Nationals 2023: North Georgetown wins swimming title again
Again and again, the swimming titles keep racking up for the formidable North Georgetown (District 11) at the National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships.
At the 61st edition of ‘Nationals,’ District 11 extended…
LA Ballers trounce HH Ballers 15-5 to win ExxonMobil Futsal title in Linden
In what promised to be an epic showdown, the ExxonMobil Futsal tournament finals instead was a one-sided contest, as LA Ballers hammered their way to a 15-5 victory over HH Ballers at the Retrieve Hard Court in Linden on Saturday evening.…
Suriname U-17 Women defeat Guyana to level four-match series
Guyana's National Women's Under-17 team on Sunday experienced a hard-fought 1-0 defeat against a determined Suriname, bringing the four-match international friendly series to an even 1-1 tie.
The final home match of the series unfolded…
IPL 2024: Shubman Gill appointed captain of Gujarat Titans
Shubman Gill has been appointed captain of Gujarat Titans a day after the franchise traded Hardik Pandya to Mumbai Indians. Hardik had led the Titans in 2022 and 2023, and the 2024 season will be Gill's first leadership assignment in the…
President Ali off to COP28 in Dubai, will return on Dec. 2
President Dr Irfaan Ali left Guyana this afternoon for Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he will be leading a delegation at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP) 28.
Guyana is…
Section of Corriverton Market destroyed by fire
Firefighters are still at the scene of the Corriverton Market in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) where a large section of the facility was destroyed by a fire on Monday night.
Vendors from different sections of the market were seen…
Energy, sustainability & removing trade barriers among key areas of focus at 2024 Manufacturing…
Guyana has long been hailed as having the potential to become the manufacturing hub in the region and in its bid to establish connections and provide insights in the sector, the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) will be…
Vagrant gets 18 months in jail for breaking into woman’s home
A vagrant, Mark Birch, 41, was on Monday sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after he admitted to breaking into a woman’s home and carting off several items.
Birch, a father of one, cited hunger as his motivation for the theft.…
Young farmer admits to killing Timehri teen
A 25-year-old Cabbage farmer on Monday confessed to fatally stabbing a Timehri, East Bank Demerara youth and wounding his father during a dispute in 2019.
Rickland Bovell, formally of Swan Village, East Bank Demerara, was arraigned…
Essequibo boat captain found dead, family suspects foul play
The body of a 27-year-old boat captain was fished out of a river at Port Kaituma, Region One more than a month ago.
The discovery was made following a drinking spree with a group of friends.
Dead is Kumar Narine also known as ‘Kevin,…