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A Guyanese woman who travelled to Atlanta from Barbados is in the custody of Atlanta Police after being nabbed with over 10 pounds of cocaine in her suitcases. The woman has been identified as Delshana Christopher of West Ruimveldt, Georgetown. She reportedly travelled to Barbados earlier this week and spent two days there before heading […]
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and world governing body FIFA are ready to move ahead with the establishment of Guyana’s first Goal Project. Under the Normalisation Committee, the GFF and the Eccles/Ramsburg Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) signed an agreement that saw the local governing body for the sport receiving a 30-year lease for the 8.5 […]
St. John’s, ANTIGUA – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is calling on the region’s top players to be available for the regional tournaments to ensure that they remain eligible for selection for international competition. With the WICB Professional Cricket League (PCL) now on a break and with the 3rd NAGICO Super50, schedule to bowl […]
(Sportsmax) After a decent performance with the bat, West Indies made few inroads with the ball in their tour match. West Indies showed few signs of improvement as their tour match against a Victoria XI ended early on Sunday. The under-fire tourists declared overnight at 303-8 in Geelong, but they made few inroads as Victoria […]
(BBC) Eduardo Li – former president of the Costa Rican Football Federation (Fedefut) – has been extradited to the US, the Swiss justice ministry says. He was handed over to the US police in Zurich and then flown to New York. Mr Li is one of seven officials with Fifa, world football’s governing body, who […]
(BBC) A federal judge in Brazil has blocked the assets of mining giants BHP Billiton and Vale in the country over the deadly collapse of a dam. The joint-venture company they own, Samarco, does not have enough resources to cover the potential damages, estimated at 20.2bn reais ($5.2bn; £3.4bn), the judge ruled. Samarco owned the […]
The Berbice Bridge Company has finally decided to accept government’s subsidy offer which will allow a reduction in the toll to cross the Berbice Bridge effective from January 1, 2016. In a statement on Saturday, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure announced that an agreement had been reached. Government had announced its move to ensure a […]
President David Granger has announced that he has decided to pardon eleven women convicts who are mothers and who are in jail for non-violent, non-cocaine related and non-human trafficking offenses. Appearing on the weekly “The Public Interest” television programme, President Granger said he wants the eleven women to go home for the holidays. “I hope […]
A former mini-bus driver from Guyana was gunned down early Friday morning in New Jersey. His body was found just outside a night club and Police are baffled by the murder. The man, 49-year-old, Phillip Amsterdam died Friday after being transported to a nearby hospital for treatment, said Essex County Prosecutor’s Office spokeswoman Katherine Carter. According […]
Minister of Tourism Cathy Hughes has announced that the government is pursuing a plan to advertise Guyana in cruise line magazines. She said this is one way of showing this South American nation as a viable tourism destination. She told the Government Information Agency (GINA) that direct communication with several cruise lines is being made […]
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