February 1, 2018

By Devina Samaroo It has been more than a year since the closure of the Wales Sugar Estate on the West Bank of Demerara, but some 350 cane-cutters are yet to receive their legally-entitled severance. Annoyed and concerned that their…

By Bibi Khatoon A 34-year-old man was taken into police custody on Wednesday, January 31, after he beat his wife several times with a piece of iron. News Room spoke with the battered woman, Christina Totaram, who is now nursing a…

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force, headed by a Senior Officer, on Thursday, February 1, 2018, conducted a drug-eradication operation at Long Hook, Canje River, Berbice. A police report noted that they destroyed an estimated 200,000…

Caribbean Premier League (CPL) franchise Jamaica Tallawahs is expected to host three of its five designated home matches during the 2018 CPL season in Florida, according to an ESPNcricinfo source with knowledge of the situation. It…

A Campbellville, Georgetown businessman, 57-year-old Andre Gomes known as ‘Zipper’, appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, February 1, 2018, charged with being in possession of 902 grams…

Persaud Hari, 61, died at the Diamond Hospital, East Bank Demerara (EBD) at around 22:30hrs on Wednesday, January 31, 2018, hours after he was struck down on the Sarah Johanna Public Road, EBD. According to a police report, Hari, a…

Dear Editor, There is a lot in a name and we need to get names right. Assuming that our President HE. Mr. David Granger and the majority of us Guyanese would welcome one (or more) Commission of Inquiry (COI), which would provide our…

Scores of former workers of the Wales Sugar Estate are protesting outside of the Ministry of the Presidency, demanding that their severance be paid. According to the workers and their families, the Wales Estate was the first to be closed…

West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell will play his first competitive cricket match in a year when he represents Jamaica in the Regional Super50, West Indies' domestic 50-over competition, against Leeward Islands on Friday in Antigua.…

Rahkeem Cornwall slammed an imperious unbeaten hundred as Leeward Islands Hurricanes demolished United States by 162 runs in their opening match of the Regional Super50 on Wednesday. In the day/night contest at Coolidge Cricket Ground,…