February 2025

By Avenash Ramzan avenash@newsroom.gy Hard-hitting youth cricketer Shamar Apple continued his meteoric rise in the sport, slamming a belligerent century to highlight the opening weekend of the Georgetown Cricket Association’s City Cricket Cup and Friends Mayor’s Under-17 Hundred Overs competition. Playing for home side Transport Sports Club against Everest Cricket Club, the national Under-15 batsman
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In revising the Local Content Act, the Local Content Secretariat has said it wants to ensure that local businesses participate fully and benefit from procurement opportunities. Director of the secretariat, Dr Martin Pertab, told the News Room on Wednesday that in order to address this “burning concern,” the body will develop a schedule of upcoming
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Exciting developments are unfolding in Suriname following last year’s announcement of a substantial US$10.5 billion investment in the country’s Block 58 oil and gas project. As the Dutch-speaking nation prepares for an oil boom in the years ahead, the President of neighbouring Guyana, Dr Irfaan Ali, is encouraging the Surinamese government and private sector to
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Champions Trophy 2025 will have no Indian officials with two of the likeliest candidates having excused themselves from travelling to Pakistan. It is understood that Javagal Srinath, one of the most prolific ICC match referees, and Nitin Menon, part of the ICC’s elite panel umpires, had “mutually agreed” with the ICC that they would not undertake any
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Eon Clarke, one of the two suspects who are accused of robbing businessman Ravindra Somai of cash and jewellery, was on Tuesday arrested. The News Room was reliably informed that at the time of his arrest, Clarke, 34, of Sheet Anchor Village, East Canje Berbice was found in possession of 11 pounds of cannabis. Clarke
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Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Wednesday unveiled an action-packed schedule for the senior Men’s and Women’s teams from May to December 2025, featuring a mix of home and away fixtures. “Fans can now start planning for an exciting year of cricket, with the men beginning their campaign with limited-overs tours in the United Kingdom,” CWI said
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Residents in far-flung regions of Guyana now have better access to psychiatric care, thanks to the opening of 87 new telemedicine centres in Regions 1, 7, 8, 9, and 10. The Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, announced this initiative on Wednesday. It marks a significant step forward in making mental health services more accessible
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Following a recent post on social media about a schoolgirl who was sent home from the Yarrowkabra Secondary School because of her hairstyle, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has reaffirmed that while schools in Guyana have rules regarding uniforms and attire, no child is to be sent home for their hairstyle. “Nobody is to be
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In a significant move, the Ministry of Health in Guyana will soon commence administering influenza vaccines locally. The announcement was made by Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony, during the consideration of the ministry’s budget on Wednesday. These vaccines were not available in the public healthcare system for many years with people forced to seek them
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(Reuters) – More than $13 million in U.S. funding for an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti has been frozen under President Donald Trump’s 90-day pause on foreign aid, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Powerful gangs, armed with weapons largely trafficked from the United States, have united in the Caribbean country’s
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