Twenty20 boom no threat to tests, says Lara
DHAKA, (Reuters) – The growing popularity of Twenty20 internationals will not harm test cricket because the two formats of the game can thrive together, former West Indies captain Brian Lara said today.
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DHAKA, (Reuters) – The growing popularity of Twenty20 internationals will not harm test cricket because the two formats of the game can thrive together, former West Indies captain Brian Lara said today.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman has ruled against amendments proposed by Attorney General Anil Nandlall to a motion in the name of Opposition Leader David Granger calling for a probe of criminal violence from 2004 to 2010.
GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Talismanic opener Chris Gayle is set to join Jamaica’s squad for the Caribbean Twenty20.
(Trinidad Express) Magistrate Maureen Baboolal-Gafoor intends to sentence soca superstar Machel Montano on five criminal charges on February 25.
ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC-Former West Indies cricket captain Carl Hooper says he has no interest in becoming the next head coach of the Bangladesh cricket team.
(Jamaica Observer) The assets of former Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke were yesterday ordered forfeited to the State.
The police conducted an early morning raid today, in the areas of East and West Ruimveldt and East La Penitence, Georgetown, during which ten buildings were cordoned and searched.
The Labour Ministry today said that it is hosting a sensitization meeting for the Chinese business community operating in Guyana at 4 this afternoon.
ALGIERS, (Reuters) – Algeria said several hostages were killed today when its forces stormed a remote desert gas plant occupied by Islamist militants in retaliation for French intervention in Mali, and local sources said six foreigners were among the dead.
The local protected areas system received a boost yesterday with the exchange of notes to initiate a grant from the German Government to the Guyana Government via the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Government Information Agency reported.
The Ministry of Health is upping its fight against malaria via the distribution of insecticide-treated bed nets in areas where the disease is prevalent.
New Chinese Ambassador to Guyana Zhang Limin on Tuesday paid his first visit to the Office of Chief of Staff, Commodore Gary Best, during which the two took the opportunity to sign a protocol for the delivery of 5 Million RMB (approximately US$80,000) in military equipment to the Guyana Defence Force, a press release from the army said.
The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport yesterday handed over tennis tables and racquets to various Regional Executive Officers (REOs) at the Ministry’s compound, Main Street.
(Trinidad Express) A 28-year-old Guyanese national with no known enemies was gunned down outside his Freeport apartment on Tuesday.
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TOKYO/SEATTLE, (Reuters) – Airlines scrambled today to rearrange flights as Europe, Japan, Qatar and India joined the United States in grounding Boeing Co’s 787 Dreamliner passenger jets while battery-related problems are investigated.
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(Barbados Nation) Thirty-three-year-old Kari Cumberbatch, a line chef at the upscale CinCin By The Sea Restaurant at Prospect, St James, was gunned down yesterday morning in the restaurant’s car park while dropping off his girlfriend to work.
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