Daily Archive: Monday, November 23, 2009

Articles published on Monday, November 23, 2009

Beverly, wife of the late Gary McAlmont, with her son Gevon yesterday

Sixth crash victim dies

Truck driver was drunk – police One more person has succumbed as a result of Saturday’s grisly Mahaica crash, taking the death toll to six and the police last night railed against recklessness on the roads revealing that the truck driver had 242 microgrammes of alcohol above the legal limit.

Guard battered to death

By Sara Bharrat A 65-year-old security guard was discovered lying in a pool of blood with a piece of wood abandoned by his side and marks of violence to his head early yesterday morning at his Alexander Street and North Road workplace.

The prize winners and officials of Banks DIH Limited at yesterday’s Guyana Open golf tournament. (Orlando Charles photo)

Persaud roars to Guyana Open golf title

Teenage golfer Avinash Persaud is the 2009 Guyana Open men’s champion while Christine Sukhram retained the ladies’ title when the curtain came down on the Power Stout Open Golf championships yesterday at the Lusignan Golf Club.

Kobe the destroyer! Ravens point Guard Rodwel ‘Kobe’ Fortune executes a fast break lay-up during his reign of terror against Eagles (Aubrey Crawford photo)

Dyna’s Ravens annihilate Eagles, Melanie Patriots upset Maccabees

By Rawle Toney Debutants Melanie Patriots pulled off an upset victory over Maccabees beating the more seasoned club 56-51 while Dyna’s Ravens steamrolled Eagles by 56 points (99-43) as the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Third Division and Open Knock-Out tournaments continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Saturday last.

Can these gov’ts explain how a model for reducing carbon release can simultaneously be funding increased emissions?

Dear Editor, The memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Norway and Guyana “regarding Cooperation on Issues related to the Fight against Climate Change, the Protection of Biodiversity and the Enhancement of Sustainable Develop-ment”, signed on November 09, contains the wording “a willingness to work together to provide the world with a relevant, replicable model for how REDD-plus can align the development objectives of forest countries with the world’s need to combat climate change” (Stabroek News, November 16, 2009 “Updated low carbon strategy to be released soon”, http://www.

Home Affairs hosting crime prevention conference

-questions raised about output from previous initiatives On the heels of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Security Sector Reform Action Plan, the Ministry of Home Affairs will today open a two-day conference with the hope of building capacity in evidence-based crime prevention initiatives and facilitating coordination among key stakeholders.

Teens stabbed in separate incidents

Parika man injured by gun trap Two teens were stabbed in separate incidents late Satur-day and early yesterday while a 57-year-old man is nursing gunshot wounds after walking into a gun trap at Parika, East Bank Essequibo.

Familiar yet Foreign

In the Diaspora (This is one of a series of weekly columns from Guyanese in the diaspora and others with an interest in issues related to Guyana and the Caribbean) By Nalini Mohabir Nalini Mohabir is a PhD student at the University of Leeds, UK.

Collingwood and Trott lead England to victory

CENTURION, South Africa,  (Reuters) – Paul Collingwood  marked his record 171st one-day appearance with an unbeaten  century to lead England to a commanding seven-wicket victory  over South Africa in the second match of the series yesterday.

Guyanity

First of all, a limerick: If you have a pretty shirt, Alvro Keep jamoon far, bobo Jamoon is a stain Don’t come out again Even battery acid say so I will come back to that, but first let me say that I have always been drawn to words that capture the essence of a thing precisely, with the emphasis on “precisely”, which, by the way, is the basis for my love of our dialect: there are words there that describe things more succinctly than Standard English can.

Bailey suing Swedish newspaper

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Daniel Bailey is suing a Swedish newspaper for erroneously publishing reports that he had failed a drugs test at the World Championships last August.