Guyana Times

Trinbago Knight Riders Captain Nicholas Pooran registered his first-ever Caribbean Premier League (CPL) championship title in the tournament’s 13 years of existence. Pooran played for different CPL franchises in the past, including Barbados, Guyana and his home team, Trinidad and Tobago. While these teams won the trophy prior, Pooran was not a member of the squads at the time of...

Colin Bynoe Jr, the first England Cricket Board (ECB)-accredited cricket agent from Guyana and a leading representative with the United Kingdom-based agency Gravity Sports, recently met with Minister within the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport, Steven Jacobs. The duo engaged in fruitful discussions centred on key elements of Guyana's sporting ecosystem that are critical to the sustained growth and...

– Narine is close 2nd Julian Mohabir is the Pegasus Young Knights Challenge Champion, after playing spectacularly in the inaugural chess competition hosted by the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) at the Pegasus Chess Club on Sunday, September 21, 2025. The 12-year-old secured the title over young Vir Narine by scoring the same number of points, but winning the championship prize based...

– MVP prizes include motor car, motorcycles The inaugural 2025 Unification One Guyana Softball Cup was officially launched on Tuesday afternoon at the Gandhi Youth Organisation Ground in Georgetown, Guyana. The four-day cricket extravaganza bowls off today with the Women’s Six-Team Knockout Competition, while the men’s round-robin t20 matches are set to begin on Friday. Regal Stationery and Computer Centre is the...

The University of Guyana’s School of Entrepreneurship & Business Innovation (SEBI) has entered a partnership with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the World Bank to introduce two pivotal educational programmes: an Associate Degree in Oil & Gas Accounting/Taxation/Audit and a Graduate Executive Diploma in Oil & Gas Accounting/Taxation/Audit. In a release on Wednesday, the university said that in response...

Two men were taken into custody on Wednesday following a Police operation at the Sea View Hotel, Melanie North, East Coast Demerara, where ranks unearthed an unlicensed 9mm pistol and 10 matching rounds of ammunition hidden in a bathroom. Police in a statement said the operation was carried out between 10:30h and 11:15h after a woman reported that she had...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added a fresh set of words and phrases from the Caribbean, East Africa, New Zealand, Wales, and the Isle of Man in its latest September update, continuing its ongoing effort to track the growth of English vocabulary worldwide. This year’s additions revisit regions featured in the OED’s first World Englishes update last September, which...

With the brand-new implementation of Ride Along GY’s Bicycle Rental and Riding School, Tourism Minister Susan Rodrigues marked her first public engagement by pledging strong support for community-based tourism. Ride Along GY is a community-based tourism initiative that has consistently demonstrated innovation in Guyana’s tourism sector. The company first gained attention with the Georgetown Bicycle Tour in 2021, later expanding...

The tax evasion case against United States-sanctioned businessman and We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party leader, Azruddin Mohamed, has been reassigned to a new court by acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty, who said her current caseload is already overwhelming. The matter, which stems from allegations of fraudulent declarations and tax evasion tied to the importation of a luxury vehicle in...

Three Georgetown residents appeared before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Courts on Wednesday in unrelated matters involving allegations of false information, theft, and assault. In the first case, Alberttown businesswoman Bibi Jubbard was charged with using a computer system to disseminate false information. The court was told that between September 5 and 16, 2025, at Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown,...