Source: Guyana Chronicle TURIN, Italy (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed a hat-trick against his favourite victims as Juventus stormed back from a two-goal first-leg deficit to beat Atletico… Link: Ronaldo hat-trick leads Juve into Champions League quarter-finals

Source: iNews Guyana Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is standing by his call for Guyanese to chase government ministers out of their communities after March 21, 2019 – when… Link: Jagdeo stands by “Chase them out” remark

Source: iNews Guyana The man who allegedly escaped from the Whim Police Station on Monday claims that he was never in the lockups. According to the police, Dinesh… Link: Berbice man claims he did not escape from Whim Police lock-ups

Source: iNews Guyana Proprietor of a popular Georgetown liquor bar, Savita Persaud was on Tuesday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan after being slapped with four… Link: Liquor bar owner slapped with 4 counts of TIP charges

Source: iNews Guyana Countdown timer clocks to speed up the pace of play in Test cricket, free hits for no-balls in the longer format and the use of… Link: Countdown clock, free hit for no-ball in Tests?

Source: iNews Guyana say discussions based on house to house registration, not general election The Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Commissioners on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) moments… Link: PPP Commissioners walk out of GECOM meeting

Source: iNews Guyana (BARBADOS TODAY) Police are seeking the public’s assistance to help locate a missing man. He is 19-year-old Kadesh Kabeem Bowen of Lee’s Gap, Passage Road,… Link: Guyanese man reported missing in Barbados

Source: iNews Guyana Vibert Rodrigues of Aruaima River, Berbice, Region 10, was on Monday refused bail by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan after he was found with a quantity… Link: Logger remanded for ganja possession

Source: iNews Guyana An investigation into the hiring practices of the Guyana Elections Commission has been completed. GECOM’s hiring practices were hauled under the microscope after the People’s… Link: Probe into GECOM’s hiring practices completed – ERC

Source: iNews Guyana The medical practitioners who incorrectly administered injections to the three leukaemia juvenile patients leading to their deaths at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in… Link: Under-staffing a critical component to incorrect administering of drugs

Source: iNews Guyana The Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Invest) has claimed that the political climate in Guyana has had little effect on investments coming to Guyana. This is… Link: Go-Invest claims no negative impact on investment

Source: Guyana Times The Civil Society Forum – an organisation comprising of several non-governmental organisations, including the private sector, trade unions and religious groups – on Monday said… Link: Civil Society to President: Drop “pretext”, call elections

Source: Stabroek News An Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD) pensioner last night succumbed to injuries sustained in an accident at the junction of Enmore Estate Road and Railway… Link: Enmore cyclist, 78, dies after collision

Source: Guyana Chronicle …IDB hails govt’s efforts in strengthening oil and gas sector -praises President Granger, pledges continued support President David Granger on Monday met with President of… Link: Commendable efforts

Source: Guyana Chronicle …gov’t deplores actions, urges widespread condemnation THE Government of Guyana on Monday strongly condemned what it described as “belligerent, inciting, and inflammatory” statements made by… Link: Jagdeo cited for breach of peace

Source: Guyana Chronicle …finance minister assures public servants they’ll be paid …says international community continues to recognise government By Paul Mc Adam FINANCE MINISTER, Winston Jordan, has allayed… Link: No disruption to budget spending

Source: Guyana Chronicle …Former AG of Grenada QC, Francis Alexis recruited Former Attorney General of Grenada and now Senior Lecture, University of the West Indies Cave Hill Barbados… Link: Govt bolsters legal team for confidence vote appeal

Source: Guyana Chronicle …Anglican, Presbyterian, Churches, GTUC, TIGI distance self from ‘civil society’ statement THE Guyana Trade Union Congress (GTUC) the Anglican and Presbyterian Churches as well as… Link: ‘We don’t agree’

Source: Kaieteur News As part of an overall vision to squeeze the rightful tax belonging to the nation out of all entrepreneurs, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is… Link: Still to come on stream… Lethem Audit Unit has its work cut out

Source: Kaieteur News The Guyana Office For Investment (Go-Invest) embarked on a number of overseas trade missions last year, all of which have turned out to be a… Link: Over 100 investments, export leads secured from overseas trade missions – Go-Invest CEO

Source: Guyana Chronicle GUYANA’s senior men’s cricket team, the Guyana Jaguars, could create history by becoming the only team to win five consecutive outright Regional Four-Day titles, once… Link: Johnson rates season one of the toughest

Source: Guyana Chronicle GFF’s Forde and Mayor Marshall participate.. THE 2019 season of the Bartica Football Association (BFA) was launched on Saturday at the Bartica Secondary School ground… Link: ‘Raising the Standard’ is the theme as Bartica FA kick off 2019 season

