… Ninvalle says the largest amount under his watch By Faizool Deo THE Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) has contributed a whopping US$15 000 (over G$3.1M) to the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) to offset expenses of four boxers and two coaches who are scheduled to leave this Sunday for a three-month training stint in Cuba, with

President David Granger Christmas message: The Holy Festival of Christmas celebrates the miraculous birth of Jesus Christ. His birth was a fulfilment of a prophecy foretold, centuries earlier, in the Book of Isaiah in the Holy Bible. Christmas represents the promise of peace, an eternal and universal human aspiration. The Gospel of St. Luke in the Holy…

With Guyana starting oil production, the Department of Energy this morning announced that the Shell Western Supply and Trading Limited has been selected to buy Guyana’s first 3 lifts crude. Shell was among a group of nine selected companies that were involved in a face to face bid for Guyana’s share of first oil. The…

ANNAI Secondary defied the odds on Sunday evening to be crowned champions of the second edition of the Petra Organisation’s KFC Goodwill football tournament. Played at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue, the game was tense in the lead up but by the final whistle, the margin was 2-0 in favour of Annai

Norway has released an additional G$9.1B to the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund to be disbursed to Guyana for approved projects. According to the Ministry of the Presidency, the release of funds was made last Wednesday to the World Bank which issued a confirmation on Monday that the funds have been received. Head of the Project…

Just days after Guyana announced the start of oil production, the Exxon company has announced its 15th oil discovery in Guyana. In a statement this morning, the Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe, today, announced that the discovery was made at the Mako-1 Well southeast of the Liza field in the Stabroek Block. “This discovery…

CMC – TAIL-ender Shardul Thakur lashed a late-innings cameo in a tense finish as West Indies lost the plot when it mattered most, to crash to a four-wicket defeat to India in the decisive third One-Day International here on Sunday and suffered their 10th straight series defeat to the subcontinental powerhouse. When captain Virat Kohli

Mommy’s Corner, a newly formed women’s support group, on Sunday spread Christmas cheer to children of former sugar workers from the now closed Wales Estate, West Bank Demerara. Co-founder of the group, Madonna Ghanie, told the News Room that this is what the season is about and what Mommy’s Corner represents. The group held a…

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union is not optimistic of sugar workers getting a pay increase before the new year. The union has been pressing for sugar workers to also get an increase in their salaries following the announcement of increases for public servants. At a press conference today, the General Secretary of GAWU…

– PRO says no hiccups as workers fan out By Navendra Seoraj THE Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)’s field (house-to-house) verification of over 16,000 persons is going smoothly, said GECOM’s Public Relations Officer Yolanda Ward. “I haven’t received any information from the field about adverse effects…so far everything is going well,” said Ward in an invited