Daily Archive: Sunday, November 22, 2009

Five persons died and seven others were seriously injured, when a minibus travelling to Berbice smashed into the rear of a sand truck at Mahaica last night.

– union baulks at transfer of health, community services to state With productivity pegged at a dismal 235,000 tonnes this year, the sugar industry’s turnaround plan envisages stepped up mechanization, transforming Enmore estate into an important hub, ending grinding at LBI, an ethanol plant and transferring health and community services to the state.

A man endured a harrowing experience late Friday night when he was locked in the truck of his car by carjackers, who later abandoned the vehicle near the Ogle sea wall after they stripped it of all valuables.

The file on the Essequibo boat collision that left 10-year-old Ricky Jainarine missing is with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

– but fight far from over In just under a decade, the reality of HIV has changed somewhat, but the fight is far from over.

Chaos broke out in a section of Wellington Street yesterday after a fuming Chinese national who operates a store accused two women of shoplifting, kicking one and tearing the top of another and receiving     a few slaps to her face.

In its second statement in a month on the issue of a third term for President Bharrat Jagdeo, the PPP said yesterday that mischievous elements are acting up, and the party again distanced itself from the third term campaign.

– UWI VC tells law symposium Professor Nigel Harris, Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, told a high-level law symposium in Trinidad and Tobago recently that steps to promote a sense of regionalism and a wish for integration will not succeed without participants seeing the profound value in becoming one entity.

After completing successful kidney transplant operations, patients and their donors are making significant progress on the road to recovery while transmitting messages of hope to others who have been diagnosed with kidney ailments and are awaiting surgeries.

Just about a month after his business was destroyed in the second of the two recent Regent Street fires, proprietor of Wireless Connections Maxwell Thom has started rebuilding and is hoping to have his store up and running by the end of this month.

A 24-year-old labourer is nursing a gunshot wound to the head after he was shot by his foreman yesterday.

New amendments have been proposed to reform prison laws and increase penalties for prison offences.

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development has inked a $24.5M contract for the construction of the Diamond market tarmac.

The Coastguard said its ability to help protect fishermen from pirate attacks is severely hampered by lack of communication and the acquisition of a vessel tracking system would boost its response to piracy calls.

Persaud, Sukhram take day one honours Teenage golf prodigy Avinash Persaud took day one honours in the championship flight with two previous winners in contention, while defending ladies champion Christine Sukhram held steady on an intriguing day of the Power Stout Guyana Open Golf championships yesterday at the Lusignan Golf Club.

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – West Indies’ pacers will hope to get first crack at the Gabba pitch in next week’s opening Test against Australia, with predictions the strip will be lively over the first day of the encounter.

Windies’ revival crucial to test cricket’s longevity Against the perpetual backdrop of debate over the future of Test cricket, the West Indies start a series against Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane on Thursday that the doomsayers expect will accelerate its demise.

By Marlon Munroe The Hand-In-Hand limited-overs second-division competition culminated on Friday evening under lights with Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) making light work of Lusignan Sports Club (LSC) by 87 runs at the Lusignan Community Centre.

-has raised $8m, needs $41m more By Marlon Munroe The Guyana Karate College (GKC) has been a pioneer in the field of Martial Arts since 1968 and, in its 41st year, the institution has made some significant strides to acquire a traditional dojo for the improvement of the sport.

You gave me gifts, God-Enchanter. I give you thanks for good and ill.

Third Division underdogs Nets sent Demerara Colours Panthers packing 52-43 while the number-one seeded Courts Pacesetters  team sank newcomers East/West Fire 77-55 in matches on the opening night of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association’s (GABA) Open and Third  Division knock-out tournaments.

An intruder in a Republic Park home was shot in the leg by the police yesterday as he was being chased.

-says Bennet King There should be no doubt over Chris Gayle’s commitment to Test cricket after the West Indies captain underwent a Aus$25,000 heart operation to save his career on the 2005 tour of Australia, former head coach Bennett King told an Australian newspaper yesterday.

An elderly security guard was found murdered in the Soesdyke NDC compound early yesterday morning.

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – If West Indies captain Chris Gayle does not return in time for the start of the opening Test next Thursday, his deputy Denesh Ramdin has no qualms about taking the mantle.

Economy firewall malfunctions Today Business Page begins a short series on the Mid-year Report 2009 which the Minister of Finance is required to submit to the National Assembly under the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act, 2003.

As this column noted last Sunday, despite including nations which earlier had staunchly championed the cause of poor countries, the G20 since leading the coordination of international efforts to tackle the global crisis has turned out to be like the G7 before it, a serial violator of its pledges to help poor countries.