Source: Guyana Chronicle RESPONSIBLE corporate citizen, Trophy Stall, has once again shown its commitment to the development of sports across the country by partnering with the Mahaicony United… Link: Trophy Stall on board with MUSC Day of Sports

Source: Guyana Chronicle THE National female senior cricket team will commence training today in preparation for the 2019 Cricket West Indies (CWI) Senior Female Regional Tournaments which will… Link: Senior female cricketers to begin training today

Source: Guyana Chronicle BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC) – Cricket West Indies presidential hopeful, Ricky Skerritt, believes the current administration has immersed itself in unnecessary conflict to the detriment of… Link: Skerritt says conflict hurting CWI’s focus on cricket

Source: iNews Guyana The family of Sharezer Mendonca, 6, plans to sue the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) for the death of the little girl, who was a… Link: Family of Sharezer Mendonca to sue GPHC

Source: iNews Guyana By Dr Leslie Ramsammy Just before the May 2015 General Elections, I warned that the Granger-led APNU+AFC had a sinister plan to close the sugar… Link: OPINION: APNU+AFC seems determined to end sugar in Guyana

Source: iNews Guyana The Automatic Promotion Policy (APP) dubbed the “No Child Left Behind Policy” has now become an obstruction to delivering quality education to children in the… Link: “No child left behind policy” needs to be reviewed – GTU General Secretary

Source: iNews Guyana Two elderly woman were earlier today (Monday) hauled before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts after they were charged for assaulting each other. Sixty-one year-old widow, Juel… Link: Elderly women charged for assaulting each other

Source: iNews Guyana The cost of daycare facilities for children in Guyana continue to rise as parents, especially those who are employed by Government, are also finding it… Link: ERC Commissioner urges Govt to consider daycare centres at workplaces

Source: Stabroek News A group of civil society organisations today voiced concern that the country is headed towards a constitutional crisis and it urged the President and the… Link: Civil society organisations concerned that constitutional crisis looms

Source: iNews Guyana The Guyana Police Force has denied media reports which accused ranks of physically assaulting 19-year-old Shamar Tanner. In fact, the force in a release stated… Link: Police refute accusation of assault committed on teen

Source: Guyana Chronicle (T&T NEWSDAY)– Caribbean Airlines Ltd CEO Garvin Medera said safety is the company’s priority in any decision to upgrade the airline’s fleet to the Boeing… Link: CAL CEO says safety is a priority in B737 Max purchase

Source: iNews Guyana People’s Progressive Party Presidential Candidate, Irfaan Ali has called on supporters to return the PPP to office. Once this is done, he stated the lost… Link: Ali calls on supporters to return PPP to office

Source: Guyana Times Cheddi Jagan’s 22nd death anniversary The current Administration, which was given a three-month lease of life following the successful passage of the no-confidence resolution in… Link: Government has no vision – Jagdeo tells Babu Jaan

Source: iNews Guyana The current Administration, which was given a three-month lease of life following the successful passage of the no-confidence resolution in the National Assembly on December… Link: Government has no vision – Jagdeo tells Babu Jaan

Source: iNews Guyana Local beverage giant, Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) Group, recorded its highest ever revenue last year, pegged at $21.862 billion. In a statement on Sunday, the… Link: DDL Group records .3B increase in profit for 2018

Source: iNews Guyana – Says Guyana faces a high degree of uncertainty With less than two weeks before the coalition Government becomes illegal, former Speaker of the National… Link: Domestic turmoil will intensify past March 21– Ramkarran

Source: Guyana Times Local beverage giant, Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) Group, recorded its highest ever revenue last year, pegged at $21.862 billion. In a statement on Sunday, the… Link: DDL Group records .3B increase in 2018 – strong growth seen at local, int’l markets

Source: Guyana Times Mere hours after a security officer was shot thrice by police ranks during a cutlass attack, he succumbed to his injuries while receiving medical attention… Link: Cutlass-wielding man killed by Police

Source: Guyana Times With less than two weeks before the coalition Government becomes illegal, former Speaker of the National Assembly and Attorney-at-Law Ralph Ramkarran has said that Guyana’s… Link: Domestic turmoil will intensify past March 21– Ramkarran – Says Guyana faces a high degree of uncertainty

Source: Guyana Times The body of one person has been recovered while another is missing and fear dead after a speedboat, carrying nearly two dozen passengers, exploded on… Link: 1 dead, another missing as boat explodes off Waini Coast

Source: Guyana Chronicle — as Venezuelan passenger boat explodes enroute to the Pomeroon    A Venezuelan passenger boat, heading to Charity on the Pomeroon River with 22 persons… Link: Two dead

