August 13, 2020

President Irfaan Ali and all of his Cabinet Ministers except one have tested negative for COVID-19. President Ali had his entire Cabinet test for Covid-19 on Wednesday after it was revealed that the Foreign Minister Hugh Todd had tested…

By Akeem Greene Australian all-rounder Chris Green seems highly likely to take up the role as captain of the Guyana Amazon Warriors for this year’s Hero Caribbean Premier League, which will be played solely in Trinidad and Tobago from…

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has extended congratulations to newly elected President of Guyana Dr Irfaan Ali. Modi, in a letter to the President on Tuesday, said the two countries enjoy close and cordial relations based on the…

The business community has proposed a temporary freeze on the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax and unemployment insurance among other measures to increase spending and revitalize the economy. The private sector wants these measures to be…

Guyana on August 13 recorded eight new COVID-19 cases bringing the total number of known cases to 631. With 22 deaths and 202 recoveries, there are 420 actives cases of the deadly virus and those persons are in institutional isolation…

The country’s Director of Youth, Melissa Carmichael, has been on administrative leave for a year and four months. The new Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson has described the situation as untenable, saying it needs to be…

Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) Captain Gerry Gouveia on Thursday confirmed that he tested positive for COVID-19. He broke the news in a Facebook post, saying he is asymptomatic which means he is not displaying any…

The United States Embassy here has revealed that Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch has tested negative for the Novel Coronavirus. The US diplomat went into self-quarantine Wednesday after Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International…

By Isanella Patoir The four persons killed in Wednesday’s horrific accident between a car and a canter truck on the Montrose Public Road, East Coast of Demerara (ECD) were reportedly drinking moments before the accident. One of the…

The Hinterland Electrification Company Inc. (HECI) has finally completed repairs on a generator at the Mathews Ridge Power Station to restore electricity to the residents of the community. Mathews Ridge, with a population of just under…