Police probe knife attack on East Bank Demerara family

POLICE are investigating an alleged wounding incident involving a Coverden family on the East Bank Demerara on Friday afternoon. The victims, 53-year-old housewife Indira Thomas, her 68-year-old husband William Thomas, a businessman, and their...

How to Read a New Page

WHEN the seasons change, the soil opens up like an upturned palm to collect the fading remnants of the living world. As saddening as it can be, this part of nature is both inevitable and important at the same time. All living things must...

London inks sponsorship deal with PUMA

CASTRIES, Saint Lucia, ( CMC )– Rising track star Naomi London has become the second Saint Lucian track and field athlete to ink a sponsorship deal with German sportswear giants PUMA. The 18-year-old London made the announcement on Friday, joining...

Nandu’s century leads Demerara to win over hosts Essequibo

DEMERARA skipper Matthew Nandu scored a 102-ball 73 with seven boundaries to lead his team to a 50-run win over Essequibo at the ‘new’ Hampton court ground on the Essequibo Coast as the GCB’s Queensway Security Service Inc Inter-County Super50 got...

Non Pareil man shot and robbed

Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred yesterday morning at Annandale, East Coast Demerara, during which a 30-year-old autobody workman of Non Pareil was shot and robbed by two men. The victim was relieved of a Samsung S9 cellular...

Nandu leads from the front as Demerara outguns Essequibo to begin title defence

Matthew Nandu acknowledges his teammates after getting to a half-century GCB/Queensway Security Inter-County Super50 Defending champions Demerara began their 2025 GCB/Queensway Security Inter-County Super50 campaign with a hard-fought 50-run...

Pele, Motherland record wins in GFA Men’s League

Motherland scorers from left: Wainwright Adams, Malachi Richards, and Carlos Agard Pele downed Order & Discipline while Motherland humbled Eastveldt when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Men’s League continued on Friday night at the Eve...

St. John, Agatash, West Ruimveldt storm into KO round

A scene from the Ministry of Education Ground in the Courts Pee Wee U-11 Boys Football Championship. Courts Pee Wee Football St. John the Baptist, Agatash, West Ruimveldt, and St. Gabriel’s recorded comfortable wins when the group stage in the...

‘An Evening of Soul’ to help three Essequibo women with training, business start-up support

The WeLead Association is gearing up to host An Evening of Soul, a fund-raising event, on October 19, the proceeds of which will go to the winners of the Innovate Pitch Fest Competition that aims to provide entrepreneurship training, mentorship,...

Protesters express solidarity with people of Gaza

Maryam Perreira Hundreds of people braved a torrential downpour yesterday, marching in the capital to express solidarity with the people of Palestine and demand an end to the ongoing conflict and occupation. The demonstration, marked by fervent...

‘Collaboration, not politics, must drive Region Six’

– Minister Mustapha tells new council By Bebi Shafeah Oosman IN a significant leadership shift for Region Six, East Canje Berbice Welfare Officer, Junior Basant, was, on Friday, elected as the new Regional Chairman, while Wajid Shaheed Khan of...

Police recover .32 pistol during Ogle-New Highway search

POLICE conducted a cordon-and-search operation on Friday evening between 20:05 hours and 20:35 hours along the access roads connecting the Ogle New Highway and Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara. The operation targeted drugs, firearms,...

Be prepared to fight cancer, advises survivor Devonie La Rose

Devonie La Rose after she lost her hair during chemotherapy Having survived breast cancer, midwife and medex trainee Devonie La Rose, 39, of Huradiah, Santa Rosa Village, Moruca in Region One believes that with people increase their chances of...

Cancer march

‘Don’t sign over your home, make wills’

-Minister Persaud warns against elderly exploitation, abandonment MINISTER of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindhya Persaud, has sounded the alarm over a disturbing rise in cases where elderly citizens sign over their properties to...

Today is the Day

WHEN I dance to the music of the wind, laugh from the joy that fills my heart, and smile because the world looks so beautiful. She stood in a field of wildflowers — a woman in her mid-forties, her lustrous hair ruffled by the wind, a glow on her...

Tempest — A Guyanese Writer Turns His Storms into Strength

Debut book blends truth, pain, and perseverance to inspire others WHILE fiction can invent fascinating worlds, few stories rival real life for strangeness and inspiration. Thirty-three-year-old Orlanzo Raghunandan is one of those living testaments...

WIN, APNU clash over shifting allegiances

-talks on Region 10 broke down WIN and APNU yesterday clashed over the falling out on Friday that led to shifting allegiances for the council elections in regions Eight and Ten and the unexpected loss of Region Four to the governing PPP/C which...

Rose Hall Town vote told a story of disillusionment, meteoric rise

Dear Editor, The 2025 election results in Rose Hall Town reveal a shocking shift in a traditional PPP stronghold. While the party won, the details tell a story of decline and disillusionment. Despite massive infrastructure spending, the PPP/C’s...

PNCR deserves far better than this mockery of leadership

Dear Editor, It pains me deeply — as a committed member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) — to say that I am left with no other choice but to describe the current leadership of our great party as lame-duck and directionless. At...