Daily Archive: Monday, June 28, 2010

Articles published on Monday, June 28, 2010

The dog at the centre of yesterday’s drama

Cop dies in Pearl crash

-several injured One person is dead and several others injured after two vehicles heading south along the Pearl Public Road on the East Bank of Demerara collided with each other and speeding was said to be a key factor.

Germany, Argentina storm to last eight

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Germany thrashed England  and Argentina subdued a tough Mexico side yesterday to storm  into the World Cup quarter-finals in matches both marred by  controversial refereeing decisions.

Vettel charges to European GP victory

VALENCIA, Spain,  (Reuters) – Red Bull’s Sebastian  Vettel won the European Grand Prix yesterday while McLaren’s  Lewis Hamilton doubled his championship lead by finishing  runner-up for the third year in a row.

Prince, de Villiers push S/Africa ahead

Bridgetown, Barbados – After an absorbing day of Test cricket, unfortunately witnessed by a small gathering of spectators, the South Africans held the advantage with a first innings lead of 59, having reached 285 for 6 by the end of day two of the final Digicel Test at the Kensington Oval.

World Bank office incurs Finance Minister’s wrath

The World Bank Guyana office should reconsider its priorities, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh says, accusing the Bank’s staff of having “one of the largest appetites for publicity and self-promotion” and seeking to increase their “creature comforts” by relocating to “a grand former colonial residence opposite one of the city’s most fashionable cafés”.

Empirical data does not support the growth contention by Economist Intelligence Unit

Dear Editor, The Stabroek Business editorial on Friday, June 25, 2010 entitled ‘Serious charges: The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Country Report on Guyana’ and it front page story which reported the EIU as saying that the official 2009 growth figures were overstated are not only highly questionable but also bring into disrepute the dissemination of data by the international multilateral agency.

In The Diaspora:Standing up and speaking out

Alissa Trotz is editor of the In the Diaspora Column. David Hinds teaches at Arizona State University By Alissa Trotz and David Hinds It is now exactly three weeks since Kelvin Fraser, an unarmed 16 year old fourth form student at Patentia Secondary School, was fatally shot by a policeman.

‘Failure was not an option’

-Soldiers recall intense firefight against Tivoli gunmen (Jamaica Observer) The intensity of the gunfire that greeted Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers when they launched their May 24 operation in Tivoli Gardens left many Jamaicans wide-eyed and O-mouthed.

Bourda

Everywhere we live, mankind develops mechanisms to cope with what my friend Vic Insanally calls “worries”, and as Vic along with most folks will tell you, “Guyana got plenty worries, buddy.”