Daily Archive: Sunday, May 2, 2010

By Tamica Garnett There was no doubt that world-renowned stuntman Alexandre Sampaio was the main attraction at the Fast and Furious Regatta held at Splashmins Fun Park and Resort yesterday.

By Marlon Munroe West Indies Coach Ottis Gibson intends for his side to continue moving forward after it opened its campaign for the ICC World T20 title on a positive note on Friday at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.

By Marlon Munroe Darren Sammy continues to stake his claim for permanence in the West Indies team and from all indications he is ready for additional responsibilities especially after his match-winning performance against Ireland in the West Indies team’s first match of the ICC World T20 championships on Friday at the Providence National Stadium.

By Marlon Munroe Former British, Commonwealth and European middleweight boxing champion, Howard ‘The Battersea Bomber’ Eastman was further remanded to prison last Friday after the prosecutor requested more time to prepare a case.

– poorly maintained Bell 412 still not sold The authorities are in the process of acquiring another helicopter to complement the army’s fleet, but aviation sources are questioning the move since the craft being sourced is close to 10 years older than the Bell 412 helicopter which the authorities are still trying to sell, one year later.

Wisburg Secondary School defeated Christianburg Wismar Secondary School 1-0 in the final of the second annual Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond Memorial football tournament Friday evening at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground.

I am writing this column after reading about what has happened to Tony Judt.

-ousts top club in penalty shootout Unfancied Riddim Squad created a major upset by defeating Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United in their quarterfinal clash of the annual Mayor’s Cup Knockout Tournament Friday evening at the Georgetown Football Club ground to reach the semifinal round of the competition.

Last week started with defiance and ringing determination from a besieged section of the press; it closed with the faltering steps and whimpering solidarity of emasculated trade unions observing Labour Day. 

– crowd inattentive The President of the Federa-tion of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) in his May Day address at a rally held yesterday at the National Park called for reconciliation among trade unions since it was the workers who were suffering.

Three key observations Last week I started to assess what I termed the “mysteries and mystifications of global carbon-trading.”

-GTUC President The apparent lack of interest in the trade union movement among young people is reason for serious concern, GTUC President Gillian Burton said yesterday, noting that while the struggle continues focus must be shifted to modernizing and encouraging the participation of youths in the society.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Backyard barbecue gas tanks,  firecrackers and alarm clocks were among the ingredients used  to make a car bomb that authorities say would have killed many  people if it had exploded in New York’s busy Times Square.  

Recently crowned Caribbean Scrabble champion Fred Collins yesterday won the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) sponsored Labour Day Open tournament held at the Malteenoes Sports Club pavilion.

After two days of the World Twenty20, a few certainties have already been established.

(Reuters) – US officials yesterday conceded it is “inevitable” that oil from an uncontrolled leak in the Gulf of Mexico will hit the US coast, threatening an environmental and economic catastrophe.

Drug detection dogs in Guyana have been unable to detect illegal substances on persons or in suitcases at the airport mainly because police authorities refuse to provide the drugs for the dogs to sample, which according to experts is crucial to their performance.

Conclusion Introduction Today’s column is my conclusion of GuySuCo’s Strategic Blueprint prepared by a special taskforce appointed by the President following the disastrous performance of the state-owned entity in 2008, recording its lowest sugar production since 1992 and the highest financial losses ever.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – South Africa captain Graeme Smith says his recent finger injury was a “blessing in disguise” as it afforded him the time to plan along with the management team for the World Twenty20 Championship.

By D Prashant Pruthi, MD (Paediatrics) What is a febrile seizure?

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece hopes to secure a deal with  the European Union and the IMF for a multi-billion euro  financial bailout to be announced today, a day after  thousands protested in Athens against planned state cutbacks.

Kiven Roberts, of 15 Norton Street, Lodge, died last night at the Georgetown Public Hospital about 5 hours after he was struck down by a minibus.

Explanatory Memorandum (Continued) This is the continuation of the Explanatory Memo-randum in The Sexual Offences Bill in 2009. 

A 33-year-old man is now a patient at a private hospital after being shot on Friday evening in North Sophia.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Arab League nations yesterday  endorsed a resumption of negotiations on the Palestinian-Israeli  conflict, raising hopes that indirect talks brokered by the  United States could revive the stalled peace process.

OKLAHOMA CITY, (Reuters) – Pau Gasol’s last gasp  tip-in helped the Los Angeles Lakers eliminate the Oklahoma  City Thunder and set up a Western Conference semi-final against  the Utah Jazz, who battled past the Denver Nuggets on Friday.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Title-holders Pakistan were handed a slight scare before smothering Bangladesh by 21 runs and making a successful start to their defence of the World Twenty20 Championship yesterday.

