Guyana’s male and female teams both booked semi-final spots in the Senior Caribbean Table Tennis Championship, which continued on Friday in Cuba. The Ladies defeated Trinidad and Tobago 3-2, led by Olympian Chelsea Edghill, who won both of her matches. Edghill defeated Imani Taylor-Edwards 3-0 (11-3, 11-8, 11-4) then Rheann Chung 12-10, 11-8, 11-7. Guyana…
With Acting Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie set to proceed on his pre-retirement leave this month, the search is set to begin for a new Commissioner of Police. The next senior rank is Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Williams, however, since the PPP Civic Government took office, two other senior officers have also been acting as Deputy…
Solona Wills, the former supervisor of Leibrands Financial Management and Tax Consultancy, was on Friday released on $200,000 bail for allegedly embezzling over $3.1 million from the firm. Wills, 31, appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and pleaded not guilty to six charges of embezzlement. Particulars of the six charges alleged…
With Acting Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie set to proceed on his pre-retirement leave this month, the search is set to begin for a new Commissioner of Police. The next senior rank is Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Williams, however, since the PPP Civic Government took office, two other senior officers have also been acting as Deputy…
Two men were on Friday remanded to prison by City Magistrate Leron Daly for allegedly trafficking $1.2 million worth in cocaine. Ron Reid, 44, and Nigel Dundas, 45, pleaded not guilty to the charge which alleged that on March 2, 2022, at Front Road, West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, they had 1.084 kilogramms of cocaine in their…
With Acting Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie set to proceed on his pre-retirement leave this month, the search is set to begin for a new Commissioner of Police. The next senior rank is Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Williams, however, since the PPP Civic Government took office, two other senior officers have also been acting as Deputy…
By Avenash Ramzan avenash@newsroom.gy Shane Warne was as tough as they came on the cricket field, says former West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul. The Caribbean’s most capped Test player, reacting to the death of the Australian leg-spinner on Friday, told News Room Sport that Warne was a fierce competitor, one who was not afraid to…
With Acting Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie set to proceed on his pre-retirement leave this month, the search is set to begin for a new Commissioner of Police. The next senior rank is Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Williams, however, since the PPP Civic Government took office, two other senior officers have also been acting as Deputy…
Having obesity increases one’s risk of suffering from the more severe form of COVID-19 and as such, Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony is urging that persons with obesity get vaccinated. Dr. Anthony, who spoke during his daily COVID-19 Update, revealed that the government has been providing nutritional and education programmes aimed at reducing the…
With Acting Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie set to proceed on his pre-retirement leave this month, the search is set to begin for a new Commissioner of Police. The next senior rank is Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Williams, however, since the PPP Civic Government took office, two other senior officers have also been acting as Deputy…
