Daily Archive: Thursday, September 15, 2016

Articles published on Thursday, September 15, 2016

Simmons sacking, spiteful, bizarre

NEW YORK, CMC- Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has reacted angrily to the sacking of West Indies head coach Phil Simmons, blasting the move as “bizarre” and motivated by “spite and vendetta”.

Darren Sammy blasts WICB over Phil Simmons sacking

Former West Indies T20 captain Darren Sammy has lashed out at his country’s cricket board in the immediate aftermath of the sacking of head coach Phil Simmons shortly before the Caribbean team’s series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Town Clerk will not meet vendors’ union

Dear Editor, The Guyana Market Vendors Union wishes to bring to public attention that it is a legally registered trade union established with the objective of working with vendors at their various places of trade in Georgetown and elsewhere with a view to improving their circumstances, including the conditions under which they work.

Ninvalle selected for World Hopes training camp

Caribbean 11 years and under boys table tennis singles champion Kaysan Ninvalle has been selected by the International Table Tennis Federation to participate in a World Hopes selection training camp to be held in Lima, Peru from October 18-23.

FLASHBACK! (L-R) Suriname Director of Sport, Luciano Mentowikromo and Guyana’s Christopher Jones display the Inter-Guiana Games agreement.

Suriname delegation to visit Guyana next week

With the 2016 Inter Guiana Games (IGG) involving host Guyana and Suriname set for October 20-24 here preparations are already underway in a number of disciplines while a delegation from Suriname is expected later this month to assess the facilities.

Sergio Aguero

Aguero hat-trick helps Man City trounce oenchengladbach

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero scored a hat-trick as coach Pep Guardiola maintained his 100 percent record at the club with a commanding 4-0 victory against Borussia Moenchengladbach in their rearranged Champions League Group C opener yesterday.City

Clinton, Trump move to show medical fitness for White House

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., (Reuters) – U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump yesterday moved to show their medical fitness for the White House as Clinton released a letter from her doctor declaring her fit for the presidency and Trump taped a TV-segment about his well-being.

Unjustified

There was, understandably, significant consternation expressed over a recent article published in this newspaper on the results of the Guyana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey Round 5 (MICSR5), particularly the findings regarding physical violence.

A haven for the Hamal

Each dazzling day, next to the muddy, grassy verges of the busy main road along the eastern bank of the murky Demerara River, a few families dry racks of freshly gutted, still bloody, thickly salted Atlantic fish openly spread out under the harsh, blinding sun.