Daily Archive: Sunday, May 21, 2017

Articles published on Sunday, May 21, 2017

N.Korea fires missile into waters off east coast

SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korea fired a ballistic missile into waters off its east coast on Sunday, South Korea and Japan said, a week after it tested an intermediate-range missile which experts saw as an advancement in the reclusive state’s weapons programme.

Vishaul Singh

No regrets about Vishaul, Hetmyer, says Browne

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Chief selector Courtney Browne has stood by the decision to hand international debuts to the pair of Vishaul Singh and Shimron Hetmyer, despite both players failing miserably in the just-concluded three-Test series against Pakistan.

Musical intentions

My son Tony, who writes for an ad agency in Ottawa, Ontario, is working on a book about Tradewinds, and I have had some interesting exchanges with him on a range of topics that fall under that remit. 

Vaishali Rameshbabu, the elder sister of Praggnanandhaa, who is also a national chess player of India. Pragga learnt to play chess by watching his sister play the game. At the 2017 Reykjavik Open she defeated celebrated grandmaster Eugenio Torre. (Photo by Sagar Shah/Chessbase)

Chess in schools

‘There is a local feeling connected with this occasion, too strong to be resisted… ‘ – Daniel Webster (1782-1852), American lawyer and orator during an address commemorating the 200th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims.

Henry Swanzy

‘Ode To Autumn’

Ode To Autumn Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees, And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells With a sweet kernel; to set budding more, And still more, later flowers for the bees, Until they think warm days will never cease, For Summer has o’er-brimm’d their clammy cells.

Kristian Heames, coach of the Finland based FF Jaro club going through a drill with members with the National u17 squad during the Scouting and Assessment programme yesterday at the No. #5 ground in West Coast Berbice

Heames impressed with U17 players

  Kristian Heames, coach of the Finland based FF Jaro club said he is very impressed with the quality of the National u17 players during their scouting and talent assessment session held yesterday at the No.

Jan 15, 2016; Houston, TX, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) brings the ball up the court during the third quarter against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports

Cavs surge to 2-0 lead with blowout win

(The Sports Xchange) – The defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers exploded to a 72-31 halftime lead — the largest halftime advantage in playoff history — and cruised to 130-86 blowout of the Boston Celtics to take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals.

RDC labourer found dead at Onderneeming

The police on the Essequibo Coast are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man, who was found dead in a trench at Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast, on Friday morning, just over a day after he discharged himself from the Suddie Public Hospital, where he had been admitted.

Out with the not-so-old

Just one year after spending more than $1.3 billion for the construction of the D’Urban Park, the government is once again putting money into the venue, which is being readied for this week’s independence flag raising ceremony.

The miniaturisation of sugar

It is hard to claim that GuySuCo’s losses on the scale now obtaining – leading to the diversion of precious taxpayer’s revenue from education and health for instance – can be sustained much longer.

Mumbai pip Pune in thriller to win third IPL title

HYDERABAD, India, (Reuters) – Mumbai Indians were crowned the Indian Premier League (IPL) champions for the third time after Mitchell Johnson delivered a three-wicket final over to help secure their thrilling one-run victory over Rising Pune Supergiant in the final on Sunday.