Speed is on the mind of every drag racer and the sport is set to return on March 27 with the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) confirming the event earlier this week, and already support continues to pour in. Fast food franchise, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), has continued its support of motor racing…
Small businesses will be given extra attention during the month of April when the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) hosts a series of activities in observance of National Small Business Week. Dubbed “Shop small for the big impact”, the events will be hosted from the 8th to the 16th of April. Over 240…
(BBC) – A strong earthquake has been reported in north-east Japan, shaking buildings and triggering a tsunami alert. The tremor was recorded at magnitude 7.3 and in some areas was said to have reached 6-plus on Japan’s shaking intensity scale, making it too forceful for people to stand. The quake could be felt in the…
A 26-year-old labourer appeared at the No. 51 Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday charged with the murder of overseas-based Guyanese Lakhan Chaterpal. Eon Gonsalves known as ‘Belly’ of Grant 1802 Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, Berbice appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore and was not required to plea to the charge; he was remanded to prison until May 31,…
The Opposition APNU+AFC coalition met virtually with the Guyana Elections Commission on Tuesday and while describing the meeting as “cordial”, the Opposition said GECOM needs to start working on its reforms. The Opposition was represented in the meeting by PNCR Chairman, Shurwayne Holder, PNCR General Secretary, Geeta Chandan-Edmond, AFC General Secretary David Patterson, and AFC…
THE Guyana Prison Service, today, announced that the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) will boost agricultural production in the prison service. According to a release from the prison service, “training in shade house practices were provided to three staff members and six inmates from the New Amsterdam location by a team from NARIE…
A fully vaccinated 83-year-old woman from Region Six (East Berbice – Corentyne) is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 death. The Ministry of Health reported that the woman died on March 15, taking the total number of deaths recorded since March 2020 to 1, 226. Her death also means that six people have died in March thus far.…
A search has been launched off the West Berbice Coast for a 26-year-old fisherman who was pitched overboard when a wave hit his fishing boat last evening. The missing man has been identified as Suraj Daneshwar aka Sonny. The Captain of the fishing vessel Oneil Deputron filed a report at the Blairmont Police station…
GUYANA-BORN poet, Grace Nichols was honoured today by Queen Elizabeth II as she was presented with the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry 2021 at Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom. According to the the royal website in December 2021 when the award was first announced: “The Gold Medal for Poetry was established by King George…
Report and Photography by Akeem Greene in Barbados akeem@newsroom.gy Another Joe Root masterclass, backed up by Dan Lawrence, drove England into the ascendency on day one of the second Apex Test, as West Indies were made to toil on a placid deck at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. Root ended the day unbeaten on…
