Daily Archive: Sunday, April 22, 2012

Articles published on Sunday, April 22, 2012

Man murdered at Puruni

The police say they are conducting investigations into the circumstances surrounding the death of a man whose body was found yesterday at Puruni, Mazaruni with stab and chop wounds.

Cop shoots self in the foot

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding an incident that occurred at about 1800h yesterday at the East La Penitence Police Station where an armed Police Constable accidentally shot himself to his left foot, resulting in injuries to his toes.

Three young ladies on their way home from work  at Hosororo Hill

Hosororo Hill

Story and photos by Alva Solomon Situated a few miles south of the tip of Guyana, Hosororo Hill is one of the many hill-top communities which dot the landscape of the Mabaruma sub-region in Region One.

David Granger

Granger shrugs off Ramjattan’s ‘betrayed’ comment

Leader of APNU, David Granger yesterday shrugged off AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan’s comment that he felt betrayed after the opposition coalition backpedalled from plans to support budget cuts if the explanation by government for spending was unreasonable and said that APNU’s actions were principled.

Milerock’s goal keeper Darius Frank fails to save a right footer by Alpha United’s striker Anthony ‘Awo’ Abrams. (Aubrey Crawford photo)

Alpha United keep hopes alive

By Emmerson Campbell Suriname club side Inter Moengotapoe booked a place in the second round of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championships while Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United kept their hopes alive after the two clubs defeated their respective opponents yesterday at the Providence National Stadium.

From sun glasses to hand warmers

As the menacing steel grey clouds closed in from all directions on the Queen’s Park Oval on Thursday afternoon, it didn’t require Selma Husbands’ metereological expertise to know that the second Test had little time left before it was prematurely condemned to the anti-climax of a draw.

Cosmo Hamilton

Windies failing the test

By Cosmo Hamilton Despite their encouraging performance in the T20 and ODI’s against a typically tough if new-look Australia team, it is evident that this relatively inexperienced West Indies team has not yet turned the proverbial corner and in fact they appear to have come to a fork in the road.

Desmond Trotman

New faces in Parliament:Desmond Trotman – APNU

A veteran politician but a brand new face in the National Assembly, APNU’s Desmond Trotman believes that the partnership’s central focus should be the development of a government of national unity, and he feels that is how the populace voted in the November 28 elections which resulted in the PPP/C becoming a minority government.

Men drying shrimp along the seawall at Zeeburg, West Coast Demerara. In photo at right is the Zeeburg Secondary School which is greatly affected by the stench and the flies that are attracted by it. (See story on page 18) (Photo by Anjuli Persaud)

Shrimp drying causes high stink at Zeeburg

By Mandy Thompson The drying of shrimp along the Zeeburg seawall has raised significant concerns among residents, and students and teachers in the area as the stench of the shrimp shells has become unbearable, preventing some residents from opening the doors of their homes.

Adrian McInman

Finding happiness

Adrian McInman is a travelling psychologist who helps people to find “their happiness,” since according to him it is the one thing people want in their life more than anything else.

On the Line – Demerara Distillers Limited Annual Report 2011

Demerara Distillers Limited, a conglomerate group comprising several local and overseas companies with manufacturing, trading, banking and trust relationships in Guyana, the region, North America and Europe as well as a joint venture in India and associated companies in Guyana and Jamaica, will be holding its annual general meeting this coming Friday, April 27.

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (Internet photo)

Argentina’s grab of oil firm: bad idea, worse timing

Whether she intended it or not, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s decision to nationalize Argentina’s biggest oil company earlier this week has placed her nation in the camp of Latin America’s radical populist countries — alongside Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and Nicaragua — in the eyes of the world.

Barack Obama

New curbs on voter registration could hurt Obama

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New state laws designed to fight voter fraud could reduce the number of Americans signing up to vote in this year’s presidential election by hundreds of thousands, a potential problem for President Barack Obama’s re-election bid.

I would like to see

Wherever we live, there are situations or conditions or attitudes in the society that we come across, or they come across us, that have a negative impact on how we see the place. 

Wolf Warriors face strong challenge

The super-16-round of matches of the third annual Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company nationwide softball cricket competition will continue today at the Everest Cricket Ground with play in both the male and female categories.

Towns and capitals

A document circulating on the internet which has been seized on by many persons locally, makes the assertion that April 29, 2012 marks the two hundredth anniversary of Georgetown.