Caribbean News

[BBC] – When large swathes of invasive seaweed started washing up on Caribbean beaches in 2011, local residents were perplexed. Soon, mounds of unsightly sargassum – carried by currents from the Sargasso Sea and linked to climate change – were carpeting the region’s prized coastlines, repelling holidaymakers with the pungent stench emitted as it rots.
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The Brandon Henry-led Georgetown team emerged champions of the Demerara Cricket Board’s ‘Next Generation’ Inter-Association Under-15 tournament, winning their final round game against West Demerara on Sunday to finish with an unbeaten record. In a rain-affected game reduced to 27 overs per side, Georgetown won by nine wickets. Click here to see match photos  Spinner
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National youth cricketer Trilok Nanan recently achieved a personal milestone, scoring his maiden century playing for Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) in the Georgetown Cricket Association’s ‘Friends of Cricket’ Second Division Two-Day competition. Batting at number three against Positive Foundation Agricola at the GCC ground, the diminutive right-hander stroked 104 not out off 140 balls in
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The Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport, in collaboration with the National Sports Commission (NSC), will stage the annual National Awards Ceremony on Thursday, November 28, on the lawns of the Castellani House on Vlissengen Road from 19:00h. The formal gala serves to honour the outstanding performances of athletes, officials, associations and media operatives on
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Press Release from the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club It is with a heavy heart that we announce to you that Terrence ‘Duckling’ Clarke has passed away. Duckling, as he was fondly called, took his final checkered flag peacefully on Saturday evening at the age of 74. Clarke was well known and well loved
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Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, recently launched the construction of the $215, 802, 200 George Tancredo Nappi Secondary School in Nappi, Region Nine. This new educational institution is a transformative project aimed at advancing the quest for universal secondary education in our country and particularly in Guyana’s hinterland regions. The school will cater to 300
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India completed a stunning 295-run win over Australia in the first Test in Perth to continue their extraordinary run in the country. They bowled Australia out for 238 in the final session on day four to take a 1-0 lead in the five-Test series. It means India have now won five and lost only two
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Ivory Coast slumped to the lowest-ever total in a men’s T20 international by putting up just seven runs against Nigeria in Lagos on Sunday. The hosts set a target of 271 after Selim Salau hit 112 runs off 53 balls as Nigeria opened. But Ivory Coast barely put up a reply as they lost by
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West Indies maintained their control of the Antigua Test despite Bangladesh ending the day on 269 for 9 at stumps on the third day. The home side hold a lead of 181 runs after Alzarri Joseph, Jayden Seales and allrounder Justin Greaves nearly did enough to enforce a follow-on on Bangladesh. A late resistance helped
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In an extraordinary conclusion to the Super50 Cup one-day tournament in the West Indies, the finalists – Barbados Pride and Jamaica Scorpions – decided not to turn up for the toss and forfeit the final in Tarouba instead. This came after heavy spells of rain reduced the match to a 20-overs-a-side contest. As a result
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