With Guyana set to host the backend of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (Hero CPL) 2022 in three weeks, the search is on for cheerleaders to be part of the games at the National Stadium, Providence. Surida Nagreadi Auditions have started and will run until September 11, according to Surida Nagreadi, whose brand/business ‘Zen &…
– as 450 allottees to commence building at Experiment Housing Scheme OWNING your own home must be an exceptional feeling, one clearly experienced by these 450 house lot beneficiaries of the Experiment Housing Scheme, Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) who, on Wednesday, accessed their lands for the first time as infrastructure for a section of the scheme…
By Fareeza Haniff in Nanjing, China fareeza@newsroom.gy China has been described as a “major player” in international trade when it comes to the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region and on Thursday, the communist government received significant praise from Guyanese officials for investing heavily in the region. At the opening ceremony of the Fifth Forum…
MOTIVATED by the massive housing developments ongoing across the country, the New Building Society Limited (NBS), on Wednesday, announced a reduction of its interest rates for mortgages, and the opening up of four new branches across the country to cater for the upsurge. For loans from $1 million to $4 million, the interest rate has…
A brilliant bowling spell from Akeal Hosein saw Trinbago Knight Riders kick off their 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) campaign with a victory over last year’s finalists, Saint Lucia Kings, by three wickets. The Knight Riders won the toss and chose to field, Hosein taking frequent wickets to restrict Saint Lucia Kings to 143-9,…
On Wednesday as the United Nations observed the International Day for People of African Descent, the Minister of Culture in Guyana, Charles Ramson Jr., dispatched a letter to the International Decade for People of African Descent General Assembly-Guyana, requesting the organisation’s financial records within five days. The organisation IDPADA-G has been receiving support funding from the Government of Guyana…
Guyana Amazon Warriors have made it to the knockouts of all nine editions of the CPL so far but have never won the title. This season, they have a chance to break that jinx and clinch their first trophy, in front of their home crowd. The prospect of Guyana hosting the CPL final for the first time…
A Jamaican national hired by Superior Concrete, the company that became popular after setting up unsanctioned operations in Georgetown last year, has received payments totalling GY$3 million after refusals by the company to honour its obligation. This followed an investigation by the Ministry of Labour following a report made by a friend of the aggrieved…
Although contact tracing was done to figure out where the first two patients became infected with monkeypox in Guyana, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said Wednesday that it has not been determined. The Health Minister during his daily health update said the patients, a 57-year-old public transportation driver and a woman in her 30s, gave…
A 50-year-old cosmetologist was on Wednesday released on $150,000 bail for a cybercrime violation committed against a Kitty businessman. Jennifer Williams of Gordon Street, Kitty appeared before Magistrate Dylon Bess at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and pleaded not guilty to the charge. Particles of the charge alleged that Williams, between September 13 and December 17,…
