After announcing that stringent penalties will be enforced for the smuggling of gold out of Guyana, General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has highlighted that these efforts are bearing fruit. Dr Jagdeo made these remarks during his weekly press conference at Freedom House on Thursday….
SuperBet Guyana, Metro Office and Computer Supplies, and Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited are the latest corporate entities to support the second edition of the Kares One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast. A total of 32 of the top teams will battle for local tapeball supremacy at venues in Georgetown…
National record-holder Arinze Chance is gearing up to re-ignite Guyana’s passion for track and field with the ExxonMobil Youth Relay Festival. The event, set for July 21 at the National Track and Field Facility, will see 16 schools from across Guyana competing in a relay format. Chance, the lead organiser…
Minister of Human Services and Social Security Dr. Vindhya Persaud is participating in the ECOSOC High-Level Segment Ministerial Policy Dialogue on “Current trends and their impacts: Looking to the future and the realization of the SDGs”. The Minister delivered a statement on Friday and highlighted the critical impact of climate…
Without subsidies, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) would be forced to increase electricity rates, but Opposition Leader Aubrey Aubrey Norton Friday said he supports the discontinuation of any and all government subsidies to the power company. His comments come one day after Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo said that…
Kavem Hodge’s maiden century rallied West Indies and defied England on a compelling second day of the second Test at Trent Bridge. Hodge, a 31-year-old playing only his fourth Test, should have been caught on 16 by Joe Root, but instead went on to make 120 to breathe life into…
Akeem Fraser was on Friday remanded to prison after he was charged with the murder of transgender sex worker, Shawn Anthony Simon. Fraser, 31, a resident of Meadow Brook Gardens, Georgetown appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. He was not required to enter a plea to the…
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has warned USA Cricket (USAC) it risks being “put on notice” for non-compliance with its Associate membership status, barely a month after the last game of a historic, first-ever ICC global event staged in the country. The USA was a co-host, with the West Indies,…
Jamaican left-arm fast bowler Khari Campbell was one of the few unfamiliar names that emerged following last Monday’s Caribbean Premier League draft for the upcoming season, which will run from August 28 to October 6. The Melbourne CC seamer will represent the St. Lucia Kings after he was handpicked in…
Press Release from the Guyana Chess Federation The Guyana Chess Federation’s eight-member contingent, participating in the Pan American Youth Championship XXXIV in Orlando, Florida, is holding its own among its international counterparts. After five rounds of play, Sachin Pitamber is in 15th place with three points in the Under-14 Open,…
