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Nightclub shooting in Old Harbour leaves one dead, 2 others injured Loop Jamaica
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The St Catherine South police have launched a manhunt for gunmen who reportedly opened gunfire inside a nightclub in Old Harbour on Saturday, leaving a man dead and two others nursing gunshot wounds.
The deceased has been identified as Gerald Moxam of Sandy Bay, Clarendon.
Police reports are about 12:45 am on Saturday, Moxam was among patrons in the club along Ascot Drive in Old Harbour, when two armed men entered the venue and opened gunfire, hitting him.
The attackers fled the venue shortly after.
Moxam reportedly succumbed to his injuries at the scene.
Two other men were also found suffering from gunshot wounds and were transported to the hospital for treatment. Their injuries are not considered to be life-threatening.
The police believe that Moxam who was on their radar, was the target of the attack.
Further investigations are continuing into the development.
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Mexique: un mort après le passage de l’ouragan Roslyn
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La tempête tropicale Roslyn, qui a touché terre dimanche dans le nord-ouest du Mexique en ouragan de catégorie 3, a tué au moins deux personnes et a endommagé des maisons et détruit des…
La tempête tropicale Roslyn, qui a touché terre dimanche dans le nord-ouest du Mexique en ouragan de catégorie 3, a tué au moins deux personnes et a endommagé des maisons et détruit des routes, avant une probable disparition en soirée.
“Nous avons constaté qu’une personne est décédée à Rosamorada”, a déclaré Jorge Benito Rodriguez, le secrétaire à la sécurité de l’Etat de Nayarit, à la télévision publique.
Le département de la protection des citoyens et des incendies a ensuite avancé qu’un homme de 80 ans avait succombé dans l’effondrement d’une lourde structure dans sa maison sur l’île de Mexcaltitán.
Lundi à 00h00 GMT, Roslyn se trouvait à 95 km de la ville de Torreon, dans le nord du pays, et présentait des vents soutenus de 55 km/h. Il devrait se dissiper dans la soirée, selon le Centre national des ouragans (NHC) aux Etats-Unis.
Roslyn s’était renforcé en quelques heures vendredi en ouragan de catégorie 4, mettant les autorités et les habitants des Etats de Nayarit et Jalisco en état d’alerte.
Un ouragan de catégorie supérieure à 3 sur l’échelle de Saffir-Simpson (sur 5) est considéré comme un phénomène “majeur” potentiellement catastrophique. Il s’agissait du premier ouragan a atteindre cette cette force dans le Pacifique cette saison.
Il a touché terre vers 11h20 GMT dans les environs de Santa Cruz (Etat de Nayarit), où vivent 1.200 personnes, qui vivent principalement de la pêche et de l’agriculture.
Des dégâts matériels, quelques inondations, des chutes d’arbres et des glissements de terrain ont été signalés par les autorités de protection civile des Etats de Nayarit et de Jalisco (ouest), les plus affectés par l’ouragan.
Les inondations “ne représentent pas un risque en tant que tel”, a indiqué le directeur de la protection civile de Nayarit, Pedro Núñez.
La station balnéaire de Puerto Vallarta (Etat de Jalisco), qui compte quelque 220.000 habitants et est l’une des plus grandes villes de la zone touchée par l’ouragan, a commencé à recenser les dégâts.
Evacuations
“C’était un peu effrayant. L’eau a commencé à entrer dans notre maison, nous avons dû sortir nos enfants et les mettre en hauteur (…) nous sommes restés sous la pluie pendant environ trois heures, ma maison a été détruite”, a raconté à l’AFP Erik Newcomer, un Américain installé à Puerto Vallarta depuis trois mois.
A Sayulita, dans le Nayarit, certains secteurs ont été touchés par la crue d’un ruisseau, qui a enseveli des maisons.
Plus d’un milliers d’habitants des zones à risque ont quitté leur domicile pour rejoindre des refuges ou des maisons de proches, tandis que les activités commerciales ont été suspendues en fin d’après-midi.
Des cyclones tropicaux frappent le Mexique chaque année sur ses côtes pacifique et atlantique, généralement entre mai et novembre.
