Daily Archive: Sunday, April 24, 2011

(Jamaica Gleaner) Investigators from the Kingston Central Police Division have listed Kwame Cunningham also known as ‘Jet Li’ and Courtney Bethune also known as ‘Zugu’ as wanted for several shootings and extortion in the Division.

Unseated: After “conquering” a wild horse this cowboy

Reaching for air: A cowboy conquers a bucking bronco at the

PPP Presidential Candidate Donald Ramotar (centre, with cap) walks in front of

Bronco round-up: These trotting horses did not seem very fazed by

Moo-ve it! The cow jumped high but

And this round goes to the cow. A wild cow unseats

HYDERABAD, India,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga took three for nine against Deccan Chargers to help Mumbai Indians consolidate their position at the top of the Indian Premier League today with their fifth win.

The bulls entering the arena at the

(Trinidad Guardian) Inexperience and rash decisions are to be blamed for challenges facing the coalition People’s Partnership (PP). This

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — Iamgold reports a head start in 2011 regarding its gold production of 8 mines on 3 continents.

(Barbados Nation) Low-cost carrier REDjet is yet to receive official clearance from the Trinidad and Tobago government, but its presence in the market has already triggered a price war and concerns that its model is unsustainable.

A presidential guard was yesterday shot after he apparently stopped to assist a victim of an armed robbery; a man has been arrested in connection with the incident.

This week I shall consider the remainder of the downside risks facing the economy over the short-to-medium term.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Indian spiritual guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba, revered by millions of followers as a living god, died today in a hospital in southern India.

Ten-year-old Stephan Walcott is back home more than three days after he went missing from his Sophia residence and he has told his family that the fear of being spanked for his missing bicycle kept him away.

Introduction As the season for general meetings moves into high gear, members, or as some companies call them shareholders, have been showing some interest in these meetings, although not always for what might be considered the right reasons.

The Guyana Press Associa-tion (GPA) is considering hosting a presidential debate ahead of the general elections this year but the idea is “now being explored,” President Gordon Moseley has said.

GROS ISLET, St. Lucia, (Reuters) – Misbah-ul-Haq  struck an unbeaten 73 to lead Pakistan to a crushing  eight-wicket victory over a new-look West Indies side in the  opening one-day international yesterday.

A Guyanese is among this year’s winners of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for photographic work she did in Haiti following the catastrophic earthquake there last year.

It’s called Timehri now, but in the 1950s, when I worked there for three years, our international airport was called Atkinson Field.

Traffic along the Lethem trail halted on Good Friday afternoon after parts of a bridge located a few miles south of Karasabai collapsed under the weight of a truck.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Outspoken West Indies batsman Chris Gayle says his recent World Cup campaign was dogged by a controversial incident over his tour contract, in the lead-up to the tournament.

Guyanese Poeran Maikel Gopi, 32, and his associate Ricky Sardjoe, 33, are on the top 10 list of the Police Corps of Suriname as the most wanted and dangerous criminals,

Sunburst Camptown produced a stirring performance against Fruta Conquerors in the final of the Mayor’s Cup Knockout Tournament which earned them the title Thursday night at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground.

Every nation in the world obsessively continues to measure success by the state of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

The Queens District Attorney’s Office has busted a dozen smugglers who imported more than 4,000 cartons of untaxed cigarettes into New York from Guyana among other places the New York Post reported yesterday.

For a welcome change, there was plenty to cheer despairing West Indian cricket devotees on three different continents on Thursday.

For much of the last week the world’s media have focussed on the outcome of Cuba’s Sixth Communist Party Congress which took place in Havana from April 16 to 19.

Number 68 Village, located about 41 miles from New Amsterdam has a population of almost 1,100 and is one of the most popular rice growing areas on the Corentyne.

The African Cultural & Develop-ment Association (ACDA) is calling on political parties to contest the upcoming national elections under a shared governance system.

All the grime and filth simmering below  has now burst through to the surface as  the shambolic handling of Regional cricket by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), has once again been exposed big time.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Five women, all apparently connected to a beauty parlour, were found brutally murdered in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco yesterday morning, state police said.

Siblings

Dear Editor, I confess to an inability to discern whether Mr.

Easter is one of the most important religious festivals for Christians and the second in magnitude of the two very prominent ones with extensive public appeal (the first of these is Christmas).

MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – Rebels in Misrata claimed victory as Libyan government troops retreated from front lines, in what appeared to be a significant setback for Muammar Gaddafi’s forces hastened by NATO air strikes.

In a notice in Friday’s edition of this newspaper, Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) announced that it is in the process of finalizing its debt restructuring proposal  which will be submitted within the next three weeks before being considered by lenders.

