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March 28, 2021

161 new COVID cases recorded in two days

Guyana recorded a total of 161 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday and Sunday from an overall 1, 619 tests. This takes the total number of confirmed cases to 10, 168. Ninty-six of the cases were recorded on Sunday, while 65 were recorded on…

Woman, 30; Man, 78, die from COVID

Two more persons who tested positive for COVID-19 died on Saturday (March 27), taking Guyana’s death toll to 227 since recording its first case in March 2020. The latest fatalities are one female, age 30, and one male, age 78, both from…

23-Y-0 killed in Timehri accident

An accident on the Timehri Public Road, East Bank Demerara in the vicinity of Bounty Farm Limited, on Saturday night, claimed the life of Charles Williams, a 23-year-old of Timehri. Police Headquarters in a statement noted that the…

Pensioner’s house destroyed by fire

A fire of unknown origin destroyed the dwelling house of a 65-year-old pensioner, Mr. Tootaram, of Betsy Ground, East Canje Berbice. The fire incident reportedly occurred on Saturday at around 22:00hrs. According to a police report, the…

CWI AGM adjourned to April 11, 2021

The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Annual General Meeting (AGM), which was due to start at 10.00am this morning, was adjourned as there was a lack of quorum. The meeting therefore could not proceed to business as the CWI Articles of…