Number-one seed, Ashely Khalil has booked her spot in today’s final of the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Senior Championships after she defeated countrywoman Akeila Wiltshire 11-6, 11-6, 11-7 in the semi-finals on Monday evening in Kingston, Jamaica. It will be the first senior CASA final for Khalil who recently competed at the Commonwealth Games…
Andrea King and her mother Deborah King at the Mother and Daughter Pageant in 2006 Andrea King won her first beauty pageant alongside her mother when she was just nine-years-old. On Sunday night, the 25-year-old was crowned Miss World Guyana 2022, fulfilling a childhood desire of hers. King emerged on top in the talent segment…
ANOTHER record-breaking performance from the Team Mohamed’s camp underscored a dominant Sunday at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club’s International Drag Race. While their Godzilla GTR failed to do the job, their Pro-Mod car stepped up and produced a stunning run to retake the strip record, shattering Sheldon Bissessar’s Saturday record of 7.208 with…
See the full statement from the Indian High Commission below: High Commission of India is pleased to announce that Guyanese national Ms. Anuja Reyada Singh has been chosen for an ITEC Scholarship in “Course On Using Digital And Social Media Marketing For Organisation Growth”, at the Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India, commencing from 24th…
The Guyana Human Rights AssociAtion believes that the current approach adopted by the Government and the National Toshaos Council (NTC) in the case of Chinese Landing in Region One and mining concerns is unacceptable, and continues to lend to the violation of the rights of the Indigenous residents there by miners. In a strongly worded…
THE persons behind the organisation calling itself the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) attempted a monumental feat on Monday to justify how $468 million of public funds from the period of 2018 to 2022 were spent. These are public funds allocated to the organisation through the national budget by…
Local anime and comics fans got to experience an event similar to the internationally known comic-con at the Merch Anime Rave Spectacle (MARS) on Saturday at the Regency Suites, Georgetown. Sozos Art and entertainment – an online art business – hosted the event to spark the interest of the anime, comic book and merch community.…
Days after the family of murdered biker Ricardo Fagundes aka “Paper Shorts” picketed the Criminal Investigations Department over the sloth of the Police investigations, President Irfaan Ali confirmed today that Guyana will seek regional assistance to solve the crime. The Government is to reach out to the Regional Security System to probe the brazen execution…
Dear Editor, The week in Guyana began on a sad note with the passing of PPP/C Member of Parliament, Bibi Shadick. On a prospective note, plans by DDL for an US$18M dairy plant at Soesdyke-Linden was announced and Pooran Brothers is to invest in a $300M sand/loam mining project in Essequibo. US manufacturer, Chemtech, is…
Two men were on Monday remanded to prison for the series of armed robberies committed around Georgetown and the East Coast of Demerara, including the abduction of a taxi driver and shooting at the police. Emmanuel Hale, 18, and Hamza Samuels called Bad Coolie, 32, both residents of ‘B’ Field Sophia, appeared before Senior Magistrate…
