Donald Shariff called “Ducky” was Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment over the 2020 brutal beating of New Amsterdam, Berbice labourer Keron Nicholson. Shariff, formerly of Patrick Dam, Angoy’s Avenue was sentenced by Justice Sandil Kissoon at the Berbice High Court. Initially indicted for murder, he had opted to plead guilty…
Guyana’s Golden Jaguars defeated Antigua and Barbuda, 6-0, at the Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Tuesday evening to seal their promotion to League A in the CONCACAF Nations League. Kelsey Benjamin opened the scoring in the 7′ by connecting with a pass across the box…
On November 14, 2023, a quantity of acupuncture and Chinese massage equipment, was donated by the Stabroek Oil Block partner, CNOOC Petroleum Guyana Limited (CPGL), and handed over to the Traditional Chinese Medicine Center at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is provided at the Georgetown Hospital through…
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Dr. Keith Rowley has reaffirmed the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) support for Guyana in its border controversy with Venezuela and made it clear that the region must remain a zone of peace. “We are confident that the governments of Venezuela and Guyana would know that…
Captain Nyeem Young and opener Matthew Nandu hit unbeaten half-centuries as the West Indies Academy defeated Emerging Ireland by six wickets in the third One-Day match at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua to take a 2-1 series win. The Academy first dismissed the Irish for 175 in 43.4…
A 26-year-old driver, who is accused of carting off over $8M in cash from the Ogle, East Coast Demerara (ECD) office of India-based Ashoka Construction Company over the weekend, was on Tuesday charged and released on $400,000 bail. Kevin Hopkinson of Burnham Drive, Wismar, Linden appeared before Magistrate Rushelle Liverpool at the…
The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday continued to scrutinise discrepancies on the part of the regional administration in Region Five (Mahaica- Berbice) and it was found that in 2019 vehicles not in the inventory were receiving fuel. This was flagged in the Auditor General’s report. According to that…
(Reuters) Fourteen informal gold miners were killed in a tunnel collapse in Suriname on Monday afternoon on a concession belonging to a subsidiary of Chinese state miner Zijin Mining, a Surinamese official said. Fellow miners had recovered most of the bodies by the time government rescue teams arrived at the…
The Regal camp added another acc0lade to their extensive trophy cabinet as they won all three categories when the curtains came down on the inaugural Vice President’s Softball T20 Cup at the Police Sports Club ground on Sunday. Over-50 (Legends) Opener Unnis Yusuf struck an unbeaten century as Regal Legends…
See below press release from Demerara Bank: In July 2023, Demerara Bank initiated its annual Bursary Award Programme, inviting applications from students who had recently completed the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) and Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. This program has now successfully concluded, highlighting yet another important achievement…
