Referees affiliated with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will now step on to the field for upcoming matches donning new gear and upgraded equipment. On Friday, December 1, match officials received a comprehensive package, including officiating apparel, training kits, bibs, cones, footballs, ladders, wallets with cards, flag sets, whistles, jump…
Marian Academy and St. John the Baptist Primary School will battle for the title in the MVP Sports Girls’ Pee Wee Football Championship on December 9 at the Ministry of Education Ground, Carifesta Avenue. In the semi-finals, Marian ousted the defending champions, North Georgetown Primary, while St. John defeated West…
The titles have kept coming for Darius Ramsammy and Emerson Campbell as they both etched another chapter of success at the Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness and Federation Senior Championships on Saturday at the National Cultural Centre. Ramsammy, aiming to win an International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation Elite Pro Card, won…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its 2023 Article IV Consultation report published today has commended the Government of Guyana for economic management, including the implementation of policies and initiatives geared at transforming Guyana’s economy. The findings were published following an official IMF mission visit to Guyana in September. Rapid…
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Guyana and considered and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting. The Guyanese economy has tripled in size since the start of oil extraction (end-2019), from one of the lowest GDP per capita in Latin…
An 18-year-old teenager died on Sunday evening after he allegedly lost control of a minibus and toppled over a heap of sand along the Borlam Public Road, Corentyne, Bebice at around 18:50 hrs. Dead is Marvin Ishmile of Betsy Ground Village in East Canje Berbice, who Police Headquarters say was…
Chris Gopaul, a 33-year-old fisherman of Riverview Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, was on Monday charged with the offence of attempted rape. Police Headquarters reported that he was arrested on November 30; he appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Alisha George, where the charge was read to him. He…
Two drivers on Monday appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court, charged with causing death by dangerous driving, driving without a license and breach of insurance. Jonathan Bailey, a 27-year-old driver from Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke-Linden Highway pleaded not guilty and was granted $1.6 million bail; Steffy Timmerman,…
The tomb of a man who was recently murdered was discovered vandalized on Monday morning at the Babu Jaan cemetery in Port Mourant, East-Berbice Corentyne. The tomb bore the body of 29-year-old Ramanand Mingo, of Clifton Village, Corentyne, Berbice. Mingo was stabbed to death by his friend Andrew Seegobin at…
Vishram Singh, a 39-year-old taxi driver from Somerset and Berks, Essequibo Coast, who was on Monday convicted of causing death by dangerous driving and sentenced to three years imprisonment. Singh appeared at the Charity Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Esther Sam where the sentence was imposed. Police Headquarters reported that Singh…
