November 2024

Two women and a girl died on Saturday night in an accident along the St. Cuthbert’s Mission trail. Dead are: Athena Andrews, her mother Olive Andrews, and her niece, Emma Andrews. The Indigenous community’s Toshao Alvoro Simon confirmed that the trio passed away in a Facebook post. They were traveling inside a motorcar that collided
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Press Release from the Guyana Chess Federation Three chess players were awarded prizes for their outstanding achievements in chess for 2023 in the National Sports Award Ceremony on Thursday, November 28, 2024, on the lawns of the Castellani House and Art Gallery. The formal event was organised by the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport
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President Irfaan Ali of Guyana recently joined the people of Barbados to mark the island’s 58th Independence Anniversary and third Republic Anniversary; the celebrations were also attended by a US bipartisan Congressional delegation, led by Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. The celebrations also honoured the centenary of Shirley Chisholm’s birth; Chisolm, an American politician, was born
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Kemar Roach rocked Bangladesh early, but West Indies’ poor catching denied the home team a few more wickets on the truncated first day of the Kingston Test. Bangladesh finished on 69-2, with Shadman Islam and Shahadat Hossain unbeaten on 50 and 12, respectively. It could have been much worse had the West Indies fielders not dropped three
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The fourth match of the ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League (GSL) took pace under blue skies and bright sunshine in Providence, Guyana, as the Lahore Qalandars took on the Hampshire Hawks and ran out eventual winners by four runs on Saturday. Carlos Braithwaite won the coin toss and decided to have first use with the
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Youth and women from the Beterverwagting/Triumph area on the East Coast of Demerara will soon benefit from training in the area of smart agricultural techniques. This was disclosed by Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha during a community meeting on Saturday, November 30th at the Beterverwagting/Triumph Community Center. The meeting was a follow-up to a community outreach
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has been stripped of pole position for impeding Mercedes driver George Russell in qualifying at the Qatar Grand Prix. The judgement reverses the places on the front row, with Russell promoted to pole and Verstappen demoted to second place. Verstappen, who had beaten Russell to pole by 0.055 seconds, was penalised
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Ethan Bulkan, a budding Guyanese squash talent, made a promising start at the ongoing Barbados Junior Open Tournament. He is the lone Guyanese competitor at the tournament. He convincingly won his opening match in the U-15 category 11-4, 11-3, and 11-2 against Zefan Scott and will advance to the semi-finals later on Saturday. His presence
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