December 8, 2020

Career diplomat and former Prime Minister hopeful, Elizabeth Harper has been appointed Permanent Secretary within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The News Room understands that the appointment takes effect…

Members of the Jai Hind Cricket Club in Albion, East Berbice-Corentyne (Region Six), were last weekend the recipients of a Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport donation of G$800,000 and six floodlights. Minister Charles Ramson Jr. told…

Attorney-at-law, Glenn Hanoman has been selected as Chairman of the new Board of Directors of the Guyana National Broadcast Authority (GNBA). A release from the Office of the Prime Minister on Tuesday noted that the new board was…

As Guyana continues its recovery from a five-month-long electoral process, a group of citizens have taken up the challenge to pilot electoral reforms with two major issues on the top of the agenda: acceptance of the elections results and…

By Isanella Patoir Health officials suspect that the six-day-old infant, who was recorded as Guyana’s 150th COVID-19 death, may have contracted the disease inside the West Demerara Regional Hospital where he was born. The News Room…

A building contractor, who was gunned down Monday night in front of the Red Bar, Garnett Street, Georgetown, was being trailed by two men on a motorcycle, one of his friends told the News Room on Tuesday. The incident occurred at about…

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) is urging the private sector to pay the increased minimum wage of $60,000, noting that the current $35,000 to $44,200 is not a living wage. “…every private sector employer treat employees with the…

By Akeem Greene The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) will host its first tournament since the advent of COVID-19 pandemic, starting December 17 at the Malteenoes Sports Club. Initially, December 12 was earmarked as the proposed…

The 12th edition of the US Open T20 Cup has attracted a significant number of active and former senior national cricketers of Guyana. The senior national cricketers include Ronsford Beaton, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Gudakesh Motie, Paul Wintz,…

Days after President Irfaan Ali announced that he dispatched invitations to all former presidents for an “open-flow meeting”, only one former President has confirmed his attendance. Efforts to reach President Ali’s immediate predecessor,…