The iconic trophy for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup arrives in Guyana on Tuesday, May 21, from Trinidad and Tobago at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timerhi. Guyana will be the penultimate stop on the scheduled trophy tour of the Caribbean following visits to Barbados, Antigua…

See below the full statement issued by the Ministry of  Education: The Ministry of Education (MoE) initiated the conciliation  process in keeping with the grievance procedure as documented in the 1990 Memorandum of  Agreement signed by the MoE and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU). This process was initiated  to resolve…

See the full statement issued below: Pursuant to the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Act 2021, as amended by the Fiscal Enactments (Amendment) Act 2024, Parliamentary approval has been granted for US$1,586,150,331 (equivalent to G$329,885,563,088) to be withdrawn from the NRF in 2024. In accordance with this approval, the Government of…

Article by Alex Arjoon, photos by Victoria Arjoon The 14ft aluminium boat chugs its way up the river under the raging sun with four plus hours left until we reach camp for the night. I am delegated to the bow so that the boat is well balanced but my face…

Forty-year-old Rooplall Haindarsan died on Sunday after he reportedly ran into the path of a truck on the Enmore Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD). The accident occurred around 19:50hrs. Police Headquarters, in a statement, said inquiries disclosed that motor lorry, GTT 4579, was heading west along the road. The…

There are fragile things in this world. Hopes. Dreams. Glass. Andre Russell‘s 35-year old body in IPL 2023. He didn’t bowl at all for the first three matches of the season. But when he did he started with a wicket. He had two by the time he finished his first over. But…

Architectural drawings for the Mumbai Indians cricket academy, which will be built in Trinidad and Tobago, have already been conceptualised. Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley first announced several weeks ago that the team, owned by the Ambani family of India, had approached the Government to hold talks on building a…

While the rains carried out the works of mother nature, lifters competing at the 2024 edition of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation 2024 Intermediates and Masters Championships reigned down records and commendable individual performances in the Auditorium at St. Stanislaus College, Brickdam, on Sunday. Witnessed by former powerlifter and now…

Police investigators are probing the death of 71-year-old Philistine Franci called ‘PI’, a pensioner of Karrou Village, Essequibo River who is believed to have drowned. Police Headquarters, in a statement, said the incident occurred between Wednesday, May 15 and Sunday, May 19, 2024. The woman was missing from her home…

Lethem, the capital of Region Nine (Upper Takutu- Upper Essequibo), could be further developed and solidified as a major commercial hub with new investments mulled for the region, Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo said recently. “In Region Nine, we explained that with all of the developments in the region, the…