GEORGETOWN, GUYANA -- Late folklorist and columnist Allan Arthur Fenty, who died on February 7, was on Saturday, February 18, remembered as a larger than life individual who was always principled.
The Stabroek News reported that at a celebration of his life on the tarmac of the National Cultural Centre, his friend Franklin (Bobby) Vieira said Fenty’s command of the...
Profile of the Month
By Dr. Dhanpaul Narine
Something beautiful happened a few weeks ago. Dr. Charles Camarda returned to the place of his birth. He was warmly welcomed by many that wanted to find out about that most mysterious frontier: Space. Charles (Charlie) Camarda was born in Ozone Park, in Queens, New York. His parents had a business in Liberty...
With the winter season coming to a close and warmer temperatures forecasted, this can only mean one thing, CRICKET SEASON IS HERE.
New York State is home to hundreds of cricketing teams that compete each year for top honors. This could not be more so than for the teams who will be competing in the New York National Cricket League...
PROFILE OF THE YEAR
By Dr. Dhanpaul Narine
He is a proven leader that can run organizations. He is an entrepreneur and a businessman. He is smart and bright, a mechanical and civil engineer and he is the owner of the Jamaica Tallawahs, one of the biggest franchises in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). Krishna (Kris) Persaud is a young man...
By Albert Baldeo
Pele, born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, is to football (soccer), as Muhammad Ali is to boxing, Mario Andretti to motor sports, Tom Brady to American Football, Neil Armstrong to space, Patton to WW2, Albert Einstein to physics, Michael Jordan to basketball, Gary Sobers to cricket, Tiger Woods to golf, Usain Bolt to sprinting, Serena Williams to lawn...
The memory of meeting Pele is enshrined in my subconscious: His feats on the field were only surpassed by his humanity off it.
ONDRIVE with Sham Samaroo
January 1, 2023
On Thursday, December 29, football lost its greatest and most admired icon – Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, affectionately known worldwide as Pele. He was 82. Everyone knows of Pele’s astonishing feats –...
ONDRIVE with Sham Samaroo
December 20, 2022
Each December, Christians around the world celebrate the birth of the King of Kings in a manger in Bethlehem. This December, not very far away in Qatar, Lionel Andrés Messi, a catholic, was crowned the king of soccer (football) in an atmosphere befitting a coronation: the most thrilling of World Cup finals. On soccer’s...
By Dr Tara Singh
The relentless attack by PNCites on the Guyana PPPC government for allegations of perceived race discrimination is employment, contract awards, and in other areas of public life, is negatively affecting the country’s development and defacing the growth of a robust economy.
To rationalize critics’ position they draw upon fabricated information. In this process they have launched a...
QUEENS, NY -- Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Jason Bical was sentenced to five to 15 years in prison for aggravated vehicular manslaughter after pleading guilty last month to striking and killing 63-year-old motorist Taher Ali Hassan on the Belt Parkway while under the influence of cocaine, marijuana and alcohol in December 2020.
District Attorney Katz said: “This...
The Richmond Hill-South Ozone Park Lions Club Holiday Lights on Liberty Ave from 133rd Street to Lefferts Blvd & On Lefferts Blvd from Rockaway Blvd to 150th Ave. The RHSOP Lions Club would like to thank their Sponsors: Sybil’s Bakery, Hacks Halal, Elevate Lounge, Impulse Lounge NYC, Hookah & Smoke, All Purpose Electric, Addabbo & Greenberg, Key Food 135...
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