The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has opened the 2022/2023 pre-season transfer window, effective from June 1 to midnight on July 31. All transfers must be conducted in accordance with the FIFA regulations on the status and transfer of players, which can be found on the FIFA website. As the current transfer window falls during the…
–Prime Minister says, tells diaspora that gov’t will ensure that all Guyanese benefit from development PRIME Minister, Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips, has said that independence provokes reflection and celebration of the nation’s achievements, but it is also an opportunity to plan for the future. “It is a time to strategically and steadfastly plan for our…
A 10-member committee was established to work along with the Ministries of Agriculture and Finance, and regional authorities to decide on which crops can be cultivated on some 35,000 acres of land in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne). This decision was made on Thursday during a meeting hosted by Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo with farmers…
By Vishnu Bisram GUYANA’s Ambassador to the United States of America, Samuel Hinds, along with his deputy, Zulfikar Ally, and members of the Guyana Consulate in New York were accorded a warm reception at the building extension of Guyanese Al Abidin Masjid on Liberty Avenue and 127th Street in Richmond Hill. The delegation visited the…
Golden Jaguars Head Coach Jamaal Shabazz has named his 24-man squad for their first match of League B in the Concacaf Nationals League against Montserrat in the Dominican Republic on June 4 from 19:30h. After an 11-day encampment in Trinidad and Tobago, Shabazz trimmed the training squad prior to Wednesday’s departure for Santo Domingo where…
THIS month will be used to scrutinise claims made by persons to receive the $150,000 one-off grant recently announced by President, Dr Irfaan Ali, and payments will commence in July, Vice-President, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has said. Addressing scores of fishermen at the Classic International Hotel on Thursday, Dr Jagdeo lamented the trickery played by persons…
The body of a 93-year-old man was discovered in a slightly decomposed state on Thursday at his Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara house. Dead is Carlton King of Third Field, Cummings Lodge. Regional Commander Simon McBean told the News Room that construction workers discovered the dead man lying at his front door at about 16:10hrs…
A 71-year-old man has lost his life while six other persons were injured after they were attacked by Africanized bees while on their way out of a dam at Number 27 Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB), on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Winston Rigby, a fisherman of Number 41 Village, WCB. Those injured…
With a more transmissible form of the Coronavirus disease circulating in Guyana, the Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony is once again pleading with parents to get their children vaccinated against the deadly virus. Dr Anthony is not happy with the number of adolescents getting vaccinated and on Friday, he said the main challenge encountered by…
–with potential $1.9B in direct relief for mining industry, operators say THE Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) is optimistic that operational costs will decline and activities will be enhanced with the potential $1.9 billion in direct relief for the mining industry. The relief measures, described by GGDMA as instrumental, were announced by Vice-President…
