Daily Archive: Monday, June 17, 2013

Articles published on Monday, June 17, 2013

Peru protesters push to stop huge gold mine

PEROL LAKE, Peru, (Reuters) – Thousands of opponents of a $5 billion gold project of Newmont Mining circled a lake high in the Andes on Monday, vowing to stop the company from eventually draining it to make way for Peru’s most expensive mine.

Spurs stun Heat to close in on NBA title

SAN ANTONIO,  (Reuters) – Tony Parker shrugged off a nagging hamstring injury and Manu Ginobli came out of a slump as the San Antonio Spurs beat the Miami Heat 114-104 yesterday to move one win away from a fifth NBA title.

Majestic Pirlo impresses Maracana in Italy win

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Mario Balotelli scored the winner and Andrea Pirlo, capping a majestic 100th international appearance by scoring with a 30-metre free kick, provided the inspiration as Italy beat Mexico 2-1 in their opening Confederations Cup match yesterday.

IDB due diligence on Amaila facing delays

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Representative in Guyana Sophie Makonnen says the due diligence the Bank is presently carrying out on the proposed Amaila Falls hydroelectric project has experienced delays and notes that while such delays are not unusual for this type of project, the access road’s completion is a key condition to the process.

Tutorial High School after winning the Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football National Championship title yesterday evening at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Charlestown repeats, Tutorial win female title

Georgetown’s Tutorial High School won the female title and Charlestown’s Secondary the male team title when the Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football National Championship ended yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue yesterday evening.

The scene of the attack

Bullet removed from Festival City robbery victim

Canadian-Guyanese, 31-year-old Ruth Rodney-Grimes, underwent surgery yesterday at the GPHC to remove a bullet from her abdomen while her 67-year-old father-in-law George Grimes is being closely monitored by doctors with two bullets lodged in his body following an armed robbery.

Jeffrey Webb initially pleaded not guilty but has since changed his plea.

Webb seeks regional coaching certification

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands,  CMC – The education of regional football coaches, club development and professional leagues are among priority areas for Jeffrey Webb, President of CONCACAF, the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football.

Alanzo Greaves

Greaves aims to win National C/ships

After a successful, month-long competition stint in the United States of America, which included pole positions in three of eight races, national star cyclist Alanzo Greaves’ aim is to continue dominating the sport locally starting with the National Championships this month end.

Over 400 Jamaica cops booted since 2007

(Jamaica Observer) Over 400 members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) have been dismissed since 2007, staining the organisation that, among other things, pledged to protect and serve the public, and poking more fingers at it from critics that corruption abounds within.

Renaissance goal scorers from left to right: Ryan Ramsay, Calvin Peters and Teon Vankenic

Renaissance FC hammer Fruta Conquerors 5-1

Renaissance Football Club through braces by Teon Vankenic and Calvin Peters hammered Fruta Conquerors ‘A’ 5-1 as the Fruta Conquerors sponsored U-13 league competition continued at the Tucville Community Centre Ground yesterday.

Ontario U23 side edge Team Guyana 1-0

Provincial side Ontario U-23 needled Team Guyana by a 1-0 score line as action in the Field Hockey Canada Female National Championships continued at the Cassie Campbell Sports Complex, Brampton Ontario on Saturday.

GPL’s problems are bigger than $5.2b

Aside from the questions that would naturally arise about how the President in this day and age can instruct a state corporation against a course of action that it deems crucial to its operations, the public will be relieved that for the moment the proposed swingeing 26.67% tariff increase proposed by the Guyana Power and Light is on hold.