September 2024

A draft list of 35 schools has been assembled for the annual Courts Optical Pee Wee football tournament, starting September 21 at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown. The 11th Under-11 competition was officially launched on Friday afternoon in the city, with the Petra Organisation unveiling details of the competition at Courts Main
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By Telesha Ramnarine Residents in Georgetown have been enduring persistent issues with garbage collection and disposal. Each week, they place their waste barrels on the streets for collection, only to find that their trash is not picked up for days or weeks. Meanwhile, parapets throughout the city are cluttered with refuse, and illegal dumping sites
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Doubles pair Priyanna Ramdhani of Guyana and Chequeda de Boulet of Trinidad and Tobago copped bronze in the Costa Rica Future Series, losing their semi-final match in the Women’s Doubles on Friday. The pair lost in straight sets, 21-10, 21-11, to Fernanda Munar and Rafaela Munar of Peru to end their campaign in the tournament.
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Special development zones, which could have tax-free incentives for investors, are being developed by the government in key areas across Guyana and President Dr. Irfaan Ali said these spaces could be identified in the 2025 National Budget. This venture is part of the government’s plans to diversify the economy, with a specific focus on the
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An unidentified female of mixed ancestry died Friday morning after being struck by a lorry on Lusignan Railway Embankment Road, East Coast Demerara. The fatal accident occurred around 7:45 hrs in the vicinity of the Lusignan Prison Road. The accident involved motor lorry GAE 3066, driven by 29-year-old Brian Aron Lee from Burma, Mahaicony, East
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DB Schenker, the globally-recognised logistics company, has entered the Guyanese market through a partnership with local company, HugSol Logistics. HugSol falls under the CKHL Shipping and Logistics Group umbrella. The company hopes to offer significantly enhanced logistics services in Guyana. “The arrival of DB Schenker is not merely a corporate expansion. “It represents a vote
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Cristiano Ronaldo has hit one billion total followers across his various social media accounts, making him the first person to reach that mind-boggling figure. The number is calculated by combining his total number of followers across Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Chinese social media sites Weibo and Kuaishou. It does not equate to one billion
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The fraud trial into the 2020 General and Regional Elections has been beset by numerous delays and on Thursday, Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo questioned whether some of the accused persons and parties were benefiting from preferential treatment from members of the judiciary. Jagdeo, the General Secretary of the governing People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C),
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