Daily Archive: Thursday, March 1, 2012

Articles published on Thursday, March 1, 2012

West Indies Training Camp announced

(WICB) St John’s, Antigua — The 17 WICB contracted players along with 13 other players who are under consideration for selection for the One-Day Internationals and T20 Internationals of the Digicel Series 2012 – West Indies v Australia – will participate in a two week training camp in Barbados from March 1st to 12th.

T&T gov’t accused of misusing state $$ for ads

(Trinidad Express) Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley has slammed the People’s Partnership administration for doing all in its power, including misusing taxpayer dollars and the country’s Coat of Arms for political advertisements, to deflect attention from a motion that has been described as “frivolous and vexatious”.

‘Commercial’ onions harvested in T&T

(Trinidad Express) The first-ever commercially viable onion crop in Trinidad and Tobago was harvested yesterday at the Tucker Valley Farm, Chaguaramas, in a pilot project run by the Ministry of Food Production and local company Caribbean Chemicals Ltd.

Cable TV for new T&T prison

(Trinidad Express) Plans are under way to install cable television at the multi-million-dollar Santa Rosa prison so inmates will have the luxury of watching a variety of channels while serving time for their crimes.

AFC urges MPs to tackle corruption head-on

The Alliance For Change, in noting that the latest Auditor General’s Report has again identified a number  of financial discrepancies and instances of unaccountability, is urging Members of Parliament to take a zero tolerance approach to corruption.

Guyana captain Chris Nurse (number 8) introduces Prime Minister Samuel Hinds to his team mates before kick off. (Orlando Charles Photo)

Golden Jaguars toppled 2-0 at Providence

Goals from striker Mynor Lopeez and midfielder Guillermon Ramirez propelled Guatemala to a 2-0 victory over a 10-man Guyana in the nation team’s first official International friendly for 2012, at the Providence Stadium last night.

Sir Vivian Richards

Lara to give feature address for Sir Viv

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Organisers for the week of activities to celebrate the 60th birthday of the country’s only living national hero, Sir Vivian Richards, have announced the inclusion of former West Indies captain and record holder for the highest First Class score, Brian Lara.

AFC endorses OAS report

The Alliance For Change (AFC) has endorsed the final report by the OAS Electoral Observer Mission, calling it concise, factual and debunking any claim that the Opposition rigged the November 28 election. 

Bolonauth Deolall’s farm under water yesterday.

Mahaicony Creek prepping for more flooding

Photos by Anjuli Persaud With more rainfall expected, residents of the Mahaicony Creek are anticipating being deliberately flooded for a second for the year to relieve the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) and they are awaiting word from government on plans to assist them.

  Zaheer Khan

India rest Sehwag, Zaheer for Asia Cup

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – India selectors have rested opening batsman Virender Sehwag and pace duo Zaheer Khan and Umesh Yadav from the country’s squad for next month’s Asia Cup one-day international competition in Bangladesh.

Phillip Drayton

Drayton, Khan share lead

National champion Taffin Khan and junior player Phillip Drayton are the leaders after four rounds of the annual Demerara Distillers Limited sponsored Topco Juice Mashramani Swiss system tournament played last weekend at the Kei-Shars Sports Club.

Dem Amstel Bolts get past Eagles 58-55

In a night when double-doubles seemed to be a norm, Dem Amstel Bolts held on to narrowly defeat Eagles Basketball Club 58-55 as  the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Basketball League continued at the Burnham Hard Courts last Saturday.

United see survival at Spurs as key to season

MANCHESTER, England,  (Reuters) – Manchester United can stamp out any lingering Tottenham Hotspur title ambitions with a victory in London this weekend that would set the Premier League trophy firmly on course to remain in northwest England.

Robben scores winner against England

LONDON, (Reuters) – A stoppage-time winner from Arjen Robben ended Netherlands’ three-match run without a win as they beat England 3-2 in a largely low-key friendly with a dramatic twist in the tail at Wembley Stadium yesterday.

‘Sloppy reading of the Weekend Mirror and the legislation’

Dear Editor, In a calculated display of vulgar abuse (“political opportunism,” “taint of racially inspired motives,” etc) which I will not dignify with a response, nor would I the ad hominems or trivialities liberally sprinkled over his letter of February 29 (‘Ramkarran has disregarded essential facts…‘), Mr Christopher Ram seeks to respond in the Stabroek News to an article I wrote in the Weekend Mirror, later published in the Guyana Chronicle.

Neuroscience the new face of warfare – experts

LONDON, (Reuters) – Directed energy weapons that use wave beams to cause pain, and electrical brain stimulation that boosts a soldier’s combat ability – it may sound like science fiction warfare, but experts say advances in neuroscience mean it’s on the horizon.

 Darren Sammy

Sammy stays in Top 10

Dubai, United Arab Emirates — West Indies seam bowler Darren Sammy has maintained his spot in the Top 10 of the International Cricket Council’s T20 International rankings announced by the ICC on Tuesday.

News International obstructed police hacking probe

LONDON, (Reuters) – British detectives investigating claims of phone-hacking at Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World newspaper in 2006 were impeded by the company’s staff and feared violence when they tried to search its offices, police said yesterday.

UN humanitarian aid chief denied entry into Syria

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – U.N. humanitarian aid chief Valerie Amos said yesterday she was “deeply disappointed” that Syria has refused to allow her to the visit the country, where she had hoped to assess the need for emergency relief in besieged towns.