June 2025

An unidentified man was stabbed to death after he allegedly robbed a 22-year-old bowman on Wednesday at the Vreed-en-Hoop Stelling, West Coast Demerara. Police Headquarters reported that the incident occurred at about 18:00 hrs. According to the report, the 22-year-old visited the Georgetown Public Hospital with injuries to his upper arm and back. He told
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In an unexpected turn of events, Nigel Hughes has accused a woman of extortion after using her policy ideas to campaign for the Alliance for Change (AFC) and refusing to compensate her for her intellectual property. In several Facebook posts which have since gone viral, Nakisha Sinclair detailed a series of events which she said
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Karran Sukhan, a 25-year-old businessman from Lot 143 Number 2 Village East Canje, Berbice, has been granted bail following his remand for abusing his partner, 20-year-old Joanna Ramator. Sukhan appeared in the New Amsterdam Magistrates Court on Monday before Magistrate Michelle Matthias. He was granted bail set at $30,000 for the charge of threatening language,
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Two persons are now facing uncertainty after a devastating fire engulfed their home in Dukestown on Wednesday afternoon. Vishal Rameshwar, 39, a self-employed resident of Lot 151 Dukestown, Skeldon, Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne), told the News Room that he was living at the one-bedroom wooden house with his brother. Vishal stated he left his
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As of mid-June 2025, a total of 58 persons lost their lives in accidents on the roadways. These deaths stemmed from the 54 road accidents which occurred between January 1 and June 14, 2025. It therefore means that there were two more deaths and four additional accidents this year than for the same period last
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Guyana’s junior squash team is heading to the Cayman Islands with high hopes of success at the 2025 Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Championship, which runs from June 29 to July 5. The squad announced by the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) includes experienced players and promising newcomers, all eager to build on the nation’s
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The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall was humming with intense rivalry on the court and in the stands on Tuesday night when the inaugural June Madness Futsal championship semifinals were played into Wednesday morning. Billed as two potential humdinger, the first semi between Road Warriors and Gold Is Money ended up being a 14-goal blast, with
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Jofra Archer could play his first Test in more than four years after being added to the England squad to take on India at Edgbaston next week. The inclusion of Archer is the only change made by the selectors after England took a 1-0 lead in the series with a five-wicket victory Headingley. The second
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By Kurt Campbell in ABUJA, Nigeria  Kurt@newsroom.gy Former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has issued a compelling call for Africa and the Caribbean to urgently deepen their ties and work as one, warning that the time for symbolic talk is over and the moment for bold, united action is now. Speaking on Wednesday at the
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By Kurt Campbell in Abuja kurt@newsroom.gy Afreximbank’s US$1 billion oil services financing facility for Guyana is already yielding results, with local businesses expressing renewed confidence to compete for contracts they previously thought were out of reach, says the Bank’s Regional Chief Operations Officer for the Caribbean, Mr Okechukwu Iherjirika. Speaking on the sidelines of the
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