January 2025

Statement by the Guyana Tennis Association  The Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) commends the Government of Guyana (GOG) for its significant increase in funding to the sports sector in the 2025 National budget. This unprecedented increase (from G$4.6B in 2024 to G$8B in 2025) will further enhance sports infrastructure in urban and rural Guyana and also
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An exchange between Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat and Opposition Parliamentarian, Shurwayne Holder was the highlight of Monday morning’s session as the debate on the 2025 National Budget continued. Though Holder, who spoke first, left the chamber before Bharrat’s presentation, the debate itself became a battleground for contrasting records, with Bharrat defending the government’s
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The 2025 Dakota 100 Endurance Racing Series opening round delivered high-octane action as 27 cars roared onto the South Dakota Circuit on Sunday (January 26), battling for supremacy. Mohamed Ali emerged victorious after 100 gruelling laps of intense competition, fending off a relentless challenge from Rameez Mohamed to take the overall win. Piloting his Toyota
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The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Monday launched a new software application called ‘Padna’ which will allow new taxpayers and businesses to register online and receive electronic copies of their documents. The venture forms part of GRA’s effort to get all of its services online allowing transactions to be completed much easier. By downloading the
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The 2025 National Budget Debate continued on Monday where the allocation for security infrastructure became a hot topic with heated exchanges between the Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, and Shadow Minister Khemraj Ramjattan. Ramjattan, who served 34 years in the National Assembly and was Minister of Public Security, argued that the government’s approach to
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See below full release from Papa John’s Guyana: Papa John’s Guyana is excited to announce that customers can now place online orders for pickup at our Vlissengen Road location. Whether ordering through our website at www.papajohns.gy or via the Papa John’s app—available for download on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store—our online ordering
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(Reuters)  The U.S. and Colombia pulled back from the brink of a trade war on Sunday after the White House said the South American nation had agreed to accept military aircraft carrying deported migrants. U.S. President Donald Trump had threatened tariffs and sanctions on Colombia to punish it for earlier refusing to accept military flights
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The Guyana Squash Association has lauded government’s injection of G$8 billion into sport in 2025, representing a significant increase from the previous year’s budgetary allocation. In 2024, government had invested a record G$4.6 billion in sport, and the substantial increase in 2025 has found favour with the Squash Association. The Association, in a release signed
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A fresh legal charge has been formally instituted against  Seeindra Marimutoo, a 43-year-old poultry vendor hailing from Portuguese Quarters in Corentyne, Region Six. He is accused of fatally wounding 18-year-old Parmand Pertab. Marimutoo was remanded to prison in November after being charged with the murder of Pertab. The incident, which sparked significant public interest, occurred
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(The Hill) Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday ordered an increase of import tariffs on goods from the United States in retaliation to President Trump’s tariffs and sanctions. Petro, in a post on the social platform X, said he ordered the “foreign trade minister to raise import tariffs from the U.S. by 25%.” “American products
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