October 2024

Bjorn Williams recorded the best performance of his career to date when he closed off his campaign in the 105kg Open class at the Commonwealth Men’s Classic Powerlifting Championships in Sun City, South Africa. With a huge pull of 307.5kg, the best in his career to date, Williams ended with the silver medal, just reward
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Although possessing several amateur boxers of international ranking and repute, Guyana’s lone world-ranked professional pugilist, Elton ‘Coolie Bully’ Dharry, has moved one step closer to acquiring a world title fight as he was ranked number four in the super-flyweight division by renowned sanctioning entity, the World Boxing Association (WBA). Dharry, 38, sports a record of
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Golf enthusiasts from around the region are gearing up for the prestigious DSB Golfclub Paramaribo Invitational 2024, scheduled for October 12-13 at the Golfclub Paramaribo, Indira Gandhiweg. Members of the Lusignan Golf Club will be representing Guyana with a 12-member team. The team consists of Orson Ferguson, Mohanlall Dindnauth, Vishal Harry, Patrick Prashad, Avinash Persaud,
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A devastating fire broke out on Wednesday at approximately 10:40 hrs, destroying fifteen buildings in Puruni Landing, Region Seven. This incident mirrors a similar fire that occurred in the same area just one year ago. The latest blaze had completely engulfed properties owned by prominent local businessmen, including Yvette McDonald, Floyd Elcock, Otis McKenzie, and
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(Reuters) – An expanding Hurricane Milton closed in on Florida’s west coast on Wednesday, spawning tornados and lashing the region with rain and wind hours ahead of its expected landfall near Tampa Bay, where it could deliver a life-threatening surge of seawater to waterfront communities already battered by Hurricane Helene. Millions of people along a
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[The New York Post] – An extreme onslaught of rain in Morocco — about a year’s worth in two days — brought desperately needed water to some of the Saraha desert’s more arid regions, the Associated Press reported. The North African nation’s government said that the September deluge was the most seen in decades, particularly in
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