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Work On The Original St. Jude Hospital Construction Site Set To Resume – St. Lucia Times News

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The content originally appeared on: St. Lucia Times News

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Construction on the original St. Jude Hospital Construction site resumes on November 1, 2022 after six years of inactivity.

The former Administration halted construction in 2016. Subsequent technical audits and reviews on the St. Jude Hospital Reconstruction Construction Project, including a XCD $900,000 audit commissioned by the former Administration, concluded construction work was nearly 80% completed when the project was arbitrarily stopped.

An independent technical committee, appointed last August, was tasked with assessing both Phases of the St. Jude Hospital Construction project. The committee’s report concluded construction on Phase I [the original construction site] could have been completed as early as 2017.

Guided by the recommendations from multiple technical audits and reviews on the St. Jude Hospital Construction Project, Prime Minister Hon. Philip J. Pierre has honoured his commitment to Saint Lucia and has actioned the most prudent, safest and immediate option to deliver the St. Jude Hospital to the people of Saint Lucia.

SOURCE: Office of the Prime Minister

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Ukraine: Moscou vise des infrastructures lors de bombardements massifs

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The content originally appeared on: Martinique FranceAntilles

Plus de 80% des habitants de Kiev étaient privés d’eau et “des centaines de localités” ukrainiennes étaient sans électricité après des frappes massives lundi de la Russie contre les…

Plus de 80% des habitants de Kiev étaient privés d’eau et “des centaines de localités” ukrainiennes étaient sans électricité après des frappes massives lundi de la Russie contre les infrastructures dans plusieurs régions du pays.

Le commandant en chef de l’armée ukrainienne, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, a indiqué sur Telegram que les forces russes avaient lancé lundi 55 missiles de croisière, un missile air-sol, 22 missiles anti-aériens et 5 drones “contre des cibles civiles en Ukraine”. Dans le sud du pays, “l’ennemi continue à miner les directions d’une possible offensive de nos troupes et à détruire des infrastructures critiques”, a par ailleurs indiqué l’état-major ukrainien de la région sud dans un communiqué. 

Selon le ministère russe de la Défense, “toutes les frappes ont atteint leur objectif”. 

Lundi soir, le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky a indiqué s’être entretenu au téléphone avec le chancelier allemand Olaf Scholz et l’avoir remercié pour les armes de défense anti-aérienne fournies par son pays. “Nous devons bâtir un bouclier anti-aérien au-dessus de l’Ukraine”, a-t-il tweeté.

“Aujourd’hui s’est produit un des bombardements les plus massifs de notre territoire par la Fédération de Russie”, a déclaré sur Telegram le conseiller de la présidence ukrainienne Oleksiy Arestovytch. Il a toutefois affirmé que “la destruction n’est pas aussi critique qu’elle aurait pu l’être” grâce à ces systèmes de défense, notamment l’allemand Iris-T qui “a prouvé être le plus efficace (100%)”.

“L’ennemi utilise utilise quatre ou cinq fois plus de missiles pour atteindre au moins certains résultats”, a soutenu M. Arestovytch.

“Attaque massive”

A Kiev, où au moins cinq explosions ont été entendues lundi par des journalistes de l’AFP, “80% des consommateurs de la capitale” sont privés d’eau, a affirmé sur Telegram le maire Vitaly Klitscho, précisant que “350.000 foyers étaient sans électricité”.

Les forces armées russes ont indiqué avoir mené des “frappes avec des armes de haute précision et de longue portée (…) contre le commandement militaire et les systèmes énergétiques de l’Ukraine”. 

“Les terroristes russes ont, une fois de plus, lancé une attaque massive contre des installations du système énergétique dans un certain nombre de régions”, a déploré un conseiller de la présidence ukrainienne, Kyrylo Timochenko.

Selon le Premier ministre Denys Chmygal, “des missiles et des drones ont touché 10 régions, endommageant 18 installations, la plupart liées (au système) énergétique”.

“Des centaines de localités” se trouvent sans électricité “dans sept régions” ukrainiennes, a-t-il ajouté.

Le ministre ukrainien des Affaires étrangères, Dmytro Kouleba, a indiqué qu’au moins douze pays s’étaient déjà engagés à fournir à son pays des équipements, comme des groupes électrogènes.  

