Daily Archives: December 24, 2020
8 new COVID-19 cases from 104 tests
The Ministry of Health on Thursday recorded eight new COVID-19 cases bringing the total number of cases to 6,266 to...
Eureka warns of forged COVID-19 results
Eureka Medical Laboratories (EML) Inc. is warning persons against forging their COVID-19 results noting that “there are dire consequences for...
Kashif and Shanghai returns with ‘Bounce Back’ Football
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF), the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport have teamed...
628 GDF ranks promoted
See full statement from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF): Chief-of-Staff Brigadier Godfrey Bess has announced that, in accordance with Part...
Man gets four years for beating boy, 6, with hammer
Twenty-five-year-old Kevin Fraser of Adelphi Village, East Canje, Berbice was on Thursday sentenced to 50 months imprisonment for beating a...
President Ali donates $1M to Fallen Heroes Foundation Inc.
President Dr Irfaan Ali on Wednesday presented a cheque worth $1M to the Fallen Heroes Foundation during their annual remembrance ceremony...
BCCI approves 10-team IPL from 2022
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has approved a 10-team IPL from 2022. The decision was ratified...
ECD residents recovering from heavy flooding
Residents of Hope, East Coast Demerara woke up to their homes and yards flooded on Wednesday morning, days before Christmas....
APNU+AFC gov’t paid $145M on Leguan Stelling repairs, but works were not done
The 2019 report of the Auditor General (AG) has found that the former APNU+AFC government made payments in excess of...
Guyana could host West Indies-Pakistan T20Is in July 2021
By Akeem Greene Guyana could possibly host the Pakistan Men’s team for three T20 Internationals in July 2021. This was...
Former AG Chambers paid $99.6M in legal fees in 2019
Despite having a Solicitor General, one Deputy Solicitor General, two Assistant Solicitors General and six State Counsels in its employ,...
GDF flagged for high vehicle maintenance; over $11M spent on two unserviceable vehicles
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has been singled out by Auditor General Deodat Sharma in his 2019 report for high...
