Daily Archive: Sunday, March 21, 2010

Articles published on Sunday, March 21, 2010

Hans Brattskar

Norway forest $$ still months away

– Oslo will not use Guyana’s forest gains in its targets – ambassador US$30 million in forest protection money from Norway is still months away and Oslo will not treat any avoided deforestation or degradation of Guyana’s forest as contributions to its greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, Norwegian officials said.

Headline bad for Regatta – Knights

Chairman of the Bartica Regatta Committee, Holbert Knights, believes that the headline of an article in this paper’s March 15 edition reflects badly on the community as it prepares to host the Easter Regatta celebrations.

Winners of athe R&R Int’l Cycle Race pose with their trophies

McKay successfully defends title

Warren McKay successfully defended his 2009 title in the feature 35-lap event of the 19th annual R&R International Limited cycling programme organized by National Coach Hassan Mohamed held yesterday around the inner circuit of the National Park.

President Bharrat Jagdeo addressing rugby players and executives of the GRFU Friday night at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club. (Orlando Charles photo)

Govt fully behind GRFU

– Jagdeo says sudden interest in rugby is because of team’s success By Marlon Munroe The Government of Guyana  has finally pledged monetary support to the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) after repeated public outcries for its support from the association.

Invaders Steel band portraying ‘Circus Clowns’  was the highlight of the parade for HRH Princess Margaret’s visit in 1958.

Nostalgia 485

Tribute to steelbands before Mash 1970 By Godfrey Chin Steelband has been the essence of our Caribbean Carnival/ Mash/Crop-Over celebrations since this phenomenon emerg-ed after WWII, and remains a unique musical art form in the twentieth century, with efforts from Japan to Sweden usurping this contribution from our tropics.

Murray backs under-fire Ramdin

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 20, CMC – Former West Indies vice-captain Deryck Murray has defended under-fire wicketkeeper/batsman Denesh Ramdin, whose position in then regional squad has come under scrutiny of late.

Boxers sign contracts for March 26 ProAm card

Local boxers on Friday signed contracts in the boardroom of Abdool and Abdool Insurance Company for the second staging of the much anticipated and hyped Friday Night Fights which is scheduled for the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on March 26.

This song degrades women

Dear  Editor, I write to express my dissatisfaction at the promotion of an “artiste” on Channel Nine through a song with the following lines: “Woman want money, any money it ain’t funny, put you finger in she honey” and more, it is a misuse of our culture when you have to promote a song or poetry degrading women in this suggested way, this song is no better/different from the one sung by the Mighty Sparrow who sang “every now and then you cuff them down they love you long and they love you strong”.

Self image

Political arrangements in Guyana are complicated, and have been made even more complicated by the new provisions for local government elections which contain elements of both a constituency and a proportional representation system.