“La Russie combat les civils”

Par ailleurs, plus de cent personnes faisaient la queue dans l’ouest de Kiev pour s’approvisionner en eau à la fontaine d’un parc, après avoir été victimes de coupures d’eau dues aux bombardements russes de lundi, ont constaté des journalistes de l’AFP.

“Au lieu de se battre sur le terrain militaire, la Russie combat des civils”, a, lui, fustigé M. Kouleba. 

Ces nouvelles frappes massives interviennent après l’annonce ce week-end par Moscou de la suspension de sa participation à l’accord sur les exportations de céréales ukrainiennes, vitales pour l’approvisionnement alimentaire mondial.

Lundi, le Kremlin a prévenu qu’il serait “dangereux” et “difficile” de continuer à mettre en œuvre l’accord sur les céréales ukrainiennes sans Moscou.

L’armée russe a exigé des “engagements” de l’Ukraine de ne pas utiliser le couloir destiné aux exportations de céréales à des fins militaires. 

“Il ne peut être question de garantir la sécurité de quoi que ce soit dans cette zone tant que l’Ukraine ne prendra pas des engagements supplémentaires pour ne pas utiliser cette route à des fins militaires”, a indiqué le ministère russe de la Défense sur Telegram.

Pour le porte-parole du département d’Etat américain Ned Price, cette demande “ressemble soit à une punition collective, soit une extorsion collective”.

Dans la soirée, le président russe Vladimir Poutine a estimé que “l’Ukraine doit garantir qu’il n’y aura aucune menace pour la sécurité des navires civils”, accusant Kiev d’avoir utilisé le couloir céréalier pour l’attaque aux drones qu’il lui impute et qui a poussé Moscou à suspendre l’accord sur les exportations ukrainiennes.

“L’engagement de l’Ukraine”

Deux cargos chargés de céréales ont toutefois quitté lundi les ports ukrainiens et emprunté le corridor maritime humanitaire à destination de la Turquie, selon le site spécialisé Marine trafic.

Douze navires devaient quitter dans la journée les ports ukrainiens et quatre autres se diriger vers eux, a précisé le Centre de coordination conjointe (JCC), chargé de superviser l’accord sur les exportations de céréales ukrainiennes via la mer Noire.

Après s’être entretenu avec le secrétaire général de l’ONU Antonio Guterres, le président Zelensky a assuré que son pays était déterminé à “rester un garant de la sécurité alimentaire mondiale” et à poursuivre ses exportations de céréales. 

Par ailleurs, l’Agence internationale de l’énergie atomique (AIEA) a annoncé avoir commencé ses inspections en Ukraine, demandées par ce pays après que le président Poutine l’a accusé d’effacer les preuves de préparation d’une “bombe sale”.

Les inspecteurs de l’AIEA ont “entamé – et vont bientôt terminer – la vérification des activités de deux sites en Ukraine”, a indiqué l’agence de l’Onu, basée à Vienne. 

Dans la soirée, le chancelier allemand Olaf Scholz a à son tour rejeté les accusations de la Russie contre l’Ukraine sur ce sujet.

L’AIEA a d’autre part indiqué que l’alimentation principale en électricité d’un des réacteurs de la centrale nucléaire de Zaporojjia, occupée par les forces russes, avait été coupée à la suite de l’explosion d’une mine. Cet incident “souligne la fragilité de la sécurité nucléaire” dans cette centrale, s’est inquiété le directeur général de l’AIEA, Rafael Grossi, dans un communiqué.

