July 17, 2021

Police on the Essequibo Coast are currently combing the backlands of Onderneeming, Region Two to find a man who shot two persons at the Queenstown bus shed. The incident occurred at 19:30hrs. A neighbour, who spoke with the News Room,…

E-Networks Inc. – Guyana's only locally owned and operated telecommunications provider – today announced that it has landed the first-ever submarine fiber optic cable to the Essequibo Islands and Essequibo Coast. This massive network…

The Ministry of Health has reported that a 74-year-old woman from Region 10 (Upper Demerara- Berbice) is the latest COVID-19 death, in addition to the death of the 16-year-old previously reported by the News Room. On Saturday, the Health…

By Vishani Ragobeer Some seven months after the new Board of Directors of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) was appointed, about 11,000 claims from citizens have been resolved and efforts are underway to resolve the rest of the…

See below full statement issued by the PNC/R: Statement of elected members of the PNCR Central Executive Committee We, the elected members of the Central Executive Committee of the People’s National Congress Reform were dismayed by…

By Kurt Campbell As Guyanese relive the dreadful months that followed the March 2020 polls amid an attempt by the APNU+AFC Coalition to rig those elections that eventually prolonged for five long months until Dr. Irfaan Ali was finally…

President Irfaan Ali has approved the appointment of retired Justice of Appeal B.S Roy to Chair the newly constituted Law Reform Commission. This is according to Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall, SC, who on…

The chief of the Tokyo Olympics accepts athletes are "probably very worried", after a Games-related organiser became the first person to test positive for COVID-19 in the athletes' village. The case, who is now quarantining in a hotel…

A 57-year-old businesswoman was robbed of several cellphones and a quantity of jewellery at her grocery shop located near the Rockstone/ Mabura access road in Region 10 (Upper Demerara- Berbice) at around 22:00 hrs on Friday night.…

Red Bull's Max Verstappen will start the British Grand Prix from pole position after winning Formula 1's new trial sprint race on Saturday. The Dutchman got the jump on Lewis Hamilton off the line and led comfortably to the end to extend…