American Airlines commences direct flights from New York to Guyana
American Airlines, one of the largest airlines in the world, on Wednesday evening launched direct flights from New York to Guyana.
The first flight from the JFK airport is due to arrive just after midnight at the Cheddi Jagan…
$5M ‘I Love Guyana’ sign unveiled
Already grabbing attention as the latest national symbol to generate pride among Guyanese, the ‘I Love Guyana’ sign was formally unveiled on Wednesday.
Several businesses joined with the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana…
Death sentence for youth who murdered US-based businesswoman
A 25-year-old man was on Thursday sentenced to death for the murder of 45-year-old United States-based Guyanese businesswoman Samantha Benjamin, whose dismembered body was found at the Buxton Seawalls, East Coast Demerara in 2015.
Imran…
Pregnant nurse among five dead in Mahaicony accident
Alana Vaughn, a 31-year-old pregnant nurse, is among the five persons who were killed in the Fairfield, Mahaicony deadly accident on Wednesday.
Vaughn of Farm, Mahaicony was attached to the Mahaicony Hospital.
Others who died have…
Teen kidnapped, tortured by Police says he believes they were going to bury him alive
By Fareeza Haniff
The West Bank Demerara teenager who was kidnapped, burnt and tortured by two Policemen, has described how he planned a daring escape after the men locked him in the trunk of a car with a shovel.
Seventeen-year-old…
Winning an Olympic boxing medal a huge financial undertaking- Ninvalle
By Avenash Ramzan
Guyana has a solitary Olympic medal, a bronze won by boxer Michael Parris in 1980. Since then, a lot has changed in terms of how sport is administered and how top-flight athletes are nurtured to reach their peak.…
KFC School Football: Shiva Boys, Waramadong into semi-finals
Defending champions, Shiva Boys Hindu College of Trinidad and Tobago, booked their spot in the semi-finals of the KFC School Football Championship with a 6-2 victory over Annandale Secondary Wednesday afternoon.
The lads from Penal have…
Lowenfield remains fit and proper person for CEO post – GECOM Chair
One week after the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) renewed the contract of its Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield, Chairman of the elections body Justice (rt’d) Claudette Singh has publicly endorsed him as the best person…
Experts from India, Ghana to join GECOM team
Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Justice (rt’d) Claudette Singh has confirmed that two experts from the Commonwealth are to join a team of expert electoral advisors to help her and the Commission through the 2020 general…
ODI: Rohit, Rahul and bowlers draw India level
For the second time in a must-win game during West Indies' tour of India, the home batsmen stood up to post a well-above-par total.
Often, during the last four-five years, the batsmen could have been accused of conservative batting,…