Daily Archive: Thursday, May 6, 2010

Articles published on Thursday, May 6, 2010

Joe Whipple

Rugby Seven’s Club League kicks off Saturday

-as GRFU fine tune preparations for hosting of CAC Games By Floyd Christie As part of the preparations for the upcoming Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Games to be held at the National Stadium on July 24 and 25, the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Rugby Seven’s Club League is scheduled to begin on Saturday at the National Park.

American union condemns govt action in bauxite workers saga

– vows move to ILO if matters not resolved An American union has condemned the Guyana government’s actions in relation to the ongoing bauxite union saga and says it will consider initiating or supporting proceedings at the ILO against the government as well as urge the United States to take punitive actions against the government if the matters are not resolved.

Ruthless South Africans outclass Afghans

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Morne Morkel ended with career-best figures, as South Africa ruthlessly formalised a place in the Super Eights with a crushing 59-run victory over lightweights Afghanistan in the Twenty20 World Cup yesterday.

Ministry trains 11 to man crisis hotline

– as it advances mental health response Eleven persons concluded a crisis hotline training programme on Tuesday, which is part of a comprehensive programme to reduce the number of suicide attempts and deaths in addition to the development of an advance service system.

Reuters World News Highlights

VENICE – Workers toiled above and below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico yesterday to plug a gushing oil leak and protect the US shoreline in one of the biggest spill containment efforts ever mounted.

Quality of life

On its Facebook page this week, the World Bank announced the publication of a new book which explores a new method of monitoring the quality of urban life.