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The schoolboy who scored a thousand runs in one innings

Having already broken the record for the highest score in all known cricket, Pranav Dhanawade told his father he would 'score big tomorrow', and...

NBC news producer who survived Jonestown attack dies at 84

Reprinted from Los Angeles Times Robert Flick was a newsman who could have passed for a barroom bouncer. And standing on the tarmac of an airfield...

Mid-flight, someone noticed plane door was open

A commercial flight heading from from Cebu in the Phillipines, to Busan in South Korea, was forced to turn back 40 minutes into the...

Legend of the penis-eating fish

The story is that the fish swims up a stream of urine into a man's penis, then eats it from the inside. But is...

Wall Street spooked – reels under China shock

U.S. stock indexes tumbled more than 2 percent today - the first trading day of 2016 - with the Dow losing more than 400...

Lady Jags encamped in Canada – ahead of CONCACAF Olympic Qualifiers in February

Ahead of the much anticipated CONCACAF Olympic Qualifier Tournament set for February in Texas, Guyana’s national women’s team better known as the Lady Jags...

Saudi Arabia executes top Shia cleric, 46 others, CNN reports

According to a recent CNN report, Saudi Arabia on Saturday said it had executed 47 people in a single day, including a dissident Shiite...

British Muslim family barred from flying to Disneyland

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Prime Minister David Cameron was urged to intervene Wednesday after a British Muslim family was prevented from flying to...

Guyanese charged for killing Trini woman in Toronto

- The brother of 28-year-old Rosemarie Junor, the victim in an unprovoked fatal stabbing at a downtown Toronto drugstore last week, says his sister had...

Brooklyn woman found guilty of murdering Guyanese tenant

- A jury has convicted a Brooklyn woman in the death and dismemberment of a woman whose body parts were found on Long...

Recent Articles

Faizal Khan returns as head of BritCham Guyana

See below for a statement from the British Chamber of Commerce in Guyana on its newly elected Executives:  The British Chamber of Commerce in Guyana...

Education Ministry battling teacher shortage for TVET, music, foreign languages & PE

As more students display interest in subject areas such as Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and music, there has been a noticeable...

Treat pensioners with respect, care they deserve – Jagdeo to Human Services Ministry staff

In a bid to improve the delivery of public services, Vice President, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has called for greater empathy and efficiency from officers...

AG Nandlall endorses top cop’s warning against arbitrary vehicle stops

The Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Mohabir Anil Nandlall, SC, endorsed a recent directive from the Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken. Hicken instructed...

With US$15M in funding, Guyana preparing to combat all types of diseases – Dr...

Amid global concerns regarding the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) outbreak in China – sparking fears of another pandemic – Guyana’s Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony...

US announces $25m reward for arrest of Venezuela’s Maduro

The US has announced an increased $25m (£20.4m) reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on the day...

Body of Chinese national in Demerara River Bridge accident recovered

The body of Mr. Fu-jian Wei, a 39-year-old Chinese national who tragically fell into the Demerara River during rigging operations at Pier 34 on...

Suspect in fatal shooting of Corentyne man released on station bail; wife demands justice

The wife of cane harvester Yognand Chaitram, also called ‘Boie’, who was recently shot dead by a businessman at Lesbeholden in Black Bush Polder,...

RBL CPL 2025 to take place from August 14 to September 21

The 2025 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will take place from Thursday 14 August to Sunday 21 September. This window has been agreed between CPL...

“It hard on me” – woman whose husband is incarcerated; children unable to attend...

By: Andrew Carmichael Parbatie Mahadeo, a 36-year-old security guard who resides at Rose Hall Town in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), has said she is struggling...