Fin mai, Agatha, la première tempête de la saison dans le Pacifique, a touché les côtes de l’Etat d’Oaxaca (sud), où de fortes pluies dans des villes de montagne ont fait 11 morts. En octobre 1997, Paulina, classée 4, avait dévasté la côte sud du Pacifique mexicain, faisant plus de 200 morts.
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Un commerce a barricadé ses fenêtres avec des planches pour se protéger des violentes bourrasques de l’ouragan Roslyn sur la côte pacifique du Mexique
• Alfredo ESTRELLA
Des habitants et des membres de la Garde nationale déblaient la boue d’une rue à la suite du passage de l’ouragan Roslyn à Sayulita, au Mexique, le 23 octobre 2022
• ALFREDO ESTRELLA
Deux camions pris dans la boue après le passage de l’ouragan Roslyn sur la route entre Nayarit et Puerto Vallarta, au Mexique, le 23 octobre 2022
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Newsmaker… Week: Outrage as two cops are slain in less than a week Loop Jamaica
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The content originally appeared on: Jamaica News Loop News
This week’s featured development as Newsmaker of the Week just ended are the murders of two members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) locally within less than a week.
Jamaica’s spiralling murder wave continues to grip the island, leaving families drowning in grief as gunmen continue their onslaught, including now claiming the lives of two policemen in quick succession.
The lawmen have been identified as 22-year-old Constable Brian Martin, who was shot dead by gunmen on Saturday, October 15; and 43-year-old Corporal Oliver Mullings, who was slain by hoodlums on Thursday, October 20.
The latest crime statistics have revealed the murder of some 1,247 Jamaicans across the country up to Tuesday, October 18, an 8.2 per cent increase when compared to the 1,152 persons who were killed over the corresponding period last year.
Major crimes are up by 4.3 per cent between January 1 and October 18. A total of 4,059 incidents were reported this year, compared to 3,892 last year.
With those staggering statistics and the intensity of the bloodshed over the week just ended, some citizens are growing desperate for an effective crime-fighting strategy from those in charge of the country’s affairs.
So far, the JCF has put forward Operation Relentless II as its latest crime-fighting initiative, while the Government has crafted a new Firearms Act and a new Bail Act, the latter being at the Bill stage, to dent the brazen collective attack on thstate by criminals.
Amid it all, the hoodlums turned their weapons on members of the JCF in less than a week, leaving a constable and a corporal dead, and the constabulary in mourning.
In the latest attack on Thursday night, Corporal Mullings, who was assigned to the Kingston Western Police Division, was killed by gunmen in Trench Town, St Andrew.
Reports from the police are that at about 10:45 pm, the corporal was among a team of officers who responded to a call from residents in the area after gunmen were spotted there.
The law enforcers ended up being attacked by the gunmen.
Mullings was reportedly injured during a shootout with the criminals.
He was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Another man, reported to have been one of the gunmen, was also killed in the incident, and an illegal firearm was seized.
Days before the corporal’s death, 22-year-old Constable Brian Martin of the St Andrew Central Police Division died after being shot at a wake in the Maxfield Avenue area, also in St Andrew.
Constable Brian Martin
Four other persons, including a 10-year-old, were shot and injured in the attack that took place at around 10pm.
Law enforcers were summoned and Constable Martin and four other persons were taken to hospital, where the cop died while being treated, and the other injured persons were admitted in stable conditions.
The police have since indicated that it is unlikely that Martin was the target of the attack at the wake. Rather, it was possibly a case of him being in the wrong place at the wrong time, as the shooting likely arose from gang conflict in the area.
Elder relatives of the constable reflected on his focus as a youth that led him to join the constabulary.
“This yah world yah want God intervention, because we the innocent a feel it,” wailed a female relative of the cop last Sunday.
“Crime out a hand now… Jamaica want prayer warriors,” she added.
Martin’s aunt, Natalie Hamilton, said he was determined to escape poverty and provide for his family.
She explained that she felt good that Martin was joining the constabulary because “at least we a seh somebody auhhold up dem head.
