POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths of 25-year-old Paishnarine ‘Ritchie’ Hansraj and 34-year-old Justin Teixeira who were found motionless inside a car at the Marriott Hotel parking lot in Kingston, Georgetown, early Saturday. And officials at the Guyana Forensic Laboratory have determined that the “white hard substance” which was found in the back…
Salus Medical Inc., a local medical distribution company, officially launched on Friday at the Marriott Hotel in Georgetown with plans to introduce robotic-assisted surgery to Guyana’s healthcare sector – a first for the region. The company has already inked agreements with leading and cutting-edge brands in the medical field to advance and modernise healthcare here.…
–Mayor Chagas points to Brazilian municipality’s expertise in soya bean cultivation INVESTORS in Bonfim have started to position themselves to capitalise on direct and spinoff opportunities in Guyana, where oil and gas and other productive sectors, coupled with prudent fiscal planning, are spurring rapid economic advancement. Lying on the edge of the border between Guyana…
By Avenash Ramzan avenash@newsroom.gy With the full backing of a massive crowd that included President Irfaan Ali and Sport Minister Charles Ramson Jr. viewing from ringside, Guyanese Elton Dharry survived a brutal final round attack from Orlando Penalba of Panama to win the WBC International Super Flyweight title by Unanimous Decision. The main fight on…
–President Ali announces INCREASED traffic along the West Bank and West Coast of Demerara corridor has necessitated the construction of a four-lane highway from Schoonord to Crane, according to President Dr Irfaan Ali. “…because of the speed of development in the region [Region Three], we have to go with a stop-gap and build an alternative…
Guyana has the potential and advantages to emerge as a service hub for the yachting industry in the Caribbean and President Dr Irfaan Ali believes this can be achieved with investments in the fabrication and machinery industry, coupled with careful planning and a thorough understanding of the industry. Speaking at an event at Nimes on…
– President Ali hails company’s commitment to boosting local capacity President, Dr. Irfaan Ali has hailed the US$10 million investment by GAICO Construction & General Services Inc in a new Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge – ‘the Malavi’, as a direct representation of diversity of services in action. The investment shows the capability of local businesses…
By Akeem Greene akeem@newsroom.gy Legendary West Indian pacer Sir Anderson Roberts, opening batsman Desmond Haynes, who is still considered one of the best the world has seen, the dodged and successful middle-order batsman, James Adams, and Barbadian-born England player, Roland Butcher, captivated a young audience of budding Berbican cricketers and their parents. The quartet spoke…
GUYANA’S first oil lift from the Liza Unity floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is servicing ExxonMobil’s Liza Phase Two project, could earn the country approximately US$106 million. According to information from the Ministry of Natural Resources, Guyana’s first entitlement lift of one million barrels of oil was sold to ExxonMobil Sales and…
Fourteen-year-old Erica Lall who reportedly went missing on Tuesday last from her East Coast Demerara home, has reportedly told police that she ran away because she was being abused by her mother. Lall showed at the Cove and John Police Station on Saturday at about 16:00hrs with her 19-year-old friend Sharda James, Police Headquarters reported…
