Daily Archive: Thursday, July 20, 2017

Articles published on Thursday, July 20, 2017

Robotics team hailed at airport

First Lady,  Sandra Granger, last evening said that the recent success by the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Guyana team at the 2017 First Robotics Global Challenge in Washington, D.C

High Court Judge Kevin Ramcharan

Clico parent company vows to repay T&T taxpayers

(Trinidad Guardian) We will pay back the taxpayers. This was the assurance given by representative for CL Financial (CLF) shareholders Carlton Reis, moments after the Government last night lost its bid to appoint a pair of provisional liquidators to recoup the remaining $15 billion it spent to bail out the company’s cash-strapped subsidiary Clico since 2009.

Yadram the hero as Young Windies clinch series

DURBAN, South Africa, CMC – Off-spinner Bhaskar Yadram held his nerve to bowl a brilliant last over as West Indies Under-19s snatched a dramatic two-run victory over South Africa Under-19s to seal a 3-2 win in the five-match Youth One-Day International series here yesterday.

Froome in control as Aru slips down the rankings

SERRE-CHEVALIER, France, (Reuters) – Chris Froome kept control of his rivals in a gruelling Alpine ride to move a step closer to a fourth Tour de France title yesterday, retaining the leader’s yellow jersey after the 17th stage, won by Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic.

Venezuelan business leader slams Maduro’s congress plan

MARACAIBO, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s severe economic crisis will worsen if President Nicolas Maduro presses ahead with a controversial new congress that would further undermine investor confidence in the OPEC nation, the head of the country’s biggest business guild said.

West thrilled with Young Windies tenacity after series win

DURBAN, South Africa, CMC – West Indies Under-19s head coach, Graeme West, has praised the resolve of his players after they produced a sterling comeback to snatch a dramatic last-over victory over South Africa Under-19s and take the five-match Youth One-Day International series 3-2 here yesterday.

Johnson lobs Ashes grenade at beaten England

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – England’s abject display against South Africa in the second test shows they are a side struggling for consistency and Australia should be able to exploit their lack of cohesion in the upcoming Ashes series, former paceman Mitchell Johnson has said.

Mohammed bin Nayef

Addiction and intrigue: Inside the Saudi palace coup

(Reuters) – On Tuesday June 20 Mohammed bin Nayef, a powerful figure in Saudi Arabia’s security apparatus for the past two decades and the next in line to the throne, was summoned to meet King Salman bin Abdulaziz on the fourth floor of the royal palace in Mecca.

The Negotiable Cow

The English humorist and writer, Sir A.P. Herbert is well-loved for his realistic series of satirical judgments and absurd legal accounts first set out in “Misleading Cases in the Common Law” which on several occasions were mistakenly reported by several newspapers as entirely factual.