“Maybe a dis now fi we come out a poverty. We never have no problem when him a go inna the force, because we know say him ambitious from long time, and him is a person where him ago get weh him want,” Hamilton reflected.
Martin was from Ricketts Avenue in St Andrew.
The Police High Command has since condemned the killings of both policemen, and has also expressed condolences to the families, colleagues and friends of both men.
“The JCF is committed to conducting a thorough investigation and to apprehend the persons responsible for his death,” the high command said in a release on Friday.
Minister of National Security, Dr Horace Chang, joined Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in charge of the crime and security portfolio, Fitz Bailey, and other senior police officers on a visit to Martin’s mother on Thursday.
Minister of National Security, Dr Horace Chang (centre), speaks with journalists at the Denham Town Police Station in Western Kingston following the shooting death of Corporal Oliver Mullings on October 20. Chang is flanked by Deputy Commissioner of Police Fitz Bailey (left) and Assistant Chaplain, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), Kevin A White. (Photo: JIS)
The force chaplain and the divisional community safety team were also on hand to provide support to the family in their time of difficulty, as well as similar support being given to the love ones and colleagues of Corporal Mullings.
Human rights group, Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), joined the JCF in condemning the murders of the two policemen, and urged citizens to provide the police with any information that could lead to the arrests of the perpetrators.
Likewise, Jamaicans on social media condemned the killings of the two police officers and called on thesState to enforce tougher measures to address what they largely describe as the spiralling crime rate locally.
Some users, too, reflected on the character traits of each lawman.
One such Facebook user, Taveres JZ, said Corporal Mullings served the JCF with great integrity.
“If you know this man, you know how serious he takes his job. He wanted to make Jamaica a safer place. He served with integrity. This man is always smiling and very humble, and a true believer in God. Jamaica has lost a hero,” the Facebook user posted.
Another user, Karen Archer, wrote: “This is unacceptable! Lawful abiding citizens doing their jobs, people making a living trying to survive, and they are gunned down in cold blood!
“Something needs to give!! Get these guns and murderers off the street period!!. Still puzzles me though why is it so hard to do!!!” she indicated.
Questioned Sylvia Bando: “Is a trend this now begin?
“They should hunt them down and treat them accordingly. Condolences to family and friends,” she wrote.
Shane Jones said both lawmen should be commended for their service to the JCF.
“One cop last night (Thursday) and another last week, we need to honour them and I hope the JCF catch the hooligans. Jamaica gone to the dogs. Death penalty time now,” he declared.
And amid the condolences and condemnations of the two law enforcers’ killings, there were calls for Police Commissioner, Major General Antony Anderson, to step aside over his stewardship, as well as criticisms of the handling of the National Security portfolio by Chang.
“Listen, what is the (police) commissioner doing? Nice talk not cutting it anymore because see the gunmen nuh ‘fraid a police dem. Tough strategies needed now to fight man. RIP squaddies,” commented Marvalee Goodison.
Wrote Rory Charm Elliot: “Chang needs to pack up and go because him make no sense, and him can take Massa Commissioner with him to, cause him bringing no solution.”
But Jason Hughes rubbished the calls, by advising that, “No police commissioner and minister can stamp out wanton crime and criminality, because police can’t be everywhere.
“People like you make senseless calls, but not telling the police where the criminals are,” he suggested.
Tasha Butler shared: “I’m waiting on the island-wide protests for the killing of Mullo (Oliver Mullings) and the young squaddie.
“Thank you both for the service you gave to Jamaica. RIP,” she stated.
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PM BROWNE: Observer Media Group and their UPP Allies are going insane
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The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
Observer Media Group and their UPP Allies are going insane.
They are hell bent on keeping their blind loyalists and unsuspecting supporters/followers in ignorance, even through censorhip of discourse.
He who seeks to undermine, or hide the truth has no moral integrity.
My political opponents have tried for over two decades to break me without success. As a consequence, they have now resorted to hatred.
