Anderson and Sampson picked for West Indies A duties against England A
GUYANESE pair Kevlon Anderson and Quentin Sampson have been named in the West Indies A squads to face England A in an eight-match home white-ball series in St Kitts and Nevis, where Keacy Carty and Alick Athanaze will share the captaincy duties across the 50-over and T20 formats. Sampson, a dynamic power-hitting allrounder with senior […]
Boos to cheers – James records biggest career comeback win
LEBRON James says his home debut was “everything that I dreamed of and more” after the Philadelphia 76ers turned boos into cheers by overhauling a 29-point deficit to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-106. It is the largest comeback win of James’ 24-season NBA career and also the largest comeback by the 76ers in the play-by-play […]
Isak scores again as Liverpool beat Brighton
LIVERPOOL recorded their first home Premier League win of the season thanks to an impressive performance against in-form Brighton. Two goals in a five-minute first half spell – an own goal from Seagulls midfielder Pascal Gross followed by Alexander Isak’s sixth goal of the season – put the Reds in control. They should have conceded […]
Ruthless Potaro Strikers send shockwaves through Women’s Division One
DEBUTANTS Potaro Strikers announced their arrival in staggering fashion as the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Women’s Division One League returned with an astonishing 20-goal demolition at the National Training Center in Providence. In a display of ruthless attacking football, teenagers Nerismar Daniels and Virlerkys Simon ran riot against a beleaguered Monedderlust FC, racking up 13 […]
Waramuri Primary crowned Courts Optical U11 Boys football champions
WARAMURI Primary are the new champions of the Courts Optical Pee Wee football championship after edging Georgetown International Academy(GIA) 2-0 on Saturday at the Ministry of Education ground . It was an exhilarating contest, as the two sides battled hard, with the Hinterland side led by tournament MVP Riyad Peters coming out on top after […]
Sinclair’s masterful all-round performance earns GCC win over DCC
Dave West Indian First-Division 50-over final… By Frederick Halley A MASTERFUL all-round performance from Kevin Sinclair, which saw the talented 26-year-old blasting a superb unbeaten 137 and claiming three for 32, ensured the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) defeated archrivals Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) by five wickets, thereby earning their first major title in over […]
Multi-agency task force to recommend actions for child welfare, safety
A NATIONAL consultation convened by President Dr Irfaan Ali has agreed that immediate, drastic and coordinated action must be taken to safeguard the mental health, welfare and safety of Guyana’s children, with the President directing the Attorney General to lead a broad-based task force that will design a comprehensive national plan. The consultative engagement was […]
King Charles’s visit highlights a two-decade effort to put a price on protecting nature
By Vanessa Narine NEARLY two decades after a Guyanese president and King Charles III, then Prince Charles, challenged the international community to rethink the economic value of tropical forests, their vision is entering a new phase that could help determine how countries are rewarded for protecting the natural world. King Charles is expected to visit […]
Contractors to be laid off for lighting fires during Le Repentir clean-up project
MINISTER of Local Government and Regional Development, Priya Manickchand, on Saturday, visited the Le Repentir Cemetery, where she announced that contractors found breaching their agreement with the ministry in the renewing of the cemetery will be laid off. In a Facebook post on her ministry’s page, Minister Manickchand had said that 92 contractors were hired, […]
‘Protect your spaces’
–Minister Benn calls for safeguarding of local recreational spaces –says new EBD community facilities align with President Ali’s Model Village Initiative GUYANA is creating greener, cleaner and more appealing spaces but this push to enhance communities will only last if citizens preserve and protect these public spaces, Minister within the Ministry of Housing, Vanessa Benn, […]
