Guyana Times

The message from the Ministry of Health on the occasion of World Heart Day 2025 is both sobering and instructive. It underscores not only the scale of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Guyana but also highlights a troubling shift in its demographic profile. More than 9,700 citizens benefited from government-funded medical interventions for cardiac and other serious conditions between 2020...

Young Warriors Cricket Club stormed to a 10-wicket win against West Berbice in the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) two-day First-Division tournament. Led by Suresh Dhanai, Amir Khan, Trevon Stanislaus and Latchman Roopchand, Young Warriors demolished the visiting West Berbice side at Young Warriors Ground in East Canje. Early on day one, West Berbice batted first and posted 138 all-out. Left-arm spinner...

Shemar Britton on Sunday evening claimed his first-ever Senior National Table Tennis Championship in the men’s singles after playing unbeaten in the competition. And already, the ace with the racquet in hand is looking at conquering another mountain. The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA)-organised tournament took a round-robin format for the men’s singles’ title, in which Britton played unbeaten, returning...

The re-establishment of a gym in the mining town of Linden is one of several measures that will soon be pursued as Steve Ninvalle, President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), and by extension the Association, places emphasis on the revival of the sport in the region. Linden has been viewed as a key area, once producing some of Guyana’s...

Witnessed by a massive crowd at the Everest Cricket Club (ECC) Ground on Sunday night, the annual Amerindian Heritage football competition finals were a sight to behold with two riveting games. First up was the women’s final with Region 10 taking on Region Seven. Eventual women’s Most Valuable Player (MVP), Sandra Johnson was the star of the show for Region 10,...

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Male U13 Inter-county 2025 tournament continued at two venues on Sunday, with Berbice U13 and Demerara U13 recording emphatic victories. Berbice U13 won the toss and elected to bat first. Openers Afraz Ali (32) and Timothy Ramsaywack (23) gave them a strong start, adding 73 runs in just 12 overs. In the middle order, Jaden...

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is warning vendors at La Penitence Market that tough measures, including fines and possible permit suspensions, are on the table if they fail to clean up after their daily sales. Director of Solid Waste Management, Walter Narine, in a brief telephone interview with this publication, expressed frustration at the persistent problem of...

Carrington Daniels, father of 40-year-old construction worker Gladwin Daniels, who was fatally stabbed by two suspects early Monday morning, said his son was not someone known for getting into conflicts with others, and as such left him searching for answers as to what could have sparked the deadly altercation. Speaking with Guyana Times on Monday afternoon, Carrington said that to...

A 20-year-old orthopedic technician at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) and a resident of West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was charged on Monday for the offence of ‘Transmitting of a private area of a person’, contrary to Section 16(2)(a) of the Cyber Crime Act 16 of 2018, committed on Lolita Callender, also known as Lola Doll. Treveir Sinclair, called “Tratts” appeared at...

A 26-year-old labourer and former police officer from Farm Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara (EBD) was remanded to prison Monday after being charged with forgery and attempting to demand money through fraudulent means. According to reports, on September 25, 2025, at about 12:15h, Omari James entered the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Limited, Diamond branch, and presented a...