March 13, 2021

Another person has died from COVID-19, taking Guyana’s death toll to 207, the Ministry of Health revealed on Saturday. The latest fatality is a 71-year-old male from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) who died while receiving care at a…

Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces and President of Guyana, Dr Irfaan Ali on Saturday urged Guyanese to have a greater understanding of the constraints facing the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) as he pledged his government’s support for…

Police are investigating the armed robbery of a group of fishermen by six armed pirates which reportedly occurred at Kamwatta, Waini River in North West District (NWD) on March 10. According to a police report, the fishermen claimed they…

Guyana on Saturday recorded 52 new cases of COVID-19 from 793 tests, taking the country’s overall confirmed cases to 9,121, since the first case was recorded here in March 2020. Region Four recorded 28 cases while Region Three recorded…

Owners of several nightclubs, including Sleep-In Bar and Casino, were arrested between Friday night and early Saturday morning for breaching the national curfew in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Police Headquarters in a…

The transformation of the Lethem Aerodrome into a regional hub is closer to realisation, as the Ministry of Public Works commissioned the $185 million new and extended runway on Friday. The construction of the new runway, which was done…

There is no reason to discontinue the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Medicines Authority (EMA), as no link between the emergence of blood clots in patients…

Under the theme ‘Operation RESCUE’, aspiring Cricket West Indies (CWI) President Anand Sanasie and his running mate Calvin Hope on Friday made public their manifesto ahead of the March 28 elections of the regional governing body for the…

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr., was paid a courtesy call by the recently-elected Executive Committee of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB). The Minister congratulated the members of the DCB and urged them to set…

Chief Executive Officer of Cricket West Indies, Johnny Grave, on Friday said the regional governing body for the sport would not give its stamp of approval to any match or event without the prior endorsement of the territorial board in…