The Guyana men’s senior basketball team will be the highest ranked unit participating in the opening round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup – Americas Pre-Qualifier in El Salvador to be held April 14-18. The competition schedule has been adjusted to allow for the completion of the FIBA Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA) and to […]
Guyana President thanks partners for aid in release of detained fishermen GEORGETOWN, Guyana — President Irfaan Ali has expressed gratitude to Guyana’s regional and international partners for joining in calls for the release of the twelve Guyanese fishermen who were detained in Venezuela for two weeks. The fishermen along with their vessels, Lady Nayera and […]
GEORGETOWN – Guyana said on Saturday that a Venezuelan navy vessel detained two vessels that were fishing in Guyana’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), the latest dispute in a long-running border conflict between the two South American nations. (Exclusive Economic Zones, or EEZs, are maritime areas in which countries have special rights with regards to the […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Former Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson and former General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) Corporation, Rawlston Adams, appeared in court on Monday charged with conspiracy to defraud a government corporation of almost G$163 million (US$781,841). Patterson, who is also General Secretary of the Alliance For Change (AFC), and Adams […]
By Crystal Hosannah Carlston ‘Mozambique’ Harris has signed a contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) organization after his win against Saygid Izagakhmaev at the UAE Warriors 15 event in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on January 15 last. The mixed martial arts fighter from Skeldon, Guyana, defeated Izagakhmaey by submission, using a chokehold in […]
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) said on Tuesday that it was “deeply disappointed and concerned” by Venezuela’s announcement of a plan to establish a new territory in the area over which it is embroiled in a dispute with Guyana. In a statement issued as CARICOM leaders met virtually for their 13th Special Emergency […]
The Guyana 50th Republic Anniversary Celebration Committee in Toronto, Canada under the auspices of the Consulate General of Guyana in Toronto is hosting a ” Virtual Guyanese Republic Jubilee Awards Ceremony and Cultural Presentation” under the theme “An Evening of Appreciation, Recognition and Unity”. The event is expected to bring together Guyanese all over the […]
PHILADELPHIA – The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has confirmed that a Guyanese national, who was extradited from Trinidad and Tobago several years ago on terrorism charges, has now been deported to his homeland following his conviction and sentencing in the Eastern District of New York (EDNY). ICE said last week that, […]
After being detained at Toronto International airport for four days, a 60-year old grandfather from Guyana, suspected of having illegal drugs in his possession, was finally released last week without any charges being laid against him. No illegal drugs were found. And now his family is looking at their ” legal options ” Surijpaul Deokeran, […]
TRAVEL Caribbean Airlines now offering twice-weekly flight from Canada to Guyana Caribbean Airlines (CA) has resumed commercial operations out of Guyana to Canada. The twice-weekly service, between Toronto’s Lester B. Pearson International Airport and Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport, features flights every Monday and Friday, with connections available from Trinidad and Barbados. CA’s BW 606 […]
