Daily Archive: Thursday, August 25, 2016

Articles published on Thursday, August 25, 2016

T&T in new plan to combat Zika

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Health has teamed up with several local and regional stakeholders to develop new response to the Zika virus as it threatens the tourism industry and sparks panic among pregnant women as medical studies are linking potential serious birth defects to newborn babies.

Apology from Norton not enough – Goolsarran

-says contract should be scrapped   Even as Minister of Public Health, Dr George Norton prepares to hand over  a public apology tomorrow to  Parliament for misleading it on August 4th on the pharmaceutical bond contract, former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran says that it will not suffice.

Pepsi Hikers stay unbeaten

Pepsi Hikers continued their unbeaten in the Lucozade Indoor Hockey Championship, downing Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Vintage 7-4 on Tuesday at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Jeremy Garrett (centre) of Fruta Conquerors in the process of receiving the ball while being pursued by Creek FC opposing player during their u17 matchup at the Camp Ayanganna ground yesterday.

Cosmos, Gall Hill among winners

Barbadian units Cosmos and Gall Hill as well as LP local outfit Fruta Conquerors were among the winners yesterday when the Caribbean Children Charity Shield Soccer Classic commenced at the Camp Ayanganna ground.

Peter Prendergast (2nd from left), FIFA Regional Development Officer/Technical Officer posing alongside GFF President Wayne Forde (2nd from right) and several of the participating referees following the conclusion of the RAP opening ceremony 

Referees Assistant Programme underway

In an effort to improve the quality of officiating, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), in partnership with the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), officially launched the Referee’s Assistant Programme (RAP) yesterday.

The Walter Roth museum

Weep with us, oh Eve!

The Americans have Kennewick Man, the Chinese, Peking; the Indonesians, Java, but the Africans are most blessed as the indisputable cradle of mankind, with a breathtaking range of choices from the legendary Lucy and Ardi in Ethiopia, to the Black Skull of Kenya, Toumai in Chad and Twiggy from Tanzania.

Murder of innocents

On Monday last, the body of 14-year-old Akeem Grimmond was found in a drain some 300 feet away from his home; he had been suffocated and a man has since been held in connection with his murder.