LUCKNOW Super Giants’ (LSG) Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 campaign has come to an end as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) advance to Qualifier 2. The Eliminator clash was a high-scoring affair as runs were scored for fun. However, a target of 208 was too big for LSG as RCB recorded a 14-run triumph. Having scored […]
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LIVERPOOL superstar Mohamed Salah has said he intends to play for the club next season despite having just one year left on his contract. The Egypt international remains in talks with Liverpool over a new deal, although reports suggest an agreement is not imminent. Salah has scored 31 goals and recorded 15 assists in 50
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ANGELO Mathews and Dhananjaya de Silva collected half-centuries as Sri Lanka ploughed ahead on a rain-hit day three, getting to within 83 runs of Bangladesh’s total, with five wickets still in hand. Scores: At stumps Sri Lanka 282 for 5 (Karunaratne 80, de Silva 58, Mathews 58*, Shakib 3-59, Ebadot 2-78) trail Bangladesh 365 (Mushfiqur
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An era of rediscovery THE nation is 27 years old today and the observances and celebrations will continue for the rest of the week, focusing on an era of rediscovery. Many, because the significance of Independence had been downplayed for several years, might have forgotten the emotions of that night when the Guyana flag was
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–a look back at the establishment of pillars of development that exist to this day IT has been just about six decades since Guyana attained its instruments of independence from Great Britain, and while the events leading up to this historic moment paved the way for the ‘home’ that we know and love today, it
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EVEN as countries the world over continue to grapple with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing war in Ukraine, the economic prospects for Guyana remain positive at the close of the first quarter of 2022, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF in its latest edition of the World Economic
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AS Guyanese, we often hear stories of our national heroes, courageous strong men and women who fought so that we could today celebrate Guyana as an Independent nation. Names like Cuffy, Damon, Dr Cheddi Jagan, Linden Forbes Burnham, Janet Jagan, Desmond Hoyte, Stephen Campbell and many others, immediately come to mind. Guyana’s road to Independence
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PPP/C: Moving forward with an agenda for transformation THE People’s Progressive Party/C (PPP/C) extends to all Guyanese, at home and abroad, greetings on Guyana’s 56th independence anniversary. On June 5, 1958, founder of the PPP/C and former president, the late Dr. Cheddi Jagan, posed an important question to the Legislative Council – What do the
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By Tota C. Mangar TODAY, May 26, commemorates the 56th anniversary of our country’s attainment of political independence from Great Britain. On this historic day in 1966, a new nation, Guyana, the only English speaking one on the South American continent, achieved national sovereignty to become the 24th member of the then British Commonwealth of Nations,
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AT long last, the US$260 million contract for the new Demerara River Bridge was, this morning, signed between the Government of Guyana and China Railway Construction Corporation International. The project is being dubbed by some as “The single largest public infrastructure project ever undertaken in the history of Guyana”. The ceremony was held on the
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