January 12, 2017

By Leroy Smith A midday fire of unknown origin has left three families homeless in Cummings Lodge.The fire may have started in an apartment, the News Room was told. It was just about noon that the Guyana Fire Service (GFS)…

By Royan Abrams Abandoned vehicles on the road shoulders has for many years been a concern for road users specifically especially in Region Six, East Berbice/Corentyne and now the Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDC) in the…

Several vendors of the Vendor’s Mall, Georgetown today vented their frustration after their stalls were demolished by City Hall for "being unsightly". When News Room visited the Mall on Thursday morning, several vendors, who had…

Says Treiston Joseph Similarly to the re-election of K.A. Juman Yassin to the presidency of the Guyana Olympic Association, Aubrey Hutson will continue as president of the Athletics Association of Guyana simply because there are no…

Guyana’s ruggers will be back in action this weekend when the domestic season resumes with Seven’s action at the National Park rugby field. The match for this weekend, which is being dubbed North versus South, will see some of the best…

BY Leroy Smith The police are presently searching an apartment building and its surroundings in Tucville, Georgetown, after a high-powered rifle was found in one of the apartments this afternoon. According to sources, the police were…

By Leroy Smith The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the robbery of the National Insurance Scheme (N.I.S) office at Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara at approximately 02:30hrs on Thursday. According to a source,…

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExxonMobil announced today positive results from its Payara-1 well offshore Guyana. Payara is ExxonMobil’s second oil discovery on the Stabroek Block and was drilled in a new reservoir. The Payara-1 well…

For the first time, January 12 is being observed as Chinese arrival day as it was only five days ago that the day was designated by President, David Granger. Notably, Guyana’s first President was Chinese, the late Arthur Chung. In a…

By Leroy Smith The Guyana Police Force is investigating a robbery which took place at the National Insurance Scheme’s (NIS) Regional Office at Pouderoyen on the West Bank Demerara (W.B.D) this morning. Police sources have confirmed…