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Sydney Sixers have brought in Pakistan’s star batter Babar Azam as a pre-draft signing for the upcoming BBL season. Babar will join Steven Smith in the Sixers side after he was roped in as their international recruit ahead of the overseas draft, which is scheduled for June 19. As per the league rules, each BBL side can sign
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A story of domestic abuse spanning six years has surfaced in Region Six, as a woman named Joanna took to social media to detail the violence she endured at the hands of her partner, prompting an active police investigation. Region Six Police Commander Shivpersaud Bacchus has confirmed that an investigation is underway and that the
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A Nigerian national has been sentenced to six years in prison following his conviction for orchestrating a series of romance and package delivery scams that defrauded several Guyanese of millions of dollars in 2022. Matthew Ejike Nwachukwu was found guilty on Thursday by Magistrate Liverpool at the Wismar Magistrate’s Court on two counts of Conspiracy
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General Secretary of the governing People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C), Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, on Thursday said the Guyana Elections Commission should be wary of parties fraudulently listing citizens as their backers or threatening persons to stop them from backing other parties. Jagdeo, who is Guyana’s Vice President, spoke at a party press conference on Thursday.
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General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C), Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo rebuked “vile” comments against some of the former opposition politicians who have now thrown their support behind his party. “If you’re Afro-Guyanese and you come to the PPP, you are called all sorts of names. It’s so vile. “And then the Indian ones
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Team Guyana, featuring Anish Ramlall, Domitre Ranking, Arren Vanlewin and Stephen George, has advanced to the next round of the Under-23 3×3 basketball tournament in Paraguay. The event marks the conclusion of a High-Performance Training Camp ahead of this year’s Junior Pan American Games. Under the leadership of Coach Willon Cameron, Guyana will now face
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As Guyana experiences an unprecedented wave of investment and economic development, President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Kathy Smith, is urging local businesses to embrace structural growth and move away from an informal way of doing business. Speaking in a recent interview with News Room, Smith described the current moment as
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When the Round-of-32 games in the inaugural June Madness Futsal championship, powered by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and Ansa McAL, commenced on Wednesday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Stabroek Ballers romped to a huge 11-1 win over Game Changers to highlight the night’s proceedings. Along with Stabroek Ballers, four other teams-
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Sport fishing is emerging as a promising avenue for economic growth in Guyana. On Thursday, a workshop was held on best practices to develop a policy for sport fishing in Guyana’s inland waters. The workshop underscored the need for clear guidelines, strong partnerships, and continuous monitoring to support the sport fishing industry. It was held
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After making an unforgettable debut on the Labor Day Carnival scene last year, Nomads Carnival is back, and this time, the Guyanese-owned brand is going even bigger. Nomads is the first Guyanese-owned and operated brand to make an indelible mark on Brooklyn’s iconic Labor Day Carnival, launched by entertainment mogul Marlon “Freedom” Jacobs, a serial
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