Source: Guyana Chronicle — Harmon tells ERC forum MINISTER of State, Joseph Harmon, has said that the ethnic differences of Guyanese must not be exploited for narrow or… Link: Ethnic differences must not be exploited

Source: Guyana Chronicle SEVERAL senior People’s Progressive Party (PPP) executives on Sunday stayed away from the annual pilgrimage to Babu Jaan, East Berbice-Corentyne, to pay homage to founder… Link: Jagdeo abandoned at Babu Jaan

Source: Guyana Chronicle For more than two decades, residents of the community of Barabina Hill near the town of Mabaruma, North West District were cut-off from the road… Link: Barabina Hill gets road after two decades

Source: iNews Guyana A speedboat carrying at least two dozen passengers reportedly exploded this morning some 10 miles off the Waini River mouth in Region One. The boat… Link: 2 fear dead as boat explodes off Waini River mouth

Source: iNews Guyana Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has praised the armed forces for staying loyal to him and defeating a “coup” led by the US and opposition leader… Link: Venezuela’s Maduro thanks military for defeating ‘coup’

Source: iNews Guyana An Ethiopian Airlines jet has crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa, killing all on board. The airline said 149 passengers and eight crew members… Link: Ethiopian Airlines: ‘No survivors’ on crashed Boeing 737

Source: iNews Guyana The porter who was killed on Saturday after he was crushed by a container truck in Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara- Berbice) has been identified… Link: Porter killed in Kara Kara accident identified as Plaisance resident

Source: iNews Guyana …suffers broken jaw, several missing teeth A teenager was on Friday admitted a patient at a city hospital after he was allegedly beaten by police… Link: Teen allegedly beaten by Police

Source: Guyana Chronicle – 20 passengers rescued  -2 fatalities  – elderly survivor recounts harrowing tale   A Venezuelan passenger boat, heading to Charity on the Pomeroon with 22… Link: UPDATED: Charity-bound Venezuelan passenger boat explodes off Waini Coast

Source: iNews Guyana Essequibo Coast speedboat operators are decrying hindrances to the service they provide as a result of delayed construction works ongoing at the Supenaam Waterfront. In… Link: Supenaam operators fume over waterfront construction delays

Source: Stabroek News The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) has only managed to file criminal charges based on five of the approximately 25 forensic audits referred to it… Link: SOCU’s prosecution rate from audits impacted by insufficient manpower, sources claim – -Ramjattan says staffing based on available resources

Source: Stabroek News The Integrity Commission has identified over 160 more public officials whom it says have failed to submit declarations of their assets and liabilities in keeping… Link: Over 160 more public officials cited for failing to declare assets to Integrity Commission

Source: Stabroek News The police in Linden are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of porter, who was crushed to death by after he fell from truck he… Link: Porter crushed by trailer in Kara Kara mishap

Source: Guyana Chronicle AFTER some hiccups in construction, the iconic Indian Arrival Monument has been completed and is expected to be officially handed over to Guyana by the… Link: Iconic Indian Arrival Monument completed

Source: Guyana Chronicle — can be applied by the court, legal luminary says — contends there is no constitutional crisis THE court, in keeping with the doctrine of… Link: Doctrine of necessity

Source: Guyana Chronicle RESIDENTS of Andyville, Wismar, Linden, can now turn off their generators, their lamps and candles, as the community is now connected to the national grid.… Link: Andyville gets electricity after 20 years

Source: Guyana Chronicle A stepping stone for progress WHEN Leisa Gibson participated in the country’s first ever Women in Business Expo in 2016, it was indeed a leap… Link: Women in Business Expo

Source: Guyana Chronicle — GPL commissions US$8.5M power plant at Canefield THE Guyana Power and Light company (GPL) on Friday dealt a blow to blackouts in Berbice with… Link: Blow to blackouts in Berbice

Source: iNews Guyana A porter was killed on Saturday, March 9, 2019, after he attempted to climb onto a moving container truck that he was working on. The… Link: Porter crushed to death by container truck

Source: iNews Guyana The Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) Saturday morning, (March 9, 2019) destroyed over $188 million of excess narcotics that were… Link: Police, CANU destroy 8M in drugs

Source: iNews Guyana An investigation into the incident wherein several pupils of the Lochaber Primary School in West Canje, Berbice, had to be rushed for medical attention after… Link: Vaccination of Berbice pupils… School, medical officials guilty of breaching protocol – probe

Source: iNews Guyana After several controversial delays, the Indian Arrival Monument located at Palmyra in East Berbice, Region Six, has been finally completed. This is according to Public… Link: Indian Arrival Monument at Palmyra finally completed

