September 23, 2020

There will be an investigation into how monies were utilised by the former APNU+AFC Government under the Sustainable Livelihood Entrepreneurial Development (SLED) programme for which some $250 million remains unaccounted for. This is…

The 13-year-old girl who was reported missing from her Corentyne Berbice home on September 15 has been found and returned to her mother. The News Room understands that she was taken to the Whim Police Station on Tuesday morning, after…

The 23-year-old inmate who escaped from the Lusignan Prison on the East Coast of Demerara in the wee hours of Wednesday managed to do so by breaking out of a section that was burnt and jumping the fence. In providing details of the…

Police have arrested a 24-year-old young man of Durban Street, Lodge in connection with the possession of an unlicensed .38 revolver that contained two matching rounds. Police Headquarters in a statement noted that at about 05:00h on…

Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll continues to rapidly increase with two more persons dying on Wednesday taking the total number of deaths to 71. The Ministry of Health announced that the latest fatalities are a 70 -year-old female from…

Almost a year after works were stopped on the Sheriff/Mandela road, Public Works Minister Juan Edghill announced on Wednesday that the upgrade has recommenced and citizens can expect to see the paving of the road with asphalt concrete by…

Former Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson and Juan Edghill, who now heads the Ministry, clashed on Wednesday when the budget estimates for the Ministry came under question. Patterson repeatedly heckled Edghill while he was…

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday attended the funeral service of Haresh Singh, the 17-yearold who was killed at Number 3 Village, West Coast Berbice during violent protests against the murders of Joel and Isaiah Henry. Singh’s funeral…

At the opening of the 10th Sitting since the National Assembly was convened in August, Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir had cause to caution Members of Parliament (MP) on issues relating to dress code and their conduct in the…

The so far unidentified man of East Indian descent who was struck down in a hit and run accident succumbed to his injuries in the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital. He was nursing severe head injuries after the…