Daily Archive: Thursday, May 31, 2012

Articles published on Thursday, May 31, 2012

Jamaica sold short with sugar deal, says Clarke

(Jamaica Observer) Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke yesterday accused the former Jamaica Labour Party Government (JLP) of selling the country short in the divesting of three of the five state-owned sugar estates to Chinese company Complant International two years ago, with arrangements for tax waivers lasting up to 20 years, among other concessions.

EU `lectures’ Suriname over amnesty

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Lackin is very angry and disappointed that the delegation of the European Union (EU) that held a political dialogue with the government yesterday, used the occasion instead to lecture Suriname on the amnesty issue.

Sunil Narine ...set for Test debut

IPL star Narine to replace Roach

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Indian Premier League star off-spinner Sunil Narine could be set for his Test debut after he was called up to replace injured pacer Kemar Roach on the West Indies current tour of England.

DPP: I did not clear Warner

(Trinidad Guardian) Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard says Works and Infrastructure Minister Jack Warner has not been cleared of bribery allegations arising out of a Caribbean Football Union meeting in Port-of-Spain last year.

Lionel D’Andrade

D’Andrade unable to participate in half marathon

Trinidad-based Guyanese runner Lionel D’Andrade is peeved that the Athletics Association of Guyana failed to inform him of the postponement of the Independence Day half marathon which is now scheduled for Saturday after he had travelled here for the originally scheduled date last Saturday.

Marlon Samuels ... has made a big jump

Samuels, Sammy make headway in rankings

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – In-form West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels has vaulted a whopping 20 places in the Test batting rankings, following his outstanding performance in the just concluded second Test against England at Trent Bridge.

Repsol nears target depth at Jaguar-1 well

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud says Repsol’s exploratory drilling operation at the Jaguar –1 well will reach its target soon and only then would the company know whether or not the well is viable and whether recoveries can be made.

ICC Test rankings

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Selected positions from the International Cricket Council Test rankings released on Tuesday: BATTING: 1 Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI)       865 2 AB de Villiers (SA)                            821 3 Jacques Kallis (SA)                           819 4 Younus Khan (PAK)                         797 5 Kumar Sangakkara (SL)                  779 6 Alastair Cook (ENG)                        776 7 Thilan Samaraweera (SL)              772 8 Michael Clarke (AUS)                      771 9 Hashim Amla (SA)                           763 10 Ross Taylor (NZ)                            761 22 Darren Bravo (WI)                        660 35 Marlon Samuels (WI)                  552 55 Darren Sammy (WI)                    435 56 Kirk Edwards (WI)                       428 74 Adrian Barath (WI)                     339 88 Denesh Ramdin (WI)                  310 99 Kieran Powell (WI)                      265 BOWLING: 1 Dale Steyn (SA)                               886 2 Saeed Ajmal (PAK)                       835 3 James Anderson (ENG)              793 4=Graeme Swann (ENG)               769 4=Rangana Herath (SL)                 769 6 Stuart Broad (ENG)                     766 7 Vernon Philander (SA)             764 8 Ben Hilfenhaus (AUS)                756 9 Peter Siddle (AUS)                     740 10 Abdur Rehman (PAK)            739 17 Kemar Roach (WI)                   626 25 Darren Sammy (WI)                541 40 Ravi Rampaul (WI)                  386 52 Shane Shillingford (WI)         307 81 Marlon Samuels (WI)              149

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