September 2025

Romario Shepherd specialises in hitting sixes, and that’s why he is in demand in franchises leagues around the world. But in CPL 2025, Shepherd has said there is actually someone else who is hitting the ball farther than him right now. That someone else is a 25-year-old rookie, Quentin Sampson, who has smashed nine sixes…
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Keron Daniels a 32-yeat-old driver of Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara, was on Tuesday charged and remanded to prison for allegedly orchestrating the acid attack that left two women injured, one of whom remains hospitalised and visually impaired. Daniels appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. He faced charges of throwing a corrosive…
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JERUSALEM/CAIRO, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Israel unleashed a long-threatened ground assault on Gaza City on Tuesday, declaring “Gaza is burning” as Palestinians there described the most intense bombardment they had faced in two years of war. An Israel Defence Forces official said ground troops were moving deeper into the enclave’s main city, and that the number…
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Guyana’s electricity demand has surged to unprecedented levels, with the country recording a peak of 221.3 megawatts in September, up from 180 megawatts during the same period last year. The surge is putting increased pressure on the national grid, with authorities pointing to the Gas-to-Shore Project as the critical solution to meeting the growing energy…
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The trial into the events surrounding the 2020 General and Regional Elections resumed on Monday after an adjournment, with testimony from Rhonda Lam, who was the Presidential Candidate for the Citizenship Initiative at the time. Before Lam took the witness stand, the court was informed that one of the defendants, Carol Smith-Joseph, had been granted…
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Guyanese born educator, Krystal Astwood was recently recognized at New York City’s inaugural Excellence in Human Service Delivery Awards (EHSDA). This historic event, hosted at Gracie Mansion by Mayor Eric Adams and the Mayor’s Office of Nonprofit Services, honored outstanding nonprofits and public servants whose work uplifts vulnerable New Yorkers. Astwood, a proud Guyanese American…
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Construction on the landmark Wales Gas-to-Shore Project has reached 68% completion, with contractors now working on an accelerated 120-day schedule to finish all foundation works by the end of the year. The development marks a pivotal phase for the multi-billion-dollar initiative, widely described as one of Guyana’s most transformative projects. Despite earlier management and operational…
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Two men who pleaded guilty to possession of large quantities of illegal drugs for the purpose of trafficking were on Monday sentenced to terms of imprisonment and ordered to pay fines after separate appearances at magistrates’ courts in Georgetown and Sparendaam. Jason Bascom appeared before Magistrate Azore at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and pleaded guilty…
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  After years of renting and moving between relatives, Ms. Colleen Benn and her three children, ages 13, 14, and 5, finally have a place to call their own. On Monday, she received the keys to her new home at Lust-en-Rust, West Bank Demerara, under the Ministry of Housing and Water’s Central Housing and Planning…
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The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) has suffered another resignation, this time from Robert Wayne Maison, a longstanding party activist whose involvement dates back to the era of former leader Desmond Hoyte. Maison, who serves as the People’s Representative Councillor for Constituency Seven (Stabroek-Bourda) at the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) and is also…
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