Stabroek News

Commentator Ralph Ramkarran has called for the expungement from the constitution of sweeping immunity provisions for the President.

A biker and his pillion rider died yesterday morning at Diamond after the motorcycle crashed into a utility pole.

The Institute of Private Enterprise Development Limited (IPED) announced on Wednesday, through the release of its 2023 Annual Report, that it had disbursed of a total of 4,881 loans valued at $4.3 billion, which contributed to the creation and maintenance of 8,655 jobs, a release from the company stated.

Thirty-two-year-old Linden taxi driver, Evon Barker called ‘Baby,’ has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for raping an 11-year-old girl in 2022.

The ‘Green Machine’, Guyana’s National Rugby 15s team, made a triumphant return to action, narrowly defeating Trinidad and Tobago in the first leg of their Rugby Americas (RAN) 15s match yesterday.

Twenty-one-year-old Wisroc Housing Scheme, Linden resident, Joshua Lawrence has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars for the rape of a teenage girl.

Introduction There are five parts to Nagamootoo’s Dear Land of Guyana but none of these identifies the theme or what the reader can expect of the chapters within those uneven parts.

Due to the prolong dry season team Adventure Guianas ( Piraiba Lodge) and volunteers from Apoteri Village, KWA and ARM came together recently  relocate stranded arapaimas.

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Berbice Championship Trafalgar, East Bank Gunners, Big Ballers, and East Bank Young Guns clinched berths to the semifinal round following wins in the quarterfinal and round of 16 segments respectively when the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Berbice Championship commenced on Friday night.

…as GCB T10 Blast continues Fans over on the West Coast of Demerara were treated to a triple-header at the Meten-Meer-Zorg ground as the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) T10 Blast continued yesterday with the Berbice Caimans, Berbice Piranhas and Demerara Pitbulls all chalking up victories.

Holly Monderson, a 51-year-old clothes vendor of  Lot 9 Norton Street, Lacy-town, Georgetown, was robbed and beaten on Tuesday night at her camp located at Issano Landing, Middle Mazaruni, where she operates her business.

Dear Editor, For approximately two years, now, IDPADA-G and the Government of Guyana have been relentlessly and publicly trading accusations and rebuttals.

The Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) yesterday rejected allegations that had been made against it by Melissa Atwell.

-captains promise quality football Ahead of today’s Milo Schools U-18 Football Tournament final, the captains and coaches of the finalists, Waramuri Primary Top and Chase’s Academic Foundation, met for a face-off yesterday at the Spice Garden Restaurant, Brandsville Hotel, Pike Street.

Dear Editor, The President of Guyana’s recent visit to Brooklyn underscores the importance of engaging with diaspora communities and recognizing their contributions to national development.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) on Friday hosted a lottery in Bartica, Region 7 for medium-scale mining properties.

RIYADH,  (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and several international officials will be in Riyadh this week for talks aimed at pushing for a peace agreement in Gaza to be held on the sidelines of a World Economic Forum meeting, the WEF’s president said on Saturday.

As part of a regional initiative made possible by Caribbean Airlines, the Caribbean Village Cricket T10 competition will bowl off today in Guyana at the Meten-Meer-Zorg Community Centre Ground, West Coast Demerara in an inter-county format.

LISBON, (Reuters) – Portugal’s government said yesterday it refuses to initiate any process to pay reparations for atrocities committed during transatlantic slavery and the colonial era, contrary to earlier comments from President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

Police are investigating a shooting incident yesterday at the Two Brothers gas station located on the Eccles Public Road, East Bank Demerara.