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Carte de la situation en Ukraine au 31 octobre à 8h GMT
• Sophie RAMIS

Un quartier central de Kiev plongé dans l’obscurité, le 27 octobre 2022 en Ukraine
• Genya SAVILOV

Ukraine: Moscou vise des infrastructures, 80% des habitants de Kiev sans eau
• Sergii VOLSKYI

Principaux ports dans la région de la mer Noire et ports ukrainiens
• Emmanuelle MICHEL

Des habitants de Kiev utilisent des lampe-torches pour s’éclairer dans un passa&ge souterrain, le 27 octobre 2022.
• Genya SAVILOV

Un artilleur ukraine tire avec son canon de 152 mm sur le front, près de la ville de Bakhmout, dans l’Est de l’Ukraine, le 31 octobre 2022.
• Dimitar DILKOFF

Un soldat ukrainien fume une cigarette devant un blindé sur la ligne de front près de Bakhmout, dans la région de Donetsk, le 31 octobre 2022
• Dimitar DILKOFF

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Ukraine: Moscou vise des infrastructures lors de bombardements massifs

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The content originally appeared on: Guadeloupe FranceAntilles

Plus de 80% des habitants de Kiev étaient privés d’eau et “des centaines de localités” ukrainiennes étaient sans électricité après des frappes massives lundi de la Russie contre les…

Plus de 80% des habitants de Kiev étaient privés d’eau et “des centaines de localités” ukrainiennes étaient sans électricité après des frappes massives lundi de la Russie contre les infrastructures dans plusieurs régions du pays.

Le commandant en chef de l’armée ukrainienne, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, a indiqué sur Telegram que les forces russes avaient lancé lundi 55 missiles de croisière, un missile air-sol, 22 missiles anti-aériens et 5 drones “contre des cibles civiles en Ukraine”. Dans le sud du pays, “l’ennemi continue à miner les directions d’une possible offensive de nos troupes et à détruire des infrastructures critiques”, a par ailleurs indiqué l’état-major ukrainien de la région sud dans un communiqué. 

Selon le ministère russe de la Défense, “toutes les frappes ont atteint leur objectif”. 

Lundi soir, le président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelensky a indiqué s’être entretenu au téléphone avec le chancelier allemand Olaf Scholz et l’avoir remercié pour les armes de défense anti-aérienne fournies par son pays. “Nous devons bâtir un bouclier anti-aérien au-dessus de l’Ukraine”, a-t-il tweeté.

“Aujourd’hui s’est produit un des bombardements les plus massifs de notre territoire par la Fédération de Russie”, a déclaré sur Telegram le conseiller de la présidence ukrainienne Oleksiy Arestovytch. Il a toutefois affirmé que “la destruction n’est pas aussi critique qu’elle aurait pu l’être” grâce à ces systèmes de défense, notamment l’allemand Iris-T qui “a prouvé être le plus efficace (100%)”.

“L’ennemi utilise utilise quatre ou cinq fois plus de missiles pour atteindre au moins certains résultats”, a soutenu M. Arestovytch.

“Attaque massive”

A Kiev, où au moins cinq explosions ont été entendues lundi par des journalistes de l’AFP, “80% des consommateurs de la capitale” sont privés d’eau, a affirmé sur Telegram le maire Vitaly Klitscho, précisant que “350.000 foyers étaient sans électricité”.

Les forces armées russes ont indiqué avoir mené des “frappes avec des armes de haute précision et de longue portée (…) contre le commandement militaire et les systèmes énergétiques de l’Ukraine”. 

“Les terroristes russes ont, une fois de plus, lancé une attaque massive contre des installations du système énergétique dans un certain nombre de régions”, a déploré un conseiller de la présidence ukrainienne, Kyrylo Timochenko.

Selon le Premier ministre Denys Chmygal, “des missiles et des drones ont touché 10 régions, endommageant 18 installations, la plupart liées (au système) énergétique”.

“Des centaines de localités” se trouvent sans électricité “dans sept régions” ukrainiennes, a-t-il ajouté.

Le ministre ukrainien des Affaires étrangères, Dmytro Kouleba, a indiqué qu’au moins douze pays s’étaient déjà engagés à fournir à son pays des équipements, comme des groupes électrogènes.  

“La Russie combat les civils”

Par ailleurs, plus de cent personnes faisaient la queue dans l’ouest de Kiev pour s’approvisionner en eau à la fontaine d’un parc, après avoir été victimes de coupures d’eau dues aux bombardements russes de lundi, ont constaté des journalistes de l’AFP.

“Au lieu de se battre sur le terrain militaire, la Russie combat des civils”, a, lui, fustigé M. Kouleba. 

