By Avenash Ramzan avenash@newsroom.gy Guyana’s senior national men’s football team, the Golden Jaguars are set for a historic sojourn to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to play two international friendlies during the March window. President of the Guyana Football Federation, Wayne Forde made the announcement on Thursday at the Federation’s…

Guyanese FIDE Master Anthony Drayton emerged champion of the Caribbean Blitz 2024 hosted by the Guyana Chess Federation on Wednesday (March 6) at the Ramada Georgetown Princess Hotel, Providence, East Bank Demerara. The competition was open to all members of the visiting teams for the ongoing CARICOM Classic Chess Tournament,…

Cotton Tree top performers in the recently concluded AJM ‘Mash It Up’ T20 tournament have benefitted from cricket gear, compliments of AJM Enterprise via Cricnation592 Store. Player-of-the-final Kevon Jawahir, best batsman Fawaz Gaffoor and best bowler Waqar Hassan were the recipients of quality cricket gear. Jawahir played a stellar all-round…

After the meeting on Thursday, officials from the Ministry of Education and representatives of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) agreed to discuss and negotiate several matters going forward, including pay increases for teachers from 2019 to 2023. The Ministry of Education was represented by the Chief Education Officer, Saddam Hussain;…

Police ranks on patrol Region Seven Wednesday night stumbled on a make-shift mining camp along the trail at Torroparau backdam, Lower Puruni River. The ranks, who were on an A.T.V,  said as they approached the camp, they saw a male running away. The ranks gave chase but were unable to…

Bertram Willie, a 60-year-old Miner who resided at Wisrock New Housing Scheme, Linden died on Wednesday during a mining accident at Cowing Backdam, Upper Mazaruni River in Region #7. Investigations indicate that Willie was the registered owner of a four-inch water dredge operation at the location. Trevor Benn, a 50-year-old…

Guyana has been awarded the Destination of the Year in the Ecological Tourism category. The announcement was made by the Pacific Area Travel Writers Association at the PATWA International Travel Awards 2024 at the International Tourism Exchange, Berlin. Oneidge Walrond, Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce was also recognised as…

[GBTI Press Release] – The Guyana Bank for Trade & Industry (GBTI) Limited announces a succession in its top management. James (Jim) Foster, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) 2020-2024 will demit office on 31st March 2024, and Shawn Gurcharran, Deputy Chief Executive Officer will assume duties as CEO on 2 April…

The trial in the 2020 elections fraud case was further delayed this week and Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has expressed concerns about the continued interruptions, contending that the magistracy was frustrating the “will of the people.” “The judiciary here, the magistracy is frustrating the will of the people. “They…

[Office of the First Lady Press Release] – First Lady Mrs Arya Ali today donated an ambulance to the paediatric ward of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in the presence of the hospital’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and some staff. Receiving the keys on behalf of GPHC was its…