Daily Archive: Monday, January 11, 2016

Articles published on Monday, January 11, 2016

WICB rejects Holder bid for NOC Certificate

(Jamaica Gleaner) Captain of the West Indies cricket team, Jason Holder, despite being drafted, will not participate in the upcoming inaugural Pakistan Super League (PSL) Twenty20 tournament as he has been denied a No Objection Certificate (NOC) by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).

Tysoe is soon to complete his tenure in the Caribbean. The new Australian High Commissioner will take up his assignment in the Caribbean by mid-February 2016.  (Ministry of Public Security photo)

 Farewell from down under

Ross Tysoe (right), the present Australian High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago and Non-Resident Head of Mission to Guyana paid a farewell visit to  Khemraj Ramjattan, M.P.,

Falklands Islands Assembly member meets President

Ian Hansen (second from right), member of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands,  accompanied by British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn (left), today, met with President David Granger (second from left), at the Ministry of the Presidency, to secure his views on the Islands’ fight for self-determination.

Mahdia residents and miners listen as Mahdia resident, Pastor Michael Matterson voices his concerns (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

Trotman, Broomes address mining concerns at Mahdia outreach

Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, assured Region Eight miners that the Coalition Government is committed to ensuring that they can ply their trade to maintain their livelihoods at a town hall-styled meeting held in Mahdia, on Sunday morning, a release from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

Ministry condemns Nandlall’s comments on Granger

The Ministry of the Presidency has condemned remarks made by former Attorney General Anil Nandlall in today’s Stabroek News in relation to what President David Granger said about the investigation into the Carifesta Avenue collision that claimed three lives on December 30.

Colin Munro

Record breakers Guptill, Munro lead NZ sweep

(Reuters) – Colin Munro blasted New Zealand’s fastest Twenty20 half century to surpass a mark set by Martin Guptill earlier in the innings as the hosts swept their two-match series against Sri Lanka with a nine-wicket win in Auckland yesterday.

China guides yuan higher, stocks fall anyway

SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – China guided its yuan currency sharply stronger for a second straight session last night local time in a move that might calm concerns about a competitive devaluation, but only added to market confusion as to Beijing’s ultimate policy intent.

Veteran left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul pulls en route to his top score of 81 for Guyana Jaguars in the Regional Super50 here Sunday. (Photo courtesy WICB Media)

Chanderpaul vintage gets Jaguars first win

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Veteran left-hander Shiv Chanderpaul rolled back the years with a vintage half-century as Guyana Jaguars trounced hapless Leeward Islands Hurricanes by 72 runs to post their first win of the Regional Super50 here Saturday.

Fifteen thousand ounces of gold

On August 26 last year, the Minister of Governance with responsibility for natural resources Raphael Trotman told Stabroek News that after the government took up office in May it found evidence of rampant gold smuggling to the United States and other countries and had therefore made tackling it a priority.

Straw man fallacy

Dear Editor, Please permit me to comment on a letter by Mr Ruel Johnson (SN January 6, 2016: `It is good to show we are capable of clemency but first we must show we can deliver justice’.)