Daily Archive: Sunday, July 6, 2014

Articles published on Sunday, July 6, 2014

Baby dies after city accident

Investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident that occurred at about 1000h yesterday at Main and New Market Streets, Georgetown, and which resulted in the death of two months old Austin Matthews of Woodlands Hospital Compound.

Goalkeeper Tim Krul of the Netherlands saves the last penalty shot against Costa Rica during a penalty shootout. (Reuters/Marcos Brindicci)

Krul shootout saves send Dutch into semis

SALVADOR, Brazil (Reuters) – The Netherlands advanced to a World Cup semi-final with Argentina by beating Costa Rica 4-3 in a shootout yesterday with substitute goalkeeper Tim Krul saving two of the penalties after the match finished 0-0 following extra time.

LUCAS STOCK INDEXThe Lucas Stock Index (LSI) remained unchanged during the fifth period of trading in June 2014.  The stocks of six companies were traded with a total of 111,200 shares changing hands.  There were no Climbers or Tumblers.  The value of the stocks of Banks DIH (DIH), Caribbean Container Inc (CCI), Demerara Bank Limited (DBL), Demerara Tobacco Company (DTC), Republic Bank Limited (RBL) and Sterling Products Limited (SPL) remained unchanged on the sale of 3,000; 6,000; 2,000; 100; 100,000 and 100 shares respectively.

The census crash

Early days These might be early days to be discussing the results of the census taken in 2012, but the population decline may have dashed the hopes of the government to brag about its handling of the economy and the economic development of the nation.

The artist as provocateur

Among human beings caught up in a hectic life, it is often the case that a thought will come across our mental screen, sometimes from a comment overheard, or a sign encountered, or even from a prolonged and heated public discussion, and the thought flits in and flits out and is gone.

Mint

Mentha, commonly called mint, originated from the Mediterranean and belongs to the Lamiaceae family.

India’s Iraq problem

By Jaswant Singh  NEW DELHI – Iraq seems to be falling apart, with the rapid advance of the militant Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) threatening to lead to the country’s division into Shia, Sunni, and Kurdish entities, while blurring its border with its turbulent western neighbor.

Police ranks did not strip Naith Ram

Dear Editor, Cognisant of media reports concerning protest activities by a number of persons on the Essequibo Coast on Friday, July 4, 2014, the Guyana Police Force is denying the allegation that police ranks stripped the protest leader Mr Naith Ram, Chairman of the Essequibo Paddy Farmers’ Association, during their engagement with the protestors.

Stephen Validum

Stephen Validum and a friend on a car bonnet urging the public to give him support at the upcoming Mr Talented Teen Pageant (Photo by Arian Browne)

Defensive cover?

Dear Editor, Dr Roger Luncheon, Head of the Presidential Secretariat may have intended to provide cover for and defence of acting Foreign Minister Ms Priya Manickchand whose toast at the Fourth of July celebration of the Independence of the United States of America and farewell for its Ambassador to Guyana Mr Brent Hardt has drawn widespread criticism, including words like “disgust”, “lacking decorum”, “descent into the gutter.”

Prior to 1992 the PPP begged foreign missions to intervene in local politics

Dear Editor, I consider the reactions by the PPP and the statements by President Donald Ramotar in response to outgoing United States Ambassador Brent Hardt’s comments at the Blue Caps function, that many of the issues raised by the American diplomat “are really way out and the Ambassador would do very very well, instead of getting involved in local politics, to really represent the interest of his country properly,” duplicitous and hypocritical.

‘Feral blast’

Minister Manickchand’s tawdry behaviour at a reception marking American Independence Day that was also intended as a farewell function for outgoing US Ambassador Brent Hardt was not, it seems, simply a reflection of her own social limitations.

One man band

One man band: With two sticks, two metal bowls and an empty oil bottle on a tray of sorts, this gentleman was entertaining motorists along Sheriff St yesterday with his rhythms.