Charles Leclerc took pole position for the Las Vegas Grand Prix after Ferrari dominated qualifying in Formula 1’s prestigious new race in Sin City. Leclerc was quicker by just 0.044 seconds than team-mate Carlos Sainz, who has a 10-place grid penalty and will start 12th. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen –…
Police are investigating the discovery of nine firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition which were found inside a barrel at the GNIC wharf at Lombard and Broad Streets, in Georgetown on Friday. Reliable sources told the News Room that the discovery was made when the barrel was being processed…
A fisherman from Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, who went missing during a fishing trip several days ago, has turned up dead. Mahendra Jaipal’s remains washed up along the Eversham, Corentyne foreshore on Friday, police confirmed. Jaipaul and his fellow crew members were on a fishing boat that encountered difficulties…
Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips says all of Guyana’s frontiers are currently being monitored by members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) in light of increasing aggression from neighbouring Venezuela. “At a time like this, the GDF would have been monitoring all movements on our frontiers. That, itself, may…
Joint statement, Saudi Arabia-CARICOM Summit, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: At the kind invitation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Leadership of Saudi Arabia and the Leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met in…
Guyanese athletes were a constant on the podium for the opening day of the Inter-Guiana Games in Suriname. In Track and Field, numerous Guyanese won medals and made a positive start in Football. Guyana participated in 13 Track and Field events and had a successful day with 11 gold, six…
Two Guyanese students, Alex Muntaz and Naresh Jagnanan, topped this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) respectively. Education Minister Priya Manickchand announced the results on Friday via a video uploaded to her Facebook page. Jagnanan hails from the island of Wakenaam and…
The Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD) in partnership with ExxonMobil Guyana on Friday launched Phase 2 of the Orientation and Mobility Programme for persons who are blind and visually impaired. The programme aims to allow participants to travel safely and develop independent living skills and become…
In honour and recognition of their service, military veterans will soon benefit from a “well-staffed” Veterans Affairs Department, monthly health checkups and a review of the retirement process. Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Brigadier Omar Khan made the announcement on Friday during his address at a…
Most of the Rupununi Academy Training Centre (ATC) Under-17 Football is unscathed after an accident in the Vincent of Rockstone in Region Ten after lunch on Thursday. They are encamped at the Guyana Football Federation’s Technical Centre at Providence, East Bank Demerara. According to the GFF, “The team was physically…
