April 2025

President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Bissoondyal Singh, met with the national Under-15 team during their encampment this week, offering words of encouragement as the young cricketers prepare to represent Guyana at the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars Under-15 Tournament. The team will depart Guyana on Sunday (April 13), with the tournament bowling
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Statement by CPL Opco Inc. CPL Opco Inc., the owners of the Guyana Amazon Warriors who take part in the Caribbean Premier League T20 cricket competition notes with concern the unauthorised use of the name and related brand identity of the Guyana Amazon Warriors team in various social media channels, including Facebook and Instagram and
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Statement by Cricket West Indies Guyana Harpy Eagles players Veerasammy Permaul, Kevlon Anderson, and Ronaldo Alimohamed have been found guilty of breaching the Cricket West Indies Code of Conduct in the seventh and final round of the West Indies Championship match against Trinidad and Tobago Red Force at Queen’s Park Oval. Permaul was fined 75
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Opener Abhishek Sharma hit a superb 141 as Sunrisers Hyderabad completed the second-highest chase in Indian Premier League history, making 247-2 to beat Punjab Kings by eight wickets. In a 55-ball innings, Abhishek hit 14 fours and 10 sixes to make the third-highest individual score in the history of the competition. The 24-year-old was finally
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Lucknow Super Giants beat Indian Premier League leaders Gujarat Titans by six wickets with a 34-ball 61 from tournament leading run-scorer Nicholas Pooran. Chasing a challenging 181, the West Indies batter struck one four and seven sixes to drive his side towards victory. By the time he was dismissed, caught by Shahrukh Khan off Rashid Khan, Lucknow
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The knockout phase of the 11th annual Milo U-18 Schools Football Tournament kicked off in thrilling fashion, with teams clashing in the Round of 16. With a place in the quarter-finals at stake, the matches delivered high-scoring affairs, dramatic comebacks, and a few surprises, setting the tone for an electric finish to the tournament. Chase’s
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See below full statement from Origins Guyana Fashion Festival: Final preparations are in full swing for the highly anticipated Origins Guyana Fashion Festival, as Producer and Creative Director, Andrea King reports steady progress in the lead-up to the landmark event. The festival is set for May 2-4 at the Railway Courtyard in Georgetown. Rehearsals are
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Two brothers were shot and injured after they allegedly stabbed a security guard of a supermarket during a disagreement over the prices of items on Friday night. The brothers are Ryan and Randy Narine of La Bonne Intention (LBI), East Coast Demerara. The security guard is a 25-year-old employee of C.M.C Security Service. He was
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John Fernandes and Muneshwers, two major Guyanese companies, joined forces to form the Cranes Guyana Consortium, and on the heels of a recent venture that modernised the Georgetown port, they will soon make a major investment in Berbice. “They have formed a consortium, and they are raising the capital for the investment in the first
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Persons who commit minor offences should not always be placed in jail as punishment. Instead, criminal mediation, which caters for resolution between the victims and offender by applying other punishments such as community service and compensation, should be explored, according to the Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag), Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards. “For less serious offences, we
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