Daily Archive: Thursday, June 28, 2018

Articles published on Thursday, June 28, 2018

Former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday, right, chats with Petrotrin board chairman Wilfred Espinet during the Macroeconomic Conversations conference at the Teaching and Learning Centre of UWI’s St Augustine Campus.

Petrotrin heavily indebted

(Trinidad Guardian) A TT$12 billion in debt, much of which is due in one year’s time, total employee costs amounting to 50 per cent of operating costs and an overtime bill of TT$22 million a month are some of the issues the board of State-owned energy company Petrotrin must deal with.

Brazil outclass Serbia to set up Mexico clash

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – After Germany’s exit and Argentina’s nerve-shredding escape, Brazil made more serene World Cup progress on Wednesday when goals by Paulinho and Thiago Silva earned them a 2-0 win over an outclassed Serbia and a knockout tie against Mexico.

Shimron Hetmyer

Five Guyanese in CWI President’s XI

Five Guyanese, including West Indies players Shimron Hetmyer and Vishaul `Cheesy’ Singh have been named in the Cricket West Indies President’s XI squad to face Bangladesh in the lone two-day warm up match commencing today.

West Coast restaurant hit by three armed men

Following the robbery of a Goed Fortuin, West Coast Demerara (WCD) restaurant on Tuesday night, when the proprietor was relieved of $80,000 cash and two cellular phones, police in ‘D’ Division have arrested two suspects, one of whom was caught in a pit latrine.

 Defending champion Alex Arjoon prepares to return a ball during his dominant first-round win 

Arjoon begins title defence with an easy first-round win

Defending champion Alex Arjoon, who is the number one seed in the country, began the 2018 edition of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Banks DIH – Rainforest Waters Senior National Championships on a winning note by defeating Gianni Carpenter in straight sets at the Georgetown Squash court, last evening. 

Holder reaches career-best in ICC rankings

LONDON,  CMC – West Indies captain Jason Holder has leapt to a career-best 25th spot in the International Cricket Council Test bowling rankings, following his outstanding performance in the day/night third Test which ended in Barbados Tuesday.

The Edward Seaga Building, home of Petrojam Ltd, on Marcus Garvey Drive

Anti-corruption body raids Petrojam

(Jamaica Gleaner) Teams from the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) and the new Integrity Commission on Tuesday swooped down on the state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, confiscating documents and computers amid allegations of nepotism, corruption and cost overruns at the entity.

Swedes punish Mexico but both go through

YEKATERINBURG, Russia, June 26 (Reuters) – Sweden sprang a surprise with a 3-0 thumping of Mexico yesterday, breaking their opponents’ resistance after a scoreless first half and guaranteeing that both teams advance to the World Cup last 16 at the expense of defending champions Germany.

Adrian Gabriel

T&T woman hides under bed as cousins killed

(Trinidad Guardian) A 19-year-old woman hid under a bed to escape a gunman who stormed into her house and sprayed bullets in her bedroom and in the bedroom of her 28-year-old relative Samuel “Sam” David during the wee hours of yesterday morning in Never Dirty, Morvant.

US narcotics bureau team meets police

Commissioner of Police (ag) David Ramnarine, yesterday morning hosted a meeting in the Commissioner’s Conference Room with several key members of the US Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Pro-grams, a release from the police said. 

Dysfunction and ignorance

The murder of 28-year-old Tovonie Alexce Simmons of Limlair Village, Corentyne, Berbice last Wednesday would have brought the toll of women killed in or as a result of domestic violence situations to approximately two a month for the year so far.