– Over $5 Million in cash and prizes ‘up for grabs’ FOLLOWING a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Miss World Guyana competition is back with 10 young women set to compete for the crown and a chance to represent Guyana on the international stage. This was revealed on Tuesday at the official launching…
(Jamaica Observer) – OSWEST Senior-Smith, attorney-at-law representing dancehall entertainer Mavado, is awaiting information from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) with regards to outstanding warrants for his client. “The ODPP is to complete enquiries to secure information as to whether there is an outstanding warrant and if so, what is it in…
(Reuters) – LATIN American superstar Shakira has rejected a settlement offered by the prosecutor in her 14.5 million euro Spanish tax fraud case, and is now a step closer to going to trial, her media team said on Wednesday. The Colombian singer – who has sold more than 80 million records worldwide with hits such…
Guyana’s athletes and officials have arrived in Barbados for the 49th edition of the Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships. The two-day event starts Friday at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre in the parish of St Michael. Guyana will be represented by 11 athletes, seven males, and the remainder females, a release…
ATLANTIC Alliance Maritime and Offshore Training Institute (AAMOTI), a 100 per cent Guyanese-owned training institution, has achieved international compliance status from the UK-based Namaka Compliance. Namaka Compliance announced, recently, that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AAMOTI to target opportunities within Guyana, a release said. The MoU was signed to assist with the…
West Indies players, John Campbell and Shermon Lewis have been signed by the Guyana Amazon Warriors for the new 6IXTY tournament, which gets underway at Warner Park, St. Kitts from August 24-28. Those two players are temporary replacements for Imran Tahir and Tabraiz Shamsi, who will available for the Warriors’ campaign in the Hero Caribbean…
TWO fishermen on Wednesday confessed to their involvement in the 2017 fatal stabbing of 38-year-old Kawal Shivnauth of Wine Bush, Leonora, West Coast Demerara (WCD). Roopnarine “Helicopter” Persaud and Deonarine “Pascal” Lakhan were indicted for murder, but opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter. Their pleas were accepted by Justice Sandil Kissoon…
A total of 56 new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Thursday after 376 tests were done, taking the overall number of confirmed cases since March 2020 to, 69, 676. The new cases were recorded in; Region One (two cases), Region Two (one case), Region Three (20 cases), Region Four (27 cases), Region Nine (four cases)…
COLLABORATION in science, technology and innovation must be at the centre of a strengthened cooperation between Africa and the Americas in order to realise the potential of both continents, reinforce their role as guarantors of global food and nutritional security, and create a level playing field for productive, sustainable and inclusive agricultural sectors that contribute…
See the full statement from the Institute of Private Enterprise Development (IPED) below: The Institute of Private Enterprise Development (IPED) below mourns the loss of its former Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Leslie Chin C.C.H., who served as IPED’s CEO from 2002 to 2009 and has been a board member offering voluntary service since 1988…
