Guyana Times

…in the past Your Eyewitness was hoping he could move past the elections, now that the four parties surviving the maelstrom of the peoples’ choice – including the PNC/APNU that was chewed up and spat out!! – have named who they’ll be sending to Parliament. Sadly there are some who are so stuck in their humiliation of being thrashed so...

Dear Editor, Recently, much has been made about press freedom and freedom of expression in Guyana. Ironically, most of the claims are made by those who are most active in the press, on TV and on social media. The international community ought to take note of these developments because without careful scrutiny of the media space, one could end up making...

Dear Editor, I read with interest the letter published on September 18 under the headline “Issues raised by Reporters Without Borders are valid and cumulatively constitute a threat to the press’s ability to hold power accountable without fear”. While the concerns expressed try to cast Guyana’s Government in a negative light, they do not reflect the reality that under the PPP/C,...

Defending champions St Lucia Kings crashed out of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) as the Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) stormed into the final. With a ruthless display of batting and bowling, TKR left the Kings in their wake and set up a mouth-watering title clash against the Guyana Amazon Warriors. “After being sent in to bat – and...

Young and promising fast bowler Kelvin Henry of New Amsterdam-based Tucber Park Cricket Club was recently presented with a brand-new pair of cricket shoes, courtesy of “Project Cricket Gear for Young and Promising Cricketers in Guyana”. The initiative is a joint effort by former Berbice senior all-rounder and long-serving cricket administrator Anil Beharry of Guyana and Kishan Das of...

Tagenarine Chanderpaul is set to return to Test cricket next month, when the West Indies take on India in the first Test in Ahmedabad. Since playing his last Test in January 2024, the young left-hander’s form has dipped, and despite scoring only one fifty in his last five first-class innings, West Indies Head Coach Daren Sammy remains confident that Chanderpaul...

The Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW) Women’s duo of Ashmini Munisar and Realeanna Grimmond were standout performers in the recently concluded Massy Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL). Munisar and Grimmond enjoyed playing in the CPL on home soil in Guyana, and, despite their team finishing as runners-up in the tournament, the young duo were bright sparks from a West Indian perspective. Munisar...

Cricket West Indies (CWI) has congratulated Candace La Borde and Jacquline Williams on their selection to the Emirates International Cricket Council (ICC) Panel of Match Officials for the upcoming ICC Women’s World Cup, which will take place in India and Sri Lanka from September 30 to November 2. Their appointments are part of a historic first, as the tournament will...

A man who stepped in on Friday to help the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts by translating for a Spanish-speaking defendant in another trial while waiting in the dock for his own trial was sentenced to four months’ imprisonment that same day. Forty-eight-year-old Sunil Adnarine was sentenced after pleading guilty to larceny. The charge stated that between September 15 and 16, 2025, at...

A Lodge Housing Scheme Georgetown couple appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Friday, where they were both charged with assault, unlawful wounding, threatening behaviour, and the use of threatening language, which were committed against each other during a dispute. The defendants, Michael Alleyen and his wife, Shonetta Alleyen, stood before Magistrate Annette Singh, and both pleaded not guilty to...