Daily Archive: Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Articles published on Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Chris Gayle

Patriots march into CPL final

  (ESPN) St Kitts and Nevis Patriots are one step away from completing a remarkable worst-to-first turnaround after defeating Trinbago Knight Riders by 38 last night at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad.

Kieron Pollard’s controversial no ball (Photo Source: Twitter)

Pollard’s first CPL ‘no-ball’ causes uproar

(Trinidad Guardian) Barbados Trident’s captain Kieron Pollard has come under fire from some quarters for what they term ‘unsportsmanlike’ behaviour, by denying a century to Patriots opener Evin Lewis in their 2017 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) clash in Barbados on Sunday night.

Lewis fireworks sink hapless Tridents

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Opener Evin Lewis stroked the fastest half-century of this year’s Caribbean Premier League but missed out on three figures in controversial circumstances as St Kitts and Nevis Patriots crushed Barbados Tridents by 10 wickets, in the final preliminary game here Sunday night.

Sabbir, Mushfiqur lead Bangladesh fightback

(Reuters) – Captain Mushfiqur Rahim and Sabbir Rahman shared a century stand to help Bangladesh fight back from Nathan Lyon’s five-wicket haul and lead the hosts to 253 for six on the opening day of the second and final test against Australia yesterday.

Government should be investigating paved areas that breathe as part of GT’s drainage solution

Dear Editor, Here’s what NBC News had to say about the terrible devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey: “…[A] consequence of all the growth in Harris County [Texas] is more concrete…All that development and pavement has led to less exposed ground, meaning the area was less able to absorb the tremendous amount of rain it received this past week.”

The government is sending mixed signals on the issue of foreign military intervention in Venezuela

Dear Editor, Less than a week after foreign ministers from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Chile, Guyana, Mexico and Peru had met in Lima, the capital of Peru where they condemned the “breakdown of democratic order” in Venezuela and declared that they would not recognize any action taken by its “illegitimate” new Constituent Assembly, President Donald Trump remarked on TV that he was “not ruling out a military option” in respect of US involvement in Venezuela.

WPA declares support for Lands CoI

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) yesterday declared its support for the Lands Commission of Inquiry (CoI), charging that 23 years of PPP/C rule had seen the country retrogressing on the “burning issue of land rights and justice”.

Cops wrapping up illegal Beechcraft probe

The police are in the process of wrapping up a report in relation to last month’s discovery of an illegal airstrip and aircraft close to the Santa Fe farm, Region Nine and it is suspected that two foreign nationals, a Colombian and a Brazilian are connected to the find.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness (second from left) is flanked by Attorney General Marlene Malahoo Forte, member of parliament for St James West Central, and Major Godphey Sterling, who is leading the Jamaica Defence Force’s efforts in Mount Salem, St James. Holness was touring the community, which was last week named the first zone of special operations.

Jamaica in cash for guns programme

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Sunday announced a massive national firearm recovery reward programme as well as a five-day grace period for illegal weapons found on premises in the Mount Salem community, which was last Friday declared Jamaica’s first zone of special operations (ZOSO).

GFA Scorers from left to right-Quason McAulay, Darren Benjamin and Shane Morris.

WDFA, GFA clinch semi-final spots

Undefeated West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) and the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) clinched semi-final berths in the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA)/GT Beer Intra-Association tournament Sunday.

Repetitive inefficiencies

Every year, without fail, a matter of days before the new academic year begins, teams of builders can be seen frantically trying to remedy and repair school houses defective in one way or another, for the start of classes.

Anil Beharry

Beharry leads Floodlights to victory over Invaders Masters

A fine all-round performance by former Berbice senior cricketer Anil Beharry Saturday evening, led a Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) team to a convincing seven-wicket win against Invaders Masters of Essequibo in a specially arranged friendly game under lights at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground, Queenstown, Georgetown.