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Friday, March 29, 2024

Hero CPL: A view from the grounds ahead of USA chapter

With the Lauderhill leg of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL), which takes place between 28-31 July in Central Broward Stadium, fast approaching, international...

Guyana among big winners in WICB/WIPA awards – see full list

The West Indies Cricket Board/West Indies Players’ Association awards ceremony which was held on Tuesday night, at Hangar 10, in Antigua, saw several individuals/ teams being...

Telephone giants welcome liberalisation of telecoms market

After years of anticipation, Digicel Guyana is now breathing a sigh of relief, saying that it welcomes the passage of the Telecommunications Bill, which...

Guyanese national jailed for Florida mortgage scam

A Guyana-born man has been jailed for more than 20 years by a Florida court, for a series of multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud schemes in...

How to stop deforestation? Give indigenous people rights to land – U.N. expert

(Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Indigenous peoples are better than governments at preventing forests from being cut and should be seen as a solution, not a...

Gonsalves endorses Chastanet’s statement on ‘criminal deportation’

(St Lucia News Online) St Lucia Prime Minister Allen Chastanet has received support from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, on his statement...

Russian doping: IOC delays decision on possible blanket ban for Rio Olympics

(BBC) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it will "explore the legal options" before deciding whether to implement "a collective ban" on all Russian...

Outrage in India after woman allegedly raped twice by same men

(CNN) A student alleging she was kidnapped, drugged and gang-raped by five men in India's Haryana state last week says two of her attackers...

First Lady meets Caribbean Airlines CEO to explore new areas of partnership

First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, yesterday, met with Caribbean Airlines’ new Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Tyrone Tang and South America Manager, Mr. Carl Stuart...

Guyanese woman dies in St Lucia after vehicle ‘flipped into Castries harbour’

(St Lucia News Online) Police have identified the victim of a fatal motor vehicle accident at La Toc roundabout in Castries today (Monday). Tanza Campbell...

Recent Articles

18 areas earmarked for new housing developments

The government has revealed a comprehensive strategy aimed at further reducing the backlog of house lots within the Ministry of Housing and Water’s database. Minister...

Legal icon Justice (rtd.) Désirée Bernard dies

Former Chancellor of the Judiciary of Guyana Justice Désirée Bernard has died. Justice Bernard’s biography is chronicled on the CCJ’s website. It states that she...

Traffic Advisory for Easter Monday

Traffic Advisory from the Guyana Police Force: Be informed that in on Monday 1st April, 2024 Easter activities will be celebrated country wide with an...

UK donates drone to GMCS for mangrove monitoring

A group of young indigenous girls and boys are being trained to champion conservation efforts in the Barima Mora Passage. They are being trained...

Counselling, other support for families of girls that died in Massara

The government has pledged to provide counselling and other support that may be necessary to the families of the three young girls who lost...

Current dry spell to persist until end of April, desist from lighting fires –...

Public Advisory from the Ministry of Home Affairs:  In recent developments, there has been a significant decrease in visibility attributed to a combination of ground...

Death of GDF rank: Truck driver says highway was dark, soldiers were not wearing...

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 21:00 hrs last night (Wednesday) at Madewini,...

Texas-based Lindsayca to work on petrochemical plant, refinery & oil block in Guyana

Texas-based oil and gas firm Lindsayca has revealed that it will be doing critical work on three major local initiatives: a petrochemical plant, as...

GDF rank struck, killed by truck during annual walk

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Sergeant was struck down and killed by a vehicle while participating in the Force’s annual walk. Dead is Sergeant Deslyn...

Guyana will aggressively pursue oil for national development – Pres Ali to BBC

  An interview between President Dr Irfaan Ali and Stephen Sackur, the host of BBC’s “HardTalk” show, saw the Head of State forced to defend...