Daily Archive: Sunday, October 24, 2021

Articles published on Sunday, October 24, 2021

Flashback November 2020: CNC3’s Sportcaster Ryan Bachoo recieves the flu shot from the Ministry of Health’s Expanded Programme on Immunization Manager, Grace Sookchand at GML office, Port-of-Spain.

Trinidad advising that flu shot be taken

(Trinidad Guardian) The country has entered into the Influenza (Flu) season but as the Ministry of Health rolled out its vaccination drive for this virus, which is running simultaneous to its COVID-19 immunization drive, there can be some uncertainty of how these shots should be taken.

The cannabis discovered in one of the boats by the police (Guyana police Force photo)

Cops seize $20M in cannabis along Berbice River bank

A group of policemen who were carrying out an operation in the Berbice River on Friday seized a total of 672 pounds of cannabis from two boats along the Berbice River bank aback Plegtanker Village, and Light Town Village, East Bank Berbice.  The Guyana Police Force yesterday explained that the police team, which was being led by an Assistant Superintendent, was conducting an operation in the Berbice River when they found a total of 672 lbs (305.45kg) of suspected cannabis along with two wooden boats just after midnight on Friday.

West Indies opener Lendl Simmons departs to a catch in the deep and England were up and running.

Dubai debacle!

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Shambolic West Indies crashed to their lowest ever Twenty20 World Cup total and their second lowest in T20 Internationals, as they suffered an embarrassing six-wicket defeat to England to begin the defence of their title in abject fashion here Saturday.

A survivor of abuse looks to the future

Almost five years ago when this column first appeared, it detailed a battered woman’s struggle with a system that was not friendly to women like her, and dealing with her abuser whose only intent was for her to return to their matrimonial home.

Intricate Rangolis and lit diyas symbolise Diwali

In honour of Diwali

Sita and Jatayu                                      It was Jatayu who tried to pursue Rawan to save Sita, his treasured King’s wife, as she prayed to her Rama to free her from Rawan’s clutch, squeezing tight her spleen.

Lady Jags edged 1-2 by Puerto Rico

The Lady Jaguars, the senior women’s football programme ended their two-match international friendly series against Puerto Rico with a 1-2 defeat last evening at the Estadio José Antonio Figueroa Freyre.

Politics and the courts

At a virtual forum facilitated by the Cave Hill campus of UWI, political scientist Professor Cynthia Barrow-Giles and law lecturer Dr Ronnie Yearwood discussed the “judicialization of politics” both in this country and to a lesser extent in the Commonwealth Caribbean as a whole.

Lucas stock index

Last Update: 955.12                               Movement: 1.078% Current Update: 965.42                         YTD Movement: 39.538%LUCAS STOCK INDEX (LSI) The Lucas Stock Index increased 1.078% during the third period of trading in October 2021.