Daily Archive: Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Articles published on Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Desiree Patterson’s home at Laluni yesterday.

Flood alert

Persistent overnight rainfall on Sunday continued into yesterday, leaving the city and a number of villages along the East Coast Demerara under several inches of water.

At yesterday’s AAG press conference from left, Nathanie Giddings, Dennis Horatio, Doretta Wilson, Hezron Pedro, Cleveland Thomas and Wilbert Mingo.Seating: Sonja Abraham, Colin Boyce and Brandford Burke.

AAG says: ‘Well done’

By Treiston Joseph The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) yesterday congratulated the athletes who  represented Guyana at the North America, Central America and Caribbean (NACAC) cross country race in Trinidad last Saturday.

CCC log maiden victory over Leewards

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Combined Campuses & Colleges created a small piece of history, when they completed a 158-run victory over Leeward Islands in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.

Mitchell Johnson

Australian pace trio see off Zimbabwe

AHMEDABAD, India, (Reuters) – Champions Australia  softened up a resolute Zimbabwe with fiery pace and bounce to  kick start their campaign with a resounding 91-run victory yesterday, their 30th World Cup win on the trot.

Lendl Simmons

Simmons falls short of a hundred

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Lendl Simmons narrowly missed-out on a hundred, as Trinidad & Tobago earned a draw with England Lions in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.

Gattuso gets four-match ban for assault

BERNE, (Reuters) – AC Milan captain Gennaro Gattuso  has been given a four-match European ban for head-butting the  assistant coach of rivals Tottenham Hotspur at the end of last  week’s Champions League tie, UEFA said yesterday.

The evolving structure of global growth

By Michael Spence and Sandile Hlatshwayo NEW YORK – Since World War II’s end, the global economy’s trade and financial openness has increased, thanks to institutions like the International Monetary Fund and successive rounds of liberalization, starting with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1947.

Rikki Jai takes $2M Chutney Soca title

(Trinidad Guardian) – Rikki Jai (Samraj Jaimungal) became the first $2 million monarch of Carnival 2011 when he won the NLCB Chutney Soca Monarch competition at Skinner Park, San Fernando, on Saturday night, Jai’s victory, however, drew mixed reactions, with cheers and boos from the packed audience when he was announced as the winner.