Their hatred is so egregious, that they have become desperate; accentuating every mole hill, or articulation of humor into a mountain of immorality and illegality, without any supporting facts, or evidence.
I will never allow the limited perceptions of my opponents and the mercenaries who they co-opt from time to time, to define me.
I know who I am.
I am a man of faith; I believe in doing good for the benefit of all. I am realist, not a perfectionists. I do not practice falsities and fakery. What you see is what you get.
I believe in and practice honesty and integrity uncompromisingly. And I am empathetic to the needs of all, especially the poor and vulnerable.
Any guilt surrounding my conduct, is for doing what is right and saying what is true, without malice or ill-will.
The Truth is not always beautiful and it may be offensive, but inviolable.
I stand anyways on the truth.
Notwithstanding their like, or dislike; no one could justifiably condemn me for incompetence, any act of unintegrity, or malevolence towards anyone.
My philanthropy, empathy and kindness are well known and acknowledged.
I do not have to have a motive, or reason to be kind and generous. It is engrained in my psyche, in my being, to be kind and generous, even to those have ridiculed me.
UPP’s misleading and dumbing down rhetoric about Gaston Browne & ABLP, is nothing but cheap, unenlightened, valueless politics.
UPP supporters need to take responsibility to seek other views and information to find the truth. PFM is a great source of information and truth, especially the Browne & Browne show on a Saturday.
It is frightful to see the amount of people who lack integrity; competence, many of them functionally literate, with past criminal convictions, who are dominating the UPP’s hierarchy and exerting a crudely dumb influence on the institution its supporters.
As a consequence of their low level discourse, issues of national, hemispheric and global interests are ignored.
The UPP has failed to join the ABLP in discussing:
Global issues such as climate change, the war on Ukraine, nuclear disarmament, multi-dimensional vulnerability index, reform of UN and the International Financial architecture; hemispheric issues including US policy on Cuba and Venezuela; Domestic policy issues including; green and blue economies, digitalization, regional integration, reliable air and sea transportation, stem cells therapy, block chain/cryptocurrency, cannabis, and overall economic diversification.
The subject of their choice, which has now grown to obsessive proportions, is the demonization of Gaston Browne, using lies, half truths and innuendos.
The various polls including theirs, confirmed that they are losing and losing badly. The demonization of Gaston Browne is evidently not working.
Please circulate the above as a reminder to the UPP leadership that: The definition of insanity, is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
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Leon Bailey scores as Aston Villa start post-Gerrard era with 4-0 win Loop Jamaica
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Aston Villa responded to the firing of manager Steven Gerrard by scoring three goals in the opening 14 minutes in a 4-0 win over Brentford in the English Premier League on Sunday.
Led by interim coach Aaron Danks, Villa took the lead in the second minute through Leon Bailey before Danny Ings added two more goals — one coming from the penalty spot.
By that time, Villa had scored as many goals as it had in the last six games under Gerrard, who was fired soon after Villa’s 3-0 loss at Fulham last Thursday to end his one-year stint in charge.
Ollie Watkins added a fourth goal in the 59th for the rampant hosts, wrapping up its third victory of the season and comfortably its biggest.
Villa started the game just outside the relegation zone only because of goal difference but now the team has some breathing space.
Danks said he is prepared to lead Villa for as long as he is asked after a memorable first game in temporary charge.
“It has been a roller coaster of a few days but my full focus was just on today’s game,” he said. “For me, I have been asked to step forward and lead the team with a group of staff, we will keep doing that until we are told otherwise.
“We are in tomorrow morning, we will recover well, we will review today’s game, we will start getting ready for Newcastle and whenever anything changes it changes, but until that point we just keep thinking forwards and moving forwards.”
The Birmingham-born Danks, who was a first-team coach under Gerrard, said he hasn’t thought about getting the job on a full-time basis.
“I joined the club as a coach and to be part of a growth project, to help the club move forward,” he said.
“This club is steeped in tradition and history, it’s got a fantastic academy and we just want this club growing and moving. For me, there is a long-term goal in this football club and whatever role I play in that.”
Brentford manager Thomas Frank is one of the names to have been linked with the permanent job at Villa.
