Cemetery Road to be upgraded to four-lane- Edghill

Cemetery Road to be upgraded to four-lane- Edghill

The upgrading of the existing two-lane carriageways at Cemetery Road in Georgetown to four lanes is expected to commence soon. This was revealed by Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill during the official launch of the Enhancement Projects for Cemetery Road and Independence Boulevard in Albouystown, Georgetown, on Monday. “Cemetery Road, we are now upgrading…

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Ashely Khalil through to Senior Caribbean Squash final

Ashely Khalil through to Senior Caribbean Squash final

Number-one seed, Ashely Khalil has booked her spot in today’s final of the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Senior Championships after she defeated countrywoman Akeila Wiltshire 11-6, 11-6, 11-7 in the semi-finals on Monday evening in Kingston, Jamaica. It will be the first senior CASA final for Khalil who recently competed at the Commonwealth Games…

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GMRSC International Drag Race 2022… Team Mohamed’s are kings of 1320

GMRSC International Drag Race 2022… Team Mohamed’s are kings of 1320

ANOTHER record-breaking performance from the Team Mohamed’s camp underscored a dominant Sunday at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club’s International Drag Race. While their Godzilla GTR failed to do the job, their Pro-Mod car stepped up and produced a stunning run to retake the strip record, shattering Sheldon Bissessar’s Saturday record of 7.208 with…

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IDPADA-G’s almost half a billion dollars

IDPADA-G’s almost half a billion dollars

THE persons behind the organisation calling itself the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) attempted a monumental feat on Monday to justify how $468 million of public funds from the period of 2018 to 2022 were spent. These are public funds allocated to the organisation through the national budget by…

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Government to seek regional help to review local investigations and probe “Paper shorts” murder

Government to seek regional help to review local investigations and probe “Paper shorts” murder

Days after the family of murdered biker Ricardo Fagundes aka “Paper Shorts” picketed the Criminal Investigations Department over the sloth of the Police investigations, President Irfaan Ali confirmed today that Guyana will seek regional assistance to solve the crime. The Government is to reach out to the Regional Security System to probe the brazen execution…

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Norton going south and other matters

Norton going south and other matters

Dear Editor, The week in Guyana began on a sad note with the passing of PPP/C Member of Parliament, Bibi Shadick. On a prospective note, plans by DDL for an US$18M dairy plant at Soesdyke-Linden was announced and Pooran Brothers is to invest in a $300M sand/loam mining project in Essequibo. US manufacturer, Chemtech, is…

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