The India tour of the West Indies is expected to bowl off on July 22, with matches scheduled to take place in Trinidad, St Kitts, and the United States of America in the state of Florida. India last toured in August 2019, where matches were held in Trinidad, Guyana, USA, and Antigua. According to reports,…
Charles Leclerc led Carlos Sainz in a Ferrari front-row lock-out at the inaugural Miami Grand Prix. The Ferrari drivers jumped ahead of Red Bull’s Verstappen as the world champion’s final run fell apart on the circuit around the Hard Rock stadium. The Dutchman made an error at Turn Five, running wide, swearing on the radio…
A man identified thus far as “Fineman” was Friday evening stabbed to death by another during a drinking spree at Rose Hall Town, Corentyne Berbice. The suspect, identified as Anthony Cameron called ‘Anta’, is hospitalised under police guard at the New Amsterdam Hospital after sustaining a stab wound to the neck and abdomen. An eyewitness…
Another 31 individuals were infected with the novel coronavirus over a 24-hour period, after 992 tests were done, the Ministry of Health reported in its daily COVID-19 dashboard on Saturday. The new cases were all recorded in: Region One (one case), Region Two (two cases), Region Three (one case), Region Four (11 cases), Region Five…
Guyana has been tasked with leading food security efforts within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and a growing partnership with Brazil could see more food exports satisfying the regional market. Brazilian President Jair Bolsanaro visited Guyana on Friday in a delayed state visit. And following engagements with Guyanese President Dr. Irfaan Ali, both leaders affirmed their…
Heavy winds and rainfall, described as a freak storm, damaged buildings and other infrastructure at the Plantation Hope and Experiment Villages on the West Coast Berbice (WCB) on Friday night. Residents say they are still trying to come to grips with the ordeal. When the News Room visited the area on Saturday, many residents were…
A 23-year-old man from New Amsterdam, Berbice, was nabbed with 30.8 kilograms (or about 69 pounds) of cannabis while travelling in a taxi on Saturday. Police Headquarters reported that the taxi, a white Toyota 212 (HC 2702), was stopped at a police roadblock in front the Weldaad police station on the West Coast of Berbice…
Police are on the hunt for a 23-year-old taxi driver who reportedly faked his kidnapping after he ran away from the police in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) and abandoned his car with a large amount of marijuana inside. The person he was transporting the cannabis for at the time demanded that he (taxi driver) pay him…
–to raise global awareness of the importance of soil health CONSCIOUS Planet, the organisation led by Sadhguru (who also spearheads India’s soil health movement), and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) will join forces to create a global agenda recognising the importance of restoring soil health for food security and the fight against…
Covering the Caribbean in World News Beyond Regional Barriers, Borders, Boundaries and Blockades CARIBBEAN reporters and journalists today, like everywhere, have access to the widest sources of information available to humankind — and ditto everyone else with the devices for ready access to the Internet (which varies per country), resulting in the ultimate aim of…
