The Guyana Senior Men’s National Team beat French Guiana 2-1 in Cayenne on Monday evening, levelling the series in the second of two international friendlies with an improved performance and dedicating the deserved victory to Guyanese fans based in the French overseas territory. First-half goals from Kelsey Benjamin and Jamal ‘Skinny’ Perreira gave the Golden…
PRESIDENT, Dr. Irfaan Ali, and a team of high-level government officials, on Tuesday, met with a delegation from the Qatari Investment Mission to advance discussions on investment opportunities in Guyana. The Qatari Investment Mission representatives were Group Chairman of Power International Holding, Moutaz Al Khayyat; Group Chief Venture Officer of Power International Holding, Ali Kazma…
By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy With a prolific Stabroek Block generating confidence in further oil finds offshore Guyana, the government is mulling the establishment of a National Oil Company to manage these oil resources if new exploration areas are not auctioned off to new investors. Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, during a Bloomberg Summit on Tuesday,…
–hails Vice-President Jagdeo as ‘a man of his word’ By Jeune Vankeric DEVIN Gillard, a resident of Glasgow New Housing Scheme, East Bank Berbice, who cultivates grapes and other crops for a living, is a very happy man. After many months of running around, some seven-and-a-half acres of land he had applied for to cultivate…
The Guyana Police Force has issued a wanted bulletin for 19-year-old Luis Jose Medina Zapata known as ‘Kemos’ in connection with the murder of Felipe Galaviz. Galaviz is a Venezuelan national who was stabbed to death on April 15 at Oronoque, Port Kaituma in Region One (Barima- Waini). Anyone with information on the whereabouts of…
— at the end of first quarter of 2022 –country projected to grow 34.5 per cent next year, according to IMF EVEN as countries the world over continue to grapple with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing war in Ukraine, the economic prospects for Guyana remain positive at the close of the…
A 21-year-old man of Craig, East Bank Demerara was charged on Tuesday with the brutal murder of his 19-year-old girlfriend, Shenese Walks. Joel Spooner, a ‘slinger banksman’ appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Diamond/Grove Magistrate’s Court where he was not required to plea to the charge. He was remanded to prison until May, 17,…
A 17-year-old young man was stabbed to death in the North West District in Region One by his foster father who has since gone on the run. A cousin of the dead youth was also attacked and stabbed by the foster father and he remains in a critical condition. The incident took place on Sunday…
By Richard Bhainie Richard.Bhainie@newsroom.gy Local manufacturing company Fibre Tech Industrial Plastics located at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara is the first business to be certified with the ‘Made in Guyana’ certification mark. The registered mark was launched in October 2021 and aims to promote recognition of locally manufactured products on local and international markets. For…
Sport Minister Charles Ramson Jr. on Tuesday clarified that at no point did the Athletics Association reach out to the government for assistance, financial or otherwise, while Guyana competed at the 49th Carifta Games in Jamaica last weekend. While the government did offer financial support to the contingent prior to their departure, news surfaced at…
