Articles published on Sunday, January 16, 2011
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Exiled former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier returned unexpectedly to his Caribbean homeland today for the first time since he was forced out by a popular uprising and U.S.
(Trinidad Express) The value of the Trinidad and Tobago dollar against foreign currencies has slipped to its lowest level since it was floated in 1993.
(Barbados Nation) Friday morning, and Sawh Bar & Grocery at Eagle Hall is bustling with activity.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – China’s President Hu Jintao called the international currency system, which is dominated by the U.S.
(Barbados Nation) Prime Ministers Stephenson King of St Lucia and Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines have chided Opposition Leader Owen Arthur for attacks on Mara Thompson’s candidature in the January 20 St John by-election.
The dimpled star of yesteryear Shashi Kapoor is battling for life at Kokilaben Ambani Hospital at Andheri in Mumbai, according to One News India.
A jury in Connecticut, US on Friday found a 28-year-old Guyanese man guilty of murdering another Guyanese after only a few hours of deliberations, according to the online publication Republican American.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India’s Sachin Tendulkar has been ruled out of the last three one-day internationals against South Africa due to a hamstring injury, the Indian cricket board said today.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Shane Watson blazed a magnificent 161 not out, and clubbed a six to win the game, as Australia scored 297 for four to beat England by six wickets in their first one-day international today.
Republic Bank opened its new $560M branch at Diamond, East Bank Demerara yesterday and was challenged by President Bharrat Jagdeo to become the conduit to help in selling Guyana’s vision abroad and bring in capital for projects that could transform Guyana.
A young pregnant woman lost her life on Friday evening after the car she was travelling in collided with a tree when it swerved to avoid hitting an animal on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway.
PPP executive Moses Nagamootoo says that any legal challenge in an election year with respect to whether overseas voting is permissible must be treated as “suspect,” and as a tactic designed to postpone general elections.
The five nominees vying to be the PNCR’s presidential candidate on Friday listed education, transparency in government policies and an inclusive approach to development among their solutions to bridge the country’s racial divide.
Former foreign minister of Guyana Rashleigh Jackson says this government’s formal recognition of Palestine’s sovereignty is “a welcomed development”, which he hopes will add momentum to the Israel/Palestine negotiation talks.
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company in collaboration with the Guyana Softball League and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport launched the 2011 edition of the 10/10 Softball Cricket Competition last evening at the International Conference Centre.
By Marlon Munroe Former Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) General Secretary Bishwa Panday believes that the current campaign for the top post of the GCB at the upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM) should focus on issues and not mudslinging.
VADODARA, India, CMC – West Indies snatched a surprise 2-1 lead in their five-match One-Day International series against India when they beat the World’s third-ranked side by three wickets here yesterday.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – India levelled the one-day series at 1-1 after paceman Munaf Patel clinched a thrilling one-run win over South Africa in the second match at the Wanderers yesterday.
Theodore Henry, Coach of the national rugby squad preparing for the International Rugby Board (iRB) Sevens World Series tournament in Las Vegas, United States of America next month, is upbeat about the team’s chances following trials at the National Stadium at Providence yesterday.
The newly selected head coach of the National Under-20 team Collie Hercules is confident that the side will give a good account of itself in Suriname as it trods the ‘rocky road’ to gain a spot in the final of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship.
WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Pakistan wicketkeeper Adnan Akmal took five catches as New Zealand’s top order failed to capitalise on sound starts and battled to 246 for six at the close of play on the first day of the second test at a windswept Basin Reserve yesterday.
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt defeated an ailing Gael Monfils 7-5 6-3 to win the invitational Kooyong Classic in Melbourne yesterday and took a timely shot of confidence into next week’s Australian Open.
Gittens Promotion in collaboration with Next Level Domino team opens the 2011 season with the hosting of a 12-team Domino Competition which starts today at the Guinness Bar, Durban Street.
(Trinidad Guardian) Government on Friday tabled legislation to remove obstacles to the death penalty and to allow for the creation of three categories of murder in T&T.
THERE were all the mixed emotions so typical of such West Indian occasions.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) have announced a major television distribution rights deal for the Digicel Series for the next two years.
The inaugural BK International Western Tigers Super Eight football tournament kicks off this evening with a double header at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground from 6pm where four Premier League teams will begin the battle for supremacy.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Leeward Islands limped out of the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship without so much as a whimper, crashing to a lame 46-run defeat to Hampshire here yesterday.
