February 8, 2017

By Stacy Carmichael-James British High Commissioner Greg Quinn has deemed corruption and anti-money laundering as the two cancers that rob countries of funds, both of which are problems that need to be stamped out in Guyana. High…

Executive Director of the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) Patricia Bisnauth, in an exclusive interview with the News Room today (Tuesday, February 7, 2017) called for a comprehensive and relevant sex education curriculum in…

By Treiston Joseph   Beepats Trading and the Petra Organisation will be joining forces yet again to host the fifth edition of the Milo Under-18 School Football Tournament, starting this Saturday. The announcement of the tournament was…

The first of 20 groups attached to the Community Organized for the Restoration of the Environment (C.O.R.E.) Project has been mobilised and commenced work works in Canal #1, West Bank Demerara. The Public Infrastructure ministry is…

All-rounder Raymon Reifer claimed four wickets and made a fifty, but could not prevent Guyana Jaguars from losing to Jamaica Scorpions in the Super50 match on Tuesday evening in Barbados. The Jaguars lost by 20 runs- their fourth defeat…

The Ministry of Communities is making efforts to recoup $1.234 million in overpayment from Compustruct Engineering Inc. for the construction of the Plaisance Market Tarmac. According to Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of…

Following the unsuccessful efforts by AFC member and Deputy Mayor of the Georgetown Municipality, Sherod Duncan to stop the implementation of the Parking meter project, the party came out on Tuesday calling for its suspension. In a…

A fire of unknown origin on Tuesday afternoon completely destroyed a home at Craig on the East Bank of Demerara, leaving two persons homeless. While the owner of the home is currently in the interior, the other occupant, Clement…

Guyana has signed the third Country Cooperation Strategy with the Director of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization. The Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) was signed by Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence and…

The ‘B’ Division Criminal Investigations Department are investigating an alleged rape which was committed against a 14-year-old school girl between December 1, 2016, and December 2, 2016, by a taxi driver, leaving her pregnant. News Room…