By Avenash Ramzan Australia inflicted a crushing nine-wicket defeat on Ireland, winning their Group B game of the Women’s World T20 in emphatic fashion at Providence on Sunday. Ireland crept to 93-6 after electing to bat first. Australia delivered 64 dot balls, stifling the Irish batters, whose top score of 24 came from Kim Garth.…
On Saturday, the Guyana Police Force and the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit, joined forces to destroy more than 950 pounds of cocaine and over 1000 pounds of marijuana. The illegal drugs were seized by the two agencies during various operations. Yesterday, the two agencies moved under heavy security to a location along the Linden Soesdyke…
Scenes from the 2018 Diwali Motorcade ON the eve of November 5, 2018, the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha hosted its annual Diwali Motorcade where scores of Mandirs across Guyana competed in commemoration of the Festival of Lights. In case you missed it, here are some scenes from this year’s iconic event. (All photos courtesy of
Police have arrested a 45-year-old Logger, who was reportedly caught with ten live 12 gauge cartridges on Saturday during a roadblock at Bamai, Linden/Soesdyke Highway. At the time of the arrest, the Logger was in a public transportation vehicle destined for Mahdia. A police report noted that the Logger of Alliance Timehri, East Bank Demerara…
They were the first to rush to the scene of Friday’s Fly Jamaica crash at the Cheddi Jagan Airport to offer help to passengers, but now investigators believe some local firefighters may have also helped themselves to the belongings of the passengers and crew in the process. Up to late Friday evening, at least ten…
Dear Editor, DR. Henry Jeffrey’s column “Future Notes” has over the years established a reputation as being informative, creative and at times, politically challenging. His column published in the Stabroek News in the November 7th, 2018 edition, captioned: “Well, David: What now? Sri Lanka?” has raised the bar in creative politics, beyond what in the
Alyssa Healy, Beth Mooney and Meg Lanning missed out on fifties, but their useful knocks were backed up by strong bowling as Australia opened their ICC Women’s World T20 2018 campaign with a 52-run win against Pakistan. Batting first after winning the toss in the second match at the Guyana National Stadium on Friday, 9…
As the investigations get underway into the crash of a Fly Jamaica flight during an emergency landing at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport, the Director General of Guyana’s Civil Aviation Authority has said that data from the plane’s flight data recorder (black box) will be key to the probe. The Toronto bound Fly Jamaica flight…
Reports are that flight OJ256 , bound for Toronto returned to the CJIA around 0300hrs on Friday morning and overshot the runway. The airline in a statement said all 118 passengers and 8 crew members are safe.
With just one day to go before the much-anticipated start of the ICC Women’s World T20 2018, fans in Guyana and St. Lucia have received a major transport boost. The local organising committees and the ICC have put on free shuttles to get spectators to the matches and then return home. The shuttles will start on…
