Born on April 21, 1934 he died on November 14, 2021 He was born in Belmont Trinidad Charter died at Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie, Ontario after a brief illness he had been diagnosed with Alzheimers in 2013 and lived with family until Summer 2021 when he went into Long term care. Full story to […]
Only the second documented case of its kind in the world. Doctors believe the patient’s immune system cleared the virus on its own. Tests on more than a billion of her cells found no viable trace of the infection, Archives of Internal Medicine reports. If this process could be harnessed, it might offer a way […]
Former West Indies batter Shivnarine Chanderpaul will join the West Indies Under-19s squad as a batting consultant for the upcoming high performance camp in Antigua in preparation for the World Cup to be played in the Caribbean in January-February 2022. Chanderpaul, the most capped West Indies Test player, has 164 matches to his name with […]
West Indies Women 153 (Dottin 34, Matthews 26, Fatima Sana 2-19, Amin 2-21, Sohail 2-25) beat Pakistan Women 116 (Sohail 27, Javeria 24, Matthews 4-26, Connell 3-18) Hayley Matthews’ all-round show gave West Indies Women an unassailable 2-0 lead as the visitors beat Pakistan Women by 37 runs in the second ODI in Karachi. […]
Protestors say that the government’s vaccination mandate is reminiscent of slavery. “Education not vaccination…the people have the power!” This was the clarion cry as approximately 200 people gathered outside the Ministry of Education headquarters last Tuesday to protest what they described as discrimination against unvaccinated children. One woman said that she did her part to […]
Some US $534 million is the current balance in Guyana’s Natural Resources Fund (NRF) or the oil money fund, according to ministry of finance’s October 2021 report of NRF. The statement shows that the net balance as of October 31, 2021, stood at US$111,342,541 with no outflows from the fund into the Consolidated Fund. Notably, […]
Before the Canadian men’s national soccer team faced Costa Rica last Friday, coach John Herdman passed on some wisdom he’d received earlier in the week from NBA coaching legend Phil Jackson — “play the game, not the occasion.” Striker Jonathan David had a game-breaking moment, and it made for a memorable occasion. His 57th-minute goal […]
Over the past 100 years, the average lifespan has almost doubled. At the turn of the 20th century, in the industrialised West, you could expect to live until your 40s, on average. In the modern-day United States (and the figures are similar for other Western nations), the typical man can anticipate remaining on this Earth […]
Markham Fire and Emergency Services promoting diversity Markham Fire and Emergency Services (MFES) and Humber College have entered a unique agreement aimed at enhancing inclusion while reducing participation barriers for Black, Indigenous, and racialized Markham students who wish to build a career in firefighting. This agreement creates a complete package of scholarships, equipment, supports for […]
BPF has apologised to the British African community for “systemic racism” and a corrupt officer in the 1970s A number of young black people were jailed for crimes they did not commit. Derek Ridgewell gave false evidence at trials of groups of men including those who became known as the Waterloo Four, Oval Four and […]