Ces nouvelles frappes massives interviennent après l’annonce ce week-end par Moscou de la suspension de sa participation à l’accord sur les exportations de céréales ukrainiennes, vitales pour l’approvisionnement alimentaire mondial.

Lundi, le Kremlin a prévenu qu’il serait “dangereux” et “difficile” de continuer à mettre en œuvre l’accord sur les céréales ukrainiennes sans Moscou.

L’armée russe a exigé des “engagements” de l’Ukraine de ne pas utiliser le couloir destiné aux exportations de céréales à des fins militaires. 

“Il ne peut être question de garantir la sécurité de quoi que ce soit dans cette zone tant que l’Ukraine ne prendra pas des engagements supplémentaires pour ne pas utiliser cette route à des fins militaires”, a indiqué le ministère russe de la Défense sur Telegram.

Pour le porte-parole du département d’Etat américain Ned Price, cette demande “ressemble soit à une punition collective, soit une extorsion collective”.

Dans la soirée, le président russe Vladimir Poutine a estimé que “l’Ukraine doit garantir qu’il n’y aura aucune menace pour la sécurité des navires civils”, accusant Kiev d’avoir utilisé le couloir céréalier pour l’attaque aux drones qu’il lui impute et qui a poussé Moscou à suspendre l’accord sur les exportations ukrainiennes.

“L’engagement de l’Ukraine”

Deux cargos chargés de céréales ont toutefois quitté lundi les ports ukrainiens et emprunté le corridor maritime humanitaire à destination de la Turquie, selon le site spécialisé Marine trafic.

Douze navires devaient quitter dans la journée les ports ukrainiens et quatre autres se diriger vers eux, a précisé le Centre de coordination conjointe (JCC), chargé de superviser l’accord sur les exportations de céréales ukrainiennes via la mer Noire.

Après s’être entretenu avec le secrétaire général de l’ONU Antonio Guterres, le président Zelensky a assuré que son pays était déterminé à “rester un garant de la sécurité alimentaire mondiale” et à poursuivre ses exportations de céréales. 

Par ailleurs, l’Agence internationale de l’énergie atomique (AIEA) a annoncé avoir commencé ses inspections en Ukraine, demandées par ce pays après que le président Poutine l’a accusé d’effacer les preuves de préparation d’une “bombe sale”.

Les inspecteurs de l’AIEA ont “entamé – et vont bientôt terminer – la vérification des activités de deux sites en Ukraine”, a indiqué l’agence de l’Onu, basée à Vienne. 

Dans la soirée, le chancelier allemand Olaf Scholz a à son tour rejeté les accusations de la Russie contre l’Ukraine sur ce sujet.

L’AIEA a d’autre part indiqué que l’alimentation principale en électricité d’un des réacteurs de la centrale nucléaire de Zaporojjia, occupée par les forces russes, avait été coupée à la suite de l’explosion d’une mine. Cet incident “souligne la fragilité de la sécurité nucléaire” dans cette centrale, s’est inquiété le directeur général de l’AIEA, Rafael Grossi, dans un communiqué.

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Carte de la situation en Ukraine au 31 octobre à 8h GMT
• Sophie RAMIS

Un quartier central de Kiev plongé dans l’obscurité, le 27 octobre 2022 en Ukraine
• Genya SAVILOV

Ukraine: Moscou vise des infrastructures, 80% des habitants de Kiev sans eau
• Sergii VOLSKYI

Principaux ports dans la région de la mer Noire et ports ukrainiens
• Emmanuelle MICHEL

Des habitants de Kiev utilisent des lampe-torches pour s’éclairer dans un passa&ge souterrain, le 27 octobre 2022.
• Genya SAVILOV

Un artilleur ukraine tire avec son canon de 152 mm sur le front, près de la ville de Bakhmout, dans l’Est de l’Ukraine, le 31 octobre 2022.
• Dimitar DILKOFF

Un soldat ukrainien fume une cigarette devant un blindé sur la ligne de front près de Bakhmout, dans la région de Donetsk, le 31 octobre 2022
• Dimitar DILKOFF

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St George’s students begin school at UTT Valsayn

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The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

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St George’s College students make their way to class at UTT’s Valsayn campus on Monday. – Photo by Angelo Marcelle

There was an air of cautious optimism on Monday as students of St George’s College began classes at UTT’s Valsayn Campus, where they have been relocated temporarily while repairs are being done to their school.

