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Death of Trinidad Prime Minister
Death of Eric Williams (79), Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, in Port of Spain. Dr. Williams was also a historian and the author of the classic work, Capitalism and Slavery.
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Mar
29
1981
Skerritt, Shallow elected unopposed as President and Vice President of CWI - Stabroek News
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Ricky Skerritt and Dr Kishore Shallow have been re-elected unopposed to the posts of President and Vice President respectively, of Cricket West Indies
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Inexperienced T&T suffer record 0-7 defeat to US - Stabroek News
ORLANDO, Florida, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago equaled their worst-ever result when they were savaged 7-0 by a second string United States, in an international friendly at Exploria Stadium here Sunday. The article Inexperienced T&T suffer record 0-7 defeat to US appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
T&T’s loss to US a deceptive result - Stabroek News
Despite Trinidad and Tobago, one of Guyana’s opponents in the upcoming World Cup Qualifiers, suffering a 7-0 loss to the USA, former Golden Jaguar captain Christopher Nurse, says that the result is  deceptive and should not be used as part of the management team’s match
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Caricom SG says last four months exceptional for region
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretary General Irwin LaRocque said yesterday that the past four months have proven to be the most exceptional periods for the 15-member regional integration movement.
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TT Foreign Affairs Ministry congratulates Agard on UN appointment | New York Carib News
The Ministry of Foreign and Caricom Affairs in Trinidad & Tobago congratulated UWI Professor John Agard on his appointment as co-chair to the UN’s 2023 Global Sustainable Development Report team.
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Dire CWI finances stalls TTCB head coach search
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board has put on pause its interview process for a head coach, amidst fears Cricket West Indies’ funding for the Professional Cricket League could fall
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Questioning our double standards
As we continue to observe and/or participate in the Black Lives Matter protests across the globe, I have been reflecting on how we racialize some certain aspects of black fashion and
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Green anxious to ‘unleash’ Nedd, Sinclair on CPL - Stabroek News
Newly appointed captain of the Guyana Amazon Warriors, Chris Green, is excited to unleash on the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Cricket West Indies Emerging Players signees, Ashmead Nedd and Kevin
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Evans, Melvin Herbert (1917–1984)
Melvin Herbert Evans was born on August 7, 1917, in Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. He attended public schools until entering Howard University where he received his B.S. in 1940.  In 1944 he received his M.D. from Howard College of Medicine, whereupon he served in a variety of medical
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Jan
3
1979
Actor Geoffrey Holder born
Actor Geoffrey Holder was born on the island of Trinidad, British West Indies.
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Aug
1
1930
Black History Month - African American Inventors
Anthony Phills received U.S. patent #5,136,787 on August 11, 1992 for a ruler template for computer
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Aug
11
1992
Carmichael, Stokely
Carmichael, Stokely, 1941–98, African-American social activist, b. Trinidad. He lived in New York City from 1952 and graduated from Howard Univ. in 1964. Carmichael participated in the Congress of Racial Equalitys freedom rides in 1961, and by 1964 was a field organizer for the Student
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Hetmyer, Paul join Warriors for CPL title hunt - Stabroek News

Eight local players along with Assistant Coach, Rayon Griffith departed Guyana for Trinidad and Tobago on Monday

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Port-au-Spain, Trinidad (1650- )
Port-au-Spain is the capital and third largest city of the island nation Trinidad and Tobago in the southwestern West Indies and north of the South American nation of Venezuela. The city, which is only about 5 square miles, had a population of 37,074 people in 2011 but its surrounding metropolitan
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Economists say region must unite to buy 20 million COVID-19 vaccine doses
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - Two regional economists have advised Caribbean countries to join forces to buy about 20 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for the entire region or the pandemic will continue to devastate lives and economies for another two years.
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Another suspect held over murder of Henry cousins - Stabroek News
The police have arrested a sixth suspect in connection with the gruesome murders of teenaged cousins  Isiah and Joel Henry and the five others who were  detained earlier this week were set to be released last
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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T&T election August 10
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday announced August 10 as the date for the general election in Trinidad and Tobago, just under one month shy of the fifth anniversary when voters went to the polls on September 7, 2015 to elect his People's National Movement
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GFF disappointed with World Cup showing - Stabroek News
President of the Guyana Football Federation yesterday stopped short of saying that the federation will continue with head coach Marcio Maximo in the wake of the team’s dismal showing in the recent World Cup
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Trinidad on track to reopen borders mid-July - Stabroek News
(Trinidad Express) - The country is on track to reopen its borders to scheduled flights by mid-July. The article Trinidad on track to reopen borders mid-July appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Death of Bishop R. C. Lawson
Bishop R. C. Lawson died July 2, 1961 in New York
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Jul
2
1961
Update: Statue rage - Government opens debate on removing monuments to colonial-era icons
As global anti-racism protests sparked by the killing of American George Floyd coalesce around the toppling of white-supremacy monuments, Jamaica’s Culture Minister Olivia Grange has opened the door for discussion on removing statues of colonial-era icons from public
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Simmon says no concern about Holder’s fitness, Gabriel close to 100 per cent
MANCHESTER, England, CMC – West Indies head coach Phil Simmons has sought to give the assurance that there is nothing to worry about as far as the fitness of captain Jason Holder is concerned, and he will be ready for the Wisden Test series beginning next
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Gabon
National name: République Gabonaise
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Stranded cricketers one step closer to coming home
Amid the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a return home soon seems to be more and more assured for stranded Guyanese cricketers in Trinidad and
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Trinidad condemns attacks by Ramsammy, city chamber on PM Rowley - Stabroek News
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago on Friday condemned attacks on Prime Minister Keith Rowley by Guyana’s Health Ministry Advisor Dr Leslie Ramsammy and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Kaie Kellough’s Magnetic Equator: An Appreciation in Guyanese-Diasporic-Quarantine
The announcement Tuesday morning (May 19th) that Kaie Kellough had won Canada’s Griffin Poetry Prize—one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the world—for his mesmerizing poetry collection, Magnetic Equator —marks an historical moment in the literary histories of diasporic Guyanese and
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Trinidad PM summons Venezuela Ambassador to meeting on migrants - Stabroek News
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has summoned Venezuela’s Ambassador to T&T, Carlos Amador Perez Silva, to a meeting to discuss recent developments concerning both countries - and Trinidad and
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Hello mi neighbour | Activate the spirit of philanthropy
However, some bright sparks, in the midst of this pandemic, pandemonium and panic, are persons who will give every penny they own to help improve the lot of another
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