Articles published on Monday, August 1, 2011
(LIAT) ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, August 01, 2011 – LIAT wishes to advise that the tropical weather system now affecting the Eastern Caribbean has resulted in the cancellation and diversion of certain flights.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The House of Representatives today approved a last-gasp deal to raise the U.S.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Emily formed near the Caribbean’s Lesser Antilles islands today, far from oil and gas-production facilities in the U.S.
Congratulations to Mrs. Ingrid Griffith, Director of Corporate Services, Guyana Revenue Authority and Housing Scheme, L.B.I.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Ian Bell’s controversial “non dismissal” during the second test between England and India subverted the laws of the game and had nothing to do with the Spirit of Cricket, former England captain Michael Atherton said today.
NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Tim Bresnan bowled England to a crushing 319-run victory over India in the second test today with a test best of five for 48 as the world number one side capitulated for 158 with a day to spare.
A boat on an excursion to Marshall Falls, Mazaruni River capsized after the propeller got entangled on a wire rope that was securing a dredge to shore leaving one man missing.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Six people have been killed and five others injured in two separate motor vehicle crashes in St.
PARAMARIBO – A “great campaign of our country” will be carried out as the “next large-scale activity that will also be a pillar of Our Suriname in Transformation.”
(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Soon Suriname and Guyana will sign a Customs protocol to prevent smuggling and large-scale fraud with import duties.
Trinidad’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she was told that the cockpit door had to be cut away to free Fareed Dean, the pilot of the plane which crash-landed here on Saturday morning, the Trinidad Guardian reported in today’s edition.
Caribbean Airlines Chairman, George Nicholas 111 has told the Trinidad Guardian that the airline has given each of the passengers in Saturday’s horrific crash-landing at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri US$500 ($10o,000).
(Trinidad Guardian) Despite Saturday’s incident involving Caribbean Airlines (CAL) flight BW 523 to Guyana, airline travellers scheduled to fly on the airline pressed on with their plans and maintained their bookings at the Piarco International Airport, yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) The passengers’ seats and other furnishings of CAL 523 were all intact despite last Saturday’s “crash” landing in Guyana, says T&T’s Direct of Civil Aviation Ramesh Lutchmedial.
(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Suriname will help Guyana with the investigation into the cause of Saturday’s crash of a Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737-800.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – China said today that Islamic militants had mounted an attack that left 11 people dead in the restive western region of Xinjiang, which announced a crackdown on “illegal” religious activities at the start of the Muslim fasting month.
As expected yesterday’s prestigious Group Four races were shared by the two main adversaries Andrew King and Mark Vieira who each won one race
As investigators arrive here to probe the Caribbean Airlines (CAL) crash-landing, Fareed Dean, the Trinidadian pilot has reportedly told relatives that poor visibility due to heavy rainfall resulted in the aircraft over-shooting the runway at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA).
Arti Cameron was last night crowned Miss Guyana World 2011 at the pageant held at the National Cultural Centre.
Guyana’s leg-spinner Davendra Bishoo will have his sternest test yet when he comes up against Chris Gayle in the Jam Zone Masters’ Cup T20 cricket tournament later this month at the Providence National Stadium.
Overnight and early morning rain washed out all hopes of play on the first day of the fourth round of the West Indies Cricket Board Under-19 three day competition at the various venues in Georgetown yesterday.
A 51-year-old pastor of Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice was fatally stabbed around 10:15 pm on Saturday.
A new, 40-bed private hospital was opened at Hampshire, Region Six on Saturday and it is expected to complement the services available at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.
The annual Banks DIH Sevens Rugby competition which was scheduled for yesterday in the National Park was postponed due to the heavy rainfall.
STANFORD, California, (Reuters) – Comeback queen Serena Williams won her first tournament in more than a year when she overpowered third seed Marion Bartoli of France 7-5 6-1 in the Stanford Classic final yesterday.
Yadram Shivwoudh, one of 157 passengers on the Caribbean Airlines flight BW 523 that skidded off the main runway at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri on Saturday morning, yesterday recalled how he and his family along with other passengers walked around in the darkness for a while before they were rescued by relatives.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis survived a few anxious moments in the final set to upset top-seeded American Mardy Fish 5-7 6-4 6-4 and win the Los Angeles International yesterday.
President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that the emergency response at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri following the crash-landing of a Caribbean Airlines flight was up and running in record time, dismissing suggestions that the authorities had been slow and deficient in tackling the accident.
(BBC) England centurion Ian Bell was reprieved and allowed to bat on in the second Test against India at Trent Bridge after initially being controversially run out yesterday.
The lack of a proper rescue system when Caribbean Airlines flight BW 523 crash-landed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on Saturday has left passengers upset with one woman saying that the authorities ought to be prepared.
Dear Editor, It was widely reported in the NY and Guyana media that according to NY court documents Ed Ahmad, who was charged with mortgage fraud by the FBI, in 2009 shipped 29 tons of building material to President Jagdeo at State House.
Young African Guyanese need to become more gainfully involved in activities that would see them creating positive pathways for themselves and their generation, according to well-known lecturer of the University of Guyana, Professor Joycelynne Loncke, who also strongly feels that there should be reparation for the hundreds of years of slavery.
Hikers Hockey Club junior players Jamarj Assanah and Travon Younge have been creating quite a stir inTrinidad over the past two weeks where they have been competing for the Queen’s Park Hockey Team in under 19 and Trinity leagues.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Barack Obama yesterday announced a last-minute deal to raise the U.S.
