October 9, 2020

The Ministry of Health on Friday reported two more COVID-19 deaths. The latest fatalities are a 57-year-old male from Region Seven and a 43-year-old male from Region Three, taking the death toll to 100. Both persons died while receiving…

Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Friday railed against Thursday’s appointment of eight new Permanent Secretaries by the Office of the President. Harmon considered the appointments as an insertion of persons closely aligned to the…

By Akeem Greene Convenor of selectors, Roger Harper, has indicated the packed international schedule, which often clashes with Regional cricket, is affecting how they can nurture future leaders for West Indies cricket. At the moment,…

Delhi Capitals (DC) regained the top spot in the points table after they beat Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 46 runs in Match 23 of the Dream11 Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Friday. Electing to bowl, RR…

Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Justice (retired) Claudette Singh on Friday refuted reports that she has provided information to the Police about several senior staff members of GECOM currently being investigated for…

Two men were on Friday killed in an accident on the Chateau Margot Public Road on the East of Demerara (ECD) which occurred at around 06:45h. Dead are 52-year-old Lionel Brower, a Security Guard who was attached to Demerara Bank ECD…

Deputy Chief Elections Officer Roxanne Myers appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court Friday morning before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan slapped with two counts of misconduct in public office. Myers was not required to plead to the…

Paul James, also known as ‘Crack’, was on Thursday sentenced to 10 years imprisonment after confessing to killing rice farmer 42-year-old Hardat Kissoon in 2015 at University of Guyana Access Road, Greater Georgetown. Kissoon had just…

By Bibi Khatoon The COVID-19 pandemic has forced teachers to move their classes online but this is difficult in communities where there is little or no internet access. In Region Two, teachers have complained that the connectivity is…

Sherwin Nero known as ‘Catty’ on Thursday confessed to killing a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldier in 2008; he was released from prison after he pleaded guilty to a lesser count of manslaughter and was sentenced for time already served.…