Daily Archive: Saturday, November 5, 2016

Articles published on Saturday, November 5, 2016

The GDF track and field outfit posing with the  Inter Services Annual Athletic Championship Trophy last night at the National Track and Field Centre. 

GDF retains ISAAC trophy

Remarkable displays of speed, strength, stamina and leaping ability, enabled the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to retain the Inter Services Annual Athletic Championship trophy last night at the National Track and Field Centre.

Trotman urges thoughtful cricket from Pride

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Head coach Emmerson Trotman says Barbados Pride are well prepared for the upcoming Regional first class season but will have to put a lot more thought into their game, if they are to have any chance at the title.

Durant scores 39 points as Warriors beat OKC

(The Sports Xchange) – Kevin Durant overwhelmed his former mates with a long-range shooting exhibition on Thursday, leading the Golden State Warriors to a 122-96 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in a rematch of last year’s Western Conference finals.

DRS set for busy baptism on India’s turning pitches

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – After years of resistance against the Decision Review System, the Indian cricket board has finally agreed to employ technology for the home tests against England and if the tourists’ series in Bangladesh is anything to go by, it will get plenty of use.

Public Health Minister Dr. George Norton speaking with some members of the public. (PNCR photo)

Public health ministers meet public at Congress Place

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) yesterday held the first in a planned series of meetings with ministers of government for members of the public at its Congress Place, Sophia, headquarters, where a number of people turned up to meet the Public Health Ministers to discuss myriad issues.

Why Halloween?

Sometimes I wonder if wearing leaves were to become a trend, whether Guyanese would jump on the bandwagon without thought or question, like they tend to do with everything that is popular in North America.

Two more testify at KN grenade attack PI

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charges against Alfie Garraway, Janiel Howard and Leroy Williams, the three men accused of throwing a grenade at Kaieteur News, continued yesterday with evidence being given by a police witness and the network administrator for the company.

Not a festival of noise

Diwali is an opportunity for introspection–we must think about what we are doing for the betterment of our community and what part are we playing in the narrative of good over evil, light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance and hope over despair.

In the shadow of the plantation

A generation ago, in his ‘Open Letter to the People of Guyana’, Martin Carter denounced what he described as a “deliberate policy of degrading the people” and he identified a key component: “corruption as a way of life.”