By News Source Guyana on October 2, 2024
News, Politics, Sports
Following an embarrassing power outage at the National Stadium, Providence during an internationally televised CPL match on Tuesday night that paused the game for almost two hours, the Guyana Power and Light Company has made it clear that the stadium is powered by independent generating sets and GPL’s technicians were only on standby to assist […]
By News Source Guyana on February 16, 2024
Business, News, Sports
Local telecommunications giant, GTT, has signed a partnership agreement with Guyanese Cricketer, Shamar Joseph. The young fast bowler shot to fame recently and won the hearts of the international cricketing world after he led the West Indies Cricket Team to victory in a test match against Australia back in January. GTT’s Chief Commercial Officer, […]
By News Source Guyana on August 10, 2022
News, Sports
As Guyana gears up to host a number of CPL cricket matches as well as the semi-finals and finals of the regional cricket competition, the Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony is reminding that COVID-19 is still present in the country and therefore those making plans to attend the matches, which are expected to be packed […]
By News Source Guyana on October 21, 2019
News, Sports
The basketball fraternity in Guyana was plunged into mourning today after receiving news of the death of former National Basketball player, Andrew Ifill, who was known on the basketball court as “Mr. Dunk”. Ifill was discovered unresponsive at his workplace in South Trinidad last night. There were no marks of violence on the body and […]
By News Source Guyana on October 11, 2019
Sports
(CPL) Ashley Nurse and Raymon Reifer starred with both bat and ball as Barbados Tridents knocked out defending champions Trinbago Knight Riders to set up a 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) final against the all-conquering Guyana Amazon Warriors. Nurse’s intervention was crucial in both innings, first when blasting an unbeaten 24 from nine balls […]
By News Source Guyana on October 7, 2019
Sports
(DPI) With 11 straight games under its belt, the Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) will descend into Trinidad’s Brian Lara Cricket Academy with the full support of Guyanese at home. This comes as the Government of Guyana has thrown its support behind the hosting of a ‘CPL watch party’ at Durban Park as Guyanese celebrate what’s […]
By News Source Guyana on September 15, 2019
Sports
The playoff double-header for the 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League has been confirmed as taking place in Guyana for this season. This means that there will be seven Hero Caribbean Premier League matches taking place in Guyana, with five group matches and the crucial playoff games which will decide which teams head to the final. […]
By News Source Guyana on July 15, 2019
News, Sports
Students from the hinterland communities who have to travel to Georgetown for their tertiary education will now be accommodated at the new Tertiary Dormitory for Hinterland students. The facility is located at Lilliendall and was constructed at a cost of $186 million as a project of the Indigenous People’s Affairs Ministry. At a commissioning ceremony […]
By News Source Guyana on December 2, 2018
Sports
They might be considered the Williams sisters of squash, but its a totally different game when they set sibling rivalry aside on the squash court. National squash player Akeila Wiltshire copped her maiden senior title at the BCIC All Jamaica Senior Squash Championships in Jamaica last month. Akeila Wiltshire secured her first major win at […]
By News Source Guyana on September 10, 2018
Sports
Shimron Hetmyer and Sherfane Rutherford blasted Guyana Amazon Warriors into second place in the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) table with an astonishing assault on the Trinbago Knight Riders attack. The Warriors’ bowlers had played their part to restrict the Knight Riders powerful batting line-up to just 154/7, and that left Guyana with two different […]