Daily Archive: Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Articles published on Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Northeastern US digs out after storm snarls travel

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – New Yorkers dug out of the  sixth biggest snowstorm on record to hit their city and  thousands of stranded travelers hoped to finally board  long-delayed flights today after a blizzard buried the  Northeastern United States the day after Christmas.

Paying political debts

The PPP’s political heavyweights have trained their guns unerringly on the management of GUYSUCO for committing the cardinal sin of threatening what is now, singularly, the most powerful mass-based organization in Guyana – GAWU.

Bandits rob Queenstown family

The police today said that they are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 7.15 last night  at Queenstown, Essequibo Coast, during which housewife Bibi Zaimoon and her 15 year-old niece were attacked and robbed by five men armed with guns.

Azim Bassarath

Hello again!

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Cricket authorities here have given batting legend Brian Lara an opening invitation to play the Twenty20 format for the national side.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

‘Fit and ready’ – Seeram

Reigning Caribbean Twenty-20 champions Guyana begin a three-match campaign in Trinidad’s Cricket Festival T20 series today at Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre, and, according to team coach, Ravindranauth Seeram,  the team is “about fully fit and ready to go.”

Guyana captain Ramnaresh Sarwan walks out of the Piarco International Airport yesterday morning.

Champs Guyana look to underline T20 status

Guyana’s cricketers led by Ramnaresh Sarwan are anxious to underline their claim for back-to-back titles in the regional T20 Championships with victory over Trinidad and Tobago in a four-team warm-up competition which gets underway today at Guaracara Park in Pointe-a-Pierre.

Alpha United’s guest player Kithson Bain scored a double as his team eliminated Netrockers Sunday night at the Mackenzie Sports Complex ground.

Bane of existence

-Grenada national player Kithson Bain slams home a double against Netrockers as Alpha United rushes into semi-final round with 5-1 romp Bakewell Topp XX and Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United scored contrasting wins on Boxing Night to reach the semifinal round of the 21st Kashif and Shanghai  football tournament.

Jonathan Trott on the go

Driving seat!

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – England’s Jonathan Trott   overcame a painful blow to the knee to strike a brave century   as he and Matt Prior savaged Australia’s attack late yesterday   to put the tourists in a strong position to retain the Ashes.

Australia skipper Ricky Ponting, second right, remonstrates with umpire Aleem Dar following an unsuccessful Umpire Decision  Review System (UDRS) on the second day of the fourth Ashes test.

Ponting fined by ICC after referral row

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia captain Ricky  Ponting was fined 40 percent of his match fee after his  frustration over a TV referral decision boiled over into an ugly  row with umpire Aleem Dar on the second day of the fourth Ashes  test yesterday.

 India’s Harbhajan Singh celebrates taking the wicket of South Africa’s Dale Steyn during the second day of their second test cricket match at Kingsmead Stadium in Durban yesterday.Credit: Reuters/Rogan Ward

Wickets fest!

DURBAN, South Africa, (Reuters) – India ended an  extraordinary second day of the second test against South Africa with a 166-run lead after 18 wickets fell at Kingsmead yesterday.

 Tim Southee grabbed just the third hat-trick in international Twenty20 matches.

Kiwis draw first blood

AUCKLAND, (Reuters) – Pace bowler Tim Southee   ripped through Pakistan’s batting order before opener Martin  Guptill smashed a quick-fire half century to help New Zealand   to a five-wicket win over Pakistan in the first Twenty20   international on Sunday.

How is the Hope Canal project being funded?

Dear Editor, In an SN letter of December 23, Mr Omadatt Chandan, Corporate Secretary of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) reported that although excavation work has stopped on the 10.3 km long Hope Canal Project, mobilization and other activities such as ancillary drainage relief works for the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) which he termed ‘project works’ are being carried out in the vicinity of the canal (‘While work was temporarily halted in some sections of the Hope Canal project, there was mobilization for works to be carried out in other sections’).