Daily Archive: Thursday, December 12, 2013

Articles published on Thursday, December 12, 2013

Minister for grilling over New River survey grant

The survey permission in the ecologically fragile south east of Guyana granted by Minister Robert Persaud and which could lead to mining of a range of minerals is not the customary way in which such applications are handled and this is likely to lead to a barrage of questions from the opposition and also over answers the minister had given to a parliamentary committee.

Northern Rangers boot Black Pearl

Northern Rangers beat Black Pearl 4-1 on penalty kicks to book their quarterfinal passage after normal time ended 2-2 when the Georgetown Football Association/Banks Cup continued yesterday at the Tucville Community ground.

Caption Action during North Georgetown’s win over Patentia Secondary yesterday at the GFC ground. (Orlando Charles photo)

North Georgetown, Charlestown advance in K&S football

North Georgetown Secondary outgunned Patentia Secondary on penalties while Charlestown Secondary brushed aside Lodge Secondary 2-nil last night at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground to clinch quarterfinal berths in the Chico/Kashif & Shanghai Elite Next Generation Football Tournament.

Crandon, Khan leave Demerara on the ropes

All-rounder Royston Crandon’s 95 backed up by leg-spinner Amir Khan’s six wickets left defending champions Demerara on the ropes in their second round Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Inter-County four-day tournament match played yesterday at the Enmore Community Centre ground.

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley in Pretoria, South Africa yesterday.

T&T PM, Rowley view Mandela’s body

(Trinidad Express) The Office of the Prime Minister yesterday issued a statement titled “PM takes Rowley to view Mandela’s body”, in which Persad-Bissessar noted that she allowed one person to accompany her during the viewing of Mandela’s body and chose Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley.

Camptown FC President and attorney-at-law James Bond (fourth from left) receiving the sponsored equipment from Continental Group of Companies corporate secretary Percy Boyce Jr. while other members of the club and company look on.

Continental renews sponsorship of Sunburst Camptown

The Continental Group of Companies through its Sunburst Brand has renewed its sponsorship of Campbellville club Sunburst Camptown, by donating an undisclosed amount in football equipment at a simple presentation ceremony yesterday at the entity’s headquarters in Industrial Site.

And the band played on

And the band played on:  Town Clerk Carol Sooba (right foreground) trying her hand at conducting the police band in the Mayor and City Council compound yesterday even though it is customary for Mayor Hamilton Green to meet the musicians.

Prabhu Dheva’s “R…Rajkumar is the latest in the series of “masala entertainers” that Bollywood seems to churn out with alarming regularity. Watching one is like watching another, and reviewing one is like writing about all of them. Here are the five commandments that filmmakers follow while making these excuses for movies. We have used “R… Rajkumar” as our test case.

Movie Review: R…Rajkumar

By Shilpa Jamkhandikar (Any opinions expressed here are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters)  Hero’s raison d’être: win girl, annihilate villain Romeo Rajkumar (Shahid Kapur) is obsessed with Chanda (Sonakshi Sinha), calling her his “lollipop”, making lewd kissing noises (that sound like a sink is being drained out) and stalking her everywhere.

Boxing Day pugilists named

The names of the eight amateur boxers competing in the exhibition bouts on the Boxing Day Pro Am card at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground dubbed ‘The Linden Showdown’ were released yesterday.