March 16, 2021

Guyana on Tuesday recorded 51 new COVID-19 cases from a total of 1, 012 tests. This takes the total number of confirmed cases to date to 9, 238. Region Four accounted for majority of the new cases with 30, while Region Three recorded 11…

In a historic bid to end period poverty in Guyana, First Lady Arya Ali began her campaign with a fundraising initiative which was held on Sunday at State House – the official residence of the First Family. In January of this year, the…

Development works at the Indian Arrival Monument at Palmyra, East Berbice, received a timely boost on Tuesday, with Torginol Paints Inc. making a significant financial contribution to help with efforts to convert the facility to a modern…

Kevin Mohan, also known as ‘Chucky’, who was indicted at the Demerara High Court for the brutal murder of his aunt in 2016, will have to face another trial after the jury failed to reach a verdict following almost two hours of deliberations…

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, Counter Trafficking in Persons Unit (C-TIPU), on Tuesday held a training workshop to help traffic ranks identify cases of trafficking in persons. “You will be on the road wherever…

Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) has struck a significant partnership with American company Edison Chouest Offshore and its local subsidiary, G-Boats Guyana. The local group on Tuesday received a hefty figure in sponsorship that will go…

Over 50 contractors, 26 of whom are new, received contracts totaling $13.9B from the Ministry of Housing and Water to commence a series of infrastructural projects and the construction of some 290 homes in the first quarter of 2021. The…

Sugar workers attached to the Uitvlugt estate, West Coast Demerara on Tuesday staged a picketing exercise to demand that the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) ends its procrastination regarding wage/salary discussions, the Union GAWU…

Michael Holding has won the Sports Journalists' Association (SJA) Award for Best Pundit in 2020 at the SJA Awards and Sky Sports won the Sports Network of the Year category. The Sports Pundit award, which is decided by an SJA Members'…

A 66-year-old woman has died as a result of COVID-19, taking the country’s death toll to 209 since the pandemic began. The woman, from Region Four, was hospitalised and died will receiving care, the Ministry of Health stated. This is the…