Daily Archive: Saturday, January 8, 2011

Articles published on Saturday, January 8, 2011

Pakistan graft to strong position against NZ

HAMILTON, New Zealand, (Reuters) – Captain   Misbah-ul-haq and Asad Sahfiq ground out an unbroken 128-run   partnership to resurrect Pakistan’s first innings and guide   them to 235 for four at the close of play of the second day of   the first test against New Zealand today.

Swashbuckling England join cricket top table

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Any pretensions Australia had   to still being at the top table in test cricket have been   shattered by their ashes humiliation with India, South Africa   and their conquerors England likely to battle it for the right   to call themselves the world’s best side.

Some of the Vendors with President Bharrat Jagdeo at the Office of the President

Jagdeo grants vendors reprieve

-after ministers order for removal Intervention by President Bharrat Jagdeo will see the resumption of vending at the Stabroek Market square, two days after vendors were told by government ministers that they could no longer sell in the area following the detonation of a grenade.

 Clem David

Clem David dies

Veteran journalist and television personality, Clem David, 63, died on Thursday night at his Eccles, East Bank Demerara home following a prolonged heart condition.

Nicolette Fernandes

Ross, Pompey tipped for sports awards

With a large haul of medals and several new initiatives implemented by stakeholders in the sport fraternity, nominees are eagerly awaiting the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport awards ceremony where 23 honours including three new medals will be given out.

Joe Whipple

Whipple resigns!

Former Technical Director (TD) of the national Sevens rugby team, Joe Whipple has resigned, according to president of the Guyana Rugby Football Union, Kit Nascimento.

Peter Abdool

GBBC to up the ante for Friday Night Fights

President of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) Peter Abdool, in retrospect, believes that the monthly Friday Night Fights were a success but he said this year the board will be upping the ante to improve the career of its boxers.

A case of foot and mouth?

Dear Editor, Informed sources wish to express appreciation of SN’s very instructive editorial of January 3, 2011 commenting on appointments to the reportedly established Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA).

Neal and Massy racks up losses on Shell investment

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Trinidadian conglomerate Neal & Massy Holdings says that it has written off its investment in Joey Issa’s Cool Petroleum Ltd and that Cool is a looking for a new equity partner to pump cash into the business that has failed to return a profit over the past two years.

Misreading the classics

The most famous Dead White Male author since Shakespeare has been in the headlines ever since Oprah Winfrey, host of what is arguably the world’s most influential book club, announced plans for “a date with Dickens” over the Christmas season.

Fancy schmancy

I woke up two days ago to find that the Christmas pepperpot was on “its last”, as my sister would say, and realized that the season just came and went.