Eighteen persons were Saturday rescued and are now safe after the boat they were travelling in sunk in the Essequibo River. The incident occurred at about 14:30 hours. The News Room understands that the passengers departed from the Parika Stelling, East Bank Essequibo and were en-route to Supenaam, Region Two when the incident occurred. The…
Windwards Islands finished the Cricket West Indies CG United Women’s Super50 Cup with a massive 151-run triumph over Leeward Islands on Friday at the National Stadium, Providence. The win guaranteed the Windward Islands a fifth place finish in the tournament, with Leeward Islands ending at the bottom in sixth. Batting first, Windward Islands piled up…
Bairstow, Overtun blunt Boult onslaught (ESPNCRICIFO) – Brendon McCullum probably doesn’t sit cross-legged on England’s dressing-room floor, spouting karmic platitudes while aiming to demonstrate that he is indeed ‘the one’. But whatever preposterous mind-tricks he has unleashed on his new England charges, the upshot in the space of three Tests has been nothing short of…
Jonny Bairstow’s remarkable unbeaten century and 89 not out from debutant Jamie Overton kept England in the third Test against New Zealand at Headingley. On another thrilling day in England’s new era, the hosts collapsed to 55-6 in reply to New Zealand’s 329 on the second day. But Bairstow and Overton combined for a rollicking…
(ESPNCRICINFO) – A depleted spin attack, led by 19-year-old Dunith Wellalage, made a fist of defending a small chase. But ultimately, Sri Lanka’s calamitous early collapse, in which they’d sunk to 85 for 8, proved the defining period of the match. Australia had themselves been in trouble at 19 for 3, then 101 for 5,…
West Indies were firmly in control by stumps on day one of the second and final Test against Bangladesh on Friday in St. Lucia. Winning the toss and electing to bowl first, West Indies dismissed the visitors for 234 and then coasted to 67 without loss by the close. John Campbell is not out on…
THE Ministry of Education Allied Arts Unit and Nexgen Golf Academy continue their push to bring Golf to every region in Guyana by the end of 2022. Recently, Bartica’s Mayor, Gifford Marshall, was on hand to see the excitement on the learners faces as equipment was donated to the Three Miles Secondary School by the…
Years after it was expected to commence, construction of the Ogle to Eccles road link will now start as the government on Friday finally inked the US$106.4 million contract with an India-based company. The new four-lane road will be built from the intersection of the Rupert Craig Highway and the Ogle airstrip road to Haags…
The Guyana National Bureau of Standards has destroyed over 5000 substandard electrical fittings which were seized from businesses during the month of May and in early June. According to the GNBS, poor quality and improperly labeled items were discovered and confiscated during the ongoing countrywide surveillance activities to rid the marketplace of substandard products. The…
– Matches set for today, tomorrow THINGS are heating up as the MILO Schools football tournament continued on Thursday afternoon at the Ministry of Education Ground. In that double header, there were wins of differing paths for Golden Grove and Dolphin Secondary; a penalty shootout decided Golden Grove’s fate and a one sided slober-knocker sending…