Source: Guyana Chronicle New US Ambassador to Guyana, Her Excellency Sarah-Ann Lynch has been sworn in. Ambassador Lynch was sworn in at the State Department in Washington, DC… Link: New US Ambassador to Guyana sworn in

Source: iNews Guyana Residents of the West Watuka farming community in Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) on Wednesday voiced a number of concerns with Minister within the Natural… Link: West Watuka farmers raise issues of access to water

Source: Guyana Times No-confidence resolution …seeks order preventing payment of contracts over $15M As the Coalition Government continues its “business as usual” approach following the passage of the… Link: Christopher Ram challenges Govt’s “business as usual” approach to contracts

Source: Stabroek News Attorney and accountant Christopher Ram has initiated legal proceedings to prevent the payments on government contracts awarded after the successful December 21st vote on the… Link: Ram asks court to block gov’t contracts over M

Source: Guyana Chronicle …President restates GECOM must advise him that it is ready PRESIDENT David Granger has emphasised that Government will not interfere or intrude in the work… Link: ‘Govt will not interfere’

Source: Guyana Chronicle …President urges GECOM to work out shortest possible time for elections …says there needs to be a fresh search for agreement PRESIDENT David Granger has… Link: Back to drawing board

Source: Guyana Chronicle – Urged to aim for greater heights FEMALE workers of the Guyana National News Paper Limited were charged by Board Director Beverly Alert, to continue… Link: Chronicle honours its remarkable women

Source: Guyana Chronicle THE Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) on Friday said that the deaths of three children at the institution recently were caused by the misadministration of… Link: Misadministration of drugs blamed for deaths of children—GPHC report says

Source: Guyana Chronicle THE importance of safeguarding the planet’s water resources and the environment was highlighted on Wednesday as Earth Hour 2019 was launched at the University of… Link: Safeguarding the planet: the focus of ‘Earth Hour’

Source: Guyana Chronicle THE Guyana Lottery Company, under their ‘Let’s Bet Sports’ brand, has partnered with Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) to host its Division 1 and 2… Link: Let’s Bet Sports partners with GABA for Divisions 1 and 2 KO tournaments

Source: Guyana Chronicle Windies bundled out for 45 (ESPNCRICINFO) – SAM Billings rescued England before Chris Jordan’s four-wicket haul demolished West Indies for a paltry 45, handing the… Link: A new low!

Source: Guyana Chronicle ACTION-packed days of football in the Milo Schools Football tournament 2019 will continue today and tomorrow at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue.… Link: Milo Schools Football Tournament 2019| Matches continue this weekend

Source: Guyana Chronicle GUYANA’S premier national badminton player Narayan Ramdhani has been named top singles player over the last week. Ramdhani represented Kings University Eagles badminton team at… Link: Ramdhani named top ‘Singles Player’ at CCAA National Championships

Source: Guyana Chronicle THE Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has extended its condolences to the family, relatives and friends of former vice-president, Mr Roy Baijnauth, who passed away earlier… Link: GCB mourns the passing of former vice-president

Source: iNews Guyana An ex-member of the Guyana Police Force found himself on the other side of the law on Friday when he was not required to plead… Link: Former cop charged for allegedly stealing 0,000 from GPF  

Source: iNews Guyana Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) Sydney James was subjected to questioning over allegations of improper spending at the white-collar crime fighting institution.… Link: SOCU’s Head questioned over improper spending – Ramjattan

Source: iNews Guyana Robert Bhagnauth, 44, was today sentenced to three years in prison and fined $30,000  after he admitted to having 12 grams of marijuana in his… Link: Carpenter gets 3 years for 12 grams of ganja

Source: iNews Guyana Members of the Community Policing Groups (CPG) will be increasing their presence at bordering villages in an attempt to ramp up security in those far-flung… Link: Increased CPG members for Guyana’s borders

Source: iNews Guyana With less than two weeks before the country heads into a constitutional crisis, the David Granger – Administration Friday morning shot down a proposal to… Link: Constitutional Crisis: Govt shoots down proposal for early elections

Source: iNews Guyana Alliance For Change (AFC) Councillor, Devin Sookraj on Thursday slammed the poor health system in Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne) stating that it is in a… Link: Region Six health system in a crisis – AFC Councillor

Source: iNews Guyana A video has been circulating on social media with two inmates of a penitentiary in Guyana displaying weapons and threatening citizens. Director of Prisons, Gladwin… Link: Improvised weapons, cell phone seen in FB post confiscated; 3 charged internally – Prisons Director

Source: iNews Guyana World Champions West Indies were handed a reality check as they succumbed to a defeat against a new-look England side in the first T20I. They… Link: England’s Tour of the West Indies 2019… Can the host side keep the series alive?

