July 22, 2021

President Dr Irfaan Ali on Thursday made it clear that public schools will reopen in September 2021, after more than a year of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking with the News Room late Thursday, the Head of State said,…

While there has been a global increase in commodity pricing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, President Dr. Irfaan Ali has assured citizens that the government is constantly working on ways in which it can offer more social and economic support…

With local private sector bodies and key figures within his government urging tough action against persons who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19, President Irfaan Ali on Thursday said the matter was still under consideration.…

The Ministry of Health has reported that another three people died after they were infected with COVID-19. The latest fatalities, as reported by the Ministry of Health are: A 38-year-old man from Region Five (Mahaica- Berbice) who…

Businessman Ian Ramdeo and his family on Thursday morning launched their spanking new hybrid store at the Amazonia Mall. MVP Sports and Urban Life will operate out of one location at the newly-constructed Providence, East Bank Demerara,…

A 48-year-old farmer was on Thursday sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for sodomizing a 12-year-old schoolboy on August 8, 2018. Wazir Potter of Garden of Eden, East Bank of Demerara, was sentenced by Justice Brassington Reynolds at the…

A post mortem examination conducted on the body of 31-year-old Peter Christian, a teacher, revealed that he died from “multiple acute stomach ulcers caused by bleeding in the stomach and cirrhosis of the liver”. Police Headquarters in a…

Guyana is expected to receive a quantity of the single-dose US-made Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccines next month, following the agreement made with the African Union through the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). “We have already paid to…

The show director of the Olympics opening ceremony has been dismissed, one day before the event is due to be held. Footage of Kentaro Kobayashi from the 1990s recently emerged in which he appears to make jokes about the Holocaust.…

The second ODI between West Indies and Australia in Barbados has been suspended due to a positive COVID test. All personnel inside the bubble will now go into isolation. Australia had won the toss and chosen to bat first. The…