A captain’s knock from Deandra Dottin and bowling brilliance from Anisa Mohammed steered the Trinbago Knight Riders to a 10-run victory over Barbados Royals to see them crowned champions of the inaugural Massy Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL). With her team put into bat, it was the Knight Riders’ captain Dottin who shone, scoring the…

Guyana Amazon Warriors got their first point of the Hero Caribbean Premier League 2022, following a no-result against St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots on Sunday evening. Match Seven of the tournament at Warner Park, St. Kitts, was abandoned without a ball bowled, owing to a wet outfield, with both teams earning a point each. “Mother…

Although Guyana’s economic growth, recorded at 36.4 per cent for the first half of 2022, is largely credited to the oil and gas industry, the non-oil sectors were not left behind. An 8.3 per cent growth in the non-oil sectors can be credited to higher individual expansions in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector which…

President Dr. Irfaan Ali said that the Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, will work with the farming community of Laluni on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway to develop a resilient and sustainable food production system. This, he said, is aimed at making the small community a major food production hub for the country. President Ali made…

Forty-six families have now taken the first step to move from squatters to legal land owners. On Friday, the families who occupy lands on Cameron Dam, Region Three, were allocated house lots in the Lust-en-Rust community. The allocation exercise was led by Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal. Earlier this year, Minister Croal informed residents…

Max Verstappen’s serene march to a second title continued with a comfortable victory in an eventful Dutch Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver had to pass Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes after a late safety-car period to take his 10th win in 15 races this year to extend his lead to 109 points. Hamilton was left fuming…

The Guyana government anticipates that there will be a total of 13 lifts of profit oil for 2022. In keeping with global oil prices, the government projects to rake in US$1.1 billion from the sale of the country’s share of profit oil, and US$147.7 million in royalties. During the first six months of the year,…

The government released its Mid-Year report on Saturday and coupled with the massive growth across sectors is also an increase in private sector credit. Particularly consistent with the expansion in the non-oil productive sector, credit to the private sector rose by 7.5 per cent to $308.3 billion. This primarily reflects expanding credit to the services…

A ‘hit and run’ accident along the Blankenburg Public Road, West Coast Demerara has left 42-year-old Azaad Khan dead. Police said the accident involved a black Allion motor car (registration number unknown) which occurred on Saturday at about 19:45 hrs. According to a statement from Police Headquarters, the car was proceeding west at a fast…

See the full statement from the Ministry of Public Works below: The Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation (DHBC) wishes to notify the general public that its engineers and technical staff are currently working on getting the bridge back in alignment, following an accident earlier today. At the moment, the team is working to repair retractor span…