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UG launches first newspaper
FIFTY years after its establishment, the University of Guyana (UG) recently launched its first newspaper, Splash, with the motive of capturing “a bit of everything” at its two prestigious campuses at...
View ArticleIn wake of $3M pensions heist … BV Post Office remains closed until further...
FOLLOWING the armed robbery at the Beterverwagting Post Office, Canterbury Walk, East Coast Demerara, the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) Wednesday asked pensioners to visit the Plaisance Post...
View ArticlePolice arrest ex-cops believed to be ‘cop’ bandits
POLICE managed to apprehend two suspects believed to be the men who have been donning police uniforms and perpetrating armed robberies on persons travelling to and from the Cheddi Jagan International...
View ArticleCAHFSA to stimulate intra-regional trade in ‘agri’ products
THE Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA) will drive greater CARICOM trade in food and agricultural products, giving impetus to the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) as...
View ArticleChase, Hope steady Barbados with half-centuries
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, (CMC) – Rookies Roston Chase and Shai Hope struck half-centuries as Barbados Pride kept Windward Islands Volcanoes in the field for the entire opening day of their fourth round...
View ArticleAll-rounder Russell puts pen to paper for Renegades
MELBOURNE, Australia, (CMC) – West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell has been signed by Melbourne Renegades to contest the Aussie Big Bash League starting here later this month. The 26-year-old limited...
View ArticleBalotelli charged by FA for social media post
LONDON, (Reuters) – Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has been charged by the Football Association for a social media post, the FA said yesterday.The Italian forward apologised on Tuesday for his...
View ArticleClarke still in frame to play first India Test – coach
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia captain Michael Clarke retains a chance of playing in next week’s first Test against India but must prove his fitness with a positive training session, coach Darren...
View ArticleDMWI Hockey Festival – Defending Champs GCC Tigers and Hickers – Vets score...
Good starts to their title defence, GCC Tigers destroyed Hikers in the Women’s Division, while the 2013 Veterans Champs Hickers edged out GCC as the Diamond Mineral Water International Hockey Festival...
View ArticleWindies join first anniversary tribute to Mandela
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, (CMC) – West Indies joined millions of South Africans here Friday in marking the first anniversary of the death former President and global icon Nelson Mandela. The...
View ArticleNotable Dates
The man who would become Guyana’s first world champion had his third professional fight on December 4, 1993.Andrew `Six Head’ Lewis roughed up Calvin John in the first round and continued the onslaught...
View ArticleEBFA/ Stag Beer top performers receive prizes …Ansa McAl committed to...
Following the successful completion of the 2014 Stag Beer sponsored East Bank Football Association (EBFA) senior league, the top four clubs were yesterday presented with their cash awards and trophies...
View ArticleBishoo and Deonarine stage fight back on opening day In Trinidad in...
ENCOURAGED by disciplined bowling from leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo and Narsingh Deonarine, Guyana Jaguars fought back gallantly to bowl out the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force on the opening day of their...
View Article`The guys believed in me and I delivered’ – King – Coach calls for respect as...
IT was famed American collegiate basketball coach John Wooden who said “Sports do not build character. They reveal it.”; a statement applicable to Guyana’s new found rugby star Patrick King. The local...
View ArticleDefendant loses land action before magistrate – Full Court sets aside...
IN 1976 an Essequibo Magistrate ignored a point of law relating to a bona fide dispute as to title of land. He found defendant Sase Budhoo guilty of trespassing on disputed land and damaging a fence...
View ArticlePreserving Our Literary Heritage – Welcome to Guyana 7
It would be fitting here to give credit where it is due. The idea for this article came by way of my granddaughter rearranging, according to her three-year-old sensibilities, a few books in my library....
View ArticleDid you know that? Minute-by-minute drama of the war’s first torpedo…
WOMEN FIGHT FOR LIFE ON THE ROPE LADDERS A steward reached forward to take the child, but the she shrank back and screamed. That was sufficient to make Mrs. Clark realise she could never part without...
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The Third Temptation by Denis Williams – Introduction by Victor Ramraj...
The Third Temptation (1968) is the second of Denis Williams’s two novels – the first was Other Leopards (1963) – and it appears very different in thematic and formal preoccupations. Other Leopards, set...
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Meet Puranmati Singh… “Now is the best time of my life!”
MEET 72-year-old Puranmati Singh, well known as ‘Nanny’ and in the past, ‘Kero Lady.’ Born and raised at the corners of Curtis and James Streets, Albouystown, Ms. Singh is now relaxing and enjoying...
View ArticleUnderstanding…from a teen’s point of view! > Being prepared
Hello there! How are you this week? I’m great! Anyway, today I’ll be discussing “Being Prepared”- especially being prepared for this rainy season! Thankfully this rainy season did not affect me a lot,...
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