May 6, 2021

By Vishani Ragobeer While Guyana has already administered the first of two doses of the COVID-19 vaccines to approximately 31 per cent of the targeted adult population, President Irfaan Ali has lamented the low uptake of these vaccines…

Statement of His Excellency Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana May 6, 2021 Dear Guyanese, In my statement on Arrival Day, I sought to put forward a message of common values, of common…

More than a month after announcing that the government was forced to dump over $10 billion in expired medication, which was accumulated over the last five years, Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony said on Thursday that the figure is higher.…

A 32-year-old Registered Nurse was on Thursday sentenced to three years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to a charge of child luring. Police said that Yohan London of Section ‘C’ Christianburg, Wismar, Linden was arrested on Thursday…

Two residents of Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara (ECD) were granted $350,000 bail each after they pleaded not guilty to a narcotics charge. Shelroy Clarke, 34, a farmer, and Patricia Grant, 39, were arrested by the police on May 2;…

By Akeem Greene Cricket West Indies (CWI) Chairman of Selectors, Roger Harper, has indicated that fitness issues and a lack of matches at the international level were factors that led to the non-renewal of Shimron Hetmyer’s central…

Police are investigating the death of 46-year-old Shelton Henry, whose partially decomposed body was found in a trench at Company Road, Buxton, East Coast Demerara (ECD) at around 09:00hrs on Thursday. Police Headquarters in a statement…

De-silting of the river channel alongside the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) largest berthing facility located at the Demerara Sugar Terminal (DST), Ruimveldt, Georgetown, has commenced as the company prepares to maximise on…

City business Genuine Auto Spares and Tools on Thursday announced its partnership with the Lusignan Golf Club to stage a one-day tournament on Sunday (May 9, 2021). During a simple ceremony at its Smyth Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown,…

Guyana on Thursday recorded a total of 128 new COVID-19 cases from 781 tests, pushing the country’s overall number of confirmed cases to 13,957. Region Four recorded the majority of the new cases with 58, followed by Region Three with 30…