Daily Archive: Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Articles published on Wednesday, April 13, 2011

JOPP IN BOP

With a date for elections still yet to be announced, JOPP (the Joint Opposition Political Parties) may have already landed itself in political BOP.

Barry Bonds convicted of obstructing justice

SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – A U.S. jury convicted  Barry Bonds today of one count of obstructing justice  but deadlocked on three other charges of whether baseball’s  home run king lied to a grand jury investigating the use of  steroids in sports.

Western, Arab nations say Gaddafi must go

DOHA/TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – A group of Western powers  and Middle Eastern states called for the first time today  for Muammar Gaddafi to step aside, but NATO countries squabbled  publicly over stepping up air strikes to help topple him.

No big export of logs by Vaitarna -Persaud

Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud yesterday defended the transparency of the deal with an Indian company granted 1.82 million acres of forest here and said attempts to label it another “Barama deal” were ”ludicrous” and there would be no large scale export of logs.

Shawn Pereira

Pereira leads Rose Hall into semi-finals

A brilliant 115 not out from national Under-15 captain and all rounder Shawn Pereira led his team, Rose Hall Town Farfan & Mendes, to a crushing 138 runs victory over Police in the quarterfinals of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/Tenelec Inc.

Rose Hall, Albion through to final

Defending champions of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/Spready’s Bakery Under-19 Inter-club 50-overs competition, Rose Hall Town Pepsi and Albion have advanced to the final after getting past their opponents in the semi-finals last Saturday.

Keiron Pollard of the Mumbai Indians  is glad to see the back of Virat Kohli.

Royal win!

BANGALORE, India, (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar once  again carried his bat through in the Indian Premier League (IPL) yesterday as the Mumbai Indians romped to their second win in a  row while Rajasthan Royals also kept up their winning run.

China, Brazil summit brings trade but no yuan talk

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma  Rousseff avoided the thorny issue of China’s currency in a  summit with her Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao yesterday, but  she came away with wider market access and investment pledges  that may ease friction between the two emerging market giants.

Bartica Football Association is active

Dear Editor, The Bartica Football Association would like to respond to various erroneous statements, that have been printed by sport reporters and in the letter columns of the daily newspapers, accusing the Bartica Football Association of being inactive and not carrying out its mandate as it relates to organizing football competitions at all levels; inefficient financial management; and the non-holding of mandatory meetings.

Facing the community

At a face-the-community meeting at Belladrum, West Berbice last week Monday, residents called on police to put a stop to young men in the area who would interfere with female students.