Emanuel Archibald and Keliza Smith took the 100m titles when Athletics Guyana staged the Senior Championship at the weekend at the National Track and Field Facility, Leonora. Archibald won the 100m title in a time of 10.38 seconds ahead of Noelex Holder (10.41s) and Akeem Stewart (10.46s), while Smith won in 11.53s, followed by Juvonna…
CHIEF-of-Staff (ag) of the Guyana Defence Force(GDF) Colonel Omar Khan has commended Lance Corporal Shamar Garraway for rescuing a baby after the boat in which he, the child’s mother and other passengers were travelling last Saturday on the Essequibo River started to take in water. According to a release, Chief-of-Staff (ag) Khan on Monday met…
The Guyana Badminton Association’s World Badminton Day Tournament came to a conclusion at the weekend with the category champions crowned at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The final day of the two-day tournament, sponsored by Total Solutions, was attended by Sport Minister Charles Ramson Jr. and Chairman of the National Sports Commission, Kashif Muhammad. Notably,…
GLOBAL supply chain issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and, more recently, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, have negatively impacted many countries. And while Guyana is not immune to those effects, the nation has remained resilient, recording positive economic growth, and benefiting significantly from the exportation of local commodities during the first quarter of this…
Guyana’s Local Content Secretariat on Monday confirmed that it has denied RAMPS Logistics a local content certificate, saying it did not fulfill the requirements as set out in the law. On Thursday last, Head of the now divested Trinidad-owned company, Shaun Rampersad had begged the Secretariat for reasons for the denial and noted that the…
–to guide Caribbean nations in areas for investment SEVERAL Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states have come together to advance work on a regional energy strategy that will guide Caribbean nations in areas for investment. This was announced by President, Dr. Irfaan Ali on Monday, while delivering remarks during the opening ceremony of the Suriname Energy…
Akeem Khan, 23, the owner of a dredging/mining operation at Sand Hill Backdam, Cuyuni River, died on Sunday while jetting in his mining pit at about 16:30hrs. Police said the young man who hails from Bartica, Region Seven, was reportedly with another employee at the time – a 25-year-old miner of Friendship, East Bank Demerara…
Twenty-seven persons graduated on Saturday last from the first-ever Citizen Diplomacy Programme, which was hosted by The Roraima Institute (TRI) of Guyana. This programme is another way that Guyanese abroad are making sterling contributions to their homeland. While delivering remarks at the ceremony hosted at the Cara Lodge, President of TRI, Floyd Haynes highlighted that…
The Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Monday afternoon confirmed that a quantity of cocaine with a street value of approximately $3.5 million was removed from the property of a suspected drug trafficker at Eccles, East Bank Demerara, Monday morning. Along with the cocaine, which weighed 3.27 kg, CANU also found and removed a total…
The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday said the Guyana Police Force removed fifteen female Venezuelan nationals from a nightspot on Saturday last and has since launched an investigation on the suspicion that the women were trafficked. A statement posted on the Ministry’s Facebook page noted that between 01:00hrs and 03:00 hrs police ranks conducted…