Source: iNews Guyana (BBC) Schools and workplaces in Venezuela have closed as an electricity blackout continues into a second day. The power cut, which started on Thursday afternoon,… Link: Blackout brings Venezuela to standstill

Source: iNews Guyana …Guyana Your Eyewitness has a confession to make: Yesterday’s column, “The Day after the meeting”, was submitted even before the meeting between Granger and Jagdeo… Link: EYEWITNESS: Whither

Source: Guyana Chronicle — on readiness to hold Regional and General Elections PRESIDENT David Granger will meet with the chairman and commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)… Link: President meets GECOM today

Source: Guyana Chronicle …UK High Commissioner urges political leaders By Paul Mc Adam THE main political parties’ leaders need to come together to agree on what the way… Link: ‘Come together, find solutions’

Source: Guyana Chronicle GUYANA has been named the #1 “Best of Ecotourism” destination in the world, leading ecotourism destinations like Sierra Gorda, Mexico and Tmatboey in Cambodia. The… Link: Guyana takes lead in eco-tourism

Source: Guyana Chronicle MAINTAINING that it is the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) that is constitutionally required to hold elections and not government, Attorney General Basil Williams said that… Link: AG maintains GECOM responsible for holding elections

Source: Guyana Chronicle – as senior officials benefit from demonstration THE Ministry of Education (MoE) has begun engaging possible partners to execute its initiative of introducing robotics in… Link: Robotics in primary schools close to reality

Source: Guyana Chronicle … Golden Jaguars set to rumble with Belize March 23, at Leonora “GUYANA will qualify for the Gold Cup. We at GFF are doing everything,… Link: GFF launches ‘Roar to Gold Cup’ campaign

Source: Guyana Chronicle TWENTY-TWO wickets fell on an extraordinary opening day, leaving the day/night Cricket West Indies Regional four-day encounter between the Guyana Jaguars and Trinidad and Tobago… Link: CWI/PCL 4-Day cricket| 22 wickets fall on remarkable day at Providence

Source: Guyana Chronicle SHEMAINE Campbelle will lead the Guyana senior female cricket team at the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Senior Female Regional Tournament which will be hosted this… Link: Campbelle to lead Guyana in CWI 50-overs, T/20 Blaze Female tournaments

Source: Guyana Chronicle THE Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) has postponed its first Drag Race event by one week, from March 17 to March 24. According… Link: GMR&SC postpones Drag Race meet by one week

Source: Guyana Chronicle THE inner circuit of the National Park and Berbice roadways will be abuzz with action this weekend with a cycling double-header. First, National Park will… Link: Cycling double-header set for this weekend

Source: iNews Guyana The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) is urging operators of television stations to cater for persons with hearing disabilities, by ensuring that newscasts or special… Link: Subtitles, sign languages required on newscasts for deaf viewers – Broadcasting Authority

Source: iNews Guyana Errol DeSouza, who was charged almost five years ago on two counts of raping a young girl, was on Thursday sentenced to prison after being… Link: Essequibo man sentenced to 44 years for raping 10-year-old

Source: iNews Guyana Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has announced plans to write the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organisation of American States (OAS), among other international organisations, to… Link: Opposition to write CARICOM, OAS on political crisis

Source: iNews Guyana A team of police officers led by Superintendent Singh painted pedestrian crossings which were in close proximity of the recently commissioned Port Mourant Secondary School,… Link: Police Officers paint pedestrian crossings in Berbice

Source: iNews Guyana ExxonMobil has announced that gross recoverable resource from the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana has been estimated to approximately 5.5 billion oil-equivalent barrels. This increase in… Link: 5.5 billion barrels of oil from Stabroek Block – ExxonMobil

Source: iNews Guyana Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) has compensated passengers on a direct flight from New York to Guyana, who endured more than 10 hours delay on… Link: CAL compensates passengers for Monday’s delays

Source: Guyana Chronicle …Govt, Opposition to meet again on election matters …President insists will not interfere with GECOM’s work THE door of remains open for negotiation as President… Link: Door still open

Source: Guyana Chronicle …Jagdeo refuses to participate, opposes new registration PRESIDENT David Granger is expected to hold a high-level meeting with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) within days… Link: President to meet with GECOM

Source: Guyana Chronicle …seven villages to benefit OVER 1,000 persons in seven villages in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) will receive upgraded water systems in the near future… Link: GWI to upgrade water systems in Region 9

