Editor, It is surprising that after all these years and two different governments there is still no monument for the Cubana air disaster victims.
The lone bridge which links Mackenzie to Wismar over the Demerara River is currently undergoing extensive rehabilitation with over $154 million being expended by the government.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – In spite of the current perilous state of West Indies cricket, the Barbados Prime Minister David Thompson is not favouring too much government intervention in the problems surrounding the sport.
Tastes Like Home Hi Everyone, “Will the Garlic Pork taste as good as you claim?”
BIRKENHEAD, England, CMC – Jamaica-born Liverpool legend John Barnes was fired yesterday as manager of the English League One side Tranmere Rovers.
Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo ordered a probation report on Gopaul True and remanded him to prison after he admitted the charge of threatening behaviour towards his wife Maurine.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Mumbai, Kanpur and Ahmedabad will stage tests during Sri Lanka’s tour of India starting next month, the Indian cricket board said yesterday.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., (Reuters) – Two U.S. spacecraft were crashed into a lunar crater yesterday but scientists said it was too early to say whether the mission to search for supplies of water on the Moon had been a success.
Dear Editor, In 1992, the PPP under the leadership of Dr.
Dear Editor,Dr Randy Persaud in his letter, `Contrary to what the newspapers report Guyana is on the move,’ (SN 10-06-09), wrote, “Guyana is on the move.
(BBC) A previously unreleased song by the Jackson 5 – featured on a forthcoming album of unheard tracks and rarities – has been made available to download.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – World number two Rafa Nadal stopped Marat Safin’s Beijing revival in its tracks yesterday with a clinical 6-3 6-1 victory to reach the semi-finals of the $6.6-million China Open.
KABUL, (Reuters) – India’s top diplomat inspected the site of a huge bomb attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul yesterday but declined to assign blame for a strike that has renewed focus on India’s tense relations with Pakistan.
Abdool Ishack, 39, of 135 Cumberland Village, East Canje, who inflicted several cuffs on his wife because she had rebuked him for molesting a young woman, was fined $70,000 at the New Amsterdam Court yesterday with an alternative of ten months imprisonment.
(BBC) Kevin Pietersen feels he has earned the respect of South African cricket fans and does not expect the same level of abuse he suffered on tour in 2005.
-influx of Guyanese, Venezuelans seen (Trinidad Express) Chief economist and director of research at the Central Bank Alvin Hilaire has warned that the immigration situation in Trinidad and Tobago could face some serious challenges, given the fact that this country’s economy was still doing better than others in the region, and as such, workers from all over the region could begin flocking here.
(EUR) Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Films and Lionsgate have partnered to develop Will You Be My Black Friend, a film – to star Chris Rock – based on a November 2008 GQ magazine article of the same name.
By Oluatoyin Alleyne in New York Confessed drug dealer Peter Morgan will now know his fate at the end of next month following the postponement of his sentencing which was originally set for yesterday in New York.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Eleven U.N. peacekeepers died yesterday when their surveillance plane crashed into a mountainside in Haiti during a routine patrol, U.N.
Dear Editor, If any Caribbean or even South American country has had a rich history in radio broadcasting then it has to be our very own Guyana.
…as consumption rises Jamaica Gleaner) Less than two years after Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Dr Christopher Tufton urged Jamaicans to make greater use of cassava, heavy demands for the tuber have sent agro processors scurrying for a duty-free licence.
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, (Reuters) – Mexico’s violent drug gangs are fighting over home-grown addicts in the dingy back streets of northern border cities, creating new turf wars that will further stretch the country’s security forces.
Dear Editor, I refer to Dr. Rishee Thakur’s letter “The long and short of it” (KN Oct.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Barbra Streisand scored her ninth No. 1 album on the US releases by some much-younger artists.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Legendary Antigua and Barbuda cricketer, Sir Sydney Walling has died.
Greene points to ‘social alienation of men A Caricom Secretariat official is advocating for education on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) to be included in the school curriculum and for gender issues to become a priority on the regional agenda.
(Jamaica Observer) Head of the delegation of the European Commission to Jamaica, Ambassador Marco Mazzocchi-Alemanni, Wednesday criticised the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) for the long time it is taking to implement a $1.3 billion poverty reduction programme, funded by the EU.
The Bedford Methodist Church on Sunday presented prizes to winners in its Spelling Bee competition.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – One of South Africa’s most notorious drug kingpins said yesterday that he had given former police chief Jackie Selebi cash and gifts out of generosity, not for protection against the law.
Sidewalk Cafe screens Carl Dreyer’s La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc next Tuesday.
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – A West Indies Cricket Heritage Centre was launched at the National Stadium yesterday ahead of the 5th annual Grenada Cricket Classic which bowls off this weekend.
Earlier this week, after pocketing a US$10 million bonus for winning the Fedex Cup, Tiger Woods became the first billionaire athlete in history, according to Forbes magazine.
Dear Editor, Recently the media has reported on a number of issues suggesting that there is fraud, waste, abuse and corruption involving public officials and public accounts.
The Government Pensioners Association of Guyana is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a church service and brunch on Sunday, October 18th.
