Daily Archive: Sunday, July 3, 2011

Articles published on Sunday, July 3, 2011

Kamla: I’m settling Clico at home first

(Trinidad Guardian) Government must first examine what will happen “at home” in T&T regarding the Clico matter before it can consider outside, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has said, noting regional concerns about the Clico issue.

Jamaican student shot dead by angry motorist

(Jamaica Gleaner) Western Bureau: Doctors at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) worked hard to save 17-year-old Khajeel Mais’ life last Friday night, and when nothing seemed to be working, one of the medics held the Kingston College sixth-form student and prayed.

GuySuCo’s performance indicators I

Introduction In last week’s column on the sugar industry I had ended with the presentation of a table on GuySuCo’s expenditure on two key items, namely, “employment costs” and “materials and services” for the years, 1990, 1995 and the decade of the 2000s.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul defends during his partnership with Darren Bravo.

Party Pooper!

BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – The second Test between West Indies and India ended in a draw yesterday after the fickle weather that had interrupted the match for days finally halted play.

Marlon Samuels

Battling to re-ignite old flames

While Chris Gayle, not without reason, tries to understand why he still remains basically debarred from selection, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Marlon Samuels, two other batsmen of similar vintage who have confronted different troubles of their own, have been battling to re-establish themselves in the Test team.

Go breadfruit

Joe Brown, the original bass player of the Caribbean Tradewinds band, would not eat breadfruit because it was “slave food.” 

Wynn tricks Guyana at Tacarigua 

Belgium-based Blair Wynn scored a hat-trick as a youthful T&T senior women’s hockey squad thrashed Guyana 7-0 in the first of a three-match series at the National Hockey Centre, Tacarigua on Friday night.

Winston Williams, the Head master of the village primary school

Tumatumari

The setting sun, chirping insects and rough water as it flowed over the rocks all fused to contribute to the picturesque setting that greeted us as we arrived at Tumatumari – a small village tucked away in the Potaro River in Region 8.

A supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez holds a portrait of him as she attends a Mass to pray for the health and recovery of Chavez in Caracas last week. (REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins)

Chavez foes say his absence a security risk

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition said yesterday President Hugo Chavez’s prolonged convalescence from cancer in Cuba put the country’s security and sovereignty at risk and it stepped up calls for him to delegate his powers.

Novak Djokovic

Djokovic ready to cement rivalry with Rafa

LONDON, (Reuters) – Often overshadowed by his classic duels with Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal’s rivalry with Novak Djokovic has been brewing slowly and it will come to the boil today when the world’s two best players contest the 125th Wimbledon men’s final.

Chavez cancer rattles Venezuela politics

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s revelation he is being treated for cancer has cast doubt on the left-wing populist’s capacity to sustain his self-styled revolution and raised the possibility of a power struggle among his allies.

President Chávez’s illness

While for once politics on the home front could hardly be described as lacking in diversion, our small-scale drama pales into insignificance in comparison to the one being played out to our west.

Tinsmith

The career of tinsmith David Moses, 55, began in his father’s tin workshop, where he began as a youngster cleaning the debris from the previous day’s work.

Photograph

The photograph of Derek Walcott carried in the Sunday Arts column captioned ‘Europe and the Caribbean’ of July 4, 2010, was taken by Photographer Matt Valentine,