July 2020

The Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) has extended condolences to the friends and family of motor-racing photographer Michael Samuels, popularly known as ‘Mikey Spice’, who was gunned down in his native Jamaica on Wednesday…

The Caribbean motor-racing fraternity has been plunged into mourning following the sudden death of popular motor-racing photographer Michael Samuels, more well known as ‘Mikey Spice.’ The 45-year-old Jamaican was reportedly gunned down…

A five-year-old girl is fighting for her life in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) after she was stabbed multiple times about her tiny body by her mother’s friend of 23 years. The woman who committed…

President David Granger and First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger have both tested negative for the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Ministry of the Presidency official, Ariana Gordon has indicated. The test was administered to them…

See below an Op-Ed written by Jonathan Slade - a Democratic partner in the Cormac Group, a bipartisan government relations firm in Washington, DC: As a Democrat who supports Joe Biden’s candidacy, and who has been active on foreign…

By Isanella Patoir Unless the COVID-19 situation is controlled in Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni), the cases will continue to increase, says Regional Chairman, Gordon Bradford. The Region on July 28, 2020 recorded 75 confirmed COVID-19…

Guyana on July 29, 2020 recorded two new COVID-19 cases within 24 hours from 85 tests. The total number of cases now stands at 398. With 20 deaths and 185 recoveries, there are 193 active cases including three persons in the COVID-19…

Days after Guyana’s Chief Elections Officer appeared in Court to answer to private criminal charges, private criminal charges have now been brought against the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), former Judge Claudette…

A 29-year-old Dispensary Dam, Ankerville, Port Mourant, Berbice woman, is in Police custody after she attempted to smuggle 11 grams of suspected marijuana stuffed in Tennis Rolls inside the New Amsterdam Prison on Wednesday at around noon.…

By Isanella Patoir Data released by the Counter-Trafficking in Persons Unit (C-TIPU) has revealed that Venezuelan nationals are the most trafficked in Guyana. Since 2018, a total of 337 Venezuelan migrants were recorded as Trafficking…