Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Articles published on Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Shaik Baksh

Shaik Baksh new GWI CEO

Former government minister Shaik Baksh has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) an entity which in the past had been under his portfolio.

Chris Gayle raises his hands after Marlon Samuels hit the winning runs against New Zealand in the Super Eights match held at the Pallekele cricket stadium in Kandy yesterday. Photo by Pal Pillai/WICB

Super Win!

— Windies  secure semi-final berth after super over win against New Zealand and a little help from Sri Lanka KANDY, Sri Lanka,  –West Indies needed their now customary melodrama before they could beat New Zealand in a nerve-wracking Super Over and advance to the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 Championship here yesterday.

Winston Stoby

Day of reckoning for Stoby

Former 74kgs Master’s Two world deadlift record holder, Winston ‘Little Master’ Stoby will look to create history this afternoon when he attempts to capture Guyana’s first powerlifting World title in Killen, Texas at the World Masters Powerlifting Championships.

Goolsarran exposes raft of breaches involving NICIL

Former auditor general Anand Goolsarran has exposed a raft of breaches of the law by the government through the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) and said there should be a judicial review of the entity’s operations should government continue to defend its action and not take remedial measures.

Brian Lara

Lara among 33 honoured by TTCB

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Oct 1, CMC-Batting legend Brian Lara was among 33 past and present national cricketers honoured by the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) in a special ceremony over the weekend.

Girl, 11, gives birth

-mother was unaware of abuse, police find The 11-year-old girl who was impregnated by her father, who later took his own life, has given birth and she is now in the care of her mother.

Michael Hall

WIPA wants fresh start with WICB

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC-Interim CEO of the West Indies Players Association (WIPA), Michael Hall is optimistic of a fresh start in WIPA’s relationship with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) as its new CEO takes charge.

Fighting spreads in Aleppo Old City, Syrian gem

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Fires that gutted a vast historic market have broken out in other areas of the Old City of Aleppo, a world heritage site, as rebels and government forces fight for the ancient heart of Syria’s biggest city, opposition activists said yesterday.

The UN and the chimera of multilateralism

One of the unintended consequences of the UN’s involvement in seeking to bring an end to conflict between and among states is the risk – an increasingly high one these days – that its reputation as a peacekeeper may be even further eroded, providing even more grist to the mill of the organization’s critics.

T&T Minister’s son surrenders in ‘planassing’ incident

(Trinidad Express) The son of Education Minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh spent last night in police custody after he surrendered to officers of the Port of Spain Criminal Investigations Department (CID), in connection with an incident which took place at a doubles stand outside Brooklyn Bar in Woodbrook two weeks ago.