October 7, 2021

A 27-year-old businessman attempted to commit insurance fraud by staging the theft of his white SUV Volkswagen PYY 7703 with $500,000 in cash inside and several important documents. The businessman reported to police on Wednesday night…

 Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll now stands at 821 with the addition of five new deaths recorded on October 6 and 7. The Ministry of Health on Thursday noted that the five persons who died - four women and one man - were all unvaccinated.…

Twenty-six-year old Clarence Greene called ‘Molly’ was on Thursday remanded to prison for arson in relation to the fire that destroyed the Brickdam Police Station last Saturday. Greene of Charlestown, Georgetown appeared before the Chief…

By Kurt Campbell kurt@newsroom.gy   The Guyana Fires Service on Thursday said its investigation into the fire which destroyed the Brickdam Police Station is now 85% complete and its investigators have so far concluded that it was an…

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) is short of approximately US$20,000 (GYD$4 million) to send the national Men’s team to compete in the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens tournament in Turks and Caicos on October 16 and 17. Speaking…

Tragedy struck in Eversham Village, Corentyne in Region Six when a 57-year-old labourer ventured into the back-dam with some farmers and was attacked by a swarm of bees. Dead is John Sutherland, an amputee also of Eversham Village. The…

(BBC) - The number of countries on the UK Covid travel red list will be cut from 54 to seven, the government says. South Africa, Brazil and Mexico come off the red list, which requires travellers to quarantine in an approved hotel at…

Guyana has been confirmed as one of 72 nations that the Queen’s Baton Relay will touch as a build-up to the 2022 Commonwealth Games, dubbed Birmingham 2022. The official schedule was announced on Thursday, with the Baton making its 46th…

See below full statement issued by GPHC: At approximately 11:05 a.m. today, October 7, the body of a female patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) was discovered hanging in the ward’s washroom by one of our staff.…

There have been four maternal deaths recorded this year after the women were infected with COVID-19. This stark occurrence, coupled with the increase in COVID-19 infections in pregnant women and new mothers, has prompted a more focused…