Daily Archive: Monday, April 19, 2010

Articles published on Monday, April 19, 2010

Raphael Trotman

The money-laundering law should be tested against bigger players

-Trotman In the light of the first ever conviction for money laundering leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) Raphael Trotman is calling for the law to be tested against some of the bigger players in the drug world and said he hoped the administration would be putting pressure on the US justice system to offer up information that could result in the seizure of assets locally.

Injury contributes to New Amsterdam’s third loss

New Amsterdam’s basketball team were in the hunt for their first victory in the opening game of the Mackeson National Super Wards Basketball Championships Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, but an injury to leading scorer, Shem Scotland, who suffered a broken finger in the first quarter thwarted their efforts and they were defeated by North Ruimveldt 78-59.

Blue Power! From left are Norville Adrian, Richard James and Kurt Murphy of Peacemakers after their team’s triumph.

Linden creates history again

First ever 20/20 soccer launched in mining town The inaugural 20/20 Football tournament was kicked off by Parliamentary Secretary attached to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Steve Ninvalle on Saturday evening at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground in Linden.

A sign of the times

When details of the Indian Premier League (IPL) were first announced, Julian Hunte expressed his concern about its potential impact on West Indies cricket.

Is Lara’s return another ego trip?

Cricket and boxing are two vastly different sport disciplines, but Brian Lara’s reported plans to return to competition exposes one common trait – star performers regardless of age or ability cannot stay away from the action.

Nadal makes it six in a row in Monte Carlo

MONTE CARLO, (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal won his first title in 11 months yesterday when he pummelled fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-0 6-1 to win the Monte Carlo Masters and send an intimidating message of intent before May’s French Open.

What the people say about…

Linden’s 40th anniversary Interviews By Cathy Richards Overseas-based Guyanese spoke with us about Linden at 40 and their expectations for the town week celebrations that coincide with the 40th anniversary.

Dhoni blasts Chennai to semi-finals

Chennai Super Kings 195 for 4 (Dhoni 54*, Badrinath 53, Raina 46) beat Kings XI Punjab 192 for 3 (Marsh 88*, Irfan 44*) by six wickets (Cricinfo) A pumped-up MS Dhoni showed why he’s one of the great finishers in the game, blasting 25 runs in the final two overs to ensure Chennai Super Kings would contest an IPL semi-final for the third season in a row.

For whom the bell tolls

Dave Ramsaran is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology at Susquehanna University By Dave Ramsaran For the second time in his political career, Patrick Manning, political leader of the People’s National Movement (PNM) of Trinidad and Tobago, has called an early election while serving as Prime Minister. 

The mighty Essequibo

The Essequibo River is probably my favorite place on earth. A couple places come close – the Canadian Rockies between Edmonton and Calgary; the North Rupununi; southern Utah – but I think the Essequibo beats them.

Falling over the Amaila?

If it does yield 154 mw of relatively clean and environmental friendly energy, the Amaila Falls hydro project would indeed provide a platform to catapult the economy by taking care of repressed and developing power demand while at the same time drastically reducing dependence on fossil fuels.