Year: 2017

Governor Cuomo reminds New Yorkers to register to vote in upcoming election

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…deadline is October 13 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo on Thursday reminded New York State residents that this Friday, October 13, is the last day to register to be eligible to vote in next month’s general election. Applications must be postmarked no later than October 13 and received by the New York State Board of Elections no later than October 18. New Yorkers can easily apply to register to vote, or change their enrollment information, by using the state’s online voter registration application service on the New York State Department of…

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Trio remanded over brutal murder of elderly women

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…mother of alleged mastermind charged for taking dead woman’s money One week after they allegedly murdered two elderly women during the course of a robbery, three Albouystown men were arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Wednesday, charged jointly for the capital offence of murder. The alleged mastermind, Christopher Imran Khan, 25, along with Steven Andrews, 26, and Phillips Suffrie, 23, are accused of killing 87-year-old Constance Fraser and 75-year-old Phyllis Caesar between October 2 and 3, during the furtherance of a robbery. Although they…

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Guyanese badminton pair hot & cold on opening day

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Guyanese Badminton players, National & Caribbean Champions 15 Year Old Priyanna Ramdhani and 16-year-old Tyrese Jeffrey suffered mixed fortunes on the opening day of competition in the ongoing South American Youth Games in Santiago, Chile. The 17-years and under Badminton Championships playing at the Centro de Entrenamiento Olimpico started on Tuesday October 3 and will run until Saturday October 7 with 14 countries in all participating. The tournament is being played off in the Group Playoffs, Quarterfinals, Semi-finals & Finals. There are four groups where the first two winners in…

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Cricket: A useful tool to nourish community spirit in NY

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By Son de Anancy The communal spirit was fully aglow at the Eastern American Cricket Association’s (EACA) 2017 T20 final held at the Cage / Baisley Park ground on Sunday, October 1. If the great things we saw are nurtured and promoted it would augur well for the future of cricket in New York. Outstanding talent has long been a feature of New York cricket and this was certainly evident in the T20 A Division final that pitted Galaxy CC against Richmond Hill / Liberty CC. Galaxy, led by veteran…

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Snipers gearing up ahead of WIFBSC 150th anniversary shoot

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National Full-bore skipper Mahendra Persaud said he’s backing his marksmen to shine in the upcoming West Indies Full Bore Shooting Council (WIFBSC) championships/Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA)’s 150th Anniversary which gets underway from October 8 and concludes on October 15. According to Persaud, the upcoming shoot will feature by far the largest concentration of snipers from; Antigua, Bermuda, Trinidad, Barbados, Jamaica, the Falkland Islands, the United States, Britain, Ireland and Scotland, who have already, began to pour in by the numbers ahead of what is being called the biggest gathering…

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Some of my best friends…

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Satiricus was ecstatic, and couldn’t wait to get over to the Back Street Bar. His buddy Cappo had returned from New York, where he’d been holding out for the past year. And “holding out” it was, since he’d been there illegally, having overstayed on his visitors’ visa. And then again, all the beers would be on him! “Cappo!! Man, you look real shine!” Satiricus exclaimed at his old friend as they gave each other a bear-hug. “Yuh see de man fancy wris’-wa’ch?” said Cappo’s old cane-cutting partner Bungi proudly. “’e…

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A Police thing

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Satiricus was incensed. He was incensed because his leader, Rum Jhaat, was incensed. Rum Jhaat was incensed because he was in charge of the Police and things weren’t regula with his “boys”. In fact, things had gotten so bad there wasn’t a day when his dirty laundry wasn’t hanging out in the front pages of the dailies. It made for uncomfortable moments for Satiricus at the Back Street Bar. “Suh wha’ yuh leadah seh ‘bout de drugs wha disappear fram de CID affice?” Bungi wanted to know. “Bungi, why you…

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Why we should forgive

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By Ashley Anthony “Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place” – Iain Thomas There is no one who has lived a life in which everything has gone perfectly. We have all made mistakes, wronged others and been wronged. The question becomes then, how do we handle situations like these? The…

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British universities to mark abolition of Indian indentureship

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…as 2-day conference gets underway The University of Warwick’s Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies and the University of London will be commemorating the centenary of the abolition of Indian indentureship in a two-day International Conference on the history and culture of Indian workers from 1838 to 1917, and the contemporary reality of migration to the Americas. Some 45 scholars and writers from all parts of the world will gather at Senate House on October 6 and 7 to present papers on a variety of subjects, including the situation of…

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Look for early signs of breast cancer

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By Anu Dev “I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity” – Angelina Jolie (on getting a double mastectomy) October is “Breast Cancer Awareness Month”, and although many women are aware of the existence and possibly of the prevalence of breast cancer, I don’t think that there is enough awareness of the things they should be doing for early detection, or about factors that put them at a greater risk of having breast…

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