September 23, 2021

Fifty-eight-year old Orin Rutherford, the father of Guyanese cricketer Sherfane Rutherford, has succumbed to COVID-19 some 18 days after he tested positive. The senior Rutherford died on Thursday while receiving care in the Intensive…

A small contingent of three players and a coach will leave Guyana for Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Saturday to represent the country in the COTECC/ITF Under-12 tournament. The tournament is for players in Latin American and…

By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy Countries of the world are plagued by the enduring threat and effects of COVID-19, climate change and other entrenched inequalities and President Dr. Irfaan Ali has lamented that countries’…

Rahul Tripathi and Venkatesh Iyer dazzled with the bat as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) beat Mumbai Indians (MI) by seven wickets in Match 34 of the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 in Abu Dhabi on Thursday. While Iyer scored his…

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony says that laminated COVID-19 vaccination cards can be accepted once all the relevant information is displayed clearly. During his daily COVID-19 update on Thursday, the Health Minister alluded to the…

By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy As part of his inaugural address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Thursday, President Dr. Irfaan Ali highlighted the continued “overt threats” made by Venezuelan authorities as…

By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy As countries around the world continue their COVID-19 vaccination campaigns using the vaccines that have been made available to them, President Dr. Irfaan Ali has urged countries not to become…

Police are on the hunt for a lone bandit who robbed a 63-year-old female shopkeeper at her Industry Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara house on Wednesday night. A police report noted that the woman operates a grocery shop at the bottom…

Police are probing reports that two persons are dead and at least two others are pinned underneath a truck that reportedly toppled at 53 miles up the Buckhall trail. A brief police report said the deaths are not confirmed as a party of…

By Vishani Ragobeer vishani@newsroom.gy The uneven distribution of the life-saving COVID-19 vaccines has been a global challenge and President Dr. Irfaan Ali has emphasised that job losses, an increased cost of living and other…