August 20, 2022

Trinidadian Sheldon Bissessar, aboard his Spitzer Dragster, set a new record of 7.208 seconds on the quarter-mile strip at the South Dakota Circuit on Saturday afternoon. Team Mohamed’s white GT-R, driven by American Terence Cox, held…

Contractors will begin rehabilitation of 25 roads in Region 10, some from as early as today (Saturday). A combined total of $800 million has been budgeted for works. On Friday, Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, held a…

A total of 15 new COVID-19 cases were recorded within a 24hrs period after 279 tests were conducted. With these new cases, the overall number of cases increased to 70, 803. The new cases were recorded in: Region Two (one case), Region…

Five lucky patrons of the Amazonia Mall were rewarded on Friday when the mall held its first anniversary promotion. The drawing was done just over a week ago, and on Friday the five winners received their prizes during a simple ceremony…

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) recently continued its gear distribution exercise with a valuable donation of over $1 million worth of cricket equipment for players in the West Demerara area. The gear includes the provision of a number of…

The developers of the Vreed-en-Hoop Shore Base on the West Coast of Demerara have assured residents in the area there will be no disruptions to their livelihood. But with that assurance is also a commitment to ensure that fisherfolk…

SEE BELOW STATEMENT BY THE GUYANA POLICE FORCE (GPF) The GPF notes the press conference held on Friday by Mr. Dion Bascom in the company of his attorney Nigel Hughes and states the following: Crime Chief Mr. Wendell Blanhum during the…

Vice-President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has dismissed claims made by the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly- Guyana (IDPADA-G) that the People’s Progressive Party government has been practicing discrimination, especially…

A 32-year-old man was killed after he crashed into the back of a truck (GAC 1297) that was removing a car involved in another accident in the wee hours of Saturday along the Rupert Craig Highway. Dead is Stephon Stewart of Charlestown,…

Some 200 persons who have been allocated lands at Phase One La Bonne Intention; East Coast Demerara were invited on Friday by the Ministry of Housing and Water Survey’s Department for a land identification exercise. Excited recipients…