Daily Archive: Monday, July 25, 2011

Articles published on Monday, July 25, 2011

Narine Harrichand

Miner dies in Mahdia collision

One man is dead and another critically injured following a collision between an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and a motorcar at the small community of Princeville, located close to Mahdia in Region 8 on Saturday evening.

Residents of Kwakwani, Region 10 gathered for the contract signing  (GINA photo)

$83M contract inked for Kwakwani water supply

An $83M contract was signed on Friday by Chief Executive Officer, Guyana Water Incorporated, Nigel Niles and contractor, ASH Civil Engineering Works, Alvin Hanover, in Region Ten for the rehabilitation of the Kwakwani water treatment plant, according to a  Government Information Agency (GINA) press release.

Some of the participants at the conclusion of the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association camp which ended on Friday.

GLTA/P&P camp concludes successfully

The Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA)P&P Brokers Limited annual tennis camp concluded Friday at the Pegasus Hotel courts with the presentation of certificates to 76 children aged 6 to 18 years who participated in the two-week programme at the Pegasus Hotel tennis courts.

Lewis  Hamilton

Hamilton wins in style in Germany

NUERBURGRING, Germany, (Reuters) – McLaren’s Lewis  Hamilton produced a monumental drive to take his second win of  the season in the German Formula One Grand Prix after an  enthralling battle with Ferrari’s second-placed Fernando Alonso  and Mark Webber yesterday.

APNU calls for road safety inquiry

With road fatalities for the year recorded at 68 by the end of last week, the opposition coalition APNU has called for an independent Commission of Inquiry to investigate the causes of the carnage and to make proposals for safer roads.

Tagenarine Chanderpaul

DCC are the Under-15 champions

The Demerara Cricket Club clinched the Brainstreet- sponsored Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Under-15 Cup final, with a convincing six-wicket victory over Malteenoes sports Club at the Gandhi Youth Organization (GYO), yesterday.

Anders Behring Breivik

Norway massacre exposes incendiary immigration issue

OSLO, (Reuters) – Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik  said he killed 93 people to spark a “revolution” against the  multiculturalism he believed was sapping Europe’s heritage, and  experts say a frank debate about immigration may be the best way  to prevent similar explosions of violence.

ARC Issue 3 cover

Art, Recognition, Culture: Celebrating ARC Magazine, a new quarterly publication on Caribbean art and culture

By Holly Bynoe and Nadia Huggins Two Vincentians – Holly Bynoe, a visual artist and Nadia Huggins, a digital photographer – have conceptualized and are preparing to release the third quarterly issue of ARC Magazine, a publication that focuses on a collection of works by contemporary visual and literary artists practicing in the Caribbean and its Diaspora.

Hotel maid in Strauss-Kahn case speaks out

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The New York hotel maid who  accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempting  to rape her said in an interview published on Newsweek’s  website yesterday that he appeared as a “crazy man” and  attacked her when she entered his room.

China sacks 3 senior officials after train crash

WENZHOU, China, (Reuters) –     China sacked three  senior railway officials yesterday after a collision between two  high-speed trains killed at least 35 people and raised new  questions about the safety of the fast-growing rail network.

Mohammed Bin Hammam

Bin Hammam ban sets up battle for AFC presidency

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Mohammed Bin Hammam’s  lifetime ban from soccer is likely to transform Friday’s  scheduled Asian Football Confederation (AFC) executive committee  meeting into a platform for prospective candidates to campaign  for votes to fill his presidential role.

A broadcasting bill and a hammer

Given that this administration has only a few more months to run, the haste with which important and challenging legislation is being brought to the House suggests that President Jagdeo wants to go down in history as the leader who presided over the passage of Access to Information and Broadcasting reform bills.