Daily Archive: Sunday, February 14, 2016

Articles published on Sunday, February 14, 2016

Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally (second from left), Executive Member of the Viraat Sabhaa Guyana, Pandit Haresh Tewari, (left) Swamiji Kaivalyananda Saraswati (third from left) and President of the Viraat Sabhaa, Pandit Rabindranath Persaud, participate in the lighting of a ceremonial lamp. (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

Viraat Sabhaa inaugurated

Government, through Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally, has pledged to support the Viraat Sabhaa Guyana and to partner with them to enhance lives and foster cohesion, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said today.

One of the badly deteriorated roads

Prospect

Story and photos by Joanna Dhanraj Prospect means outlook, scene, or vision but our first view of the East Bank Demerara village was not a clear one.

Where the Valentines differ

With Valentine’s Day in the air and personal relationships under the microscope, it’s appropriate to note (as my Bajan columnist friend Vic Fernandes did recently) that if you see no difference between the male and the female brain, either you haven’t spent much time around women or you haven’t been paying attention.

The very best are never satisfied

I wish I could convey in particular to young people, whose mental appetites seem whetted so easily these days by the transitory and the trashy, the quiet depths, the delights, the leaping excitements of great poetry.

Green and yellow

In the National Assembly last week, an opposition PPP MP, Alister Charlie, criticized the use by the government of green and yellow as the colours to paint various public objects, such as car tyres around plants and trees.

Vishaul Singh

Singh slams third ton of season

Vishaul Singh’s third century of the 2015/16 Professional Cricket League (PCL) 4-Day tournament enabled the Guyana Jaguars to score 237 all out against the T&T Red Force who were 136-3 in their first innings when bad light stopped play on day two at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Contractor shot in robbery attempt

Investigators managed to obtain two spent shells and two live rounds after a contractor had four shots fired at him, one of which grazed his abdomen, on Friday afternoon at Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD) during what is suspected to be an attempted robbery.

Syrian army gains ground around Aleppo, looks to Raqqa

MUNICH/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Russia said yesterday a Syria ceasefire plan was more likely to fail than succeed, as Syrian government forces backed by Russian air strikes took rebel ground near Aleppo and set their sights on the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa province.

South Ruimveldt in easy win

South Ruimveldt brushed aside Central High 4-0 when the 4th Annual Milo Schools u-20 Football Championship continued yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue.

Antonin Scalia

US Justice Scalia, conservative icon, dead at 79

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conservative US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died, setting up a major political showdown between President Barack Obama and the Republican-controlled Senate over who will replace him just months before a presidential election.

Grafting and budding

(continued) The choice of the rootstock depends largely upon being resistant to nematodes and gummosis disease, which is a serious problem in the Caribbean.

Defending champs, Showstoppers through

On a night marred by unsportsmanlike conduct from Samaroo Dam’s Nathan Allicock, defending champs West Side Ballers and losing finalist Showstoppers sealed their berth to the knockout round in the 2nd annual Guinness of the Streets West Demerara event.