Daily Archive: Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Articles published on Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Two more killed in East PoS

(Trinidad Express) Two more men were murdered in the John John, East Port of Spain area on Sunday night, bringing to four the number of people killed in that area over the weekend, with a total of nine individuals being murdered throughout the country in the space of 48 hours.

National Coach Golden Jaguars, Jamaal Shabazz (second from left) makes a point at yesterday’s press conference as members of the head table which included sponsors,  El Salvador’s team manager, Francisco Solis, El Salvador’s captain Dennis Alas and president (ag.) of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Franklin Wilson look on. (Orlando Charles photo)

Must win!

By Emmerson Campbell After holding El Salvador to a draw on Friday, the Golden Jaguars will look to take full advantage of their home turf and roar to victory against their Group B foes in an all important match tonight at the Providence National Stadium.

Cleveland Forde

Forde ready to race!

Fired up from a commanding victory at the Ainlim 10km Guyana’s long distance maestro Cleveland Forde will be gunning for another dominant win in the 5000m at the Guyana Defence Force Inter Unit Championships which will be held at the GDF ground Camp Ayanagana this morning.

Perry will stick to 200m for now

Reigning national sprint champion Rupert Perry is looking to shake off his injury woes of earlier this season and return to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Inter Unit Track and Field Championships at the GDF ground Camp Ayangana which begin today.

Shawn De Souza

GNIC, Malteenoes romp to victory

By Neil Barry Once again both games in the Carib Beer and Friends of Cricket Heroes Cup first division two-day competition were completed before 3pm on Sunday’s second day as the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) and Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) completed convincing victories over the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and Everest Cricket Club respectively.

King looking to be new GDF sprint king

The Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Inter Unit Championship will take place all this week at the GDF ground Camp Ayanganna with many titles up from grabs and opportunities for newcomers to make their name and claim a spot on the team for the Inter Services Athletic Championships (ISAC).

Yemen says kills deputy regional head of al Qaeda

ADEN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Saudi national freed by US authorities from detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who then became second-in-command of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, was killed in Yemen, a Yemeni government website said.

Windies women lose second ODI

OLD TRAFFORD, England, CMC- West Indies women lost to England by 28 runs in their second of a five match series as part of their preparations for the world Twenty20 in Sri Lanka later this month.

Gibson confident in Windies

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson has expressed confidence in his side’s chances in the World Twenty20 Tournament taking place in Sri Lanka this month.

Venezuela tribe denies Amazon massacre

SIERRA DE PARIMA, Venezuela (Reuters) – Indigenous Yanomami villagers at the centre of an investigation into a possible massacre deep in the Amazon jungle have told visiting journalists and government officials that no killings took place.

Gambling on peace in Colombia

To the surprise of many ordinary Colombians, President Juan Manuel Santos has opted to engage the so-called Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army, a guerilla group popularly known as FARC – in talks aimed at bringing the hemisphere’s longest running armed conflict involving a government and an insurgent military force to an end.