After his team’s defeat, he did not rule himself out of the running but said he has “unfinished business” at Brentford.
“There’s a lot of rumours out there. I realise this is a great club in many ways, but I have said many times before I am pleased in Brentford and I have unfinished business to do,” Frank said.
“It’s football. One thing is for sure, I have a job I am happy for. I love Brentford. That is what I am focusing on. Right now, I just lost 4-0, the only thing I feel is pain inside my body. All other rumours, one way or the other, I am not spending too much time on that.”
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Mexique: un mort après le passage de l’ouragan Roslyn
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La tempête tropicale Roslyn, qui a touché terre dimanche dans le nord-ouest du Mexique en ouragan de catégorie 3, a tué au moins une personne et a endommagé…
La tempête tropicale Roslyn, qui a touché terre dimanche dans le nord-ouest du Mexique en ouragan de catégorie 3, a tué au moins une personne et a endommagé des maisons et détruit des routes.
“Nous avons constaté qu’une personne est décédée à Rosamorada”, a déclaré Jorge Benito Rodriguez, le secrétaire à la sécurité de l’Etat de Nayarit, à la télévision publique.
Il a ajouté que ses services se rendaient sur l’île touristique de Mexcaltitan pour corroborer les informations selon lesquelles un homme âgé est décédé après l’effondrement de sa maison.
L’ouragan Roslyn, alors classé en catégorie 3, avait atteint la côte ouest du Mexique, près de Santa Cruz, vers 11h20 GMT, selon le Centre national des ouragans (NHC) aux Etats-Unis.
Il a touché les environs de Santa Cruz (Etat de Nayarit), où vivent 1.200 personnes, qui vivent principalement de la pêche et de l’agriculture.
A 21h00 GMT, après avoir été rétrogradé en tempête, il se trouvait à 115 km de la ville de Durango, dans le nord du pays, et présentait des vents soutenus de 75 km/h, selon la même source.
L’ouragan devrait “s’affaiblir rapidement” à mesure qu’il progresse vers le nord, montagneux, du Mexique, précise le NHC, avant de “se dissiper en fin de soirée ou lundi matin”.
Des dégâts matériels, quelques inondations, des chutes d’arbres et des glissements de terrain ont été signalés par les autorités de protection civile des Etats de Nayarit et de Jalisco (ouest), les plus affectés par l’ouragan.
Les inondations “ne représentent pas un risque en tant que tel”, a indiqué le directeur de la protection civile de Nayarit, Pedro Núñez.
La station balnéaire de Puerto Vallarta (Etat de Jalisco), qui compte quelque 220.000 habitants et est l’une des plus grandes villes de la zone touchée par l’ouragan, a commencé à recenser les dégâts.
Evacuations
“C’était un peu effrayant. L’eau a commencé à entrer dans notre maison, nous avons dû sortir nos enfants et les mettre en hauteur (…) nous sommes restés sous la pluie pendant environ trois heures, ma maison a été détruite”, a raconté à l’AFP Erik Newcomer, un Américain installé à Puerto Vallarta depuis trois mois.
Roslyn s’était renforcé en quelques heures vendredi en ouragan de catégorie 4, mettant les autorités et les habitants des Etats de Nayarit et Jalisco en état d’alerte. Un ouragan de catégorie supérieure à 3 sur l’échelle de Saffir-Simpson (sur 5) est considéré comme un phénomène “majeur” potentiellement catastrophique.
A Sayulita, dans le Nayarit, certains secteurs ont été touchés par la crue d’un ruisseau, qui a enseveli des maisons.
Plus d’un milliers d’habitants des zones à risque ont quitté leur domicile pour rejoindre des refuges ou des maisons de proches, tandis que les activités commerciales ont été suspendues en fin d’après-midi.
Des cyclones tropicaux frappent le Mexique chaque année sur ses côtes pacifique et atlantique, généralement entre mai et novembre.