Source: Guyana Chronicle JUST before Wednesday midday, hundreds of persons entered into the largely unpainted edifice on Brickdam known as the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, or simply,… Link: Lent: a time for peace, penance and unity

Source: Guyana Chronicle JUNIOR Minister of Communities with responsibility for Housing, Valerie Adams-Yearwood, has promised to address a range of concerns raised by residents of Sophia during an… Link: CH&PA looks into concerns of Sophia residents

Source: Guyana Chronicle … Denesh Ramdin expects tough battle   THREE humiliating defeats this season have complicated the equation for the Guyana Jaguars, who now go into their… Link: Up-and-down Jaguars face must-win challenge against T&T Red Force

Source: Guyana Chronicle EIGHT exciting matches are carded for tomorrow night when the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ competition kicks off at the New Amsterdam Stelling tarmac. Defending… Link: Berbice Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ opens tomorrow

Source: Guyana Chronicle KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – Twenty20 superstar Andre Russell believes he will return to fitness in time for the start of the Indian Premier League (IPL)… Link: Injured Russell still optimistic about IPL, World Cup campaigns

Source: Guyana Chronicle MUMBAI, India (Reuters) – Former Zimbabwe Cricket director Enoch Ikope has been banned for 10 years by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for breaching three… Link: ICC bans former Zimbabwe official Ikope for 10 years

Source: Guyana Chronicle GROS ISLET, St Lucia (CMC) – Rookie West Indies left-hander Nicholas Pooran hopes advice from veteran Chris Gayle can help take his fledgling career to… Link: Pooran hopes Gayle’s advice pays dividends

Source: iNews Guyana …as President Granger fails to set a date for elections A high-level meeting between Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo and President David Granger ended in stalemate… Link: Opposition Leader’s good-faith attempt to avert constitutional crisis proved futile

Source: iNews Guyana Having missed the 2018 year-end deadline for the complete liberalisation of the public telecommunications sector, Government has inked a “non-binding” agreement with the Guyana Telephone… Link: Govt, GTT ink “non-binding” pact for telecoms liberalisation

Source: iNews Guyana Cricket West Indies (CWI) Selection Panel has called up Obed McCoy for the second and third matches in the Sandals Twenty20 International Series against England.… Link: Obed McCoy added to Windies squad for Sandals T20s against England

Source: iNews Guyana By Dr. Leslie Ramsammy In just about two weeks, Guyana becomes a dictatorship. The President and APNU+AFC are sinisterly eager to be a dictator President… Link: Opinion: Guyana now firmly on path for an illegal government

Source: iNews Guyana A man involved in a shootout with police at King Edwards Street, Albouystown, Georgetown moments ago has managed to escape. Information around the issue is… Link: Suspect escapes after shootout with Police in Albouystown

Source: iNews Guyana A former director of Zimbabwe Cricket, Enock Ikope, has been banned from all cricket for ten years by the ICC, for breaching three counts of… Link: Former ZC director Enock Ikope banned by ICC for 10 years

Source: iNews Guyana An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 rattled Trinidad and Tobago as the Carnival celebrations ended here on Tuesday night, the CMC reported. The Seismic… Link: Trinidad rattled by 4.3 earthquake

Source: iNews Guyana A man is now homeless after his home was completely destroyed by fire last night. Forty-one-year-old Quincy Benn, a driver, of ‘B’ Field, Sophia, Greater… Link: Fire destroys Sophia house

Source: iNews Guyana Highlighting that the neglected Dorfolk Elderly Home in Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) has been in a state of disrepair, Regional Chairman Renis Morian has… Link: Linden’s elderly home neglected

Source: iNews Guyana President of the American Chamber of Commerce of Guyana (AMCHAM), Zulfikar Ally, urged a gathering in the United States to come back home and invest… Link: Come home and invest – AMCHAM tells diaspora

Source: Kaieteur News Sophia residents arrested a bandit on Monday shortly after he robbed a teacher. Police are searching for his accomplice now, it was disclosed yesterday. According… Link: Residents capture bandit after Sophia teacher robbed of motorcycle, chain.

