May 4, 2021

A 13-year-old boy who went swimming with his relatives on Tuesday afternoon died by drowning after he plunged into the trench at Belfield, East Coast Demerara. Dead is Amuel Sancho of Dazzell Housing Scheme; the incident occurred between…

Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud, on Tuesday, sought to comfort victims of the recent Sharon’s Mall fire, assuring them that the ministry wants to aid them in getting back on their feet again. “I can’t…

The father of murder suspect, Shaquawn Alleyne, was released from police custody on Tuesday morning, four days after he was arrested for his alleged involvement in the murder of 20-year-old Shonnette Dover. The older Alleyne was arrested…

A total of 92 new COVID-19 infections were recorded in Guyana on Tuesday from 537 tests, taking the country’s overall number of confirmed cases to 13,656. The majority of new infections were recorded in Region Nine with 37 new cases,…

With two deaths reported earlier on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health has confirmed that a third person who tested positive for COVID-19 succumbed to the disease on Monday. The latest fatality is a 77-year-old female from Region 4…

The 15-year-old implicated in the murder of Shonnette Dover was on Tuesday charged with accessory after the fact. The News Room understands that the teenager appeared at the Linden Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Wanda Fortune on…

National Table Tennis player, Miguel Wong, has qualified for the Junior Pan American Games to be held in Cali, Colombia, between September 9-19, 2021. The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) revealed the prospectus for the event…

Two more men who tested positive for COVID-19 have succumbed to the disease, taking Guyana’s overall death toll since March 2020 to 305. The latest fatalities are a 66-year-old and a 47-year-old from Region 4 (Demerara-Mahaica). They…

Former Guyana batsman Andrew Gonsalves has pumped G$100,000 into the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club (ACCCC), as sponsorship of the Club’s Under-21 Team for the 2021 season. At a simple ceremony held recently at the Albion Community…

The Sophia Cricket Club (SCC) has joined in support of the No-Confidence Motion (NCM) against five Executive Members of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA). On Mach 2, 2021, Divesh Ramjattan, the current GCA Public Relations Officer…