Fin mai, Agatha, la première tempête de la saison dans le Pacifique, a touché les côtes de l’Etat d’Oaxaca (sud), où de fortes pluies dans des villes de montagne ont fait 11 morts. En octobre 1997, Paulina, classée 4, avait dévasté la côte sud du Pacifique mexicain, faisant plus de 200 morts.
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Un commerce a barricadé ses fenêtres avec des planches pour se protéger des violentes bourrasques de l’ouragan Roslyn sur la côte pacifique du Mexique
• Alfredo ESTRELLA
Des habitants et des membres de la Garde nationale déblaient la boue d’une rue à la suite du passage de l’ouragan Roslyn à Sayulita, au Mexique, le 23 octobre 2022
• ALFREDO ESTRELLA
Deux camions pris dans la boue après le passage de l’ouragan Roslyn sur la route entre Nayarit et Puerto Vallarta, au Mexique, le 23 octobre 2022
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Kohli leads India to stunning T20 World Cup win over Pakistan Loop Jamaica
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Virat Kohli produced an astonishing performance to lead India to a stunning final-ball triumph over arch-rival Pakistan in a dramatic Twenty20 World Cup opener on Sunday.
Arriving at the crease with India under pressure, Kohli delivered one of the finest innings played at the MCG to steer India to a four-wicket victory in the Group 2 Super 12 opener.
The thriller played in front of 90,293 fans was stark in contrast to a Group 1 match played earlier on Sunday in Hobart where Sri Lanka coasted to a nine-wicket win over Ireland.
Kohli set the tempo of his innings perfectly, batting conservatively early in partnership with Hardik Pandya before stepping up late as India reeled in Pakistan’s tally of 159-8.
Describing it as the finest T20 innings of his career, the India legend finished unbeaten on 82 from 53 balls but was stuck at the non-striker’s end in a surreal finish to the match.
When Mohammad Nawaz removed Pandya for 40 off 37 balls with the first ball of the final over, India still needed 16 runs for victory. But the Pakistan spinner then lost his nerve.
Kohli struck a six from a no-ball on the fourth ball of the over and Nawaz then bowled a wide. He then bowled Kohli, who had the benefit of a free hit courtesy of the wide.
Alert to the ball ricocheting from the stumps, the Indian batters ran three byes to reduce the target to two runs off two balls. But that left Kohli off strike.
Nawaz had Dinesh Karthik stumped with the second last ball, but then bowled another wide, leaving Ravichandran Ashwin needing only a single to secure victory for India.
“It’s a surreal atmosphere. I honestly have no words. I have no idea how that happened,” Kohli said.
After sending their rivals in, India placed Pakistan under significant pressure when removing star batter Mohammad Rizwan and captain Babar Azam in the first four overs.
Pakistan struggled to find rhythm in overcast conditions until a surge from Iftikhar Ahmed midway through their innings helped them to a competitive tally.
Ahmed made 51 from 34 balls, at one stage striking four sixes in six balls, with three of them coming from off-spinner Axar Patel. He was well supported by Shan Masood, who finished unbeaten on 52 from 42 balls.
India faltered early in their chase courtesy of a combination of brilliant bowling, poor shots and misjudged running.
After India fell to 31-4 when Axar Patel was judged run out in a contentious decision, Kohli and Pandya set about resurrecting their nation’s hopes.
The pair, who combined for a partnership of 113, worked the ball around the spacious MCG and brought up India’s 100 with five overs remaining. This left India requiring 60 from 30 balls.
India’s captain Rohit Sharma said that after losing early wickets, the key was trying to stay in the match for as long as possible. With Kohli at the crease, he still had belief.
“From the situation we were in, it has to be one of India’s best knocks, not just his best knock,” he said.
His Pakistan counterpart Azam was stunned after the loss but paid tribute to Kohli, the man of the match.Earlier, Sri Lanka secured victory with five overs to spare against Ireland in both teams’ Twenty20 World Cup Super 12 opener.
After Ireland had won the toss and chose to bat first in overcast and wintry conditions at Bellerive Oval, Sri Lanka’s bowlers made regular breakthroughs to restrict the Irish to 128-8 after its 20 overs.
