March 2025

Ameer Mohamed Ali, a 36-year-old resident of Bath Settlement, West Berbice, was sentenced to three years in prison for trafficking narcotics. He appeared before Magistrate Allan Wilson at the Mahaicony Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. The court was informed that on Tuesday, March 25, Ali was found in possession of cannabis. He pleaded guilty to the
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A resident of New Amsterdam was on Tuesday sentenced to 12 years in prison following a fatal altercation that resulted in the death of an ex-convict in 2022. Dexroy Ogleton, 42 years of age and a farmer residing at Lot 22 Alexander Street, New Amsterdam, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter last month
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In a recent announcement, the president revealed plans to make all tolls on bridges in the country free of charge, including the Wismar/Mackenzie Bridge in Linden. This decision has received strong support from Linden’s Member of Parliament (MP), Jermaine Figueira, who described it as a step in the right direction for the welfare of citizens.
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Claims of bias and falsehoods regarding evidence given in the trial into the March 2020 elections — specifically regarding the targeting of PPP agents — were proven to be untrue following clarification from the prosecution and a replay of the court proceedings. The matter, which had sparked outrage on social media on Tuesday, was raised
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The roar of engines at the first Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club Circuit Race for 2025 on April 27 will carry a special resonance as motorsport legend Ray Rahaman makes a highly anticipated return to the track in the inaugural Vitz Cup Championship. A name etched in Guyanese motorsport history, Rahaman’s comeback is more
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Quinton de Kock was in fine form against the Rajasthan Royals, leading the Kolkata Knight Riders to their first win of the IPL season. Quinton de Kock’s unbeaten 97 helped Kolkata Knight Riders pick up their first win of the Indian Premier League season, with an eight-wicket victory over the Rajasthan Royals. After restricting their
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A new Caribbean Pageant franchise was birthed. The Miss Caribbean Beauty and Intelligence Pageant under the theme, “Caribbean Beauties, breaking barriers through inclusion,” came into existence after months of discussion about networking between Essence and Minds from St.Marteen and the Miss Caribbean Carnival Pageant committee from Guyana. The coordinators said that “this pageant is set
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The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has received a significant boost with both World Athletics and Atletismo Sudamericano (South American Athletics) officially recognising the legitimacy of its recent Annual General Meeting (AGM) and the subsequent election of its new executive. A letter seen by News Room Sport confirmed the global and regional governing bodies’ endorsement
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On Saturday last, Police in Wismar, Linden, began investigating the mistreatment of a one-year-old child, an incident that has raised alarm across the country. The alleged abuse, which took place at approximately 22:26 hrs, has led to the arrest of Kester Johnson, a man with a decade-long relationship to the child’s mother, Sawdia Bobb. Bobb,
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