Most students said they were glad to be back to face-to-face classes after being online since the beginning of October.

The school, in Barataria, was closed on October 10 after a ceiling collapsed in the hallway at the front of the staffroom on October 6 after heavy rain.

Two students waiting for transport at Curepe Junction said both they and their parents were angry that the school had not been repaired, over three weeks after the roof fell in. They said the student council had sent out pictures of the classrooms at the UTT campus and they looked like a nice upgrade.

A parent dropping her daughter off at school said, “Once it’s safe for them here and they’re getting public schooling I don’t have a problem with it. Staying home doing online classes is not doing well for them. One-on-one with the teachers and their schoolmates is better for them mentally and physically.

“I’m not living too far from here so this works out fine for me, and the previous St George’s area works out fine for me as well.

“I really do hope that the school is repaired quickly.”

Her daughter agreed.

“I’m glad that we got a place to stay for the while. I’m not good with online schooling and I can’t just watch a screen for so long every day and pay attention, so I rather just be here.”

Another daughter, a past student of St George’s, said the school has had problems for years.

“I think that they really need to get their act together, because they supposed to know the kind of things (needed). I have been to every single class, and they do not upkeep the school, classes, anything.

“That is why the school is run down the way it is. What’s crazy to me is just, over the holidays, they did nothing to the school. They rather just paint over the school 100 times, and they will not fix the classrooms.”

Her mother said the Education Ministry needed to focus on schools a little more, especially as St George’s is such a prominent school.

“I think that they need to improve the environment, the school structure. The children coming here now, so they can now start working on the school. I know the school has a lot of electrical problems, the structure is a problem, and all those things now they can attend to.”

A parent who travelled to the school with her daughter said she was glad the children were able to go back out to classes.

“The length of time they were home, it took a toll on them. Some teachers were sending work and other were not, so it was a hard transition.

“Travelling here wasn’t so bad, because we’re coming from in the (Maracas) Valley, but the transportation…getting the maxi in Curepe this morning was a little tough. So it’s easier to travel to, but I still can’t wait for them to finish fix the school so they can go back.”

At Curepe Junction, the green-band maxis which travel on the Southern Main Road between Chaguanas and Curepe were coming in slowly, where normally there are four or five on the stand at all times. A teacher told Newsday there were problems with transport owing to flooding in central Trinidad.

“It’s something we are just working to see how it settles, at least for this week here.

“But so far, it’s okay. We are just monitoring the developments and then we’ll make a full pronouncement online.”

He said enough facilities had been allocated for the school so far, to his knowledge.

“The space is actually conducive so far. But we’ll wait and see, and when we get to teaching the full curriculum we will know what is going on.”

The move was not without its hiccups, as Newsday overheard a teacher telling a school employee there were problems with the electrical system in at least one classroom, and a Form One classroom was locked.

Parents were also told that in future they would not be able to drop their children directly inside the school grounds, but at the layby a few metres from the entrance. Cars were seen driving to the back of the compound to drop off students.With reporting by Adriana Salandy

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St Mary’s hammer Miracle Ministries 5-0 in SSFL Big 5

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The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

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Nicholai Manswell of St Mary’s (right) tries to control the ball despite the challenge of Miracle Ministries’ Jordan Thorne, during the teams’ match in the Secondary Schools Football League Big 5 Championship competition, on Saturday, at the St Mary’s Ground, St Clair. – ROGER JACOB

JAMAL THOMAS and Daylon Riley scored two goals apiece as St Mary’s hammered Miracle Ministries 5-0 on Saturday, in the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Big 5 Championship competition.

In front of their home fans at the St Mary’s Ground, St Clair, Thomas got his name on the scoresheet in the 35th and 90th minutes, with Riley chipping in with goals in the 65th and 83rd minutes. Josiah Connell was the other goal-getter for St Mary’s, in the 37th.

Miracle Ministries’ lone strike came from a 40th minute penalty from Daniel Hope.

The other scheduled game on Saturday, between Siparia West and Arima North, was postponed due to an unsuitable surface at the Siparia West Ground.

