May 3, 2017

The Guyana Press Association (GPA) bemoans the Government of Guyana’s increasingly rigid posture against sections of the media and their organisation, by refusing to concretely address several concerns. In its message to mark World Press…

Overseas-based Guyanese Brenessa Thompson, last year’s AP Invitational 100m champion, will face off against Jamaica's Kerron Stewart at this year’s event, set for July 15 at the Leonora Track and Field Facility.   Stewart, the…

The Guyana Fire Service is investigating an early morning fire that completely destroyed a building in the Albion Estate Compound, causing millions in losses on Wednesday (May 03, 2017). Although information surrounding the incident…

World Press Freedom Day 2017 is being observed today (Wednesday, May 03, 2017) under the theme ‘Critical Times: Media’s role in advancing peaceful, just and inclusive societies’. According to the Government of Guyana, since the current…

Thirteen-year-old Jason Jones of Belvedere Settlement has always dreamt of having his own cricket bat as he wants to follow in the footsteps of his idol, Shivnarine Chanderpaul. Jones, whose mother died in child birth, is being cared for by…

Ansa Mcal group of companies this morning (Wednesday, May 03, 2017) announced the passing of Chairman Emeritus, Dr. Anthony N. Sabga, O.R.T.T. Alluding to words of Dr. Sabga, “Find a job that you like and you never have to work one day…

By Leroy Smith Traffic ranks and detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man whose body was discovered on the East Bank Demerara Public Road this morning (Wednesday, May 03, 2017). The News Room has…

By Treiston Joseph   The Georgetown Regional Conference of the National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) is kicking into full gear after the latest weekend of action at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. School of the Nations proved on…

A slow but steady hundred from Azhar Ali and Misbah-ul-Haq's 99 ensured Pakistan tightened their grip over the Bridgetown Test. After they secured a lead of 81 in response to West Indies' 312 on a deteriorating pitch, fast bowler Mohammad…

A Corentyne Rice farmer collapsed and died moments after he was trying to remove his tractor from a canal at Wire Dam, Whim Village, Corentyne, Berbice, some three miles away from the Public Road on Monday (May 01, 2017). Dead is…