Star Boys Ralph Alexander and Jermaine Mc Bean recorded two of the tournament’s fastest goals on the fifth night of action in the inaugural Linden Guinness Greatest of the Streets Futsal competition at the Silver City Hard court on Wednesday night.

(Continued from last week) But a contrary position is offered by decentralization advocates who posit that if people lack capacity it is because they have not been given the opportunity since the system does not encourage nor afford nor facilitate the development of that capacity. 

Dear Editor, Allow me to use your column to alert GPL and the public of the low-hanging electrical wires directly outside my office in Quamina St, the third building from the corner of Main St.

For its 16th anniversary, Tele-gathering returned to Guyana and hosts Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) opened the weekend of events with a 16th birthday bash at the Princess Hotel.

Vacqueros of the South Rupununi

Centuries from Richard Persaud  and Lalta Gainda enabled Floodlights to defeat Yusuf XI by 90 runs when the Stag and El Dorado Softball competition continued at various venues alst weekend.

ROME (Reuters) – Pope Benedict led the world’s Catholics into Easter yesterday, ahead of the beatification of his venerated predecessor John Paul II on May 1.

Locust (Hymenaea courbaril) or ‘Stinking Toe’, grows on both clay and sandy soils and can be found along rivers in mixed Mora forests and marsh forests.

Marla Henry

SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s ruling party said yesterday it had accepted a political plan for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down within weeks, and the opposition also welcomed the main elements of the Gulf Arab initiative.

The five-day Guyana Musical Arts Festival (GMAF) kicks off on Tuesday night at the National Cultural Centre.

Dear Editor, Having read the latest of Cheddi Jagan Jnr.’s  increasingly frequent contributions to your letter columns (published Wed 20th April), I was reminded of Ronald Regan’s simple rebuttal to a lengthy criticism from Walter Mondale back in 1984.

The Guyana team participating in the 16th annual Cadet and Junior Caribbean Table Tennis Championships in San German, Puerto Rico have so far secured two bronze medals in the team events.

In Guyana, or at least in Georgetown, I don’t suppose that many gardeners feel any urgent need to have a water feature in the garden, because for a disproportionate amount of time you have an excess of it! 

– concert moved to stadium The DJ promos for an Easter Monday concert, featuring Jamaican artistes Cham, Popcaan, and Javinchi, have raised concerns over the promised distribution of ‘cake soap,’ which has been touted as a skin bleacher.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Air traffic controllers mistakenly told the pilot of a plane carrying US first lady Michelle Obama this week he was further away from a nearby military cargo jet than he actually was, according to a report issued on Friday.

The Guyana Football Federation will stage matches in the Under-15 Inter Association and Super League competitions today.

Dear Editor, With regards to your news item, as carried by the New York Times, on the difficulties Guyanese (Indo-Caribbean) Hindus face and the problems they present in worshipping at the Rockaway Bay area (Guyanese Hindu Rituals Lead to Clash …SN Apr 22), this has been an ongoing problem for over two decades with Hindu leaders not actively pursuing a practical solution or educating worshippers about environmental concerns. 

Joyous moment

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt yesterday ordered former energy minister Sameh Fahmy and six other officials to stand trial on charges related to a natural gas deal with Israel, the public prosecutor said.

Dear Editor, I am a widow and I am trying to contact Mr David Fennell, former President of Golden Star Resources Ltd, High Street, Georgetown (closed down) and now executive chairman of the Manganese Company, Matthews Ridge, Region 1, to ask him why the company failed to pay my National Insurance Scheme contributions, even though NIS was deducted from my salary from January, 1991 to April, 1995 as a security guard.

East Coast Demerara police are looking for a lone gunman who after assaulting a Dazzel Housing Scheme man with his gun on Friday night and escaped with jewellery, phone cards and several cellular phones.

In our editorial of Monday, March 14, we had drawn attention to the fact that the Education Television Broadcasting Service was being set up in breach of the understanding reached during the dialogue between President Jagdeo and the late Mr Hoyte, and the continuation of that dialogue with the latter’s successor, Mr Robert Corbin.

Worshippers

Striker Richard “Shaka” Roy scored a goal on either side of the half as Digicel T&T Pro League champions, Defence Force strolled to a comfortable 3-0 win over Guyana’s Milerock to secure a semifinal spot in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championship  at the Larry Gomes Stadium, Malabar on Friday night.

Annually, on the last Saturday of April, the World Veterinary Day is celebrated.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed in southern Brazil by landslides and other accidents caused by heavy rains, emergency workers said yesterday.

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