October 18, 2021

Participants of the second and third batches of COPSQUAD2000 on Saturday expressed how useful they have found the training and shared with subject minister, Dr. Vindhya Persaud some of the things that they especially appreciated learning.…

The fourth recorded bee attack in Guyana in recent weeks has left a man identified, only as ‘Sunny’, dead and his friend hospitalised. This latest attack occurred on Sunday afternoon at Montrose Seawalls on the East Coast of Demerara,…

Five men between ages 34 and 79 years are Guyana’s latest COVID-19 deaths, the Ministry of Health said on Monday. Those fatalities increase Guyana’s overall death toll to 875 since the first case on March 11, 2020. For the month of…

A 23-year-old man accused of swindling over $580,000 from his employer, Safeway Security, was on Monday hauled before City Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus on 15 larceny charges. Darrell LaFargue of North Sophia pleaded not guilty to the…

Two registered nurses attached to the One Mile Health Centre in Wismar, Linden, appeared at the Linden Magistrate’s Court on Monday in relation to allegedly forging vaccination cards. Sandrene Chapman, 33, and Anastasia Mckenzie, 27,…

By Akeem Greene akeem@newsroom.gy The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Homestretch Avenue is the main hub for Table Tennis in Guyana, but the facility is also shared by numerous disciplines, which would limit the training time for…

Marlon Vossey, 20, and Shaquille McDonald, 21, made their appearance at the Charity Magistrate’s Court on Monday to answer to armed robbery charges and possession of an illegal firearm. Vossey of No. 5 Village, West Coast Berbice pleaded…

It was announced last week that 14-year-old Jonathan Van Lange will join Miguel Wong as Guyana’s representatives in the discipline of Table Tennis at the inaugural Junior Pan American Games, set to be held from November 25 to December 5 in…

Colin Bailey, 57, spent five and half years incarcerated for the capital offence of murder, even though there was no evidence against him. Bailey, who was charged with the August 2013 murder of his reputed wife Sirmattie Ramnaress, on…

With the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) still reviewing public spending from 2016, Opposition Parliamentarians on Monday rejected a motion presented by Minister of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs Gail Teixeira to have…