The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has officially introduced Division Two of the Elite League, aimed at providing additional competitive opportunities for players from the 10 participating clubs who were not selected for their respective Elite League rosters. This new initiative is designed to ensure that all registered players have the…
The government has implemented a ban on trucks parking in Ruimveldt reserves, following the removal of 11 sand trucks parked illegally at the Ruimveldt Industrial Site, in the vicinity of DSL Cash and Carry, Georgetown. These trucks had been illegally using the state reserve as a base for their operations,…
The Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) is beginning a project tonight in front of Parliament Building, in the City, to replace the transmission and distributions lines from Broad to Hadfield Streets and from Hadfield Street to Bank of Guyana. GWI has often said that the infrastructure in Georgetown is very old,…
Consultants were in Guyana assessing the Gas-to-Energy project at Wales, West Bank Demerara (WBD) for the United States Export-Import (EXIM) Bank. With the process of “due diligence” now complete, Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo says the country’s request for funds could be taken to the Board for approval sometime in…
Guyana’s top female badminton player Priyanna Ramdhani has advanced to the semi-finals of the 2024 Costa Rica Future Series Tournament. Ramdhani has teamed up with Chequeda de Boulet of Trinidad and Tobago and the pair has enjoyed a successful run thus far. In the Round-of-16, they defeated their Gabriela Barrios…
Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Thursday announced the commencement of the recruitment process for a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The post will become vacant on Friday November 1, 2024, with the departure of outgoing CEO Johnny Grave, who has led the organisation since February 2017. An executive manager is…
Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan), through its Skills to Access the Green Economy (SAGE) program—a Government of Canada funded initiative—has teamed up with the Ministry of Human Services and Social Protection, the Guyana Women Miners Association, Conservation International Guyana, and the Guyana Mining School to launch a groundbreaking program aimed…
As of January 8, 2025, Guyanese will need more than just their travel bags and passports to visit the United Kingdom (UK). They’ll require an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA), a new digital checkpoint introduced by the UK Government which will be extended to 49 countries from January. This change marks…
Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo said that the former APNU+AFC government introduced more than 350 new taxes and onerous measures while in government from 2015 to 2020. The Vice President, speaking at a People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) press conference on Thursday, reminded citizens that it was believed that the…
In a case that intertwines land disputes, alleged fraud and political influence, Akicha Coates, a devoted mother of two, is speaking out about what she claims is a gross miscarriage of justice involving a property she purchased in 2004. Coates, who relocated from Guyana to St. Kitts and Nevis with…
