July 2025

The air on the Essequibo Coast is thick with anticipation as cricket fans ponder the burning question: which team will emerge victorious from the Essequibo zone of the Kares One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast and secure the final coveted spot in the national playoffs? Sixteen teams are set to clash today, but only one will
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Another composed unbeaten half-century from Cameron Green and some stunning hitting and catching from Glenn Maxwell helped Australia post a fourth straight win over a deflated West Indies in Basseterre. Green made an unbeaten 55 from 35 to steer Australia home to a target of 206 with three wickets and four balls to spare following
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Batting prodigy Kevlon Anderson, Guyana’s latest Test cricketer, has inked a one-year deal with Cricket Zone USA, via its homegrown E4 line of products. The right-handed Anderson, who made his Test debut for West Indies in the third and final match against Australia at Sabina Park earlier this month, stopped by at Cricket Zone USA’s
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Lando Norris pipped McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri to pole position at the Belgian Grand Prix. Norris beat Piastri, the championship leader, by just 0.085 seconds as Red Bull’s Max Verstappen slipped down to fourth, beaten by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, after errors on his final lap. Leclerc’s team-mate Lewis Hamilton was knocked out of the first
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President Dr Irfaan Ali has dismissed the opposition’s promises to increase salaries, pensions, and grants as nothing more than bribery and trickery, urging citizens not to be misled by these tactics in the lead-up to the September 1 general and regional elections. “The seasonal gifts of those who try to betray you—the one-day gift that
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Two solar farms being constructed on the Essequibo Coast will see a drop in electricity rates and more power than the region demands, Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips said on Saturday as he addressed the incumbent PPP’s re-election rally. In the Pomeroon-Supenaam Region (Region 2) specifically, which covers the Essequibo Coast and Pomeroon River
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President Dr Irfaan Ali on Saturday evening outlined a list of plans to develop Region Two (Pomeroon–Supenaam) and link the region to surrounding coastal and hinterland areas during his second term in office. Speaking at the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) rally at Anna Regina on the Essequibo Coast, he told supporters that a medical school
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In Region Two, made up of the Essequibo Coast and Pomeroon river communities, where $9.6 billion is being invested this year in agriculture, infrastructure, and education—alongside major spending in indigenous communities—PPP General Secretary Dr Bharrat Jagdeo reminded voters Saturday that the PPP is the only party they can and should trust with governing their region
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Vice President and General Secretary of the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo, on Saturday warned voters on the Essequibo Coast not to be fooled by handouts from US-sanctioned businessman Azruddin Mohamed, saying he and his “bunch of misfits” cannot govern Guyana but instead pose a threat to the country’s economy, democracy and sovereignty.
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Prime Minister Mark Phillips has credited the growing diversity within the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) to the inclusionary policies and programmes implemented by the government since taking office in 2020. “All our policies are colour blind. When we make and implement a policy, it is for all Guyanese. We don’t care about your race,” the
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