Daily Archive: Monday, October 6, 2014

Articles published on Monday, October 6, 2014

Ramnaresh Sarwan

Sarwan to play for T&T in first class season

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Out-of-favour Test batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan will play for Trinidad and Tobago during the upcoming inaugural West Indies Professional Cricket League, after being snapped up as a second round pick in the draft which finished just before midday here today.

The rejection order handed to Jamaican Shelissa Hamilton after she attempted to enter Trinidad. Contributed

Thirteen Jamaicans left hungry after denied entry to T&T

(Jamaica Gleaner) WESTERN BUREAU: Thirteen Jamaicans are claiming they were exposed to extremely cold conditions, forced to sleep on the floor, and deprived of access to food and bathroom facilities at Trinidad’s Piarco International Airport last Tuesday night after being denied entry into that Caribbean country.

Denesh Ramdin

Beaten again!

MUMBAI, India, CMC – An up tempo, run-a-ball hundred by Denesh Ramdin was not enough to save West Indies from their second straight tour defeat as they went down by 16 runs to India A here yesterday.

Reshawn Sandiford

Camptown in 4-0 whipping of GFC

Third placed unit Sunburst Camptown crushed six placed side Georgetown Football Club (GFC) 4-0 when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) first division league continued at the Tucville Community Centre ground yesterday.

Lewis Hamilton

Hamilton wins crash-marred Japan race

SUZUKA, Japan, (Reuters) – Britain’s Lewis Hamilton won a wet and sombre Japanese Grand Prix yesterday to extend his Formula One lead over Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg to 10 points with four races remaining.

TSC crushes Bel Air Rubis by 174 runs

By Delvon Mc Ewan   Transport Sports Club (TSC) defeated Bel Air Rubis by 174 runs to win their first match of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Banks DIH Limited Malta Supreme Under-13 match on Saturday at the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) ground.

APNU denies harassing NCN journalists

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has described allegations that it is harassing state-owned National Communications Network (NCN) reporters as “ludicrous, disingenuous and mendacious” but said that some journalists were asked to leave a meeting after they lied about their media affiliation.

Determinators closing in on league leaders

Mahaica Determinators moved two points within touching distance of league leaders Victoria Kings after defeating Golden Grove Golden Stars by a 1-0 margin when the East Coast Football Association (ECFA) Stag Beer division one league continued on Saturday.

Anniversary of Cubana Air Disaster

Dear Editor, On October 6 we mark the anniversary of the horrible CU-455 Cubana Air Disaster off Barbados in 1976, which took the lives of seventy-eight persons, including several Guyanese students who were on their way to fulfil their dreams of obtaining a profession to serve humanity.

Michael Clarke

Australia need to forget the hype in big year – Clarke

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – A test series against India, a World Cup on home soil and a much-anticipated Ashes campaign will put Australia’s cricketers under heavy scrutiny over the next year, but the team need to make themselves oblivious to the hype, according to captain Michael Clarke.

Fast $$ in T&T for Chinese nationals

(Trinidad Guardian) Chinese nationals operating new businesses in T&T are latching on to a fast and easy money-making venture—gambling through unregulated and unlicenced gaming machines and bush whe whe that can make them targets for ambush and robberies.

Electoral project reception

The High Commission of Canada in partnership with the University of Guyana on Saturday hosted a Reception in honour of the DELIAN Electoral Pilot project that was carried out during the University of Guyana Students’ Society elections over the weekend.

GRA and its analysis of media houses

In a press release on Thursday, the Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr Khurshid Sattaur has acknowledged that the GRA had compiled information on an initial analysis of the income of media houses for the purposes of an audit of the Kaieteur News.