Daily Archive: Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Articles published on Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Attackers watched as T&T couple died

(Trinidad Guardian) After mother of two, Abiola Noel, and her on-again off-again boyfriend, Andre La Touche, had been shot in Laventille yesterday, their killers spent a few moments peering at them as they lay dying in order to satisfy themselves that the job had been done.

Westford, Cummings say not guilty in $639M theft

Former Minister of Public Service Jennifer Westford and the ministry’s past Chief Personnel Officer Margaret Cummings yesterday both entered not guilty pleas on all 24 charges laid against them over the alleged theft of $639 million from the Government of Guyana At their previous hearing, Westford and Cummings were not required

  Larissa Wiltshire

World Class!

A six-member Guyana junior delegation returned to local shores with an 11 medal haul following participation at the recent St Vincent & The Grenadines Junior Squash Open championships.

 Tagenarine Chanderpaul of West Demerara

Bajan Reifer denies B/dos

From Clifton Ross in Barbados   Man-of-the-match Roston Chase bagged a career-best 10-104 but the Barbados Pride were unable to bowl out defending Professional Cricket League Regional four-day champs Guyana Jaguars who ended on 252-7 in their second innings, as round seven ended in a draw yesterday at the Kensington Oval, Barbados.

Ramnaresh Sarwan

`I still have a lot of cricket left in me’

Former Guyana and West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan says that he is thrilled about his upcoming stint with the Trinidad & Tobago Knight Riders in this year’s Hero Caribbean Premier League (HCPL) T20 tournament adding that there was still a lot of cricket left in him.

Schools pull out from Milo tournament

Two schools, the Morgan Learning Centre and Sir Leon Lessons have withdrawn from the fourth annual Milo Schools football tournament currently underway and the Petra Organization has cited the addition of rules as a possible reason for their withdrawal.

Obama’s number one challenge in Cuba

It’s too soon to pass judgment on President Barack Obama’s decision to visit Cuba, but this much can be said: if he doesn’t hold an exclusive meeting with Cuba’s peaceful opposition leaders, his trip will help legitimize the longest-ruling dictatorship in the Western Hemisphere.

Love leads Cavs past OKC

(The Sports Xchange) – Highlights of Sunday’s National Basketball Association games:   Trail Blazers 115, Jazz 111 Guards Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum combined for 61 points to lead the Portland Trail Blazers past the Utah Jazz 115-111 Sunday night at the Moda Center.

Jorge Familiar

The indigenous face of Latin America

By Jorge Familiar Jorge Familiar is Vice President of the World Bank for Latin America and the Caribbean In the future, when we assess Latin America’s history at the turn of the century, the salient feature will certainly be an economic boom that triggered profound social change.