Daily Archive: Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Articles published on Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Vendetta against Bajan Top Cop?

(Barbados Nation) Former Attorney General Dale Marshall thinks that Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin has been given a raw deal and should not allow himself to be transferred to another section of the public service.

Khemraj Ramjattan

Gov’t accuses Indian firm of smear campaign

The government yesterday accused the rejected specialty hospital bidder, Fedders Lloyd Corporation of orchestrating a campaign against the work of the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) committee that awarded the contract to Surendra Engineering.

Peter Abdool

‘Big Truck,’ Corbin bout pushed back

By Emmerson Campell The five-fight all-pro card dubbed ‘Redemption’ which was scheduled to box off on September 8 at the Banks DIH Thirst Park Ground has been rescheduled to October 27 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

 Hakeem Davi

Barker ton lights up final round

By Neil Barry Malteenoes Sports Club continued their imperious, unbeaten form heading into tomorrow’s semi finals when the latest round of matches of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) David Persaud Investments Cup one day tournament was contested yesterday.

Ransford Goodluck

Goodluck fires his way to victory

Former Caribbean shooting champion Ransford Goodluck fired his way to victory in the second recorded shoot as the National rifle shooting squad continued preparation for the regional championship in October last Sunday.

The Guyana One-day cricket team celebrate the fall of  a wicket in one of the previous rounds of the U-19 competition. The team, which ha a bye in today’s final round, will await the outcome of the final round to know whether they will run out winners of the one Day competition.

Guyana tipped to win one-day title

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC-Outside favorites Jamaica and Windward Islands are expected to come out blasting from all cylinders if they are to upstage front runners Guyana as the final round of the WICB Under-19 one-day Championship bowls off in Barbados today.

 Priscilla Greaves

National TT players complete USA training stint

National table tennis players Trenace Lowe, Nigel Bryan and Joel Alleyne along with Edinho Lewis, Denzel Hopkinson and junior Caribbean cadet silver medalist Priscilla Greaves recently completed an intensive training programme at the Lily Yip Table Tennis Training Centre in Dunellen, New Jersey.

GWI revamps meter installation process

The Guyana Water Incor-porated (GWI) will be installing water meters outside of customers’ fence to facilitate meter reading as it continues its verification exercise this week for customers served by the Pouderoyen and Fellowship Water Treatment Plants.

Hurricane Isaac hits southeast Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS, (Reuters) – Hurricane Isaac crashed ashore in southeast Louisiana yesterday, bringing high winds and soaking rains that pose the first test for multibillion-dollar flood defenses put in place in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina devastated the U.S.

PPP slams APNU over no-show at corruption debates

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has said that the decision by the main opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) not to participate further in the current public debates organized by NCN on corruption is “an admission” that their charges of corruption against the PPP/C government are unfounded.

New clues in Taylor Swift video? MTV offers a look

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Fans of country singer Taylor Swift looking for new clues on the subject of her hit song, “We Are Never Getting Back Together,” may want to watch the video premiering this week on MTV and sister TV network CMT, the television channel said yesterday.

Policymakers should ensure that local government elections are held without undue delay

Dear Editor, As part of the larger community improvement programme in Georgetown and other municipalities, I have joined many others in noting the enormous, concerted efforts over the years by government agencies, NGOs, diplomatic community groups, private citizens and, more recently, a clean-up campaign orchestrated by an “implementation committee” headed by Mr Keith Burrowes.

Change of leadership in Ethiopia

A political succession after a death of the head of government in Ethiopia, certainly does not have the same resonance in the Caribbean today, that it would have had either when Haile Selassie was removed (some claim smothered to death) in 1974, or even when his successor Haile Mariam Mengistu was overthrown in 1987, after a civil war led by forces effectively under the command of Meles Zenawi who assumed power as Prime Minister in 1991, and died in the course of medical attention in Brussels last week.

Correction

In last Saturday’s edition of the Stabroek News, the headline of a story on the nullity of the paper committal to the High Court for trial of teacher Ronald Forde on four counts of sexual activity with a child incorrectly stated that he was accused of sexually assaulting a boy.

The Arab Spring’s Backward Leap for Women

Hoda Badran is President of the Egyptian Feminist Union. By Hoda Badran CAIRO – This summer, as the dust of the Arab Spring revolutions begins to settle, women – who stood shoulder to shoulder with men in defying tyranny – are finding themselves marginalized and excluded from decision-making.

Correction

In a letter captioned ‘The moral weakness of this country is expediency’ which was published in our edition yesterday, the name of the signatory was given as “Kenneth A Whyte.”

From left to right are: Ashmar and his father, James Craig of the `Screw’ Richmond Foundation and Modesty Hossanah and her mother during the presentation.

Linden Grade Six stars rewarded

Linden’s two top performers at this year’s National Grade Six Examinations, Modesty Hossanah and  Ashmar Angel were the proud recipients of cash rewards yesterday from an overseas-based organization, the Edward  Richmond Foundation.

Ban on alcohol urged at T&T Govt functions

(Trinidad Express) Former minister in the Ministry of National Security, Subhas Panday, is calling on the Government to ban alcoholic beverages at Government functions and to rescind the decision which allows Ministers to drive State vehicles.