Dear Editor, I write to applaud the Guyanese authorities and airport personnel for their speedy response to Saturday’s crash of CAL Flight 523 that overshot the runaway when it landed – providing emergency medical attention to the affected and counseling to passengers suffering from trauma.
Eze Patrick Rockcliffe – founder – leader of the durable Yoruba Singers is proud of his band’s fortieth birthday this year.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, CMC – Eight-time Caribbean champions Trinidad & Tobago have been placed in Group-B with long-standing sporting rivals Barbados, as well as Guyana and Bermuda in the second round of CONCACAF qualification for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Government is proposing a billion-dollar synthetic crude oil (syncrude) plant in La Brea as a boost to the energy sector.
Today, at the Wakenaam home of Joan McPhoy, drums will beat and residents will come together in celebration.
AMMAN, (Reuters) – Syrians began the Muslim Ramadan fast in sombre mood today after troops stormed into Hama, scene of a 1982 massacre, in one of the bloodiest days of a five-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former Young Barbados captain Calvin Hope has stepped forward to challenge West Indies fast bowling legend Joel Garner for the post of president of the Barbados Cricket Association.
Dear Editor, I live in Duncan Street, Newtown, between De Abreu Street and Middleton Street.
Dear Editor, I could not believe my eyes upon seeing a friend’s posting on Facebook from MSNBC that the Caribbean Airlines plane had crash landed and split into two at the airport.
Plans are underway for the second Annual Neal and Massy 10Km road race and 5Km Health Walk to be staged in early September.
ANTOFAGASTA, Chile, (Reuters) – Workers at the world’s No. 3 copper mine, Chile’s Collahuasi, put down their tools over unmet labor demands on Saturday, compounding worker unrest as a strike at top global copper mine Escondida entered a ninth day.
KABUL, (Reuters) – The top U.S. military officer said on Sunday Afghan militants of the anti-American Haqqani network were finding it harder to move into Afghanistan but warned that their safe havens in Pakistan still posed a risk to the decade-old war effort.
A 54-year-old resident of No. 8 Village, West Coast Berbice said he was beaten by the police around 11 pm on Friday and locked up for two days even though he did not commit any offence.
Dear Editor, The constitutional right of freedom of expression is subject to the caveat that this right cannot be exercised in such a manner which may prejudice or influence the outcome of a pending case, or, bring the administration of justice into disrepute.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The chief minister of a southern Indian state ruled by the country’s main opposition party resigned yesterday after an independent probe implicated the politician and several others in a $3.6 billion illegal iron ore mining scandal.
By Linden Lewis Linden Lewis is Professor of Sociology at Bucknell University.
(Trinidad Express) The rate of inflation in Trinidad and Tobago has slipped to its lowest level in more than 40 years.
Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud charged a batch of 124 students who graduated with diplomas and certificates from the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) to capitalise on the opportunities in the sector to boost development.
NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Ian Bell scored an immaculate if controversial 159 that helped put England in command against India at the close of the third day of the second test at Trent Bridge yesterday.
Elvis Singh died on Saturday after riding into a pool of water and subsequently losing control of his motorbike.
The Ministry of Education says preparations have started for observances for Education Month which will open with a technology fair in keeping with its efforts to implement ICT programmes in schools.
CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA, (Reuters) – Guatemala’s Supreme Court said on Saturday it had rejected an appeal from former first lady Sandra Torres seeking to overturn the court’s decision to bar her from running for the presidency this year.
AUSTIN, Texas, (Reuters) – Another front is opening in the divisive U.S.
The Central Islamic Organisa-tion of Guyana yesterday advised Muslims that the crescent for Ramadan has been sighted.
SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – China’s Sun Yang provided a record-breaking finale to the world swimming championships on Sunday, while Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps set up the potential of a mouth-watering showdown at next year’s London Olympics.
Dear Editor, When I left Guyana for Canada, I never dreamed that it would take me almost 30 years before setting my feet back on Guyanese soil.
PART 3 James Madison, the fourth President of the United States stated in 1822 “A popular Government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a Prologue to a farce or tragedy; or perhaps both…..
This week we spoke to toshaos who attended the annual toshaos meeting at the Liliendaal Conference Centre and asked their opinion of the conference, what issues they raised, and what they thought of the responses they received.
BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – McLaren’s Jenson Button celebrated his 200th Formula One start by winning the Hungarian Grand Prix yesterday after a thrilling race decided by tyre choices in the slippery, wet conditions.
In the wake of the stunning allegation that eight presidential guards spearheaded an enforcer operation on behalf of a Brazilian businessman that involved vandalism and a series of other crimes, one would expect the immediate standing down of the Head of the Presidential Guard, an instant shake-up of arrangements for presidential security, a risk assessment and an inquiry into exactly what transpired.
(Trinidad Express) Trinidadian pilot Fareed Dean, 51, the man who flew Caribbean Airlines (CAL) flight BW523, which crashed while landing at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport in Guyana, on Saturday, always made the safety of his passengers a priority.
Dear Editor, The traffic situation in Guyana is more complex than meets the eye.
LONDON/DAKAR, (Reuters) – Pirate attacks on ships in the Gulf of Guinea are threatening one of the world’s emerging trade hubs and are likely to intensify unless the region’s weak naval and coastguard defences are beefed up soon.
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Arti Cameron was last night crowned Miss Guyana World 2011 at the pageant held at the National Cultural Centre.
