October 12, 2021

Several makeshift houses on a stretch of land on Camp and Charlotte Streets in Georgetown were destroyed by fire of unknown origin on Tuesday night leaving at least four people homeless. After an hour of battling the huge blaze,…

The Guyana Fire Service is currently battling a fire on Camp Street in Georgetown. The News Room understands that a building caught fire sometime after 21:00hrs on Tuesday. Earlier on Tuesday, Fire Chief (ag) Gregory Wickham made a…

Ranks of the Guyana Fire Service were taken back to the scene of the devastating fire that destroyed the Brickdam Police Station two weeks ago as a reminder that a fire of such magnitude should never occur again under their watch. The…

Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) on Tuesday intercepted an outgoing passenger on Copa Airlines with cocaine stashed in frozen bowls of curry and pepperpot. A release from CANU noted that the flight was destined to Panama…

A dream will now become reality for Paws For A Cause – Guyana after Mohamed’s Enterprise donated GY$15 million to the animal welfare group towards the construction of their Animal Welfare Centre. According to the group’s official…

Six more persons died from COVID-19 taking Guyana’s overall death toll since March 2020 to 848, the Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday. Of the six deaths, two were women and four were men with only one person being partially…

The relatives of 34-year-old minibus driver Kevin Andries are disputing police claims that he was killed during a shootout with ranks in the wee hours of Monday. According to his sister, Alana Andries, her brother was already in handcuffs…

With $1 billion already expended on the Sherriff/Mandela road expansion project, its completion is again delayed – this time indefinitely, the Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill revealed on Tuesday. Speaking with the News Room via…

A split ruling with no clear win for any sides was handed down by Justice Nareshwar Harnanan on Monday, putting to rest a row at the parliamentary level on the intent of amendments to the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act. While…

Francis Gonsalves was on Tuesday found guilty by a 12-member jury for raping a 35-year-old woman in 2018. Gonsalves of the Charity Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, was on trial before Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Suddie High…