Guyana will dish out US$1.5M (approximately $300M) to host the finals, semifinals and four other matches in this year’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 series, according to Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman who said yesterday that it is a good investment particularly for the country’s economy.
Trotman, who was at the time speaking at a post-cabinet press briefing at the Ministry of the Presidency, informed that the cost is still to be finalised. Discussions are ongoing and negotiations are still being conducted by the Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan who is to wrap up the cricket deal on behalf of government.
He told reporters that when the APNU+AFC government assumed office there was an