Caribbean News

Keller Williams Guyana, in collaboration with Ala Strategic and the Ghanaian Chamber of Commerce, is excited to announce the speaker lineup for the highly anticipated Real Estate Networking Event, set for September 6, 2024, at the Marriott Guyana in Georgetown.  The event will feature an impressive lineup of speakers with significant expertise in their fields.
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CNN — The United States has seized Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro’s airplane after determining that its acquisition was in violation of US sanctions, among other criminal issues. The US flew the aircraft to Florida on Monday, according to two US officials. It’s the latest development in what has long been a frosty relationship between the US and Venezuela,
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The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) Monday morning destroyed tonnes of cocaine found at an illegal airstrip in Region One (Barima- Waini) at the weekend. CANU, in a release, said samples were taken from the suspected cocaine before its officers alongside Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ranks destroyed the remainder of the narcotics. Four hand-dug pits, about
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No one has hit more sixes in T20s in a calendar year than Nicholas Pooran- here’s a closer look at his numbers 139 – Sixes for Nicholas Pooran in T20s in 2024, the most by any batter in the format in a calendar year. He went past Chris Gayle‘s 2015 record of 135, when he struck the sixth of his nine
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Top horses are expected to enter the 2024 President’s Cup, which is set for Sunday, September 22 at Rising Sun Turf Club. Entries for the nine-race programme will open on September 11 and close on September 17. For some, this race will serve as rematch to the Guyana Cup, as the likes of Stolen Money,
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The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) wrapped up Season Six of the KFC Elite League over the weekend, closing a chapter marked by steady progress in local football. This season saw improvements in several areas, including local talent, fan engagement, matchday atmosphere, and overall competition quality. The season culminated with the Guyana Defence Force Football Club
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A tournament record second-wicket partnership of 199 runs between Kyle Mayers and Evin Lewis was not enough to see St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots to victory in the fifth match of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) in Basseterre. The St. Lucia Kings completed an ice-veined run-chase to pull off a five-wicket win with
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Following the massive drug bust at Matthews Ridge in Region One (Barima/Waini), authorities believe that the operation was being conducted here by foreigners and that the enormous quantity of the drugs signals that it was awaiting further transshipment and was not meant to be distributed locally. Four hand dug pits, about five to six feet
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Cocaine weighing four and a half tonnes, estimated to worth US$160 million, has been unearthed by authorities at an abandoned airstrip near Matthews Ridge in Region One. The bust by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) followed months of high-level surveillance and intelligence gathering. The drugs were buried underground and was unearthed Sunday in an operation
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Following months of high-level surveillance and intelligence gathering, a Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU)-led operation, with support from the Guyana Defence Force Special Forces, has resulted in the seizure of several thousand kilograms of cocaine at an illegal airstrip in Region One (Barima-Waini). According to the information received, the drugs were buried in several underground bunkers
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