August 2025

Saturday marked a significant milestone for over 720 families of Regions Three and Four as they officially became landowners after receiving their land titles. The titles were presented by Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal and Permanent Secretary, Bishram Kuppen, on day three of the International Building Expo at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence….
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The national U-14 girls team has started its Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Challenge Series campaign on the perfect note, securing a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Antigua and Barbuda at the Ato Boldon Stadium on Saturday. The young Lady Jags wasted no time getting on the scoreboard, with forward Lehiana Bengamin netting the opener just 10…
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Thanks to the support of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Guyana’s top junior chess players are set to represent the nation at the prestigious FIDE World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad in Barranquilla, Colombia. The four-player squad, accompanied by coach and FIDE Master Anthony Drayton, will compete against teams worldwide in the week-long tournament, which runs…
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The BCCI has introduced a “serious injury replacement substitute” rule for in domestic cricket to prevent injured players from risking themselves further in the match. This applies to games that take place over multiple days and will come into effect from the Duleep Trophy, which opens the 2025-26 season on August 28. It will be…
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An accident on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway in the early hours of Saturday has claimed the lives of three persons, including a 7-year-old child. Dead are Shelly Joseph, Keiron Wells, and 7-year-old Meranzo Campbell. The News Room understands that the car they were in crashed into a parked truck along the highway. Traffic Chief, Assistant Commissioner…
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Anti-crime patrol ranks yesterday found 684.8 grams of suspected marijuana at an unattended chicken farm in Parika Facade, East Bank Demerara. Police Headquarters reported that the operation took place between 13:00 hrs and 15:30 hrs, during which ranks conducted several searches in a storeroom and around the chicken coop, but nothing illegal was found. The…
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Police are investigating the death of a so far unidentified male who was struck down on the Rupert Craig Highway, in the vicinity of the Russian Embassy on Friday night at around 23:30 hrs. Police Headquarters revealed that the accident involved motor car #PXX 8048, owned and driven by 26-year-old Christopher McPherson, who was speeding…
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The Guyana Elections Commission has extracted 10, 481 ballots to be used by the Disciplined Forces to vote on August 22, 2025. This was announced by Deputy Chief Elections Officer Aneal Giddings at the start of a training session for media workers covering general and regional elections. The Disciplined Forces include the Guyana Defence Force…
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Two men were arrested, and another three are wanted by Police concerning the attempted murder of Raagendra Sooragpaul and his father, Sookedeo Sooragpaul. The men still wanted are: Andra Parag, Jermaine Adams, and Rayfield London. According to Police Headquarters, the incident occurred on March 14, 2025. On that date, three men attacked Raagendra and Sookedeo at…
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Vishnu Persaud, the Chief Elections Officer of GECOM, the country’s elections body, Saturday morning admitted the deficiency of his secretariat in providing updated information to the public and said he will hold regular press conferences from coming Monday. Reporters have regularly complained that there has been but a trickle of information from GECOM, especially now…
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