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By Abigail Headley
President Irfaan Ali secured the highest number of votes of the 35 delegates elected to the Central Committee during the People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) 32nd Congress.
The police are investigating an incident that occurred yesterday at L and P Construction Company, Eccles Industrial Site, East Bank Demerara, that claimed the life of 52-year-old Zheng Shun Lui.
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday confirmed that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) had voted to erase Marxism-Leninism and Socialism from its Constitution during the recent 32nd Congress.
KFC Elite League
– GDF leads standings due to superior goal difference
Defending champion and undefeated league leader, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), and second-place outfit Slingerz FC battled to a scoreless draw in their final matches of round one in the KFC Elite League on Saturday evening at the National Training Centre, Providence.
– defeats Joshi in a marathon battle
Jessica Callender emerged triumphant in a successful defence of her women’s title after a four-hour-long battle yesterday with 13-year-old Aditi Joshi, who finished as the runner-up at the Guyana Chess Federation’s (GCF) 2024 National Women’s Championship.
During an intelligence-led operation at a La Penitence Squatting Area home yesterday, police discovered a .32 Taurus pistol and a matching round along with 30.3 grammes of cannabis.
The Ravens and Pacesetters recorded comfortable wins when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association’s (GABA) U-23 Men’s League continued on Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
Agricola Red Triangle and Soesdyke Falcons played to a 4-4 draw when the East Bank Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League commenced yesterday at the National Training Centre, Leonora.
Pensioners queuing at the Bourda and East La Penitence post offices last week lamented the ordeal they faced while collecting their pensions and disability payments.
Steve Ninvalle, President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), praised the decision of the International Boxing Association (IBA) to invest in excess of USD$80 million in prize money for the next four-year cycle.
JERUSALEM/DOHA (Reuters) – Israeli authorities raided a Jerusalem hotel room used by Al Jazeera as its office after the government decided to shut down the Qatari-owned TV station’s local operations on Sunday, an Israeli official and an Al Jazeera source told Reuters.
CAIRO/DOHA (Reuters) – Prospects for a Gaza ceasefire appeared slim on Sunday as Hamas reiterated its demand for an end to the war in exchange for the freeing of hostages, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flatly ruled that out.
Dear Editor,
The PPP congress is a copy of the Chinese Communist Party’s congress (except of course, Michael Jackson’s dance recital, which was very funny and will resonate for years to come in every aspect, especially from a propaganda and public relations perspective).
-says Ali at party’s 32nd Congress
Guyana’s ongoing transformation and projected growth will continue under the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government.
Hope and Charity played to a 1-1 draw when the Essequibo
Coast/Pomeroon Football Association’s (ECPFA) Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the Anna Regina Multilateral Ground.
Homegrown Guyanese footballer Omari Glasgow made history on Saturday night when he came on as a substitute for midfielder Brian Gutiérrez in the 79th minute of Chicago Fire’s Major League Soccer (MLS) fixture against the New England Revolution at Soldier Field.