There is a distinct, raw beauty in grassroots tapeball cricket, where the margins are razor-thin, and the emotions run completely unchecked. On Sunday at the National Stadium in Providence, those emotions spilt over into tears of absolute jubilation as West Ruimveldt Primary clinched the Demerara zone title in the Future Warriors Tapeball tournament, powered by...

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A 24-year-old mason accused of killing his mother at their Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara home has been formally charged with murder and remanded to prison. Greedesh Ramkissoon of Lot 80 Cornelia Ida, Block ‘Y’, appeared before Magistrate Rabindra Singh at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, where he was charged with the murder of...

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A fire of undetermined cause completely ravaged a house and workshop in Smithfield, New Amsterdam Berbice, early Tuesday morning. Shawn Embrace, 52, lived on the upper floor of the three-bedroom house with his mother, Charlotte Embrack, 84, and his daughter. Shawn, who is a contractor told reporters that the community was experiencing a power outage...

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…as blackouts increase across Guyana (Kaieteur News) – Top government officials, including President Irfaan Ali, Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh and Minister of Public Utilities and Aviation, Deodat Indar have gone silent on the exorbitant demands by Karpowership, the Turkish company that was hired to supply electricity for the nation through two powerships. Leaked information obtained […]

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(Kaieteur News) – Mining Network International has featured Canadian firm, G Mining Ventures Corp. (GMIN’s) Oko West Gold project located in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), showcasing the project as a leading new gold development. GMIN in a post on Tuesday said, “Our Oko West Gold Project in Guyana was featured in Mining Network International highlighting the milestone […]

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…as wheelchair-bound mother dies in blaze (Kaieteur News) – Plans for a birthday celebration in honour of their mother were dramatically changed to funeral preparations for the children of 62-year-old Bibi Ramprashad, who lost her life in an early morning fire on Tuesday at her home. The fire, of unknown origin, destroyed a two-storey concrete structure, […]

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