… FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Pre-Qualifiers now set for April 7-11 By Rawle Toney FOLLOWING the granting of approval for the return to the basketball court for the country’s National ‘ballers’, head coach Junior Hercules is looking to bounce-off training on January 23, as Guyana prepare for the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Pre-Qualifiers…
With the incidents of the period prior to and after the March 02, 2020 elections still etched in the memories of many, a young Guyanese has made the first push to objectively document those incidents in a book. Titled “Democracy in Distress” – the book offers a compilation of several straight forward and first-hand accounts…
On the same day that three men faced a City Magistrate with charges of murder in the gruesome killing of Berbice teen cousins, Isaiah and Joel Henry, President Irfaan Ali has expressed his confidence and support in the Police investigation. The President told reporters today that he is pleased with the latest development in the…
–for brutal murder of Henry boys THREE men were on Friday remanded to prison for the brutal murders of teen cousins, Isaiah and Joel Henry, whose mutilated bodies were found at the Cotton Tree backlands, on the West Coast Berbice, last September. Akash Singh, 20, called “Monkey”, of Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo (EBE); his stepbrother,…
A total of 60 new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Friday from 361 tests, taking Guyana’s overall number of confirmed cases to 6, 805. Twenty-eight new cases were recorded in Region Four while Region Six recorded nine new cases; Region One recorded three new cases, Regions Two, Three and Eight recorded six new cases while…
Three men from Berbice were today charged and remanded to jail for the murders of teen cousins, Isaiah and Joel Henry in the Cotton Tree Backdam, West Coast Berbice. The three, 34-year-old Anil Sancharra, 30-year-old Vinod Gopaul and 34-year-old, Akash Singh appeared before the Chief Magistrate this afternoon and were not required to enter a…
–President Ali says politics won’t hinder people’s welfare –‘investment zone’ to be identified in the region, ‘agri’ master plan in the making BENEFITS will be distributed equitably to every Guyanese, irrespective of their political preference or affiliation, as the welfare of the people is the focus of the Government, President Dr. Irfaan Ali has said,…
President Irfaan Ali on Thursday announced that the Government will work in tandem with the private sector in Linden to identify potential areas of investment for the development of an Investment Zone. This he believes will bolster economic growth opportunities in the region and ensure private sector involvement in the process. President Ali made this…
Screams of anguish from relatives filled the air in Little Diamond this morning as a 26-year-old woman got trapped in her house as fire ripped through it. She never made it out. The dead woman has been identified as Crystle Chung. Firemen were called to the scene early this morning after a blaze was noticed…
— to feature over 240 rooms, 50+ shops and create over 200 direct jobs WORK on the US$25 million (Over G$5B) “Royal Orchid” Hotel and Mall at Mandela Avenue is progressing well, Investor, Jason Wang has said, noting that if all goes well, the mega facility will be opened officially in 2022. Interest in the…
