ExxonMobil Guyana in collaboration with New Era Entertainment earlier this week launched the 2023 futsal tournament at the company’s head office in Kingston. The tournament will run for nine days and will be held at the recently refurbished Retrieve Hard Court. Director of New Era Entertainment, Kenrick Noel said: “We…

There will be a full investigation into the Prison Authority’s early release of Bibi Gopaul, the woman found guilty of murdering her daughter Neesa Gopual. This is according to Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo who spoke at a press conference hosted at the People’s Progressive Party Civic’s (PPP/C) Georgetown headquarters,…

Bibi Gopaul, the woman who was found guilty of murdering her daughter Neesa Gopaul, was on Thursday recalled to prison after the Guyana Prison Service released her before the end of her sentence. See below the full statement issued by the Guyana Prison Service: Today the Guyana Prison Service has…

Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha’s iconic countrywide Diwali Motorcades continue tomorrow on the West Coast and East Bank Demerara on the 10th November at 6:30pm at the Oceanview Mandir Compound and Diamond Market Tarmac, respectively. The largest and most spectacular motorcade leaves from the Shri Krishna Mandir on Saturday, November 11th…

Twenty-six-year-old Khushal Singh has emerged as the University of Guyana’s 2023 valedictorian. He completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Management with a perfect GPA of 4.0 capturing both the President’s Medal for the Best Graduating Bachelor’s Degree Student and the Prime Minister’s Medal for the Best Graduating Student with a…

Community Enhancement Workers (CEW), who are those people involved in enhancing the aesthetics of communities and infrastructure countrywide, will now get a $40,000 monthly stipend, President Dr. Irfaan Ali announced on Thursday. These workers are among those who will benefit from increases and new allowances. The Head of State said…

President Dr. Irfaan Ali announced a suite of new support measures and increases for public sector workers and key groups on Thursday but he promised that beyond these announcements, public sector workers can look forward to an across-the-board salary increase shortly. The new support measures and increases amounted to over…

New Zealand all but sealed a World Cup semi-final spot with an easy five-wicket win over Sri Lanka in Bengaluru. Sri Lanka, who were already eliminated, were bowled out for 171, with Black Caps seamer Trent Boult taking 3-36. In a chaotic start, they slumped to 70-5 in 9.3 overs,…

Farmers are among the key groups of people getting support from the government with $850 million set aside for the purchase of fertilisers. President Dr. Irfaan Ali made the announcement on Thursday, noting that about 35,000 farmers who occupy some 287,000 acres of land will benefit. Fertiliser prices have increased…

As part of a suite of measures meant to bring relief to people across Guyana, President Dr. Irfaan Ali on Thursday announced that all old-age pensioners will get a one-off $25,000 bonus. Some 72,000 pensioners are expected to benefit from this at a cost of $1.8 billion. This will be…