September 2024

Former West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has ended his long and celebrated career at Chennai Super Kings, with whom he won four IPL titles in different roles. He has joined defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as mentor from the 2025 season. ESPNcricinfo learned that Bravo recently met with KKR CEO Venky Mysore during the CPL before
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With fitness at the forefront of his preparation heading in to CPL 2024, Shimron Hetmyer has been reaping rewards for defending champions Guyana Amazon Warriors. On Wednesday night, the left-hander scored brisk 57 off 34 (4x4s, 3x6s), his third half-century this season, to help Warriors defeat Barbados Royals by 47 runs in Match 27 at
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Months after he was subject to an investigation, Deputy Superintendent of Police Karl Wilson on Wednesday faced two counts of sexual assault charges and was placed $150,000 bail. The crime allegedly occurred in April 2024 and June 2024, respectively, at the Kingston seawall area in Georgetown. The victim is a male Police Constable. A report
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Jamal Cromwell, a 31-year-old construction worker, was granted bail on Wednesday when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on a charge of simple larceny. Cromwell is accused of stealing $2 million in cash from money changer Carl Van Rossum on September 09 at Longden and America Streets in Georgetown. Cromwell appeared before Principal Magistrate
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About $5 billion in student debt at the University of Guyana (UG) could be written off by year- end as part of the government’s move to gradually make tertiary education free, Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo said on Thursday. For the year so far, about $203.7 million in student loans has been written off. About
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In recognition of her work to advance the rights of women and girls, First Lady Mrs Arya Ali received the Global Female Impact Leadership  Award on Wednesday during the Global Power Women Conference (GPWC) held at the City  University of New York. The award recognizes global first ladies who have made a significant impact on
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A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), the main opposition coalition, recently released a 20-point plan for the management of the oil sector should it assume office. Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, who is also the General Secretary of the governing People’s Progress Party Civic (PPP/C), on Thursday, dismissed the plan, noting that it focused more
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Residents of Onderneeming and Charity, both communities in Region Two (Pomeroon- Supenaam) will benefit from a mega solar farm project that should be completed by December 2025. Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Anthony Phillips on Thursday led a sod-turning ceremony in Onderneeming on the Essequibo Coast for the installation of an eight megawatt-peak (MWp) solar
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This week, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Guyana inked a new agreement that paved the way for visa-free travel between the two destinations. In a social media post, the UAE Mission to the United Nations announced that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was inked between Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hugh
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The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has raised concerns regarding the potential hazards posed by heavy machinery interacting with the company’s electrical network. This issue recently came to light following disruptions to the power supply affecting citizens in Demerara and Berbice due to incidents involving the transmission line along Dumpsite Road, Eccles, East Bank Demerara
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