Dear Editor, In accordance with the Sea Defence Act it is illegal for the owners of the Celina Resort to be granted a lease and allowed to build the resort over an existing grouted boulder slope sea wall.
BEIJING (Reuters) – China should not worry about being too heavily invested in the dollar and US government debt, because its dependence is not unique in a world with few alternatives, a senior official at China’s sovereign fund said.
Dear Editor, We are writing this as parliamentarians prepare for budget day tomorrow.
Oops a Daisy!
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Former West Indies captain Richie Richardson has been appointed manager of the embattled regional side.
TUNIS (Reuters) – Gunmen fired at random from cars in Tunis yesterday and inmates staged a mass jailbreak while leaders tried to prevent Tunisia from descending into chaos after the president was swept from power.
Projections for the sugar industry as outlined in the turnaround plan had indicated a huge production year in 2011 with a target of 359,000 tonnes, but the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) will likely chase a less ambitious target given the ongoing problems.
CARACAS (Reuters) – Denying he was a dictator, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offered yesterday to give up much-criticized decree powers a year ahead of schedule if post-flood emergency measures were implemented quickly.
Dear Editor, I was interested to see Harry Hergash’s letter defending Dr Cheddi Jagan, Mr Bharrat Jagdeo, and the PPP’s record as a governing party over the course of its history (‘Jagdeo’s early experience as president shaped his thinking’ SN, January 6).
Ansa Mc Al, through its Stag Beer brand, and Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) have joined forces once again to co-sponsor the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association’s (GFSCA) nationwide floodlight softball competition.
The Plaisance market
Chief Justice Ian Chang on Friday ruled that the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) can go ahead with its annual general meeting and election of office bearers for the 2011/12 term.
Workers
Dear Editor, Once again the glaring fact seems to have been missed by all who got distracted by constitutional arguments.
The Vandals have been a bit unfortunate in history; they have lent their name to gratuitous and purposeless destruction.
Some 12 vendors who vend along Saffon Street will be placed in the La Penitence Market to allow for road works in the area but vendors are not happy with the short period of time they were given to relocate.
TERESOPOLIS, Brazil (Reuters) – Dozens of flood survivors desperate for news of missing relatives lined up outside a morgue in the town of Teresopolis yesterday as criticism grew of authorities’ response to one of Brazil’s worst natural disasters which has killed nearly 600 people.
Eight miles from Georgetown on the East Bank lies the village of Craig, a farming community which has evolved over the years from its original association with plantation lands.
2010 has turned out as a bumper year for some of Guyana’s leading businesses.
One of the most substantial planks in the structure of life is that of blind discovery – that sudden encounter with something so delightful that almost always the consequent thought is “Why didn’t I know about this before?”
Introduction Bouquets to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, for providing two public squash courts at Non Pareil Park, Thomas Lands, scheduled to open early this year.
Giant River Turtles (Podocnemis expansa) are found in the Guianas, Venezuela and the Amazon as well as in rivers,
Satrohan Sookdeo of Sookdeo’s Fishing and Boat Building began building boats at the age of 15.
Intermittently through the year, and especially during memorable times up the immense and soul-redeeming Essequibo, I like to read Shelley – as we all should do from time to time since he is pre-eminently the poet of hope.
From G7 to G20 The shift in the authority for superintending the international economy from the G7 club of rich nations to the G20 grouping, which includes the emerging economies of China, India, Brazil and Russia, was initiated by United States President Bush in 2008 when both the US and the global economy were engulfed in an economic recession, financial crisis and credit crunch, such as the world had not witnessed,
Trying to understand what is happening to the billions of dollars donated by private individuals and governments for post earthquake relief in Haiti is far from easy.
A great deal of emphasis nowadays is placed on the importance of healthy living: eating the right foods, drinking the right (unpolluted) liquids, taking in as much good clean air as possible at all times, and exercising until the muscles begin to creak.
Strychnine In the past, many of the rat poisons contained strychnine.
A recent debate over a political issue took place in the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament on January 12 that happens to raise some serious questions about our attitudes to our indigenous culture and culture in the Caribbean generally.
Worn-out evidence
In photo are the trophies which will be available to the junior and senior prize winners in the January 2011 Trophy Stall Chess Tournament.
