Hetmyer’s 94 leads West Indies A charge

West Indies Under-19 captain struck a counter-attacking 94 off 93 balls for West Indies A but fell agonizingly short of a century on day two of the third unofficial four-day ‘Test’ against Sri Lanka A in Dambulla. The 19 year-old Guyana Jaguars left-hander, struck 17 boundaries and helped his team reach 183-4 at stumps in […]

National Schools Table Tennis programme to launch in November

The National Schools table tennis programme which was initially slated to officially commence in September, will now launch in November, according to President of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Godfrey Munroe. “ It is moving slower than we expect, nearing the stage of a lunch, what has been happening is that we wanted to […]

Alpha United gears up for Stag Elite League continuation

Though the resumption date for the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Elite League is not known, Alpha “The Hammer” United are leaving no stones unturned, in their quest to regain their status as country’s top football club. In recent times, Alpha has not been able to drop the “Hammer” with the power of their liking, […]

Guyana should ensure exploration companies have plan to deal with possible oil spills -US Energy Official

As Guyana gets involved in the oil production sector, a senior U.S State Department official is encouraging the Government of Guyana to ensure that companies coming to do exploration offshore Guyana have proper plans in place to deal with possible oil spills. U.S State Department’s Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, Amos Hochstein, […]

Dataram gets additional 4 year sentence after pleading guilty to passport forgery, defeating administration of Law and illegal departure; -Reputed wife remanded

Convicted drug dealer, Barry Dataram, who has started to serve a 5 year jail sentence for cocaine possession, was back in court on Tuesday afternoon and was handed additional time in jail after pleading guilty to three additional charges in relation to his illegal departure from Guyana during his cocaine trial. Dressed in a khaki […]

PM meets with religious leaders as inter-religious tv station takes shape

Consultations were held yesterday between the government and various religious organizations on the establishment of an Inter-Religious television station. If implemented, Guyana would be the second country in the world and first in the Caribbean to have a television station specifically for religious bodies. The consultation was held at Arthur Chung Convention Centre (ACCC), Liliendaal […]

Retired Rear Admiral Gary Best to probe latest mining death

(MOTP)  Presidential Advisor on the Environment and former Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Rear Admiral (ret’d) Gary Best was, today, sworn-in by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to lead a probe into the mining pit collapse in Puruni, Cuyuni-Mazaruni (Region Seven) that resulted in the death of a miner. The swearing-in ceremony was […]

Woman stabbed to death by ex-lover in Corentyne shop

Police in the Berbice area are on the hunt for a Corentyne man who stabbed his ex-lover to death in a village shop at Ulverston, Corentyne, right in front of the shop-keeper. The murdered woman has been identified as 38-year-old Yansen Brusche. Reports from the area indicate that the woman, who worked at a school […]