Daily Archive: Monday, October 8, 2012

Articles published on Monday, October 8, 2012

Dr Hunte salutes West Indies Champions

(WICB) Colombo, Sri Lanka – The West Indies Cricket Board has showered the West Indies Cricket Team with praise following their sensational performance to win the International Cricket Council’s World T20 2012 title on Sunday night.

T&T petition urges: Stop child marriage

(Trinidad Express) Children  growing up in the world today face many unavoidable obstacles, but they are further handicapped by being forced into marriage at a young age, says president of the Hindu Women’s Organisation (HWO), Henny Charran.

The West Indies players dance with joy after winning the ICC T20 tournament yesterday beating Sri Lanka by 36 runs in the final. (Cricket365 photo)

Never-say-die Windies stun Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Inspired by a swashbuckling knock of 78 from Marlon Samuels at a crucial stage, West Indies rolled over Sri Lanka by 36 runs to lift the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 title here yesterday.

Darren Sammy

Sammy forgives critics, sees West Indies resurgence

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Leading West Indies to their first World Cup title since 1979 gave Darren Sammy a chance to hit back at his critics but the all-rounder preferred to forgive them and talk about a possible resurgence of cricket’s former superpower instead.

Sharma Solomon

Uneven progress on Linden agreement

-Economic Committee still to be set up as deadline passes While the Technical Committee reviewing electricity rates in Linden has been making progress with five meetings held so far, the Economic Committee is at a standstill as the government and the Region Ten administration cannot agree on who should be its chairperson.

Manchester United’s Patrice Evra clears the ball during their English Premier League soccer match against Newcastle United in Newcastle, northern England, yesterday. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis

Manchester United too good for Newcastle

LONDON, (Reuters) – A turbo-charged start yielding two goals in the opening 15 minutes and a spectacular effort by Tom Cleverley led Manchester United to a 3-0 victory at Newcastle United in the Premier League  yesterday.

Lionel Messi        Cristiano Ronaldo

Messi, Ronaldo trade blows in 2-2 Clasico draw

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Real Madrid came away with a point but failed to secure the victory they needed to trim the gap on leaders Barcelona when the outstanding Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo each struck twice in an attritional 2-2 draw in La Liga yesterday.

President Ramotar’s explanation of why infrastructure was deteriorating was not convincing

Dear Editor, Delivering the feature address last week (Wednesday, September 26, 2012) at the launch of the Guyana Diaspora Project in New York, President Ramotar explained the deterioration of newly built roads and other infrastructure in Guyana as that which results from local contractors being “swamped” and unable to get materials on time and within their budgetary allocations.

Police crisis

Just when one thought it impossible that the police could slip further into the reckless use of firearms and unprofessionalism, law enforcers have been caught up in a shooting outside of a popular city establishment which has left bystander Mr Dameon Belgrave of Pouderoyen dead.