Chasing 129 for victory never proved a difficult challenge for Sri Lanka, which chased down the below-par target with ease.
Kusal Mendis top scored with 68 off 43 balls, with five boundaries and three sixes, including hitting a six to win the match off the final ball of the 15th over.
Sri Lanka raced to 50 without loss at the end of their 6-over power play with Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva removing any nervousness Sri Lanka may have had chasing a low target.
Spinner Gareth Delaney had Dhananjaya caught behind for 31 in the ninth over. But that was a brief respite as Charith Asalanka made a brisk 31 off 22 balls as part of a 70-run partnership with Mendis to close-out an impressive victory for Sri Lanka.
Paul Stirling (34) and Harry Tector (45) top scored for Ireland and were the only two batters to get some momentum in their innings as too many of their teammates played poor shots and gave their wickets away cheaply to prevent a more competitive total being reached.
Captain Andrew Balbirnie (one) and Locran Tucker (10), two of Ireland’s heroes in a famous win against two-time champions the West Indies on Friday to qualify for the Super 12 stage, were both bowled around their legs shuffling across the crease.
Ireland’s innings never really recovered from that slow start as spinners Maheesh Theekshana (2-19 from four overs) and Wanindu Hasaranga (2-25 from four overs) took two wickets apiece to keep Sri Lanka in control.
Theekshana bowled Lorcan Tucker inside the powerplay overs before returning late to remove George Dockrell and break a 47-run partnership between Dockrell and Harry Tector, who top scored with 45 from 42.
Both teams qualified for the Super 12 stage through a dramatic qualifying round that was played over six days.
Ireland crushed two-time defending champion the West Indies by nine wickets on Friday to clinch its spot in Group 1 of the second stage behind Zimbabwe.
Sri Lanka, which won its maiden Twenty20 World Cup in 2014, had a poor start to its qualifying round losing to Namibia, but responded with victories over the United Arab Emirates and the Netherlands to stay alive in the tournament.
Sri Lanka and Ireland are joined by Australia, New Zealand, England and Afghanistan in Group 1 for the second round. New Zealand thrashed defending champion Australia by 89 runs, and England eased past Afghanistan by five wickets on Saturday to commence the Super 12 stage.___By COURTNEY WALSH
Associated Press
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UPP Condemns ABLP Staged Confrontation in St. Mary’s South
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UPP Condemns ABLP Staged Confrontation in St. Mary’s South
The leadership of the United Progressive Party (UPP) condemns the acts of violence that occurred on Bolans Village Main Road on Saturday, during the St Mary’s South “Small Business Pull Up,” organized by the party.
The route for this UPP initiative had been approved by the police who also accompanied the caravan.
As the mobile gathering was nearing its close, an altercation occurred between two persons.
This confrontation appears to have been an orchestrated effort by ABLP operatives to provoke, intimidate and assault supporters of the UPP.
Since late August, the UPP has successfully staged 8 similar events in other constituencies to highlight and support small business owners, without incident.
At no time during the altercation did Honorable Samantha Marshall and her team attempt to defuse the tension. Instead MP Marshall was quick to sow seeds of division by defending her team, while making a statement that completely twists the truth.
The UPP takes pride in organizing peaceful events that engage and empower the people. The Party is vehemently opposed to any politically motivated violence, particularly ahead of the general elections.
The leadership of the UPP therefore calls for MP Marshall to act responsibly by condemning the disruptive ALP operatives who provoked the confrontation.
We encourage her to find meaningful opportunities to empower these young people to become more productive in uplifting their community.
“We believe that every Antiguan and Barbudan has a right to peacefully organize, march and support their political beliefs – but no one has the right to violently attack their political opponents,” said UPP Political Leader Harold Lovell.
“It is unfortunate that the small businesses in Bolans were denied the opportunity to participate in this initiative that has been effective in helping many small enterprises generate more sales, new customers and build community pride,” said Kelvin “Shugy” Simon, UPP Candidate for St. Mary’s South. “The UPP will continue to host the weekly “Small Business Pull Up,” in a peaceful and organized manner that is guaranteed by our Constitution.”
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