April 16, 2021

Global Oil Environmental Services (GOES) Guyana, a joint venture partnership between JaParts Guyana and Global Oil Management Group, is forging ahead with the development of a Waste Treatment facility that will focus on the recycling and…

The month of April is quickly becoming more of the deadliest months for COVID-19 here with two more fatalities recorded, taking the death toll to 267 since March 2020. In addition to the two deaths the News Room reported earlier, the…

Jamaica moved to the top of the points table with a 100% record after defeating Guyana 107-87 in the FIBA 2023 World Cup Americas Pre-qualifiers in El Salvador on Friday evening. The loss was Guyana’s second on the bounce, after an…

Two more persons who tested positive for COVID-19 died on April 15, taking the country’s death toll since March 2020 to 265. The latest fatalities are an 81-year-old female from Region Three (Essequibo Islands- West Demerara) and a…

Thirty-two-year-old nursing assistant, Keziah Jeuel Roberts, was on Friday arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for obtaining monies from four women during the operation of an alleged pyramid scheme. Roberts of Eping Avenue,…

Cristy Campbell, who served as First Vice-President of the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) in her previous tenure on the executive, will now take up the role as President after she was elected to the top post on Friday evening at the…

By Shikema Dey The impact of the pandemic has been felt across all sectors with some businesses being forced to temporarily shut down and employees required to stay at home. That, combined with supply chain interruptions and changes…

By Kurt Campbell “No one will die of thirst or hunger here,” Guyana’s Honorary Consul in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Nigel Russell, told the News Room on Friday as he committed to ensuring that not only Guyanese, but all persons on…

Chennai Super Kings comfortably beat Punjab Kings by six wickets in Mumbai to register their first win in this year's Indian Premier League. Having lost the toss and been put into bat, Punjab were restricted to a measly 106-8 from 20…

Facing the misfortune of a kidney failure, 25-year-old Christopher Sukha is seeking urgent assistance to balance the cost for weekly dialysis but he also needs a donor for his kidney transplant. Sukha was diagnosed with end-stage kidney…