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Hosein, Ottley shine as Red Force whip CCC

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The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

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Guyana Harpy Eagles’ Tagenarine Chanderpaul plays a shot during the CG United Super50 Cup match against Windward Islands Volcanoes, at the Queen’s Park Oval, St Clair, on Monday. – Photo by Ayanna Kinsale

AKEAL Hosein claimed four wickets while Kjorn Ottley struck an unbeaten half-century as the defending champions TT Red Force whipped the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) by seven wickets in a day/night encounter at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Tarouba on Monday.

Action was in Zone A of the CG United Super50 Cup.

The CCC team, captained by former Red Force and West Indies skipper Denesh Ramdin and featuring another TT-born player, Kirstan Kallicharan, was bundled out for 119 off 33.3 overs. In response, the Red Force reached 120 runs for the loss of three wickets with 22.2 overs to spare.

The Red Force outfit, which included ten players with WI international experience, were too much to handle for the CCC outfit, with both bat and ball.

Red Force captain Nicholas Pooran decided to bowl first after winning the toss, and all five bowlers used were among the wickets.

Left-arm spinner Hosein, who took the new ball, had 4/38 off 8.3 overs and fast bowler Jayden Seales 2/1 off four overs. Experienced off-spinner Sunil Narine took 2/21, veteran fast bowler Shannon Gabriel got 1/18 and leg-spinner Yannic Cariah 1/35.

Jonathan Drakes led the way for CCC with 38 (40 balls, six fours) and Matthew Forde made 37 (45 balls, six fours). Kallicharan, who opened the batting, was dismissed for two but, most alarmingly, Ramdin faced 23 balls before he was bowled by Hosein for a duck.

The left-handed Ottley hit eight fours in his 79-ball 65 while Pooran was unbeaten on nine. Joshua Da Silva, who opened with Ottley, scored 17, while former skippers Jason Mohammed and Darren Bravo made 23 and two respectively.

Zavier Burton (1/7), Forde (1/23) and Isaiah Ali (1/40) were the wicket-takers for CCC.

Windward Islands Volcanoes teammates celebrate a dismissal during the CG United Super50 Cup match against the Guyana Harpy Eagles, at the Queen’s Park Oval, St Clair, on Monday. – Photo by Ayanna Kinsale

At the Queen’s Park Oval in St Clair, Alick Athanaze struck 133 as the Windward Islands Volcanoes defeated the Guyana Harpy Eagles by 28 runs.

Sent in to bat first, the Volcanoes tallied 296/4 with Athanaze, who was promoted to the opening position, hitting 12 fours and four sixes in his 140-ball knock. The left-hander featured in an opening stand of 119 with veteran Johnson Charles, who made 64 (63 balls, two fours and five sixes).

Kavem Hodge contributed 42 (57 balls, two fours and a six) but captain Andre Fletcher was dismissed for eight. Left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie took 2/57 for the Harpy Eagles.

Tagenarine Chanderpaul, who earned his maiden West Indies Test call-up on Saturday, for the tour of Australia, raced to 48 off 47 balls, with six fours, but none of the Harpy Eagles batsmen reached a half-century as they were dismissed for 268 off 46.4 overs.

Tevin Imlach made 36, Kevin Sinclair 33, Sherfane Rutherford 28 and skipper Leon Johnson 22 for the Harpy Eagles. Shimron Hetmyer, who missed the West Indies T20 team’s disastrous campaign at the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia, only scored 12.

Medium pacer Shadrack Descarte took 3/41 for the Volcanoes, while off-spinner Kenneth Dember and fast bowler Ryan John each had two scalps.

Zone A will continue on Wednesday, with CCC squaring off against the Volcanoes at the Queen’s Park Oval from 9 am and the Red Force battling the Harpy Eagles at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy from 2 pm.

On Tuesday, there will be two Zone B matches in Antigua.

Barbados Pride will face the West Indies Academy at the Coolidge Cricket Ground, Coolidge from 9 am. At the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, the Leeward Islands Hurricanes, who defeated the WI Academy by three wickets on Saturday, will meet the Jamaica Scorpions from 2 pm.

