Daily Archive: Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Articles published on Wednesday, June 26, 2013

T&T PM gives up her laptop and PC

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar handed over a laptop and desktop computer to police investigators yesterday but remained mum on what transpired du­ring the two-and-a-half-hour-long meeting.

Narsingh Deonarine

Windies A win to level series

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC – West Indies A bounced back to square the one-day series against Sri Lanka A, posting a convincing 90-run victory at the Grenada National Stadium yesterday.

Tony Cozier

Cricket writer Dicky Rutnagur dies at 82

To West Indians of a certain vintage, among whom I now inevitably count myself, the name Dicky Rutnagur evokes memories of India’s tours of the West Indies long before the advent of abbreviated cricket  and, if more forgettable, of the monumental upset of Kapil Dev’s team in the 1983 World Cup at Lord’s.

Gocool Boodoo

No quorum, no decision on Gocool Boodoo

Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission Dr. Steve Surujbally said that there was no decision made yesterday with regards to the renewal of the contract of Chief Election Officer Gocool Boodoo since there was no quorum to enable a meeting.

Demerara, Berbice grab first innings points

Demerara and Berbice yesterday gained first innings points over the President’s XI and Essequibo respectively on the second day of the second round of the Guyana Cricket Board/Guyana and Trinidad Mutual Insurance Company-sponsored,  three-day Inter-County tournament.

In no particular order, Vryman’s Erven Secondary School scorers, Akeem Haynes, OJ Green, Kevin Liddell, Burris Griffith, Stephen Boucher and Ray Hinds.

Vryman’s Erven hammer Manchester Secondary 13-1

Vryman’s Erven Secondary School yesterday hammered Manchester Secondary 13-1 as the nationwide Digicel Schools Football tournament continued at the All Saints Scot’s School ground,New Amsterdam, Berbice Stephen Boucher was the team’s top goal scorer with six goals.

Elroy Sealey
called `Bread’

Suspect held over torching of miner

A man suspected to have been involved in the fatal torching of a Mahaicony miner has been arrested and according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud investigators are seeking the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to proceed further.

Shock Proof

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic proved shock-proof as a sense of order was restored  yesterday after the tremors that rumbled around Wimbledon on opening night following Rafa Nadal’s defeat.

Fred aims for more goals in homecoming match

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, (Reuters) – In-form striker Fred returns to the place where he made his name when Brazil face Uruguay in today’s Confederations Cup semi-final in Belo Horizonte and said he was treating the game as the final before the final.

Luan and Nigel during the pregnancy

Widower displeased with GPHC stance over wife’s death in childbirth

Nigel Rodney, the husband of the 28-year-old woman who died in childbirth at the Georgetown Hospital earlier this month says that he is disappointed that hospital officials reneged on their promise to contact him on any developments in the investigations and more so that he had to read in the media that the investigations had been completed and an obstetrician sent on leave.

U.S. top court guts key part of landmark Voting Rights Act

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday gutted a core part of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act and challenged Congress to come up with a replacement plan to protect blacks and other minorities in places where discrimination still persists rather than target former slaveholding states in the South.

APNU must lead charge against marginalisation

Let us not fool ourselves, all things remaining equal, and taking into account the outcome of the 2011 general elections, for the PPP/C to lose the executive at the next general elections, at the very least APNU cannot lose a significant number of votes to the AFC, and will have to take more than 15% more votes from the PPP/C.

Uproar among Trinidad’s politicians

Following upon revelations emanating from the United States, casting a shadow over the career of Mr Jack Warner, popular politician, heavyweight Minister and close advisor to the Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, that forced his resignation not only from his ministry but also from his chairmanship of the ruling People’s Partnership coalition, Trinidad & Tobago seems engulfed with yet another suddenly arising political contention.

Monty Lynch is faced with a colossal task

Dear Editor, I have learnt of the recent appointment of Mr Monty Lynch, the former Guyana and England batsman as the new Territorial Development Officer (TDO) of the Guyana Cricket Board, replacing former West Indies fast bowler Reon King whose tenure may have become untenable following the installation of the Interim Management Committee by the government.