Source: Guyana Chronicle …President, opposition leader set to meet on election matters today THE meeting between President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is on schedule for… Link: Meeting to go ahead

Source: Guyana Chronicle — Residents call for Brentnol Ashley’s resignation RESIDENTS of Mabaruma on Tuesday staged a peaceful protest as they upped the ante for Regional Chairman Brentnol… Link: Protest mounts against rape-accused chairman

Source: Guyana Chronicle …urge Lincoln Lewis to stand firm UNLESS the Russian Managers of RUSAL make up their minds to meet with the entire Guyana Bauxite and General… Link: Sacked workers up ante against RUSAL

Source: Guyana Chronicle ECONOMIC adviser to the leader of the pposition, Peter Ramsaroop, was on Tuesday questioned by senior police detectives at the Criminal Investigation Department Headquarters, Eve… Link: Ramsaroop, gold dealer questioned in Charrandass probe

Source: Guyana Chronicle -new programme launched to train persons in forensic psychology GUYANA has recorded 400 cases of sexual abuse against children in just three months, a figure… Link: 400 cases of child sex abuse so far this year

Source: Guyana Chronicle JONNY Bairstow punished a below-par West Indies with an eye-catching 68 to set up England’s four-wicket win in the first Twenty20 international in St Lucia.… Link: Bairstow’s career-best 68 helps England to victory in first T20

Source: Guyana Chronicle DEFENDING Rupununi Football Association (RFA) female champions Gladiators got their title defence off to a banger by destroying Snatchers Football Club 4-0 in the opening… Link: Female champions Gladiators off to a winning start in RFA football league

Source: Guyana Chronicle GROS ISLET, St Lucia (CMC) – Batting coach Toby Radford says he is pleased with the manner in which West Indies’ batting has developed during… Link: Windies batting coach pleased with team’s upward trajectory

Source: Guyana Chronicle LAST Saturday when the final bell sounded in the Guyana Boxing Association’s (GBA) Schoolboys/Juniors ‘Pepsi’ boxing tournament at the Andrew ‘Six-head’ Lewis Gym in Albouystown,… Link: FYF Gym punch their way to GBA Schoolboys/Junior Pepsi tournament

Source: Guyana Chronicle MADRID, Spain (Reuters) – Champions League holders Real Madrid sensationally exited the competition yesterday after being thrashed 4-1 at home by an outstanding Ajax Amsterdam… Link: Shell-shocked Madrid knocked out of Champions League by brilliant Ajax

Source: iNews Guyana Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has agreed to meet with President David Granger tomorrow in what he described as “one more good-faith attempt in the interest… Link: Jagdeo agrees to meet Granger in “one more good-faith attempt”

Source: iNews Guyana …says political harassment at play   Advisor to the People’s Progressive Party, Peter Ramsaroop was today detained for more than eight hours by the Guyana Police Force… Link: Police question Peter Ramsaroop about Charrandas Persaud’s departure from Guyana

Source: iNews Guyana Chief Elections Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Keith Lowenfield remains on sick leave and was visibly absent from today’s statutory meeting. Last… Link: GECOM CEO remains on sick leave

Source: iNews Guyana Dear Editor, It must be noted that based on the timeframe specified by GECOM for nominations day for any election, Guyana can be considered to… Link: LETTER: President Granger should allow good sense to prevail and call date for elections

Source: iNews Guyana The Parliamentary Opposition has agreed to extend the deadline for national elections, but only if the David Granger – Administration adheres to certain requests, including … Link: Jagdeo sets conditions for extending elections date beyond March 21

Source: iNews Guyana GROS ISLET, St Lucia (CMC) — West Indies have retained their 13-man one-day squad for the three-match Twenty20 International series against England starting here today,… Link: Russell to miss T20s as Windies retain ODI squad

Source: iNews Guyana South Africa’s Imran Tahir has decided to retire from ODIs after the 2019 World Cup. The legspinner, who made the announcement following his match-winning 3… Link: Imran Tahir to retire from ODIs after 2019 World Cup

Source: iNews Guyana Twenty-two-year-old Preston Skeete, a labourer of Central Amelia’s Ward, Mackenzie, Linden, will spend the next four years behind bars after being found guilty on two… Link: Linden man facing attempted murder charge jailed for larceny

Source: iNews Guyana Ranks of the Guyana Police Force and the Prison Service earlier today conducted a search of the Lusignan Prison and the following items were found:… Link: Drugs, weapons seized in Lusignan Prison raid

Source: Guyana Chronicle …Min. Harmon says political stalemate an opportunity to put Guyana first THE opposition and its allies are of the opinion that the current political situation… Link: ‘This is not a crisis’

Source: Guyana Chronicle -calls for Lincoln Lewis’ exclusion from meeting, river to be cleared TENSIONS flared on Monday when the Russian-owned Bauxite Company, RUSAL, refused to meet the… Link: RUSAL refuses to meet union

Source: Guyana Chronicle -Minister Jordan tells Canadian convention WHILE the Government of Guyana is focused in ensuring everything is in place for oil production, it has not forgotten… Link: Guyana focused on “retooling and reforming” mining sector

Source: Guyana Chronicle RAYMOND Oselmo called ‘Godie man’ was on Monday charged with the murder of Nadina Kalamadeen whom he allegedly attacked last week. The 49-year-old pork knocker… Link: Alleged stalker charged with murdering Sophia woman

