Daily Archive: Sunday, November 5, 2017

Articles published on Sunday, November 5, 2017

Sunil Ambris

Windies call up Ambris for NZ tour

(WICB) ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The Selection Panel of Cricket West Indies has announced a 15-member Windies squad for the two-Test series on the Tour of New Zealand, starting later this month.

The plane, which was found near to Yupukari, in Region Nine last year

Key intel on illegal aircraft activity was ignored

Vital information from residents in far flung communities in Region Nine about sightings of illegal aircraft and suspected illegal activities were sluggishly acted upon, according to the findings of Brigadier (ret’d) Edward Collins’ investigation of the discovery of a foreign aircraft near to Yupukari, Region Nine last year.

Penny Glen and Carmelita Anderson

Self-esteem programme offers a breakthrough

For months Penny Glen, a mother of three, struggled with emotional issues which she could not have described, all of which came to bare when she realized that she could no longer communicate with her eldest daughter who moved from being a normal child to a withdrawn teenager.

Vishaul Singh

Jaguars dismiss Volcanoes to win second on trot

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Guyana Jaguars made it a little messy in the end but rattled off their second straight win in the Regional four-day championship when they defeated Windward Island Volcanoes by seven wickets inside three days here yesterday.

Floodlights, Regal Masters set to continue rivalry

The rivalry between the country’s top two softball cricket teams is set to continue today when Floodlights and Regal Masters meet in the final of the Masters category of the seventh annual Guyana Softball Cup tournament following semi-finals wins yesterday.

Fast bowler Shannon Gabriel, pictured here bowling during the second Test, managed to work up a good head of steam on the Queens Sports Club pitch. (Photo courtesy CWI Media)

Seamers persevered but better pitches needed, says Law

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, CMC – Head coach, Stuart Law has lauded the determination of the West Indies seam attack on the flat track at Queens Sports Club and has urged authorities here to improve the standard of their pitches in order to aid the development of the Zimbabwe side.

Ground-staff at Sabina Park were kept busy by the weather. (Photo courtesy CWI Media)

Rain forces Sabina Park abandonment

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies A’s hopes of levelling the three-match one-day series against Sri Lanka A were scuppered as wet conditions, resulting from rain, wrecked the second one-dayer at Sabina Park here Friday night.

UG 51st Convocation to feature two ceremonies

On November 11, the University of Guyana’s (UG) 51st Convocation will be held at the Turkeyen campus where the University will celebrate the accomplishments of about 1800 students, and for the first time in the history of the university the certificated, diplomas and degrees will be awarded at two ceremonies.

Andre Fletcher … stroked a half-century in Sixers win.

Fletcher stars as Sixers make winning start

SYLHET, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies Twenty20 star Andre Fletcher helped raise the curtain on the 2017 edition of the Bangladesh Premier League in style when he stroked a handsome half-century to steer Sylhet Sixers to a comfortable victory here yesterday.

The President and Parliament

Nobody familiar with how events have unfolded in Guyana in recent times would have been altogether surprised by the raucous heckling from the placard-bearing ranks of the PPP/C in Parliament on Thursday.

Local marmalade

Local marmalade: The Kuru Kuru Farmers and Livestock Association exhibited marmalade at the Uncapped agro-processing expo last week.