SUMMARISED SCORES:

CCC 119 off 33.3 overs (Jonathan Drakes 38, Matthew Forde 37; Akeal Hosein 4-38)

RED FORCE 120 for three off 27.4 overs (Kjorn Ottley 65 not out, Jason Mohammad 23)

VOLCANOES 296 for four off 50 overs (Alick Athanaze 133, Johnson Charles 64, Kavem Hodge 42; Gudakesh Motie 2-57)

HARPY EAGLES 268 off 46.4 overs (Tagenarine Chanderpaul 48, Tevin Imlach 36, Kevin Sinclair 33, Gudakesh Motie 31 not out, Sherfane Rutherford 28; Shadrack Descarte 3-41, Kenneth Dember 2-46)

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Head coach, chairman of selectors should be separate

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The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

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DAVID Furlonge has been placed in a very challenging and arduous situation as the chairman of selectors for the TT team for the Super 50 Regional series while being the head coach of the squad. It is not the best circumstance for a head coach or a selector, especially the chairman.

That decision seems to have been a hasty one, and it is beyond me how cricket administrators could arrive at that conclusion. And I’m surprised that Furlonge himself, as an experienced administrator, is unaware of the numerous psychological pitfalls into which the heavy responsibilities of both jobs may lead him.

Outside of being a player, they are the two most significant and essential duties for a cricket team. Just imagine the number of awkward situations into which one can stumble.

In cricket, there are many challenges that a selector faces, and the chairman’s would treble those. The impact on all selectors, is powerful, but the responsibility that lies on the chairman’s shoulders is burdensome.

Cricket, more than any other team sport, has many factors to consider, and a minimum of three selectors is necessary. Five should be the absolute maximum, or else the committee becomes unwieldy.

A suitable appropriate committee covers many aspects. A team striving to win must have various attributes to adjust to any situation in which it finds itself. Due consideration must be given to the format of the game.

TT Red Force coach David Furlonge –

In a two-inning, measured by the number of days in which to win, one needs to bowl out the opposing team twice. Hence, in that match, one needs bowlers who are penetrative and a bowling team with depth and variety, plus a captain who is capable of reading a game in order to manage correct decisions. Then there’s the limited 50-over and 20-over competitions.

There are many issues of magnitude that require a variety of opinions from various cricket personalities with impactful ideas, in addition to the experience of past players who could fit into the strategy of the team, based on the opposition and one’s own strength.

Choosing cricket teams at high levels of the first-class game will rely on a strong intellectual input.

My belief, therefore, is that the head coach, as a knowledgeable person, has the ability to select teams at any level. However, it is wrong to ask him to also be the chairman of selectors.

Selection is tough enough as it is. Adding the mental strain of the head coach’s preparation of the team, plus his evaluation of performances, over and above having to chair the meeting to finalise the 11, can create conflict. One man alone with the information, hence the answers, cannot be questioned.

One must also consider the human side of contact with players. The efficient selector ought to be a bit aloof from the players, as being chummy can easily be misconstrued. The selector has to be objective at all times and must appear that way to earn the players’ respect.

As for the coach, he should be close to the players and must not be aloof. He has to motivate and encourage his cricketers to play properly and with passion.

However, as the chairman of selectors, the player may read the head coach’s decisions wrongly and quietly object to the chairman of the selectors leaning towards and favouring particular players.

This attitude alone can poison a team and spoil its efficiency through an envious player whispering to his colleagues bad thoughts about the coach as a selector.

A coach has to be close to his players and is a good man to be a selector. Nevertheless, he should never be the chairman of selectors while also being a head coach. The TTCB is looking for trouble.

Furlonge is a stable coach, and there’s no doubt about his knowledge. He would also make a fine selector, and would be highly successful in either position.

But I believe it’s asking too much of the man to handle the positions of both head coach and chairman of selectors.

The burden of responsibility is heavy and the psychological effect of one man handling both could be detrimental to the team or even the squad on the whole. That decision could have the reverse effect from what’s intended.

Leave Furlonge as head coach. Leave him as a selector. But remove him as chairman of selectors, as it’s a very sensitive area that could cause dissent, with all due respect. Good luck.

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