May 30, 2021

A number of bars and entertainment on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD), Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) have been suspended for one month by the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) after they were found in breach of the…

President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), Steve Ninvalle, has been appointed as the new Director of Sport in Guyana. The News Room Sport confirmed that the six-member National Sports Commission (NSC), which was appointed by the…

Three additional persons have died from the disease – COVID-19 – taking the total number of deaths recorded since March 11, 2020, to 385 while 86 deaths have been recorded in the month of May alone. The latest fatalities, according to…

A Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara businessman and his family were held at gunpoint in their house on Sunday morning by five men armed with guns and cutlasses. Police, in a report, noted that at around 04:00hrs on Sunday, the…

As of Sunday morning, all 10 of Guyana’s Administrative Regions are now affected by various levels of flooding. This is according to Director- General of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig, during a noon…

Former national football player, Vurlon Mills, was robbed at gunpoint in his 94 Cuyuni Street, Lamaha Springs, Georgetown apartment in the wee hours of Friday. In relating the horrific ordeal, Mills told the News Room on Sunday that two…

Two persons have been arrested as the police report three marijuana finds on Saturday, including one at the New Amsterdam Prison. Police said that in the first instance, at about 12:30 hours, ranks at a roadblock along the Weldaad Public…

The Guyana Defence Force on Saturday night announced the death of Lance Corporal, Barrington John who lost his life by drowning during the withdrawal of ranks from an observation post at Karasabai Village, Region Nine (Upper Takutu/ Upper…

Guyanese athletes copped three medals on the first day of the competition at the Senior South American Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Those medals- one silver and two bronze- came from the exploits of sprinters Emanuel Archibald,…

The Guyana Senior Men’s National Team departed from Ogle airport on Saturday to commence a training encampment in Antigua and Barbuda, ahead of its final two matches in round one of the Concacaf 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. The Guyana…