Daily Archive: Monday, August 15, 2011

Articles published on Monday, August 15, 2011

One of the damaged gates of the Ogle Municipal Airport.

Security boosted at Ogle Airport

Security has been beefed up at the Ogle Airport following the ramming open of a gate by a fuel tanker and several meetings are expected to address the serious civil aviation issues raised as the police continue a probe that will likely lead to charges.

Muritaro toshao passes away

The National Toshaos Council yesterday revealed that the toshao of Muritaro, Lester Fleming had passed away after a brief illness “We, the members of The National Toshaos Council (NTC) extend our most sincere sympathies to the family and relatives of the late Toshao Lester Fleming of Muritaro Village, Region 10 and Member of the NTC Executive”, the NTC said in a statement via GINA.

André Villas-Boas

Man United make winning start, Chelsea draw

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – English champions  Manchester United opened their title defence with a 2-1 win at  West Bromwich Albion  yesterday while Chelsea could manage only a  draw in new coach Andre Villas-Boas’s first Premier League  match. 

Ricky Ponting

Australia too clinical for Sri Lanka

HAMBANTOTA, (Reuters) – Australia produced another  clinically efficient performance to beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the second one-day international at the Mahinda  Rajapaksa Stadium and take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series yesterday.

Kurutuku Toshao stranded

Toshao of Kurutuku, Solomon Lewis is stranded in Georgetown. The leader of the remote Region Seven Amerindian settlement had left his community along the Cuyuni River on July 22 to travel to Georgetown for the National Toshaos Conference.

Trey Songz

Trey fever at Providence

Tremaine Aldon Neverson ruled supreme at the Providence Stadium early Sunday morning eclipsing guest star Eve as he drove his female fans wild in what some described as the “greatest show” to be hosted in Guyana.

Tank, navy attack on Syria’s Latakia kills 26 -witnesses

AMMAN, (Reuters) – Syrian tanks and navy ships  shelled the main Mediterra-nean port city of Latakia yesterday,  residents and rights groups said, killing 26 people as President  Bashar al-Assad’s forces launched an offensive by land and sea  to crush protests against his rule.

Suicide bombers, gunmen kill 22 in central Afghanistan

PARWAN, Afghanistan, (Reuters) – Taliban suicide  bombers killed at least 22 people in a bold attack on a  governor’s compound in central Afghanistan during a security  meeting on Sunday, officials said, with gunbattles and several  blasts heard before the assault was put down.