By Akeem Greene akeem@newsroom.gy The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) is set to host the Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Championships from July 9-16 and the fraternity received most-welcoming news at the launch on Thursday, with the Director of Sport, Steve Ninvalle, touting the construction of a Doubles court. The Doubles court is larger than…
Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken (ag.) was appointed to prevent a vacuum in the leadership of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), and his appointment was made by President Dr. Irfaan Ali, given the absence of a Leader of the Opposition and the Police Service Commission (PSC) at the time. But given that there is now…
After only three years of being a Rotarian, Indira Mattai has taken up the lead post as President of the Rotary Club of Demerara (RCD), the second largest Rotary Club in Guyana. According to a release from the club, Mattai has shown herself to be a woman of passion, commitment, and zeal for advancing the…
(ESPNCRICINFO) – Significant centuries, but for different reasons, from Marnus Labuschagne and Steven Smith gave Australia control on the opening day of the second Test in Galle. Labuschagne made his first Test hundred overseas and Smith just his second in 32 innings overall, going back to 2019, to form the centrepieces of a measured display…
Twenty-Four-year-old Zenida April, a soldier, and her mother, Nevorne April, 48, were on Tuesday night, attacked by her boyfriend, James Rodwell Cadogon, known as “Roddie”, who is a former soldier. Nevorne spoke with the News Room via a telephone call on Friday. She said Zenida, her daughter was stabbed eight times by her boyfriend on…
(F1) – Max Verstappen took pole position ahead of the Sprint in a dramatic Friday evening qualifying session – with both Mercedes drivers crashing out – at the Red Bull Ring. Sunny skies welcomed the drivers after rain in the morning and a drenched lead-up to the Austrian Grand Prix, with qualifying setting the grid…
The government has received 40, 800 doses of Moderna vaccines from the Government of Korea. The vaccines were handed over Friday afternoon at the Ministry of Health’s Kingston Bond. “We will use these vaccines as part of our vaccination programme; they are all adult doses. “We will use for primary doses – first and second…
ALVIN Mohabir has been appointed captain of the Guyana Under-17 squad ahead of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) regional U17 tournament. Mohabir will have former West Indies Under-15 batter, Rampertap Ramnauth, as his deputy for the tournament in Trinidad and Tobago from July 17 to 28. The squad also includes exiting young batter Mavindra Dindial,…
A 55-year-old Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) man is the latest COVID-19 fatality. According to the Ministry of Health’s daily COVID-19 dashboard, the unvaccinated man died on July 7, taking the number of COVID-19 deaths to 1,259. Meanwhile, a total of 91 new COVID-19 cases were recorded after 708 tests were done. With the new cases, Guyana’s…
The CARICOM Secretariat and CARICOM leaders have expressed their shock and sadness over the assassination of the former Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe. The former Japanese leader was shot dead by a gunman during a campaign speech this morning. CARICOM said Mr. Abe is well remembered in the Community since he became the…
