By News Source Guyana on July 13, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Clement Rohee, this morning denied that the party has identified former Attorney General Anil Nandlall as its nominee for Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly. At his regular Monday morning press conference at Freedom House, Mr. Rohee said a report which appeared in the Guyana Times naming […]
By News Source Guyana on July 13, 2015
Sports
(CPL) A brilliant innings of 65 from Brad Hodge and a maiden T20 half century from Assad Fudadin set up a thumping victory for the Guyana Amazon Warriors over the Appleton Estate Jamaica Tallawahs in the Hero Caribbean Premier League. Having been set 180 to win the Tallawahs needed yet another big performance from their […]
By News Source Guyana on July 12, 2015
Opinions
To claim what’s not yours is an act of misplaced aggression. To continue to want to grab what has been settled by international arbitration is a show of contempt for the rule of law. To decide on one day you will use this decree and next day use another in efforts to push an agenda […]
By News Source Guyana on July 12, 2015
Caribbean & International
(BBC) Prosecutors in Brazil have begun investigating the deaths of about 10,000 fish that had been brought in to fill a huge freshwater aquarium. Building work on the project, in the western city of Campo Grande, overran and the fish died in temporary tanks. The company contracted to look after them, Anambi, blamed the deaths […]
By News Source Guyana on July 12, 2015
Caribbean & International
(BBC) Top Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman, known as El Chapo or “Shorty”, has escaped from a maximum security prison for a second time, officials say. In a statement, Mexico’s National Security Commission said Guzman was last seen in the showers of the Altiplano jail late on Saturday night. He was the leader of the […]
By News Source Guyana on July 12, 2015
Sports
Kingston, Jamaica: A star performance from Barbados Tridents captain Kieron Pollard with bat, ball and in the field helped to deny the Appleton Estate Jamaica Tallawahs the chance to replace their opponents at the top of the Hero Caribbean Premier League table in front of a sell-out crowd at Sabina Park. Krishmar Santokie, the leading […]
By News Source Guyana on July 12, 2015
Sports
It was Gwendolyn O’Neil’s first time back in the ring after a four year break and Guyana’s first female World Champion certainly did not disappoint the huge (mostly Guyanese) crowd in Philipsburg St Maarten when she stopped Sonya Lamonakis via split decision to win the vacant Universal Boxing Federation (UBF) heavyweight title last weekend. The […]
By News Source Guyana on July 12, 2015
Sports
Guyana’s Minister of State Joseph Harmon met with Chief Executive Officer of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) cricket tournament Damien O’Donohoe on Friday and gave the government’s commitment to the CPL. “Guyana is not only a cricket loving country but a cricket crazy country so we have every reason to welcome the back to Guyana […]
By News Source Guyana on July 12, 2015
News, Politics
An early Sunday morning fire completely gutted the Chinese General Store in the old AH&L Kissoon’s building at the corner of Robb and Camp Streets, leaving nothing but ashes and millions of dollars in losses behind. The fire service was summoned to the scene just after 2:00am according to eyewitnesses who reported seeing the blaze […]
By News Source Guyana on July 12, 2015
News, Politics
The Guyana Police Force reported late on Saturday that there were 79 murders committed across Guyana between the January and the end of June for this year and one other murder recorded for the month of July so far. There were 69 murders during the first six months of the year in 2014. The Force […]