October 2024

Brandon King and Evin Lewis crashed 107 off 55 balls at the top of the order, to set West Indies beautifully on course to their target of 180, in the first T20I against Sri Lanka. Although the hosts’ middle-overs bowlers slowed West Indies’ progress, they were never in serious trouble. They had plenty of batting to see the
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Yuni Zamora Castro, 25, a Venezuelan national, was fatally stabbed on Saturday afternoon by her reputed husband, 60-year-old El Tio, at their home in Station Street, Kitty, Georgetown. The incident occurred around 17:30 hrs at their residence, where the couple lived together in a two-storey concrete house alongside other Venezuelan nationals. Initial investigations have revealed
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A tragic workplace accident at Top Mix Cement has claimed the life of serviceman Patrick Picket, who was injured by the rear wheels of a 14-tonne ready-mix cement truck on Saturday. The incident occurred at approximately 10:45 hrs at the company’s Great Diamond, East Bank Demerara site. Picket was servicing the vehicle, checking the oil
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Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) announces the successful entry of the Savannah milk products into the Barbados market. Savannah milk products are produced by the TOPCO Plant. The entry of Savannah milk to Barbados is a result of concerted efforts by DDL, the Guyana Office for Investment, and the Barbados Special Envoy to Guyana and Suriname,
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UNICEF Guyana, in collaboration with the First Lady of Guyana, Arya Ali, the Ministry of Health, and the Pan American Health Organization/World Health organization (PAHO/WHO), on Thursday, October 10, 2024, launched the “Hear Me Out” mental health anti-stigma campaign. The campaign’s goal is to foster open discussions about mental health and highlight the importance of
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Farmers and residents from areas within the Mahaica Mahaicony Abary Agriculture Development Authority (MMA-ADA) Scheme, West Coast Berbice as well as those residing in Black Bush Polder, Talorgie, and other surrounding communities on the Corentyne Coast will now benefit from further improvements to their drainage systems following the addition of approximately $127 million worth of heavy-duty
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By Kurt Campbell Kurt@newsroom.gy  It’s been a quarter-century since 13-year-old Deniese Hariman went missing, but her family is still holding on to hope that they’ll find the answers they desperately need. Last Sunday, October 06, family and friends gathered for a candlelight vigil in Queens, New York, to mark the 25th anniversary of the disappearance
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Ajay Jha, the controversial figure who was the local representative of the India-based contracting firm Fedders Lloyd blacklisted by the World Bank, was also involved in the problematic drainage pump project inked in 2018. On September 3, 2018, the APNU+ AFC government began procuring the engines by signing a deal of US$3.6 million with Apollo
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