Guyana President to broker peace

Guyana President Bharat Jagdeo will hold separate meetings on Tuesday in his nation's capital with officials from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) in an attempt to settle their bitter dispute.
Attorney-at-law Gerard Pinard, a member of the WICB's negotiating team, confirmed Tuesday's meeting with President Jagdeo, chairman of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which is similar in its function to the African Union.
"WIPA had asked President Jagdeo as chairman of CARICOM to intervene in the current dispute and as a matter of courtesy he has also extended an invitation to the WICB to meet with him," said Pinard in an interview with the Caribbean Media Corporation, the regional news agency.