Daily Archive: Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Articles published on Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Latin America Pacific Alliance liberalizes trade

NEW YORK, Reuters) – The presidents of Colombia, Peru and Chile, and Mexico’s minister of economy agreed on Wednesday to liberalize 92 percent of their countries’ goods and services as part of the nascent regional economic integration bloc, The Pacific Alliance.

William Bratton

Ex New York Top Cop to advise T&T police

(Trinidad Guardian) Former New York police commissioner William “Bill” Joseph Bratton is expected to arrive in T&T in November to conduct a “diagnostic test” of the Police Service to determine the root cause of its problems and find a way forward for a more efficient organisation and ultimately a safer country. Emphasis

Christopher Barnwell goes over the top for a huge six.

Demerara record two-wicket win over Berbice

Half-centuries from skipper Christopher Barnwell and Rajendra Chandrika, reinforced by the former’s four-wicket haul, steered Demerara to a two-wicket win over Berbice their second victory in as many matches, in this year’s Pepsi Senior inter-county 50 overs-a-side tournament.

Representatives of the various associations and clubs at the GFF head office yesterday for the Premier League signing.

GFF wants clubs to be Grade A

The official signing on for clubs and associations that will be competing in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League was held yesterday at the entity’s Section K Campbellville headquarters.

 Leroy Brumell

To shoot or not to shoot?

Licensed firearm-holders are given a set of safety rules to follow once they have been issued a licence but the circumstances in which they are allowed to discharge their weapon remain unclear.

Guyana extends condolences to Kenya

  The Guyana Government extends condolences to the government and people of Kenya on the loss of innocent lives as a result of the siege at the Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi, Kenya which started on Saturday afternoon.

One down, two to go

Dear Editor, Glory be!  Alleluia! Some pixie men came this morning, leaned a pixie ladder against a new post that had been planted opposite my house, mounted it, did various gymnastics and then departed.

Correction

Dear Editor,   It was good of your newspaper to publish in yesterday’s edition, 23rd September the letter in relation to Halaal meats to accommodate Muslims in Guyana, but please note it was written as you would have seen on the letterhead of Bait-Ur-Rahma (House of Mercy), which institution  is situated in the compound of Queenstown  Jumu’h Masjid.

Westgate Mall

It is the attack by al-Shabab militants on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, which has been dominating the foreign news reports since Saturday.

Dengue high in Barbados

(Barbados Nation) The Ministry of Health has admitted that more than 500 people have come down with dengue fever so far this year as confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne illness have more than doubled.