The Demerara Badminton Club (DBC) secured a notable silver medal in the Women’s Doubles, marking the highlight of their strong showing at the 2025 Gokarn Ramdhani Memorial Tournament. The standout performance came from the newly formed partnership of Amande Low and Anna Pereira. The experienced players teamed up for the…
Silver Bullets dethrone YMCA to win ExxonMobil Futsal after dramatic penalty shootout
Silver Bullets have clinched the ExxonMobil Guyana Futsal Championship, dramatically defeating holders YMCA 2-0 on penalty kicks following a sensational 5-5 draw in the final at the Retrieve Tarmac on Saturday evening. In front of a packed and raucous crowd, the two sides delivered an end-to-end goal fest, but ultimately,…
New Zealand start WTC cycle as favourites against patchwork West Indies
The Christchurch Test against West Indies will mark the start of New Zealand’s World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 cycle and Kane Williamson’s return to Test cricket. Williamson’s previous Test was in December last year, and quite a lot has happened since. He has tapered back his international commitments, playing more…
Guyana to showcase local health achievements as host of CARPHA Conference in April 2026
Guyana will take centre stage in regional health discussions next year as the host of the 2026 Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Annual Health Research Conference. The event, scheduled for April 22–26, will spotlight the latest innovations in health, with Guyana sharing its progress in medical research and public health…
Police recover two firearms in separate Berbice and Mocha incidents
Police are probing two separate discoveries of firearms and ammunition made on Sunday during incidents in Regions Six and Four. In the first case, ranks in Regional Division #6 recovered a suspected 9mm pistol after responding to a four-vehicle collision along the Cumberland Public Road, East Canje Berbice. Acting on…
Schultz, Jordon, Campbell and Grimmond star in second round of Senior Female Inter-County
Demerara duo Kaysia Schultz and Letisha Jordon had impactful performances with ball and bat and Sherica Campbell and Sheneta Grimmond were the standouts for Berbice in Round Two of the Guyana Cricket Board/Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Senior Women’s Inter-County 50-over competition on Sunday. At Lusignan, Demerara rebounded from…
Two women arrested after more than 100 lbs of ganja found at Clonbrook
Two women have been arrested after Police ranks found 51.9 kilogrammes (or about 114 pounds) of cannabis at Clonbrook, East Coast Demerara, on Saturday. Police Headquarters reported that the two women, ages 41 and 55, were arrested after an intelligence-led operation at the location unearthed the narcotics. Found concealed in…
Reg. 1 Police rank under close arrest, investigation into shooting incident ongoing
A Police Officer is now under close arrest after a video surfaced on Facebook with the off-duty rank wielding a firearm and firing shots indiscriminately in Region One. In a release, the Guyana Police Force said an investigation of the incident has been launched. See below the full release from…
Beaton/Tan stun Haynes/Jeffrey in Men’s Doubles final at Ramdhani memorial tournament
The final day of the Gokarn Ramdhani Memorial Badminton Tournament produced thrilling match-ups, standout performances, and a major upset in the Men’s Doubles division. In one of the biggest surprises of the tournament, the pair of Nkosi Beaton and Daniel Tan upset favourites Akili Haynes and Tyrese Jeffrey 21-17, 17-21,…
‘We know what our commitments are’ – President says expanded citizen support in five-year blueprint
President Dr Irfaan Ali has announced that the government will soon unveil a landmark five-year national blueprint geared toward rapid economic expansion and transformative infrastructure development. The President said this in his feature address at the Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber (GOGEC) Awards on Friday evening, where he stressed…
