Daily Archive: Sunday, April 13, 2014

Articles published on Sunday, April 13, 2014

T&T couple gunned down at fruit stall

(Trinidad Express) While Eastern Division police were on a crime scene in which a father killed his two children before killing himself in Matura yesterday morning, they received reports that a young couple had been gunned down in broad daylight at their fruit stall in Valencia.

T&T stunned by Bishoo again but hit back late

GEORGETOWN, Guyana,  CMC – Devendra Bishoo’s brilliance once again proved to be Trinidad and Tobago’s undoing, as he once again undermined the visitors and left Guyana with a chance of winning their Regional Four-Day match here Sunday.

The students with their Easter-themed hats after the parade

Easter hats

Thirty children on Saturday marched around a section of the city displaying Easter-themed hats when the National Library held its second annual Easter Hat Parade.

Brittany Baneswarie wearing her `Egg Exotica’

Easter hats

Thirty children on Saturday marched around a section of the city displaying Easter-themed hats when the National Library held its second annual Easter Hat Parade.

Easter egg themed hats

Easter hats

Thirty children on Saturday marched around a section of the city displaying Easter-themed hats when the National Library held its second annual Easter Hat Parade.

Arrianna Francois and her Easter-themed `Ribbon Riot’

Easter hats

Thirty children on Saturday marched around a section of the city displaying Easter-themed hats when the National Library held its second annual Easter Hat Parade.

Easter Bunny hats and the dresses to match

Easter hats

Thirty children on Saturday marched around a section of the city displaying Easter-themed hats when the National Library held its second annual Easter Hat Parade.

Not the usual Easter hat (at left)

Easter hats

Thirty children on Saturday marched around a section of the city displaying Easter-themed hats when the National Library held its second annual Easter Hat Parade.

Nicholas Tappin and his camera shy cat Moses

Belle Vue

Story and photos by Dacia Whaul Drawn by the hope of a better life, approximately fifty-four farmers and their immediate families migrated from across the three counties of Guyana, to the Belle Vue Pilot Scheme, a co-operative venture, which is now known as Belle Vue Village.

Devendra Bishoo

Guyana still in the hunt for first innings points

Devendra Bishoo’s nine-wicket haul reinforced by half-centuries from Leon Johnson and Chris Barnwell kept Guyana’s chances of first innings points  alive as they trail the Trinidadians by 47-runs heading into day three today in the final round of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional 4-day tournament played at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Powell, Bravo face test of character

WHILE the high-flying T20 stars were in Dhaka, mounting their eventual anti-climatic defense of the world title joyously won in Colombo two years earlier, Darren Bravo and Keiran Powell were back in the Caribbean, watched by a couple of nut-sellers and a smattering of diehards in the understated first-class tournament, seeking to restore long held expectations that they are two future pillars of West Indies batting.

Memorable musical moments

For each of us there is the memory of a particular performance of a song at a particular time that stirred us deeply in some way, creating such an impact, for different reasons, that the memory stays and stays.

Rudolph Singh?s unbeaten innings of 58 was not enough to save East Coast from defeat.

Rutherford inspires G/town to victory

By Delvon Mc Ewan An impressive spell of fast bowling by Sherfane Rutherford inspired Georgetown to victory over East Coast in the final round of Demerara Cricket Board (DCB)/ Diamond Fire and General Insurance Incorporated U-19 Inter-Zone competition played yesterday at the Everest Cricket Club Ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Dwayne Lawrence

Fruta Conquerors defeat Pele

Tournament hosts Fruta Conquerors defeated Pele FC by a 2-0 score in their quarterfinal showdown when the Namilco sponsored One Love football festival continued at the Tucville Community Centre ground on Friday.

There is gender parity at nursery, primary and secondary levels

Dear Editor, Please permit me to respond to a letter published in the Stabroek News on Friday April 11, 2014, entitled, ‘The Ministry of Education should put more emphasis on girls’ education,’ in which the writers questioned the ministry’s ability to competently address – through policies and programmes – the empowerment  of females within the education system.

Garbage hut?

Garbage hut? An old storage unit for the Kitty Pump Station has been transformed into a garbage dump (Photo by Arian Browne)

Establishing a Bromeliad tree

Over the past few weeks I have spoken about several species of Bromeliads as decorative potted plants and pineapples which are planted for their commercial value and because they are rich in Vitamin C.

Correction

Correction In last week’s editorial it was incorrectly stated that the oil exploration vessel which was forced from our waters by the Venezuelans was called the Anadarko.