Daily Archive: Sunday, August 7, 2016

Articles published on Sunday, August 7, 2016

Container fee slashed to $5,000

The controversial container fee has been reduced to $5,000 from $25,000 on an interim basis following a meeting between the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Friday.

Darren Sammy

Outrage over Sammy sacking as local fans mull boycott

CASTRIES, St Lucia,  CMC − Darren Sammy’s apparent axing as West Indies Twenty20 captain has sparked outrage among West Indies cricket fans across the Caribbean, with several taking to online social media platform, Facebook, to express disgust and to call for a boycott of the upcoming third Test against India starting here Tuesday.

Edmund Dillon

T&T Govt to meet Muslims on Isis

(Trinidad Guardian) Why exactly are they going to Isis? That’s the question Government is giving priority attention to, along with ongoing moves to tighten overall security, National Security Minister Edmund Dillon has said.

The extractive forest sector’s production under-performance

Introduction As I have opined before, the microeconomic information supplied in last Sunday’s column, depicting employment levels within the extractive forest sub-sector, generally conforms to what might have been anticipated, given the weak, erratic, and declining economic returns exhibited by the sub-sector, when analyzed from a macroeconomic/national accounts perspective, for the decade 2006-2015.

Windies trio fail as teams slide to defeat

LONDON, CMC — West Indies Women captain Stafanie Taylor shone with the ball but failed with the bat as her Western Storm slipped to a five-run defeat to Loughborough Lightning in the inaugural English Women Super League here on Friday.

Parika mother of three still critical

The Parika, East Bank Essequibo mother of three, who was brutally chopped about her body three days ago continues to battle for her life and it is understood that the incident stemmed from her asking her attacker to contribute towards the maintenance of their son.

The bumps of life on the road

Most people I meet have this impression that the life of a travelling musician – as we say, “on the road” – is one big joyful experience, seeing new cities and countries, playing before ecstatic crowds, doing well financially, meeting famous people, after hours parties, nuff woman and food and drink, as well as the harder stuff, with the pattern repeated more or less every day, on and on.

Russell hundred puts Tallawahs in final

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC — Andre Russell smashed his maiden Twenty20 hundred as Jamaica Tallawahs beat title-holders Trinbago Knight Riders by 19 runs in a rain-hit affair at Warner Park here Friday night, to book a spot in today’s Caribbean Premier League final against Guyana Amazon Warriors.

Former Brazilian marathon runner Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima lights the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony on Friday. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

Cordeiro finds redemption in replacing Pele

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The man who lit the Olympic flame was told he would be replacing Pele only an hour ahead of time and the selection of Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima provided the Rio Olympics with the perfect redemption story before they had even started.

Bairstow and Moeen put England in control

BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali shared an unbroken partnership of 132 to lift England to 414 for five and a lead of 311 runs over Pakistan on the fourth day of the third test at Edgbaston yesterday.