Daily Archive: Monday, September 30, 2013

Articles published on Monday, September 30, 2013

Sterling Products booth at GuyExpo

Preparations are ongoing for GuyExpo 2013 at the National Exhibition Centre, Sophia, where a walk through was today hosted by Acting Minister of Tourism Irfaan Ali and Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) Indranauth Haralsingh.

Proprietor of Living Clean Grocery and Variety Store Ramao Paul (left) hands over the winning trophy to skipper Edmond Sammy of Sammy’s Six in the presence of other team members. Paul’s wife Charmayne Paul is on his right.

Sammy’s Six wins on sixes

Navin “Sixes” Samaroo, Soomdat “Rico” Jeet and Chibar “Tractor” Seopaul each scored 15 games as Sammy’s Six emerged winners of a friendly dominoes tournament last Wednesday at the Everest Cricket Club pavilion.

Royals saunter into semi-finals

(Cricinfo) Rajasthan Royals breezed into the Champions League semi-final with a nine-wicket win over Perth Scorchers yesterday that rarely looked an even contest, and preserved their unbeaten streak in Jaipur this year.

Mohit likely to retain place, Yuvraj a chance

(Cricinfo) Mohit Sharma who bagged the Man-of-the-Match award on his ODI debut during India’s tour of Zimbabwe, is likely to keep his place in the squad for the first half of India’s limited-overs series at home against Australia, which starts with the lone Twenty20 international in Rajkot on October 10. Yuvraj

Costa pips favourites to win world title

FLORENCE, Italy, (Reuters) – Portuguese Rui Costa kept his composure in a tense finale to upset the favourites and win the cycling world championships road race following a series of crashes and persistent rain yesterday.

Sousa seals first ATP win for Portugal

(Reuters) – Unheralded Joao Sousa completed a fairytale run at the Malaysian Open yesterday when he beat France’s Julien Benneteau 2-6 7-5 6-4 in the final to become the first Portuguese to win an ATP Tour title.

Chennai stroll through to semis

(cricinfo) Chennai Super Kings on Saturday sauntered through to the Champions League semi-finals with an effortless eight-wicket win in Ranchi, while scuttling Brisbane Heat’s tournament hopes.

Workers putting the final touches to the benab in St Cuthbert's Mission (Arian Browne photo)

St Cuthbert’s:

The fact that St Cuthbert’s (Pakuri) is just a few hours’ drive from the capital may be responsible for the village losing some of its cultural identity and heritage, but there are still those who are striving to ensure that that next generation knows what it means to be an Arawak Amerindian.

Otagao win after Super Over tie

(Cricinfo) Two heroes of the night turned villains then turned heroes again, but Lions’ Quinton de Kock made the last couple of mistakes to facilitate an incredible tie in the Super Over.

NIS and sustainability

Delivering an address on Friday on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), its Chairman, Dr Roger Luncheon for the first time acknowledged that its recurring and projected deficits were not sustainable.