Guyana will make its Professional Darts Corporation World Cup of Darts return later this summer, after Sudesh Fitzgerald and Norman Madhoo won through last weekend’s Latin America Qualifier in Costa Rica. After winning last year’s inaugural qualifier, the pair repeated the feat in San Jose to confirm their spot at…
Several environmental bodies in Guyana are working together in a new project – the Amazon Sustainable Landscape Programme – as part of efforts to help save more plants and animals found in the rich Amazon rainforest. The project is focused on improving the management of the Kanuku Mountains Protection Area…
The body of a man identified only as Saray, who is reportedly a vagrant was found at 06:30 hrs on Tuesday in a trench at 10th Field, Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara. The man of East Indian descent was found lying on his left side, clad in a gray jersey…
A 27-year-old construction worker was nabbed with 3, 563 grams of marijuana while travelling in a minibus Monday afternoon. Police Headquarters reported that several vehicles including minibus – BAC 6035 – were stopped during a roadblock on the Helena Public Road, East Coast Demerara between 16:00 hrs and 17:20 hrs….
The Guyana Police Force and the Regional Road Safety Council have collaborated for a ‘Lecture to Bars’ campaign, aimed at educating bar owners about the amendments to the Liquor Intoxicating Licensing Act and their consequent responsibilities. The campaign was held on Friday last in Regional Police Division 4C, which stretches…
Police investigators are probing the shooting of a 26-year-old labourer who was wounded Monday night at Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown. Injured is Shane Bourne, a resident of Laing Avenue, Georgetown. The incident comes roughly 24 hours after a 70-year-old man was shot dead in front of his Middle Road,…
As daily power outages continue across Guyana, Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Monday inspected the progress of the installation of 17 generators and six step-up transformers at the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) sub-station at Columbia, East Coast Demerara. The US$27M equipment, acquired from Apan Energy Services, is expected to…
Cleon Alphonso, a 23-year-old resident of Henrietta, Essequibo Coast was on Monday remanded to prison after he was charged with possession of a firearm. Alphonso appeared before Magistrate Tamieka Clarke at the Charity Magistrate’s Court where the charge was read to him. He initially admitted to the offence; however, Police…
See below full statement: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) considers that the adoption of “the Organic Law for the Defence of Guyana Essequiba” on 3 April 2024, by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has occasioned an unacceptable escalation of tensions between that country and the Cooperative Republic of…
Following discourse with the relevant governmental authorities and officials from the competing territories during an official meeting in March, seven disciplines will be contested at the 2024 edition of the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) in Cayenne, French Guiana, from October 24–26. The seven sports are: Athletics, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Chess,…
