July 6, 2020

A 76-year-old woman has been recorded as Guyana’s 16th COVID-19 death. The Ministry of Public Health Monday night revealed that May Portsmouth died on Sunday, July 5 at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). “Sincere…

Guyana on July 06, 2020 recorded five new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 278. This was revealed in the Ministry of Public Health’s daily COVID-19 update Monday. Ten persons remain in the COVID-19…

Jennifer Cipriani, a Marketing Executive, was robbed at knifepoint by two bandits on the Agricola Public Road, East Bank Demerara on Monday just after 15:00h. Cipriani told the News Room she had stopped to see her parents in Agricola…

Three persons were arrested on Sunday for attempting to smuggle nine Brazilian nationals into Guyana via Sand Pit, an illegal crossing at the Takutu River near the Guyana/Brazil border. Police Headquarters revealed that ranks in Region…

See below full statement issued by the Bar Council of the Bar Association of Guyana calling for respect of the administration of justice: With legal proceedings presently engaging the attention of the Caribbean Court of Justice, the…

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 35-year-old old man whose body was found floating in a trench Monday morning at Prince William Street, Plaisance, East Coast Demerara. Dead is Hillary Shepeard of…

Supporters of the incumbent APNU+AFC mounted several peaceful protests across the country Monday ahead of a ruling by Guyana’s final appellate court, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in the latest elections case. The protesters were…

Five persons were arrested and subsequently placed on $5,000 bail each after they allegedly hosted a “cockfight” in contradiction to the COVID-19 guidelines in place to curb the spread of the disease. The gazette COVID-19 measures…

Despite Guyana’s non-oil real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increasing by 4.3 per cent in 2019, several of the country’s major sectors including sugar, livestock and forestry performed poorly during that year. According to the Ministry of…

The six Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) franchises have selected their teams for the 2020 tournament which is scheduled to take place from 18 August to the 10 September. The draft was carried out remotely and the six teams have…