Daily Archive: Monday, August 8, 2011

Articles published on Monday, August 8, 2011

Violence escalates in British capital

LONDON, (Reuters) – Riots spread to new areas of  London today in a third night of violence as hooded youths  torched cars and buildings, hurled missiles at police and looted  shops, in the worst unrest in the British capital for decades.

Landing protocol lapses seen in crash-landing -WSJ

Movable panels on the front and rear edges of the wings of the Caribbean Airlines (CAL) jet that overshot the runway at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on July 30 were apparently not extended as required before touchdown and crash investigators believe excessive speed and other suspected lapses in landing procedures caused the accident, the Wall Street Journal reported last night.

Armed gang invades Goed Fortuin business

-carts off money, jewellery Nine armed robbers made off with about $1 million, six cellular phones, one camera and a quantity of jewellery after terrorizing a shop owner and his family at their Lot 24 Lancaster Avenue, Good Fortuin, West Bank Demerara home.

Tremayne Smartt

Going all out to win

In his first year in charge of the national side, new Guyana women’s cricket coach Latchman Yadram has pledged to go all out to win this year’s West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Women’s limited overs tournament which commences today in Barbados.

 Keiron Pollard

Pollard powers Somerset to semi-finals

NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – A typically belligerent, unbeaten 47 from Kieron Pollard propelled Somerset to a six-wicket victory over Nottinghamshire in the quarter-finals of the English Twenty20 Championship yesterday.

Grenadian Joseph scores penalty in Revs’ loss

FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts, CMC – Shalrie Joseph continued to give proof of his confidence in taking penalty kicks, but Alejandro Moreno upstaged him with a pair of goals that handed Chivas USA a 3-2 victory the New England Revolution on Saturday in Major League Soccer.

Rahul Dravid

Dravid recall smacks of poor planning – More

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Rahul Dravid has said his return  to India’s one-day squad is a temporary one and he is retiring  from the shorter forms of the game after the upcoming series  against England, but his surprise recall is being viewed by some  as a step in the wrong direction.

King  Abdullah

Saudi pulls ambassador from Syria, denounces violence

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King  Abdullah demanded an end to the bloodshed in Syria yesterday and  recalled his country’s ambassador from Damascus, in a rare case  of one of the Arab world’s most powerful leaders intervening  against another.

Buxtonians benefit from health outreach

Over 150 residents of Buxton over the weekend benefitted from dental care, eye screening, testing for blood pressure and glucose content and voluntary counseling and treatment services when the Ministry of Health and the Buxtonians 4 Life Group held an outreach at the community’s health centre.

More violence in British capital after riots

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Groups of youths attacked shops  and damaged a police car in north London yesterday as police  sent in reinforcements to prevent more rioting on the scale that  laid waste to another area of  the British capital 24 hours  earlier.

Jeter jolts Fraser-Pryce with 100m win

LONDON, England, CMC – World champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was handed a solid defeat ahead of her title defence in Daegu later this month, when American Carmelita Jeter won the 100 metres at the Aviva London Grand Prix on Saturday.

Mrs Seephia’s plight

When the contestants for the presidency mount the platform in the city, Black Bush Polder or Waramadong they are likely to utter many of the platitudes that proliferate at times like this.