Mishka Beharry copped two titles and Frank Waddell and Xavio Alexander put the stamp on their individual categories on Thursday night when the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) concluded its National Sports Commission sponsored National Junior Singles Championship. Playing at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, Beharry took top honours in the…
Finding that words uttered by retired Assistant Commissioner of Police, Paul Slowe were intentional and malicious against Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), Fazil Karimbaksh, the High Court on Friday awarded damages and cost to the tune of $10 million and $300,000, respectively. Karimbaksh had filed a $70…
Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said the government will soon introduce a prequalification system to better monitor the execution of projects. The Vice President, for weeks, has been highlighting the incremental changes instituted to help strengthen the public procurement system. At this week’s press conference, he explained the…
CGX Energy Inc. and the Frontera Energy Corporation, joint venture partners in the Corentyne Block offshore Guyana, hope for more time to evaluate oil prospects but the country’s Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo remains wary. “CGX will not play the Government of Guyana. “For a very long time, they have…
See below full statement issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources: In accordance with the Local Content Act No. 18 of 2021 (‘Act’) and in keeping with the approved Local Content Master Plans and Local Content Annual Plans, the Local Content Secretariat this week wrote to Contractors, Subcontractors, and…
Lakeram Dyaram, a resident of La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara was on Tuesday morning held at gunpoint and robbed by two men on a motorcycle. The incident occurred while Dyaram, a foreman, was heading to work around 7:45 hrs. On his way to work, he stopped at a local…
The Rotary Club of Georgetown is proud to announce the installation of its new Board of Directors for the 2024-2025 period. The installation ceremony was held on 23rd June, 2024 and was attended by club members, community leaders, and guests who gathered to celebrate this significant occasion. Incoming President Natasha…
(CBC) Gov. Gen. Mary Simon has announced 83 appointments to the Order of Canada — a list that includes doctors, activists, artists and economists. Simon’s office announced one new companion — the highest level of the Order of Canada —16 officers, two honorary officers and 64 new members, the introductory honour level in…
Days after he left home, the decomposed body of Canje, Berbice resident, Dharmindranauth Mahadeo Surujnauth was found and the Police have since arrested a suspect who reportedly confessed to beating him to death with an iron bar. Information reaching the News Room revealed that 56-year-old Surujnauth left his Caracas Vryheid…
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Blue Water Shipping Under-15 Girls’ National Secondary School Championship concludes this weekend with the eight top teams fiercely battling in the quarter-finals and semi-finals for spots in the final showdown on Sunday. The action-packed schedule on June 29 kicks off with St. Ignatius Secondary facing President’s…
