August 2025

Competitive chess is set to return to the Berbice region as the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) organises a one-day 20/20 Rapid Chess Tournament for Sunday, August 24. The event, open to all Berbice players, will be held at the Little Rock Suites Conference Hall in New Amsterdam and is designed to revitalise the game in…
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Left-arm pacer Daniel Holder produced two brilliant bowling performances, but it wasn’t enough to secure a victory for Trinidad and Tobago as their Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars Men’s Under-17 Championship clash against Guyana ended in a hard-fought draw at the Queen’s Park Oval. Winning the toss and electing to field, the hosts immediately…
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The Guyana Police Force’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) has wrapped up its investigation into allegations that an Inspector and three other ranks stole millions of dollars from a Chinese businessman during a stop-and-search exercise in Georgetown. The four ranks, who were initially placed under close arrest on August 14, 2025, are now under open…
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The PCB has not awarded its most prestigious category A contracts to any Pakistan player for the 2025-26 season. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan – the only two players in category A last season – have been demoted to B. Pakistan’s Test captain Shan Masood, who was in the B category last year, is now…
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The governing People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) says it will explore extending the Local Content Act, which guarantees jobs and business opportunities for Guyanese in the oil and gas sector, to the mining industry if re-elected on September 1. The pledge, outlined in the party’s 2025 manifesto launched on Monday at the Pegasus Corporate Centre in…
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The incumbent People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has pledged to roll out 5,000 new projects in Indigenous communities over the next five years if re-elected on 1 September, aiming to boost hinterland village economies. The plan is outlined in the party’s 2025 manifesto, launched on Monday at the Pegasus Corporate Centre in Kingston under the theme…
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The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) has laid out an ambitious roadmap for the remainder of 2025. The roadmap focuses on preparing for the world stage while nurturing the next generation of talent. The proactive strategy follows a promising showing by the nation’s junior squad at the Pan American Games in Paraguay, where they have…
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Khadidja Ba of Stabroek News has won the inaugural Women and Gender Equality Commission Media Prize, with fellow Stabroek News journalist Miranda La Rose taking second place and Danielle Swain of News Room Inc. placing third. Ba was recognised for her feature on parents who lost children in the Mahdia dormitory fire of May 2023,…
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Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), James Singh, has revealed that the majority of narcotics entering Guyana originate from Venezuela, with much of it destined for international markets in Europe and West Africa. Speaking on this week’s episode of the Safeguarding Our Nation programme, Singh stressed that Guyana is not a producer of cocaine…
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Police in Regional Division #7 have launched an investigation following the discovery of a body in the Puruni River early Monday morning, August 18, 2025. The deceased has been identified as 27-year-old Christopher Stephens, a miner from Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo. According to police reports, ranks responded to information received and visited the location near…
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