Daily Archive: Sunday, August 4, 2013

Articles published on Sunday, August 4, 2013

St Lucia Zouks defeats Amazon Warriors

GEORGETOWN, Guyana,  CMC – The St. Lucia Zouks defeated the Guyana Amazon Warriors by five wickets in their CPL T20 match at the Providence Stadium on Sunday night Scores : Guyana Amazon Warriors 126 for 6 off 20 overs  – (Lendl Simmons 38, Christopher Barnwell not out 29  ; Denesh Ramdin not out 13 ;  Shane Shillingford 3/23).

House set into the side of the hill giving it a panoramic view.

Hosororo

Today we bring you a visual ‘World beyond…’ The photographs are from Hosororo and Kumaka and were taken by Duncan Saul.

The pilot of the plane (right) speaking to a law enforcement officer shortly after the incident

Cessna crashes on Aishalton runway

Five persons, including the pilot, aboard a small Remote Area Medical Outreach (RAM) plane escaped unhurt after the aircraft crash landed at the Aishalton runway in Region 9 on Friday afternoon after its front wheel came off.

The Zouks training ahead of tonight’s important clash

Warriors looking to make it three out of three

Coach of Guyana’s Amazon Warriors, Roger Harper said yesterday that the team’s game plan ahead of tonight’s game of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League at the Providence National Stadium against the St Lucia Zouks was to “stick to the basics” adding that the team was a good all-round unit.

Blue water and white sand

As Guyana’s interest in tourism appears to be gaining momentum, it is useful to reflect on the development of that sector in two Caribbean countries – St Vincent and the Cayman Islands – that moved into tourism at approximately the same time in the 1960s. 

Ajmal Khan

LCPL reservations have disappeared

THERE were a host of inevitable questions hanging over the Caribbean Premier League when Julian Hunte, then West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president, announced last year that it was selling its annual Twenty20 tournament to Verus International, a wealth management organization based in New York and Barbados.

Colin Campbell

Last week Colin Campbell, an old Etonian and quintessentially English, died at his home in Blackhorse Lane, South Mimms, in Hertfordshire at the age of 86.

African spiritual beliefs

On each anniversary of Emancipation the African presence in the Caribbean is celebrated; whatever can be exhibited of the cultural traditions is highlighted and the performing arts pay tribute to the African vestiges that they can claim. 

Guyana secure first innings points

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – A century from Andy Gobin steered Trinidad and Tobago to an innings and 79 runs victory over the Leeward Islands in their West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Under-19 three-day match here yesterday.

The Tallawahs going through some fielding drills yesterday.

Tallawahs/Hawksbill seek win

Skipper of the Antigua Hawksbill, Marlon Samuels and Jamaica Tallawahs Head coach Paul Nixon yesterday said their respective teams remain in good spirits despite losing their opening matches of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL).

 Members of the executive of the British Guiana Teachers’ Association (BGTA) (now the Guyana Teachers’ Union) after the reception at Government House, Georgetown on the occasion of the BGTA Golden Jubilee (1884-1934) celebrations.  Front row from left: Miss G Paul (Treasurer); Mrs LG Crease; Mr LG Crease (Director of Education, (ag)); Mr FH Pollard (President); Sir C Douglas-Jones; Lady Douglas-Jones; Mr RS Ducker; Mr Z O Gill (Secretary)
Middle row from left: Mr JW Jackson; Mr EF Archer; Mr J Harper; Mr LB Russell; Mr JW Scott; Mr EM Storey; Miss F Jenkins; Miss M John; Mr CA Williams; Mr GW Forsythe
Back row from left: Mr D Boodhoo; Mr A Baburam; Mr GF Armstrong; Mr H Haynes; Mr EL Dolphin; Mr HD Durant; Mr GHA Bunyan; Mr CM Gibbs (Vice-President); Mr AD Noble; Mr CB Wilson

Memory lane

If you have any photographs dating from before 1966, which you would like to see published in this column, please contact Ms Allison Bowlin on 225-7473 or 227-4080 to make arrangements for you to bring them in.

England in deep trouble despite Pietersen ton

MANCHESTER, England,  (Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen defiantly struck a mature century but England were staring down the barrel at 294 for seven at stumps on the third day of the third Ashes test on Saturday, still 233 adrift on first innings.

Jack’s win draws foreign attention

(Trinidad Guardian) Parliamentarians are not immune from extradition. That was the comment given to the Miami Herald newspaper by Peter Carr, a spokesman for the United States Department of Justice, following former national security minister Jack Warner’s successful re-election as the MP for the Chaguanas West constituency on Monday.

They shall not pass!

They shall not pass! This donkey tied up in an alleyway in Port Mourant took on the role of guardian, and charged at anyone who tried to pass him.