Daily Archive: Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Articles published on Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Darren Sammy

Sammy laments Windies shortcomings

CANBERRA, Australia, CMC-Captain Darren Sammy has lamented the failure of the West Indies to exploit potential match winning moments in their current One Day International series against Australia.

Gayle injury to be assessed

CANBERRA, Australia,  CMC –A scan is to be carried out on West Indies opening batsman Chris Gayle on Thursday to determine the extent of an injury sustained during the third One Day international against Australia today.

Mocha Access Road to be closed for rehab of bridge

A notice in today’s Guyana Chronicle is notifying residents of Mocha Arcadia, Mocha Housing Scheme, Barnwell, Cane View, New Providence and the general public that the Mocha Access Road will be closed from February 8, 2013 to March 8, 2013 for the reconstruction of a dilapidated bridge along the road.

Shane Watson

Watson ton drives Australia to Canberra win

CANBERRA,  (Reuters) – Shane Watson celebrated his return to international cricket with a sparkling innings of 122 to drive Australia to a 39-run victory over West Indies in the third one-dayer and an unassailable 3-0 series lead.

Intangible cultural heritage workshop to be held

The Culture Ministry is collaborating with the local UNESCO office and the UNESCO cluster office in Jamaica to host a National Stakeholders Consultative Workshop aimed at promoting national awareness about the creation of a local intangible cultural heritage (ICH) inventory.

Action in the GFF Super League fixture between Buxton United and Milerock. 

Milerock topples Buxton United 2-0

Milerock Football Club of Linden scored a comfortable 2-0 win over recently crowned Kashif and Shanghai champions Buxton United in an entertaining match up when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League resumed Sunday with three matches.

Singapore join probe into match-fixing scam

LONDON, (Reuters) – Singapore, which European investigators say is the source for hundreds of soccer matches being fixed in a global betting scam, promised  yesterday to aid the probe but some in the game said many of the revelations were nothing new.

Rampaul set to return after injury

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC-Trinidad and Tobago fast-bowler Ravi Rampaul is preparing for a return to regional cricket after a knee injury kept him out of T&T’s successful Caribbean T20 campaign last month.

T and T scores massive win over Canada

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC-Trinidad and Tobago romped to a comprehensive innings and 130-run victory over Canada on the third day  yesterday of their three-day match at the National Cricket Centre (NCC) in Couva.

The scope of health reform should be broad

Based on an examination of the existing literature, a situational analysis and discussions with stakeholders, the 2010-2015 “Guyana: Country Cooperation Strategy” (CCS), constructed with the help of the Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO), identified some twenty health challenges and seventeen health priorities.

Eastern Caribbean elections

Prime Minister Freundel Stuart of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), Barbados has eventually called the long-awaited date for general elections in his country and the citizens go to the polls on February 21.

Jonathan Foo

Foo fashions unbeaten 151 in Trinidad

Guyana’s Jonathan Foo was in sparkling form striking an unbeaten 151 to lead F&E Diamond to an upset victory over First Citizens Clarke Road in their third round National League 50 overs clash at Kennedy Park in Diamond Village, Trinidad on Saturday.