In what promised to be an epic showdown, the ExxonMobil Futsal tournament finals instead was a one-sided contest, as LA Ballers hammered their way to a 15-5 victory over HH Ballers at the Retrieve Hard Court in Linden on Saturday evening. Organised by New Era Entertainment, the tournament reached its…
Guyana’s National Women’s Under-17 team on Sunday experienced a hard-fought 1-0 defeat against a determined Suriname, bringing the four-match international friendly series to an even 1-1 tie. The final home match of the series unfolded at Kingston’s Eve Leary Ground in Georgetown on November 27, the very same venue where…
Shubman Gill has been appointed captain of Gujarat Titans a day after the franchise traded Hardik Pandya to Mumbai Indians. Hardik had led the Titans in 2022 and 2023, and the 2024 season will be Gill’s first leadership assignment in the IPL. “I am delighted and proud to assume the captaincy of…
President Dr Irfaan Ali left Guyana this afternoon for Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he will be leading a delegation at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP) 28. Guyana is expected to push climate financing, forest incentives and its model Low Carbon Development…
Firefighters are still at the scene of the Corriverton Market in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) where a large section of the facility was destroyed by a fire on Monday night. Vendors from different sections of the market were seen scrambling to gather their goods in the event the fire spreads…
Guyana has long been hailed as having the potential to become the manufacturing hub in the region and in its bid to establish connections and provide insights in the sector, the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) will be hosting a regional summit here early next year. The event which…
A vagrant, Mark Birch, 41, was on Monday sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after he admitted to breaking into a woman’s home and carting off several items. Birch, a father of one, cited hunger as his motivation for the theft. Appearing before Magistrate Rhondell Weever at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts,…
A 25-year-old Cabbage farmer on Monday confessed to fatally stabbing a Timehri, East Bank Demerara youth and wounding his father during a dispute in 2019. Rickland Bovell, formally of Swan Village, East Bank Demerara, was arraigned before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the Demerara High Court for the capital offence of…
The body of a 27-year-old boat captain was fished out of a river at Port Kaituma, Region One more than a month ago. The discovery was made following a drinking spree with a group of friends. Dead is Kumar Narine also known as ‘Kevin, of Jibb Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast….
West Indies Academy completed an innings and 134-run victory over Emerging Ireland on day three of their first four-day match at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua on Monday to go 1-0 up in the three-match series. Emerging Ireland started day three 29-3, trailing the West Indies Academy by 167…
