The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has named a 23-member team for the 51st CARIFTA Track and Field Championships in Grenada from March 30 to April 1. Returning from the previous team are Gold medalists, Tianna Springer and Javon Roberts, along with Nerissa McPherson, Attoya Harvey, Malachi Austin, Athaleyah Hinckson,…
The United States government has donated Paxlovid, a COVID-19 treatment pill to Guyana, providing enough medication to treat 1,000 patients. The Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony received the pills on Wednesday and said it will further boost the country’s response to the virus. Paxlovid, an oral antiviral pill developed…
Guyanese couple Loida and Ian Nicholson, both directors of Kumasi, on Tuesday announced their partnership with Globaltec Desarrollos e Ingeniería, a prominent engineering firm from Spain with the intent of setting up a cassava processing plant in Guyana that can cost up to US$10 million. Mrs Nicholson, a Guyanese born…
Jasmine Billingy had a productive outing at the recently concluded Mashramani Table Tennis tournament, a collaborative effort between the National Sports Commission and the Guyana Table Tennis Association. Held at the National Gymnasium, Billingy won the Under-15, Under-19, and senior women’s singles titles, while Colin Wong copped the Under-19 title…
Odingo Marks, a 30-year-old Vendor of Sand Reef, Queenstown, Essequibo Coast, was sentenced on Tuesday to 18 months imprisonment, with a fine of $115,200 for possession of 76.8 grams of Cannabis. Marks was nabbed with the marijuana at Queenstown, Essequibo Coast, Police Headquarters reported. He was sentenced by Magistrate Esther…
Nine new magistrates took the oath of office to serve the people of Guyana and to tackle the backlog of cases at the level of magistracy on Wednesday morning in a simple but significant ceremony. They took their oaths of office before the Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips who…
Two men on Tuesday appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Grove Magistrate’s Court charged with the offence of Simple Larceny. Emmanuel Glasgow, a 19-year-old fisherman of Grove Seadam, East Bank Demerara, and Mark Pooran, a 29-year-old labourer of Sarah Johanna, EBD, were arrested on February 14. They are accused…
Three construction workers on Tuesday appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court charged with the offence of Break and Enter and Larceny. Carlton Moses, a 23-year-old of Friendship Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara; Yashua Angoy, an 18-year-old of Second Street Kaneville, EBD; and Michael Vandersoop, a 36-year-old…
Long-standing People’s National Congress Reform politician, Dr. Richard Van West-Charles was formally accredited as Ambassador of Guyana to Venezuela. Ambassador Van West-Charles presented his credentials to Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro Moros at the Miraflores Presidential Palace on Tuesday, a press release from Guyana’s Foreign Ministry noted. Ambassador Dr Richard Van…
Police are on the hunt for Nicholas Johnson called ‘Suga’, 24 of No.51 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, who reportedly murdered a labourer during an argument over a cellphone. Dead is Colene Toney of No.53 Village, Corentyne, Berbice. The News Room understands that the two men were arguing when Nicholas stabbed Colene…
