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Top-order batter Shubman Gill has been named the new Test captain of the India men’s team. The 25-year-old succeeds Rohit Sharma as captain, with the 38-year-old having retired from Test cricket earlier this month. Gill, who has scored 1,893 runs in 32 Tests, will lead a depleted India team in a five-Test tour of England starting
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With the commissioning of the massive $1.2 billion Onderneeming Water Treatment Plant in Red Village Onderneeming, Region Two, the Essequibo Coast now enjoys  87 per cent access to clean, treated water — a significant increase from just 40 per cent. His Excellency Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali  joined scores of delighted residents on Friday to commission
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Various development initiatives across the country will continue throughout the year with a $57.5 billion Supplementary Appropriation Bill (Supplementary Appropriation Bill No 1 of 2025) successfully piloted in the National Assembly today by Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service, Dr. Ashni Singh. The Bill had
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The West Indies Women failed to deliver with the bat once again as their English counterparts enjoyed a dominant nine-wicket win to take an unassailable 2-0 T20I series lead at the County Ground in Hove on Friday. After winning the toss and fielding first, the hosts restricted the West Indians to 81-9 from their 20
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West Indies marched to a mammoth total of 352 for 8 on the back of Keacy Carty’s second ODI century and Matthew Forde’s record-equalling fifty as they looked to level the three-match series against Ireland, but the second ODI was washed out as rain didn’t allow Ireland’s chase to begin. Ireland sent West Indies in
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A day meant to reaffirm national unity on the defence of Guyana’s territorial integrity took a turn on Friday when Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton and his APNU+AFC Parliamentarians staged a walkout during the National Assembly’s debate on the sovereignty motion. While Norton was the only member from the APNU+AFC to condemn Venezuela’s illegal claim to
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Police have launched a murder investigation into the brutal killing of 21-year-old Cuban national, Davely Morales, who was allegedly hacked to death early Friday morning by her stepfather at their residence on Pike Street, Kitty, Georgetown. The tragic incident unfolded at approximately 07:00 hrs at Lot 56 Pike Street, where Morales lived with her family.
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A Brazilian national has been charged following a major intelligence-led operation by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) targeting illicit gold smuggling in Guyana’s hinterland regions. Osmil Costa Da Silva of 111 Mile, Mahdia, Region Eight, was formally charged on Friday, 23 May 2025, with Possession of Gold by Person not being a Producer, contrary
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Parliamentarians greenlit a resolution reaffirming Guyana’s sovereignty over its internationally recognised territory on Friday, a move that is significant ahead of Venezuela’s sham elections for governor of the Essequibo region on Sunday. A motion for this resolution was moved early Friday by Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd. A debate then ensued, with government and opposition
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As Guyanese lawmakers debated the motion reaffirming Guyana’s sovereignty on Friday, Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips said Venezuela’s sham elections for a state in the Essequibo region are unlawful, as no such state exists. “To elect a governor for Guayana Esequiba is unlawful because the state, Guayana Esequiba, does not exist. “There is no
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