Daily Archive: Saturday, December 5, 2015

Articles published on Saturday, December 5, 2015

Rickford Vieira

GGMC board asks gov’t to fire Vieira

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) board yesterday requested that government fire Commissioner Rickford Vieira, even as the country’s leading miners’ group announced that it had no confidence in Board Chairman Clinton Williams.

Empty go-fast boat found at North West

An empty go-fast boat was recently discovered in the North West District of Region One and tests are being conducted to determine if it was involved in any illegal activity, head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) James Singh has confirmed.

Guyana Jaguars medium pacer Chris Barnwell celebrates another wicket during his five-wicket haul against Red Force at Queen’s Park Oval yesterday. (Photo courtesy WICB Media)

Richards, Muhammad rally Red Force in century stand

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A century ninth-wicket stand between Marlon Richards and Uthman Muhammad propped up Trinidad and Tobago Red Force after seamer Chris Barnwell threatened to run through the innings, on the opening day of their Regional First Class Championship contest here Friday.

Corbin, Brooks guide Pride with half-centuries

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Opener Kyle Corbin and in-form Shamarh Brooks struck half-centuries to lead a measured Barbados Pride batting effort on the opening day of their fourth round game against Windward Islands Volcanoes here yesterday.

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Woeful Windies staring at innings defeat

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – West Indies were staring a humiliating innings defeat in the face after an all too familiar second innings batting collapse left them hanging by a thread on the penultimate day of their four-day tour match against a youthful Cricket Australia XI here yesterday.

European clubs attack proposed FIFA reforms

ZURICH, (Reuters) – A package of reforms proposed by FIFA to clean up the scandal-plagued governing body of soccer was angrily criticised yesterday by Europe’s powerful clubs, who said it would increase frustration among the sport’s stakeholders.

A taste of Guyanese Christmas

‘Christmas With Us’ Vol 2 by Various Artistes, touts itself in its inner pocket as being “a taste of Guyanese Christmas” and that is exactly what it offers, perhaps too much of a taste.

Celtics whip Kings in Mexico

(The Sports Xchange) – Boston guard Isaiah Thomas scored 21 points and added nine assists as the Celtics made it a miserable trip to Mexico for the Sacramento Kings with a 114-97 whipping at Mexico City Arena on Thursday.

Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik

FBI investigating California massacre as ‘act of terrorism’

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif./ WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The FBI is investigating the massacre of 14 people in California by a married couple armed with assault rifles as an “act of terrorism,” officials said yesterday, noting the wife was believed to have pledged allegiance to a leader of the militant group Islamic State.

America’s obsession with guns

Before media coverage of the San Bernardino shootings turned into a post-mortem of an alleged terrorist attack, they seemed depressingly familiar to US television viewers — “just another day in the United States of America” in the words of one BBC newsman.