While failing to make any arrests, ranks of the Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) have managed to recover $25M worth in ganja left behind by smugglers in a cane field. A statement from the Unit noted that on December 0l9 and 10, CANU officers conducted operations between the Sandaka pump station, Skeldon and Goat Dam…
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won his first Formula 1 world title in dramatic circumstances at the season finale in Abu Dhabi. His rival Lewis Hamilton had appeared in control of the race, despite controversy on the first lap, until a late safety car. The race was restarted with one lap to go with Verstappen on…
Mercedes have protested the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix final classification, citing a breach of two articles in the Sporting Regulations. It comes after a dramatic race that was won by Max Verstappen after he passed Lewis Hamilton on the final lap to take victory – and with it a first world title. Hamilton had looked…
The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has condemned the brutal murder of 48-year-old Malini Wahid, who was strangled to death by her partner Balram Heeralall also known as ‘Nappy’ but says that it has no record of any report being made to the 914 hotline. A press release from the ministry said that…
Following PCR tests administered on arrival in Pakistan, Cricket West Indies (CWI) can confirm that four members of the West Indies touring party have tested positive for COVID-19 and will now undergo a period of self-isolation. Left-arm pacer Sheldon Cottrell, all-rounders Roston Chase and Kyle Mayers, along with a non-coaching member of the team management…
Family members who were hoping to bury their elderly relative on Sunday were greeted by a coffin, his clothes folded neatly inside but no corpse. Chaos and pandemonium immediately broke out at the Suddie Funeral Home in Region Two when the Fiedtkou family realized that their deceased grandfather had already been cremated by another family…
Victor Pedro, a 38-year-old gold miner of Lethem, Region Nine was murdered on Friday at his camp, situated at Turtle Creek, Five Star, North West District. Police said according to the man’s 13-year-old daughter, at about 19:00hrs, she was cooking in their kitchen when the female cook and her father became engaged in an argument…
By Akeem Greene akeem@newsroom.gy Sixteen teams, 64 matches, 28 days, at least four matches per day, two to three match venues in each of the four territories, along with two to three practice facilities form the synopsis of the massive logistical requirements which Cricket West Indies (CWI) undertook to host next year’s International Cricket Council…
By Natasha Poon Lucy the Explorer may have conquered the Kanuku mountains in 50 days but Wapichan hunters have for generations traversed their vast Wapichan WiiZi [pronounced WHEE-JSH-REE]. Every year, two weeks prior to Christmas, hunters and fishermen of the South Rupununi leave for sacred hunting, fishing and gathering grounds of the Tutu wao/ Toot…
Three persons, two of whom were fully vaccinated, are the country’s latest COVID-19 deaths. Figures released on Sunday also show an increase in infection numbers with some 14 persons in the COVID Intensive Care Unit. The details of the three new deaths are below. With those deaths, December’s death toll has increased to 19. Meanwhile,…
