Caribbean News

The Alliance For Change (AFC) mounted what it called a comeback bid on Saturday night at a washbay in the city with just a handful of people standing by the side of the road. It was the party’s first major public meeting for the 2025 elections, seeking to shake off claims of political irrelevance and
The post AFC ‘not dead’– Hughes says as he launches ‘comeback’ at washbay appeared first on News Room Guyana.

A message of youth empowerment and environmental activism took centre stage on Saturday as the ‘Guyana We Need’ campaign was officially launched at an event hosted at Marian Academy. More than 50 young people, including 10 Haitian migrant children, participated in the launch, which highlighted the capacity of youth to shape Guyana’s environmental and social
The post ‘The Guyana We Need’ campaign launched with youth-led environmental push appeared first on News Room Guyana.

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
The post Kares One Guyana T10: Who will claim the Essequibo crown? appeared first on News Room Guyana.

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
The post Maxwell, Inglis and Green carry Australia to 4-0 appeared first on News Room Guyana.

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
The post Guyana’s latest Test player Anderson signs one-year deal with E4 appeared first on News Room Guyana.

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
The post Norris takes Belgian GP pole; Verstappen wins sprint race appeared first on News Room Guyana.

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
The post Opposition promises are bribery and trickery – President appeared first on News Room Guyana.

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
The post With solar farms, Essequibians will get cheaper electricity and more power than they need appeared first on News Room Guyana.

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
The post Medical school, new port at Charity with cold storage facility, among plans for Region Two – President Ali appeared first on News Room Guyana.

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
The post Elections 2025: As PPP seeks to win back Region Two, Jagdeo says the party is only trustworthy choice appeared first on News Room Guyana.