Daily Archive: Sunday, October 16, 2011

Articles published on Sunday, October 16, 2011

Jamaica man, children murdered by bullets, fire

(Jamaica Observer) The Morant Bay Police are this morning trying to piece together clues that can aid their investigations into two incidents, which they believe are connected, in which a man and his two children were killed and their mother injured in their community of Phillipsfield, Yallahs, St Thomas.

Richmond man dies in tractor accident

The Police today said that at about 1630h yesterday Ganesh Jodhan, 40 years of Richmond Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, was transporting paddy in a motor tractor/trailer when he lost control of the vehicle along the Hoff Van Aurich Public Road, Essequibo Coast.

Tasha Mohammed tends to her kitchen garden at Enterprise. She says she cultivates mainly cash crops while she also rears chickens in another section of her backyard.

Enterprise

With a contented look on her face Enterprise, East Coast Demerara (ECD) resident Lakhraji (only name given) recalls “the long way the community come through“ since she moved to the area more than three decades ago.

It’s up to Nagamootoo

It’s up to former PPP/C minister Moses Nagamootoo to decide whether he will accept an offer that has been on the table since 2006 to join the Alliance For Change (AFC), the AFC’s leader Raphael Trotman said.

Samuels, Simmons sizzle

DHAKA, Bangladesh,  CMC – Attractive half-centuries from Marlon Samuels and Lendl Simmons inspired West Indies to a crushing eight-wicket defeat of Bangladesh in the second One-Day International here yesterday, earning the Caribbean side only their second one-day series win in three years.

Chris Gayle

Second Coming

Just as too much can be made of the West Indies’ successive ODI wins on Thursday and yesterday in Dhaka, it is impossible to downgrade them, as they inevitably and widely will be, as “only” over Bangladesh.

Winners and runners-up pose with their prizes and trophies. (Aubrey Crawford photo)

Pollydore sets new 35-lap cycle race record

By Emmerson Campbell Godfrey Pollydore sped  off with the feature 35-lap Schoolboys and Novices race in record time yesterday when national cycling coach Hassan Mohammed and the Hand in Hand Fire & Life Insurance Company staged a  11-race cycling meet at the National Park circuit, Thomas Lands.

Giving thanks

About four years ago I travelled from Cayman for the funeral of my friend Bobby Clarke who had died in Castries after a tough two-year battle with cancer.

Take care of your trees

I am often asked to give an opinion on the health of a fern called Polypodium aureum popularly known as the Breadfruit fern ( because the shape of the leaves is similar to those of the Breadfruit tree). 

Windwards get the better of Leewards

Progressive partnerships and a solid half century from Windward Islands’ Johnson Charles helped the team to comfortably defeat the Leeward Islands in a practice match at the Demerara Cricket Club yesterday, mere days before the commencement of the Regional Super50 tournament on October 19.

This curious female dog is looking for a home. She has been spayed.

Canine heartworm – Continued

Destruction of the  immature stages Last week, we concluded the article by saying that even after the adult heartworms in the right heart chambers (and elsewhere) have been killed by the series of arsenic injections, the problem is not over. The

Murray to meet Ferrer in final

SHANGHAI, China (Reuters) – Andy Murray pummeled Japan’s Kei Nishikori 6-3 6-0 to reach the final of the Shanghai Masters yesterday and will complete a stunning Asian hat-trick if he beats David Ferrer today.

MMU report

Gecom’s Media Monitoring Unit (MMU) performed an important service before, during and after the 2006 elections, and has been resuscitated again for the purpose of the 2011 elections.