Daily Archive: Sunday, March 31, 2013

Articles published on Sunday, March 31, 2013

Crane man shot at Houston shop

At about 1030h yesterday, police say that Ryan Blackett, 39 years, of Crane Housing Scheme, WCD, was at a shop at Houston, EBD, when he was attacked by two men, one of whom was armed with a firearm.

Jack Warner

Jack Warner: I will not be crucified

(Trinidad Express) MINISTER of National Security Jack Warner, who was reported as being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States, says he will not be “crucified” by persons calling for his removal as minister.

CAL mum on alleged bankruptcy

(Trinidad Express) Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is reportedly facing what amounts to more than TT$500 million in debt, but in response to an article printed in a weekly publication which alleged that CAL is bankrupt and its board has been attempting to borrow more than TT$100 million from the Government to pay its staff and suppliers, CAL’s corporate communications manager Clint Williams said he could not speak specifically to the article.

US not giving T&T info on Warner probe

(Trinidad Express) The Government has admitted to not being successful in obtaining information from United States authorities, regarding alleged Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) probes into National Security Minister Jack Warner, through established diplomatic channels.

DPP berates cops over handling of serious crimes

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack has raised an alarm over the police’s investigation of serious crimes, saying that case files show “poor and inadequate” work that has left several murders, including all that were committed in ‘D’ Division last year, unsolved.

Best buddies: These two
students of the Kako
Primary School share
an umbrella as they
walk back to school

Kako

On a foggy Wednesday morning as she washed clothes in the cold, dark water of the Kako River, a woman related that she once took a young relative to the city and when it was time to bathe, the girl asked where the river was so that they take a bath.

What leaders need telling

Sveinsson Knut, Canute the Great, King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018 and King of Norway from 1030 until he died in 1035, was perhaps the most successful and effective of the early rulers of England.

Portugal, Guyana can partner on IT

Newly installed Ambassador of Portugal to Guyana, Mario Alberto Lino da Silva, said his country is looking forward to a mutually beneficial partnership with Guyana, particularly in the area of information technology and renewable energy where it possesses a great deal of expertise.

Ah glad tuh see duh

We have a number of folks with very perceptive eyes writing columns or letters to the press on a daily basis pointing out various traumas or irregularities in the country. 

Kantasingh, Emrit destroy Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago knocked over five-time defending champions Jamaica cheaply to grab the advantage on the opening day of their sixth round clash in the Regional Four-Day Championship here yesterday.

Pope Francis the politician

By Roberto Guareschi BUENOS AIRES – Jorge Mario Bergoglio – not an Italian, not a European, but a Latin American from Argentina – has now been chosen as the supreme pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.

Shewdas, Rahim to spearhead powerlifting team

The executive members of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) convened on Thursday and selected the best possible team to represent Guyana and return with a massive medal haul at the Pan American/ North American/ Caribbean Powerlifting Championships.

Clive Atwell thanking Managing Director of Town To Country Real Estate Services, Eurie Hohenkirk (left) as Atwell’s advisor Max Massiah looks on.

Atwell to partner with Real Estate company

Hours before inking a restructured contract to headline the ‘Firestorm’ card billed for April 20 at the Princess Hotel, three- division champion, Clive ‘The Punisher’ Atwell held a press briefing at the Town To Country Real Estate Services yesterday to announce his partnership with the company.

Guard robbed of gun at Kara Kara

At about 0450h on Friday, police say that, a female security guard attached to a private security service was on duty at the Guyana Forestry Commission Building at Kara Kara, Linden, when she was attacked by two men, one of whom was armed with a firearm.

Trevon Lythcott

Den Amstel Porknockers boot Santos FC

Den Amstel Porknockers compliments of a Jeffrey Perreira hat trick defeated Santos FC 3-2 to book their semi-final spot as quarterfinal action in the Mayor’s Cup football tourney continued at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground on Thursday.

Violence and innovation

By Sami Mahroum ABU DHABI – In the 1949 British film The Third Man, the character Harry Lime observes that, during the Borgia family’s rule in Renaissance Italy, the country “had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed.

Fly Jamaica working towards Guyana flights

Fly Jamaica is presently working with Guyana’s authorities to ready itself for flights here even as the start-up airline has commenced its Kingston, Jamaica to New York route and is working on going to Toronto, Canada, said Captain Ronald Reece, one of the principals of the venture.

Global Food Festival

Global Food Festival: The Guyana Karate College yesterday held a Global Food Festival at the Everest Cricket Club to raise money for its Dojo (a formal training place)  at Liliendaal. 

A pictorial journey through the small village of Kako in Region 7

(Photos by Gaulbert Sutherland)An old photo from the Kramer family when the village of Kako startedThe weather-beaten Kako Primary SchoolThe Kako Seventh Day Adventist church with ‘The Angry One’, Karawuta Mountain, in the backgroundThe savannah at Kako with ‘The Angry One’, Karawuta Mountain, in the backgroundA home in KakoThe pristine, dark waters of the Kako River meet the silt-laden, discoloured waters of the Mazaruni River which was discoloured as a result of miningDrinking water being obtained from the Kako RiverThis resident heads to the farm with his bow and arrowsAfter a game of volleyball, these youngsters posed for a photo at Kako last weekMeals for the students of the Kako Primary SchoolHeadmistress of the Kako Primary School, Kathleen Andrews, examines the brand-new but non-functional solar power system which was installed in December but never worked

Any Quakers?

Dear Editor, An English friend of mine, who once served in Guyana on the VSO programme and would like to visit again, has asked me to find out whether there are any Quakers meeting in Guyana.