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan gave firm proof yesterday that they hold the key to West Indies’ survival in their forthcoming Test series against Australia in Chris Gayle’s absence.

Fire fighters yesterday battled a fire at the Mandela Avenue dumpsite, which broke out two days ago even as a heavy cloud of smoke shrouded the area choking residents.

The General Register Office (GRO) is working to improve the registration of births in indigenous communities.

BRISBANE, Australia,  CMC – Stand-in captain Denesh Ramdin has taken heart from West Indies’ batting on the final day of their drawn four-day match against Queensland Bulls and says it is a boon to the Caribbean side heading into next week’s first Test against Australia at the Gabba.

Asks Tony Cozier Chris Gayle’s emergency call last week to return to Kingston to be with his ill mother immediately threw the balance of his West Indies team out of skelter and highlighted a glaring flaw in the otherwise predictable selection of the squad of 15.

Part1 By Dr Pankaj Kshatriya, MD (Physician) How the heart works To understand heart disease, you must first know how the heart works.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A broad healthcare overhaul  was poised to clear its first US Senate hurdle yesterday as  the last wavering senators said they would vote to begin debate  on the legislation, giving Democrats the 60 votes they need.

The Parliament Office has notified the public that the Court of Appeal (Amendment) Bill 2008 has been committed to a Special Select Committee of the National Assembly.

MONTE CARLO, (Reuters) – Jamaican triple Olympic and  world champion Usain Bolt and main sprint rival Tyson Gay have  praised the new Diamond League series while declining to say  where they would clash in 2010 on the 14-meeting series.

CUCUTA, Colombia (Reuters) – Colombian President  Alvaro Uribe yesterday ruled out any military retaliation  against Venezuela after Venezuelan troops dynamited two  cross-border footbridges.

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – Two Australian legends have given West Indies little hope of taking anything from their three-Test series against the hosts.

Few things are as psychologically brutal as serious chess. You spend five or six hours in total concentration, at war with another mind.

HARBIN (Reuters) – A gas explosion killed 42 miners  in a Chinese mine yesterday and 66 remain trapped hundreds of  metres (yards) underground after the latest accident to hit the  world’s deadliest mining industry, state media said.

Dear Editor, In SN of November 18, Mr Chandan, Corporate Secretary of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) implied that my statement about the NDIA considering the Flagstaff-Mahaica route rather than the Hope Canal as a possible relief for floodwaters from the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) was inaccurate and misleading (‘The conclusion that the proposed Hope relief canal is seriously flawed is quite misleading’).

MILAN (Reuters) – Italian anti-terrorist police have  arrested two Pakistanis suspected of helping to finance the  Islamic militant group responsible for the attacks on Mumbai in  November 2008, that killed 166 people.

The stage performance of Baghban (The Caretaker) directed by Neaz Subhan in the name of the Indian Arrival Committee is the latest attempt in a long endeavour by Subhan to create/promote Indian drama in Guyana. 

BOSTON, (Reuters) – Vince Carter scored 10 of his  game-high 26 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Orlando  Magic to a 83-78 victory over the Boston Celtics on Friday.

Oral ailments ContinuedPeriodontitis Let me fulfil my promise to continue with the symptoms and treatment of the disease, periodontitis.

GENEVA (Reuters) – After a year’s delay, scientists  at the world’s biggest accelerator have restarted an experiment  to recreate ‘Big Bang’ conditions that had sparked suggestions  the earth would be sucked in by millions of black holes.

BRISBANE, Australia,  CMC – With West Indies’ marketability seemingly on the decline, tickets sales for next  Thursday’s opening Test at the Gabba are expected to fall below the Caribbean side’s previous tour here four years ago.

Dear Editor, Please permit me to respond to the comment attributed to Ms Iana Seals [sic] which was appended to the letter authored by me and published in your Friday, November 20, 2009 edition (“GECOM acknowledges concerns in letters…’).

The laboratory is replacing the potting shed Over the past few weeks I have dealt with some aspect of the propagation of plants, and it’s  obvious to me that there is no part of a plant which cannot be utilized for propagation, for the simple reason that every living cell possesses the genetic information of its parents.

COLOMBO (Reuters) – A pro-rebel website accused Sri Lanka’s military of killing 64 people yesterday by shelling a makeshift hospital inside the last scrap of land held by the Tamil Tiger guerrillas.

Dear Editor, Some think of corruption as a concept, something that resides in the abstract, and that happens to the other man. 

Nothing illustrates better the foolishness that goes on in the corridors of power in this country than the dispute between the city council and GPL.

DUBLIN, (Reuters) – Up to 200 Irish fans protested   at the French embassy in Dublin yesterday to demand a replay  of Wednesday’s controversial World Cup playoff.