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West Indies Twenty20 international specialist Andre Russell is among 14 players signed by Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (ADKR) for UAE’s International League T20 (ILT20).

ADKR announced their overseas players on Tuesday and the list also includes five other West Indians – Sunil Narine, Akeal Hosein, Raymon Reifer, Kennar Lewis and Ravi Rampaul.

The ADKR franchise is owned by the Knight Riders Group, which also manages teams like Kolkata Knight Riders (IPL) and Trinbago Knight Riders (CPL).

Russell of Jamaica and Narine of Trinidad and Tobago have been part of the IPL’s Kolkata Knight Riders since 2012 and 2014 respectively, while Narine also plays for the CPL team Trinbago Knight Riders.

England’s swashbuckling player Jonny Bairstow is another prominent overseas signing by the Abu Dhabi franchise for UAE’s inaugural T20 league season.

“Firstly it’s great to see that our global footprint continues to grow in line with our vision & strategy. KKR in IPL, TKR in CPL and now ADKR in the ILT20,” Venky Mysore, CEO of Knight Riders, said.

“It’s also terrific that we have our mainstays – Sunil Narine and Andre Russell as part of ADKR. We are really delighted that Jonny Bairstow joins the Knight Riders family and will no doubt play a huge part in ADKR’s journey in ILT20. We are also delighted that Akeal Hosein, Ravi Rampaul, Ali Khan, Colin Ingram and Seekuge Prasanna, who have been part of Trinbago Knight Riders before, are also a part of ADKR.”

ADKR said that their local UAE players would be added to the squad later via in the draft.

The ILT20 is scheduled to begin in January next year in the UAE and is competing with South Africa’s T20 League for players.

ADKR squad for far: Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Akeal Hosein, Raymon Reifer, Kennar Lewis, Ravi Rampaul (all from West Indies), Jonny Bairstow (England), Paul Stirling (Ireland), Lahiru Kumara, Charith Asalanka, Seekkuge Prasanna (trio from Sri Lanka), Colin Ingram (South Africa), Ali Khan (USA), Brandon Glover (The Netherlands).

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Phats International Styles Ltd branches are expected to be closed on Wednesday to facilitate the funeral of a murdered staffer.

Amin Singh, 34, a relative of the owner, was shot and fatally wounded during a robbery at the Princes Town branch on Cacique Street on August 3. This branch has since been cleared out and closed to the public.

The other branches are in Trincity, Sangre Grande, San Fernando and Arima.

On August 8, Singh, of Wallerfield in Arima, died at the San Fernando General Hospital.

The funeral is set for 10 am at the company’s warehouse at Lot 224, Churchill Roosevelt Highway at Wallerfield. The body is expected to be taken to the D’Abadie public cemetery for burial.

Surveillance footage shows the gunman walking into the store and announcing a robbery at 10.40 am on August 3. Singh was standing behind the cashier’s counter, and the masked bandit grabbed his gold chain from his neck.

There was a scuffle, and Singh was shot in the chest. He fell to the ground, and the gunman ran away.

No one has been arrested.

Investigations are ongoing.

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Newly appointed Commissioner of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Clement Rohee, is looking to enhance the professionalism of the electoral body.

Rohee, a former Home Affairs Minister and a People’s Progressive Party stalwart, was sworn in as a government-nominated commissioner at GECOM this morning by President Dr Irfaan Ali. He replaced former commissioner, Bibi Shadick, who passed away on Saturday last at the age of 76.

Speaking with reporters after taking his Oath of Office, Rohee explained that having witnessed the tumultuous 2020 General and Regional Elections, there are some priority areas at GECOM that needs to be addressed.

“…The electoral machinery, being extremely professional not only in its composition but also in the conduct of its mandate, pofessionalism in GECOM, as it is in any institution that has to do with good governance and democracy, is extremely important. And I would want to help to make a contribution to ensuring that the staff is…,” he stated.

Rohee added, “So, we need to have staff that reflects what Guyana looks like and this is going to be extremely important.”

Asked whether that reflection is related to the ethnic make-up of the GECOM staff, the newly sworn-in Commissioner had this to say: “I’m speaking about, fundamentally, the professional face of GECOM. It doesn’t necessarily mean the ethnic composition. You can have a multi-ethnic composition of GECOM but the fact is that they all have to present a professional face to the public not only in terms of image but also in terms of what they do, in terms of the concrete activities in the public domain.”

“So, it’s also going to be important for the staff to be professional in the conduct of the activities and the attitude towards people as well. So, the face of GECOM, it’s not so much the commissioners, it’s more the staff because on the ground it is the staff that represents GECOM.”

Rohee, a former Member of Parliament, had served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 2001, Minister of Trade from 2001 to 2006, and Home Affairs Minister from 2006 to 2015.

He also served as the PPP/C General Secretary from 2013 to 2017.

President Ali expressed confidence that Rohee’s experience, both at the national level and in elections, would help to strengthen GECOM.

“He is no stranger in his pursuit of free and fair elections, democracy and building a country in which the rule of law defines our action and who we are as a people… I’m sure that with his experience, not only at the national level but his previous experience at the Election Commission, will bring great value to the work of the Commission. It would help to strengthen the Commission and, definitely, will benefit our country as a whole,” the Head of State posited.

Meanwhile, GECOM Chair, Justice Retired Claudette Singh, said Rohee will fit in on the Election Commission since he has institutional knowledge and experience in politics.

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El gobernador Pedro Rafael Pierluisi Urrutia dijo el martes que no es justo comparar el contrato de privatización otorgado a San Juan Cruise Port, subsidiaria de Global Ports Holdings por la concesión de transmisión y distribución de energía Eléctrica a LUMA Energy.

“Cada APP es distinta en cuanto a la estructura. Cada una se mide a base de su desempeño y hay un contrato que rige cada una de ellas. No debes hacer la comparación, no es justa la comparación salvo que los contratos se asemejan. Ciertamente esto está apenas comenzando, acabamos de firmarlo”, dijo el gobernador a preguntas de la prensa.

El director de las Alianzas Público Privadas, Fermín Fontánes mencionó que estructural mente el contrato tiene mayor similitud con el de la conseción del Aeropuerto Internacional Luis Muñoz Marín a Aerostar Holdings. Según el gobernador, aunque recientemente hubo críticas por las condiciones del aeropuerto, estas se han atendido satisfactoriamente.

El contrato en cuestión es para la reparación, diseño, construcción, financiamiento, mantenimiento y operación de los terminales de cruceros de la Bahía de San Juan con una aportación de capital privado de sobre 400 millones de dólares. Esto para atender las necesidades de infraestructura y modernización de los muelles 1, 3, 4, 11 al 14 y Panamericanos I y II de la Autoridad de los Puertos, en un acuerdo de alianza público-privada (APP) entre la Autoridad de los Puertos de Puerto Rico y San Juan Cruise Port por un término de 30 años.

La selección de San Juan Cruise Port es el resultado de un proceso de licitación que comenzó en el 2017 con el objetivo de hacer frente al deterioro histórico de los muelles de cruceros, optimizar sus condiciones estructurales y modernizarlos para atemperarlos a las exigencias de la industria de cruceros moderna. Esto, con el fin de aumentar el acceso portuario en Puerto Rico y afianzar el posicionamiento de la Isla como destino turístico marítimo en el Caribe.

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