Daily Archive: Monday, September 24, 2012

Articles published on Monday, September 24, 2012

Jennifer Persaud

Two in custody over Anna Catherina triple homicide

A second person has been arrested, police said today, even as the results of post-mortem examinations revealed that the mother and her two children, who were found brutally murdered on Saturday evening in their Anna Catherina home, died of haemorrhagic shock due to the wounds they received.

Austrian killed in St James

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Jamaica Observer) – The St James police have taken one man into custody for questioning in connection with a fatal stabbing on the weekend of an Austrian national who was staying in Greenwood, St James.

An eroded road and gully threatens homes and motorists at Wisroc Housing Scheme

Wisroc homes under threat from eroding road

An eroding road is threatening the safety of at least two households as well as motorists traversing Phase Three of the Wisroc Housing Scheme, at Wismar, Linden, but the Region Ten administration does not have the funds to address the problem given its scale.

National Cyclist, Alonzo Greaves showed off his superior sprinting ability to take this year’s Victor Macedo Memorial winner’s trophy ahead of Linden’s Rastaff O’Selmo. (Orlando Charles photo)

Greaves wins Victor Macedo Memorial road race

– Overseas riders for next year’s event By Emmerson Campbell National cyclist Alonzo Greaves yesterday blitzed a star-studded field of riders to win the senior category of the Victor Macedo Memorial road race while this year’s Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships gold medalist, Michael Anthony, rode off with the junior title.

Sagicor HPC left-arm fast bowler Sheldon Cotterrell in delivery stride. © WICB Media

Bowling hero Cotterrell says hard work paid off

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – As a strike in Dhaka led to the suspension of the second day’s play of the four-day match between Bangladesh A and West Indies Sagicor High Performance Centre yesterday, Sheldon Cotterrell said he was proud of the way he toiled with the ball to help give his team an early advantage on the opening day.

 Participants pose with the various trophies after the presentation ceremony yesterday. (Orlando Charles photo)

Forde is Courts 10K winner

—Alika Morgan beaten by Euleen Josiah-Tanner Guyana’s distance champion Cleveland Forde won his second straight 10K road race for the 2012 offseason after crossing the finish line of the Courts 10k and Walk Race in front of the furniture store’s head office on Main Street in first place yesterday.

Anthony Drayton, second from left sitting, displays the trophy he received for winning the Guyana Chess Federation Topco Juice junior chess qualifiers yesterday while the other competitors display their medals and awards.

Drayton wins Junior Chess qualifiers

By Iva Wharton Top chess player Anthony Drayton won the Topco Juice-sponsored Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) junior chess qualifiers when that competition ended yesterday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club building Hadfield Street.

Kim Jong-un

North Korea plans agriculture reforms – source

BEIJING (Reuters) – North Korea plans to allow farmers to keep more of their produce in an attempt to boost agricultural output, a source with close ties to Pyongyang and Beijing said, in a move that could boost supplies, help cap rising food prices and ease malnutrition.

Revisiting the Nicil controversy

Part I Introduction I briefly watched the NCN debate on corruption as it relates to NICIL, and I cannot help but form the impression, as in the case of the earlier debates, that the government is trying its best to present to the nation its version to counter the various allegations of corruption.

Textbooks and priorities

Without a doubt, the following rhetorical question by the Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Luncheon at a press conference on September 12 will go down in the record of this government as the clearest self-admission of the criminalization of the state.

Fall can’t stop Sparrow

(Trinidad Express) The man who will always be known as the Calypso King of the World, the Mighty Sparrow, received a standing ovation when he came on to the stage at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (NAPA), in Port of Spain on Saturday evening.