Daily Archive: Thursday, October 4, 2012

Articles published on Thursday, October 4, 2012

Howai: T&T Govt to recoup CLICO bailout funds

(Trinidad Express) Finance Minister Larry Howai said yesterday that once negotiations with CLICO policyholders and shareholders are complete, the government will move to consider all its options to recoup the nearly TT$20 billion of taxpayers’ money it shelled out to save the failed insurance giant.

74kgs Master’s Two gold medalist, Winston Stoby, stands atop the podium with the Golden Arrowhead at the World Master’s Championships in Killeen, Texas on Tuesday night.

Stupendous Stoby!

-Powerlifter smashes world deadlift record en route to giving Guyana its  first World title By Emmerson Campbell Seventy-four kilogramme Master’s Two powerlifter, Winston ‘Little Master’ Stoby, Tuesday night smashed the world deadlift record en route to lifting Guyana’s first World powerlifting title at the World Master’s Championships in Killeen, Texas.

240 cases for Demerara October Assizes

-only six completed in June session The Director of Public Pro-secutions (DPP) office says 240 matters have been listed for the Demerara October 2012 Criminal Assizes which started on Tuesday, while six matters were completed in the June Assizes that closed on September 28.

Sunil Narine

Mystery spinners crack Twenty20 code

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Modern bats and the crash-bang format of 20-over cricket may suggest otherwise but Ajantha Mendis and fellow practitioners of unorthodox spin bowling have proved they are not in the World Twenty20 just to play cannon-fodder.

Stafanie Taylor

Taylor anxious for the big day

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC- The leading women’s cricketer in the world, Stafanie Taylor, says the semi-final clash between West Indies and Australia  tomorrow will be one of the biggest days of her cricket career.

Hafeez banking on spinners, Jayawardene undaunted

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez credited the team’s progress in the World Twenty20 to his slow bowlers on Wednesday and said he was banking on them to spin them to victory again in today’s semi-final against hosts Sri Lanka.

Kwabina Griffith

GFA beset by internal wrangling

-says vice president Kwabina Griffith; says entire executive should resign By Iva Wharton Vice-President of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Kwabina Griffith said yesterday that the association was beset with internal wrangling and that the entire executive should resign if it is unable to find a solution to its problems.

Gervase Warner

Neal & Massy CEO: Govt worst agency to run anything

(Trinidad Guardian) Speaking at an event of the T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce yesterday, Neal and Massy Holdings president and Group chief executive officer Gervase Warner said at the chamber’s post-budget panel discussion, “I think the worse agency to run anything in T&T is the government.”

Barack Obama

Romney takes fight to Obama in first debate

DENVER,  (Reuters) – An aggressive Mitt Romney took the fight to President Barack Obama yesterday and the Republican candidate appeared to breathe new life into his struggling campaign with a solid performance at their first debate.

Kadecia Baird

We need to keep her Guyanese

Kadecia Baird is Guyanese. She is also the second fastest 400m female junior competitor in the World this year and her silver medal performance at the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF)  World Junior Championships in Barcelona Spain in July was where she made her talent known to the world.

REDjet planning to sue Bajan govt

(Barbados Nation)  Not good enough! That was the unofficial word from several REDjet creditors to the airline’s proposal to repay a minimum of 25 per cent of money owed them, but it will be another few days before an official verdict from Tuesday’s voting on the offer is submitted to the court.

Pietersen back in England fold after apology

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Controversial middle-order batsman Kevin Pietersen can return to the England fold after making peace with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in a row over “provocative” text messages, officials said  yesterday.

Todd and Hicken return to Linden

Todd and Hicken return to Linden: Assistant Superintendent Patrick Todd (first from left) and former E&F Division Commander Clifton Hicken (second from left) in the company of other ranks as they walked towards the crowd yesterday to meet the commissioners.