Source: Guyana Chronicle DESPITE the disapproval of the Opposition-nominated Commissioners, advertisements (ads) posted in the media regarding vacancies for personnel to conduct house-to-house registration will continue. This was… Link: House-to-house ads will continue

Source: iNews Guyana Forty-nine-year-old Raymond Oselmo also called Raymond Ali and “Godie Man” was earlier arraigned with the murder of Nadina Kalamadeen who was stabbed to death on… Link: ‘Stalker’ arraigned with murder of Sophia woman

Source: iNews Guyana Following a protest by members of the Deaf Association of Guyana in front of the Public Security Ministry requesting that they be given a fair… Link: Hearing impaired given green light to write drivers’ examination

Source: iNews Guyana Kane Williamson’s unbeaten 200 in the first Test against Bangladesh in Hamilton, which New Zealand won by an innings and 52 runs, has propelled him to a… Link: Kane Williamson poised to topple Virat Kohli as No. 1 Test batsman

Source: iNews Guyana More than one week after a pedal cyclist was struck down by a motorcar along the Reliance Public Road, Essequibo Coast, he succumbed to his… Link: Man succumbs to injuries following Mash Day accident

Source: iNews Guyana (BBC) Venezuela’s self-declared interim leader Juan Guaidó has arrived back in the country’s capital, Caracas, where he risks arrest. TV footage showed him being received… Link: Juan Guaidó flies back to Venezuela despite arrest risk

Source: Guyana Chronicle -requires successful prosecution, says Minister Ramjattan  With human traffickers generating hundreds of billions of dollars in profits globally, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said… Link: Taking oxygen out of human trafficking

Source: iNews Guyana You might think, after four years as England coach, that Trevor Bayliss might be inured to England’s occasional – and, perhaps, not so occasional –… Link: ‘We keep making the same mistakes’ – Bayliss hoping for World Cup wake-up after ’embarrassing’ loss

Source: iNews Guyana Minister of Social Protection, Amna Ally said that the government will be further engaging representatives of the Russian Bauxite Company (RUSAL) today (Monday), to seek… Link: Dismissed bauxite workers: Govt to further engage RUSAL today

Source: iNews Guyana Kashi Dhaam, on the West Coast Demerara, is a sacred site on the Ruimzeigt foreshore where a crematorium and supporting facilities were created over 12… Link: New bridge built at Kashi Dhaam

Source: iNews Guyana Another new-look pace attack, another big total conceded. This has been the case for Bangladesh in Test cricket, especially when they have travelled outside the… Link: Walsh urges patience with Bangladesh’s fast bowlers

Source: Guyana Chronicle TWENTY-one-year old Abrie Stevens, who was involved in an accident at Reliance village on the Essequibo Coast on Mash day, succumbed to his injuries on… Link: Essequibo cyclist in Mash Day accident succumbs

Source: Guyana Times As the deadline for the constitutionally due March 19 election approaches, Guyanese continue to wait with bated breath to see what would be the next… Link: Guyana already facing constitutional crisis – political analyst

Source: Guyana Times At least three bandits terrorised the administrator of the Mibikuri Hospital and his family in the wee hours of Sunday morning and escaped with a… Link: Bandits terrorise, rob hospital administrator

Source: Stabroek News PPP-nominated Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) commissioners have expressed concern at ads appearing in the press yesterday regarding personnel required for the conduct of House to… Link: Opposition-nominated GECOM commissioners flay house-to-house registration ads

Source: Guyana Chronicle The Caribbean Inn Hotel Restaurant and Bar opened its doors on Saturday at Mon Repos, East Coast of Demerara, as it seeks to position itself… Link: Modern hotel opens at Mon Repos

Source: Guyana Chronicle — `postgirl’ fingered in trafficking of LSD in school IT is a small paper strip which is coated with the drug which makes the user… Link: Cops up pressure on drugs gang

Source: Guyana Chronicle A QUIET Sunday morning took a turn for the worst when a 58-year-old vendor, Denise Culley, and 59-year-old Patricia Ellis, lost their lives in an… Link: Two killed in Success accident

Source: Guyana Chronicle — executives expected to meet with gov’t officials today ACCORDING to U.S. media company Bloomberg, Russian-owned bauxite company RUSAL has suspended its mining unit in… Link: RUSAL suspends operations in Guyana

Source: Guyana Chronicle — in explosion of colour, music and celebration THE spirit of Mashramani came alive on Sunday in the mining town of Linden as hundreds of… Link: `Mash’ spirit takes hold of Lindeners