World chess champion Viswanathan Anand struck back brilliantly against Bulgaria’s Veselin Topalov to take the lead in their world championship match, following an unsatisfactory performance in game one. 

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Angered by Arizona’s  crackdown on illegal immigrants, Hispanic protesters took to  the streets yesterday to de-nounce the new law and call on  President Barack Obama to act urgently on immigration reform at  May Day rallies across the United States.

TCL Guyana Inc (TGI) last Sunday donated 35 sacks of cement to a 75-year-old visually impaired farmer to be used in construction work at his residence.

Bauxite union representatives Leslie Gonsalves and Carlton Sinclair have moved to have a suit against them brought by the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Exciting middle-order batsman Eion Morgan said yesterday that England were raring to go in their first assignment of the World Twenty20 Championship against West Indies tomorrow.

Sir Ian Valz may not be recorded in history as one of Guy-ana’s major dramatists, and was not among the most influential, but he certainly has a place in the dictionary of Guyanese drama and theatre for many reasons. 

Dear Editor, A tyre performs the important function of ensuring that the power developed in the vehicle is transmitted to propelling it relative to the travelling surface.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Police evacuated New York’s  Times Square last night for what officers at the scene  called an “emergency investigation” and dozens of officers  blocked access to the busy central Manhattan square.

NEW YORK, United States, CMC – Powerhouses Jamaica fell one place but remained in control of the latest Caribbean Football Union (CFU) rankings released this week.

Continued We are still on the theme describing any condition that could affect digestion in the animal.

HAVANA (Reuters) – A sea of red-clad Cubans paraded  through Havana’s Revolution Square yesterday in a politically  charged May Day celebration that urged rejection of  international criticism of the island’s human rights policies  and harder work to bolster socialism.

Gaitree Dhanraj, the Enmore resident who along with her husband, was set on fire two Fridays ago by her son, succumbed to her injuries yesterday.

Dear Editor, Imagine my disappointment when I visited the airport last week to see a massive billboard of President Jagdeo with the words “Champion of the Earth.”

LA PAZ (Reuters) – Leftist Bolivian President Evo  Morales said yesterday he had nationalized four power  companies, including a subsidiary of France’s GDF Suez, in his  drive to tighten state control over the impoverished economy.

Dear Editor, With respect to Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir’s comments carried in the article, ‘Nadir defends handling of bauxite row’ (SN, May 1, 2010), the Minister reportedly said, “in exercising his responsibilities in the dispute, he has had to do so with regards to all workers, including those who applied for de-recognition of the union, those who are on the job and are not on strike, those who believe that they have been wrongly dismissed, and those who are in the leadership of the recognised union.” 

The PNCR says it is fully in support of the legal proceedings instituted against the government by WPA member Desmond Trotman, over the administration’s failure to pay over funds obtained from the Guyana Lottery Company into the Consolidated Fund.

GROS ISLET, Saint Lucia, CMC – An aggressive innings by debutant opener Murali Vijay and an incisive opening burst from left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra propelled India to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Afghanistan in their opening game of the World Twenty20 Championship here yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Air Jamaica, the little piece of Jamaica that flies, on Friday soared above the clouds for the last time under the management of the Jamaican government.

LONDON (Reuters) – Four new polls yesterday reinforced the Conservative party’s momentum just five days before Britain’s closely fought parliamentary election, which  increasingly looks set to end Labour’s 13-year rule.

Dear Editor, I wish to thank Mr Al Creighton (‘Arrange-ments are in progress for the Guyana Prize 2010’ SN, May 1) for responding to my letter of April 25.

Looking through the shelves at the supermarkets and pharmacies almost anywhere in the world you will see cosmetics and shampoos which are based on the aloe plant, a native of Africa. 

Our report on Thursday about the performance of students in Linden made for grim reading.

The results of last Tuesday’s elections in Suriname have provoked predictable reactions from interested parties.

LONDON (Reuters Life) – Just five minutes of exercise  a day in the great outdoors can improve mental health, according  to a study released on Saturday, and policymakers should  encourage more people to spend time in parks and gardens.

CLEVELAND, (Reuters) – Winning the NBA’s Most  Valuable Player trophy for the second year in a row had been a  humbling experience, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James said yesterday.

End of an era as Mickela, Subhas rejected by UNC (Trinidad Express) The final rites for the Panday name in respect of the United National Congress (UNC) were performed on Friday, as Mickela Panday and Subhas Panday, daughter and brother of UNC founding father Basdeo Panday, were both rejected by the party’s screening committee to contest the May 24 general election.