Guyanese Lennox Allen lost by Unanimous Decision to Cuban Osvary David Morrell Jr. in their World Boxing Association (WBA) Interim Super Middleweight title at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, USA, on Saturday evening. Morrell Jr., 22, was dominant throughout the contest, outboxing the 35-year-old Allen, who suffered a first defeat in his 24th fight.…

In his first gazetted order, President Irfaan Ali has stripped the Commissioner and CEO of the Lands and Surveys Commission of the power to issue and approve land leases. That power is now back with the President himself. In the published gazetted order, President Ali has revoked the powers which were transferred to the Lands…

… Guyanese fights tonight for WBA Super Middleweight title GUYANA’S Lennox ‘Too Sharp’ Allen will step into the ring tonight, at 20:00hrs at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, where he faces Cuban David Morrell Jr for the World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Middleweight Interim World title. Morrell was just six years old when Allen…

Marlon Fordyce, a 30-year-old man of Albert Street #79 Village who was on Friday morning struck in the head by a stray bullet, has succumbed to his injuries. The News Room understands that Fordyce died while undergoing a CT scan at the Georgetown Public Hospital. The man, was employed as a labourer, was first taken…

A number of senior officials at the Office of the President who served under the last government have been blocked from returning to their jobs. News Source were told that some of the senior officials were prevented from entering the compound of the President’s office this afternoon when they returned from their lunch break. While…

PREPARATION for the inauguration of President Irfaan Ali, on Saturday, is in full swing at the National Cultural Centre (NCC). When the Guyana Chronicle visited, on Thursday, members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Mounted Branch were seen practising, in uniform, on their horses, just outside the Centre. The Mounted Branch was formed to assist…

Teams in this year’s Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) have had to make some last-minute changes to their line-ups ahead of the August 18 bowl-off in Trinidad. After the Afghanistan leg-spinner Qias Ahmad did not have the required transit visa to pass through the UK and board one of the CPL’s charter flights, his place…

Schools in Guyana have been closed since March following the outbreak of coronavirus in the country. There was a plan for schools to be reopened in September but with cases rising steadily, that plan might be shelved. The new Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand today said she has been paying close attention to the situation…

– Culture and Youth merged By Stephan Sookram Charles Ramson Jnr. will take up his tenure as the Minister with responsibility for Culture Youth and Sport following the swearing in of new government ministers yesterday. Ramson Jnr, a former presidential adviser to the Donald Ramotar administration, has now been handed the keys to a sector…

The country’s Prime Minister, Brigadier (rt’d) Mark Phillips, has been assigned multiple portfolios. The Prime Minister will be responsible for the energy sector in areas such as the Guyana Power and Light Company and the Guyana Energy Agency. He will also handle the telecommunications sector which under the previous Government amounted to an entire Ministry.…