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Junior Matthews and Stephen Tiloo died in an accident on Sunday night at New Amsterdam, Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne), and Police said they were both speeding. At about 20:55 hrs, Tiloo was riding motorcycle #CP 768 north along the New Amsterdam Public Road, allegedly at a fast rate. Matthews was also riding his motorcycle,
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The Hobart Hurricanes XI have officially named their squad for the highly anticipated 2025 ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League (GSL), set to take place at the Guyana National Stadium in Providence from July 10 to 18. Fresh off their triumph as reigning Big Bash League champions, the Hurricanes XI are bringing a formidable line-up as
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As the competitive adrenaline continues to increase with the ‘pretenders’ being sent packing and the ‘big boys’ taking aim at the majorprize, the Round-of-16 in the inaugural June Madness Futsal championship, powered by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and Ansa McAL Trading, begins on Tuesday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. From
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Here’s a brainteaser for you. What do Central Stags captain Tom Bruce and West Indies rising star Matthew Forde have in common? Two things, actually. They’ll both be playing for the Central Stags at the upcoming ExxonMobil Guyana Global Super League, and they both hold matching one-day fastest fifty records. Bruce smashed the New Zealand
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The 2025 edition of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPPC/) annual East Bank/Soesdyke/Timehri Cluster/Inter-Village seven-a-side knockout football championship came to a pulsating end on Sunday night at the President’s Youth Choice Ground, Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway. Two days of exciting rivalry amongst the 24 teams that competed- the largest number of teams in the history of
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GECOM Commissioner Sase Gunraj reaffirmed that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is fully prepared to conduct General and Regional Elections on September 1, 2025. He also defended the agency’s efforts to address past failures while lamenting delays in justice for the 2020 election fraud during an appearance on ‘The Starting Point’ podcast on Sunday. His
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(Trinidad and Tobago Guardian) Several Caribbean countries were rattled by two earthquakes that occurred within an eight hour period on Monday, according to the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) at the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI). According to the SRC, the last tremor occurred at 9:40 am (local time)
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See below the full release:  The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) strongly condemns the reprehensible and deeply offensive comments made by Ms. Jennifer Ally on Facebook, directed at the late Adrianna Younge and her grieving family. The Commission is appalled that, during a time of mourning, such vile and hateful expressions were publicly shared, further inflicting
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Two motorcyclists tragically lost their lives in an accident near the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne) on Sunday night. The motorcyclists who died have been identified as 25-year-old Junior Matthews from Sheet Anchor Village and 29-year-old Stephen Tiloo, known as “Orchin,” from Reliance Settlement in East Canje. Despite being rushed to
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India is expanding oil and gas production in the Andaman region, an area the government believes holds huge reserves similar to those in Guyana. The country’s Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri told ANI that the Narendra Modi government is expanding crude exploration and production, greenlighting bid rounds. He said there is
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