January 11, 2021

President Irfaan Ali has said that it is imperative that government understands the long-term goals and visions of the Private Sector in order to craft policies and implement programmes that will facilitate necessary growth. The Head of…

Canada has backed Guyana’s stance for there to be a legal, binding settlement to Venezuela’s claim of Guyana’s territory, saying that the recent decree of Nicholas Maduro is concerning. “Venezuela’s recent claim that it has sovereignty…

The Ministry of Health on Monday reported 14 new COVID-19 cases from 140 tests, taking the overall number of confirmed cases to 6, 588. The new cases were reported in Region Three with one new case, Region Four with eight new cases,…

Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, on Monday maintained that Guyana does not have the capability to detect the new strain of COVID-19. However, local lab, Eureka Medical Laboratory has claimed that it has the capability and reported…

The bi-partisan Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Foreign Relations met on Monday to discuss President Nicholas Maduro’s latest decree in which he lays fresh claims to the water and seabed adjacent to Guyana’s coast, west of the Essequibo…

ExxonMobil Guyana on Monday announced that local companies Denmor Garments Manufacturers Inc. and Caribbean Clothing Company Ltd. have secured contracts to manufacture 2,000 coveralls for construction workers building the latest oil ship in…

Vendors illegally occupying the water front area in Mabaruma, Region One are refusing to relocate, Mayor Chris Phang told the News Room on Monday. According to the Mayor, the vendors’ refusal to relocate is stymieing developmental works…

Commander Vernon Burnett of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) told Parliamentarians on Monday that the Army continues to grapple with shortages in vehicles even as it clings to an old fleet for its daily operations. He was at the time…

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Acting Corporal, Dominique Gonsalves Sabola of the Medical Corps safely delivered a healthy baby boy at Tshau Creek, Kaikan, in Region Seven early on Monday. GDF in a statement revealed that the baby was born…

In an effort to expand the sport of badminton, the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) on Monday introduced the new outdoor game, Air Badminton, to students of city school St. Rose’s High. The initiative comes two weeks after the newest…