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The Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport has thrown its weight behind the expanding KFC International Secondary School Football tournament, vowing to take a “seminal” role in developing the competition into a regional powerhouse, with an initial investment of $3 million. Sport Minister Charles Ramson Jr highlighted the Ministry’s commitment during the official presentation ceremony…
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Minister of Housing, Collin Croal, has announced that plans are well advanced for the addition of a “full-scale” golf course to the ambitious Silica City development project along the Linden–Soesdyke Highway. Speaking during an appearance on the Starting Point programme on Wednesday, Croal said the government is in the final stages of securing an agreement…
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Eight persons, including the alleged mastermind of the deadly gas station bombing, Venezuelan national Daniel Alexander Ramirez Poedemo, were on Wednesday charged in connection with the attack and remanded to prison. The charge alleged that on October 26, with intent to threaten the security and sovereignty of Guyana or to strike terror among its people,…
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Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC, has welcomed a recent court ruling that upheld long-standing constitutional restrictions preventing members of the Guyana Police Force from joining trade unions or similar organisations. Speaking during his Issues in the News programme on Tuesday, Nandlall said the court’s decision reaffirmed what has always been…
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Preparations for the establishment of Guyana’s first law school are progressing steadily, with Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC, confirming that major groundwork has already been completed and that the project remains on schedule. During his weekly Issues in the News commentary on Tuesday, Nandlall said the clearing of the site…
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A carpenter was remanded to prison on Wednesday after being charged with the murder of his friend. Emmanuel Ramsammy, known as “Scooty and Joel,” 32, of Lot 21 King Street, Belvedere Village, Corentyne Berbice, appeared at the Reliance Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Michelle Matthias. The charge alleges that between Saturday, November 1, and Sunday, November…
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A Berbice hire car driver was fined $30,000 after being found guilty of abandoning a passenger before reaching the agreed destination and displaying disorderly conduct while driving. Hemwattie Bishun, of Lot AA Race Coast, Corriverton, appeared before Magistrate Michelle Matthias at the Albion Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, where she faced two charges—failing to transport a…
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Quick Matthew Forde provided a spark in his return from injury before West Indies overcame a late whirlwind from skipper Mitchell Santner to defeat New Zealand in the T20I series-opener. West Indies did eventually clinch the lowest total successfully defended at Eden Park in a T20I, but they were made to work hard after Santner clubbed 55 not out from 28 balls to…
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A 64-year-old man from Independence Street, La Grange, West Bank Demerara, has been arrested by Police for cruelty to an animal after a disturbing video surfaced on social media showing a donkey being forced to walk behind a moving vehicle. The incident, which sparked widespread outrage online, reportedly occurred along the La Grange Public Road….
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With Guyana’s economy recording a 7.5 per cent growth in the first half of 2025 and the non-oil economy expanding by a robust 13.8 per cent, Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to using this period of rapid transformation to further…
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