Daily Archive: Saturday, February 20, 2016

Articles published on Saturday, February 20, 2016

A Spix’s Guan (Penelope jacquacu) perched on a branch near the Iwokrama Canopy Walkway.
(Photo by Kester Clarke / www.kesterclarke.net)

Spix’s Guan

Spix’s Guan resemble turkeys in their size and shape and are named after a 19th century bird scientist who collected the first specimen in neighbouring Brazil.

Ex-WIPA boss supports CARICOM insistence on dissolution

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Influential former West Indies Players Union boss, Dinanath Ramnarine, has thrown his support behind CARICOM’s decision to insist on the dissolution of the West Indies Cricket Board and believes the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board should lead the way in the process.

T&T Parliament approves Zika debate

(Trinidad Guardian) There may be widespread fear about the Zika virus among some 17,000 pregnant women in T&T who may be at risk due to the virus, now in T&T, Opposition MP Dr Tim Gopeesingh said in Parliament yesterday.

Shamah Brooks hits out during his top score of 56 yesterday the first day of the seventh round match between Barbados Pride and Guyana Jaguars in the WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4-Day Tournament at Kensington Oval. Photo by WICB Media/Randy Brooks of Brooks Latouche Photography

Barbados Pride dismissed for 274 on first day

From Clifton Ross in Barbados Barbados Pride, batting first on the opening day of the seventh round 2015-16 Professional Cricket League (PCL) Regional Four Day match against Guyana Jaguars at the Kensington Oval Ground, Barbados, were dismissed for 274.

The West Indies U19 team celebrates their maiden ICC Youth World Cup triumph. (Photo courtesy of ICC website)

A St. Valentine’s Day to remember

Half way around the world in a hot bed of emergent international cricket – the city of Dhaka in the nation of Bangladesh, hosts of the 2016 ICC Under19 World Cup, it was Valentine’s Day – Sunday February 14th the most iconic day on the calendar indicative of the manifestation of love in the realm of the romantic, but there was no love lost between the underdog youth of the West Indies and the prohibitive favorites India as they battled in the final for the coveted trophy and bragging rights for the next two years as the best young team on the planet.

Police whip Camptown 2-0

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) arrested Sunburst Camptown 2-0 when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Stag Beer Division one League continued on Thursday.

Problems between a union and its leaders can be addressed within the rules of the organisation

Dear Editor, The protest by the workers on Thursday, 18th February at the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) Georgetown, against their union, the Guyana Labour Union (GLU) and its leader, Carvil Duncan, is an interesting development, and needs to be addressed and contextualised not merely by how one feels, but within the laws, conventions, charters and time-honoured principles which are extant.

Defending champs West Side Ballers booted

A new champion of the second annual Guinness of the Streets West Demerara championships will be crowned after defending champions West Side Ballers were booted from event Thursday losing to Brothers United 0-1 on penalty kicks.

Rehearsal

Rehearsal: Members of the armed forces rehearsing through their routine yesterday at D’urban Park, in Georgetown, as they prepare for the flag raising ceremony to be held next Tuesday as part of the Republic’s 50th anniversary celebrations.

Fifties for Edwards, Thomas but Red Force strike late

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Barbadian import Kirk Edwards stroked his second successive half-century while Shacaya Thomas gathered one of his own in his first appearance of the season but Jamaica Scorpions lost late wickets to surrender a position of strength on the opening day of their seventh round clash against Trinidad and Tobago Red Force yesterday.

Rain stalls Hurricanes fightback

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, CMC – Persistent rain allowed a mere 25 overs on the opening day of the seventh round clash between Leeward Islands Hurricanes and Windward Islands Volcanoes here yesterday.

U.S. air raid hits Islamic State in Libya, 43 dead

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – U.S. warplanes launched air strikes against a suspected Islamic State training camp in western Libya on Friday, killing more than 40 people, likely including a militant connected to two deadly attacks last year in neighbouring Tunisia.