Daily Archive: Saturday, July 31, 2010

Articles published on Saturday, July 31, 2010

Robert Corbin

AFC rejection short-sighted -Corbin

PNCR leader Robert Corbin yesterday described that the AFC’s decision to rule out any alliance between the two parties as “short sighted,” while saying there is still room for it to identify with the desires of the people.

Clerk of Markets Schulder Griffith, a city worker, Councillor Hector Stoute and Public Relations Officer Royston King listen to a presentation at Council meeting to discuss cutting staff numbers. In the background are other council workers.

City unable to identify staff cuts

-despite gov’t ultimatum The Mayor and City Council is considering cutting back on staff as it grapples with its finance and garbage collection crisis but heads of departments yesterday painted a grim picture of being understaffed and were unable to identify possible cuts.

GAME WINNER! Guyana’s Kevin Mckenzie (with ball) scores the winning try in the final of the NACRA Championships yesterday at the National Stadium, Providence.

NACRA Champs!

-Guyana’s men’s rugby team crowned itself in glory when they added the NACRA championships to their CAC gold medal yesterday By Floyd Christie Pipped in extra time.

A lot of hot air!

Dear Woman-who-thinks-like-a-man, Can you believe how ridiculous some women are? Last Christmas when my girlfriend expelled flatulence during my family dinner I didn’t get mad and I still kissed her that night.

Guyana tame T’dad to reach Twenty20 final

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Royston Crandon snared three wickets in the final over as Guyana withstood a late onslaught from Dwayne Bravo to reach the Grand Final of the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship with a stunning four-run victory over hosts Trinidad & Tobago yesterday.

Minster of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy makes a point while briefing reporters about efforts to reduce the suicide rate while Canadian consultant on suicide prevention Jack Hicks looks on.

New study launched to lower suicide rate

Minster of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy said a multi-sectoral response is needed to curb suicide as he launched a new follow back study that is intended to offer researchers a “post-mortem of a person’s life” as the ministry ups efforts to curb the phenomenon.

From left, Kerwin Benjamin, Captain Mark Walter and Pernel Schultz pose behind members of the head table. Seated are from left: Technical Director, Colin France, Head Coach, Sampson Gilbert, GFF General Secretary Noel Adonis, Manager of the team Carlos Bernard, and Assistant Coach Herbert Mc Pherson.

CFU World Cup qualifiers

U-17 footballers will have to improve conditioning –  Coach Coach of the under-17 footballers Sampson Gilbert believes that his charges will have to improve their physical fitness and conditioning but said there was enough time to do so before the second round of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) World Cup qualifiers.

Musa Njoko

Musa Njoko’s inspiring Caribbean visit

Guyana and Barbados recently benefited from visits of a woman of substance in the name of Musa Njoko, a South African Zulu gospel singer who gave inspirational testimonies through songs and inspired many with her life story of living with HIV for 16 years but has not given up on life and is closer to God.

Anderson and Finn rip through Pakistan in test

NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – England birthday  boy James Anderson and rookie pace bowler Steven Finn ripped  through Pakistan’s batting to reduce them to 90 for six at tea  on the second day of the first test at Trent Bridge yesterday.

Shake-up at UWI

(Jamaica Gleaner) Struggling to adjust to a J$1-billion cut in its subvention from the Jamaican Govern-ment, the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, is to introduce several belt-tightening measures in a bid to survive.

Everyone should focus on whether PNCR genuinely committed to making a clean political comeback via the alliance route

Dear Editor, Now that the main parliamentary opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has finally decided to identify with three groups – the WPA, GAP and NFA – to form a broad partnership that will contest the 2011 elections, (`Joint opposition to pursue broad partnership,’ SN, July 29), it should help shift the public’s focus to the PNCR alliance’s views/positions on issues that are germane to the public’s interests and away from the unproductive discussions of whether the AFC should align itself with the PNCR as part of the broad-based alliance.