October 21, 2021

(CNC3) Imam Yasin Abu Bakr, the man who led an attempted coup d’état in Trinidad and Tobago in 1990, has died. The leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen passed away at the St. James infirmary just after 9pm on Thursday. Bakr reportedly…

The body of 47-year-old Vanryck Persaud was found floating next to his fishing seine at the No. 63 Beach, Corentyne, Berbice, on Thursday. Persaud, a fisherman of No. 64 Village, left his house early on Thursday to retrieve his seine and…

Career diplomat Safraaz Ahmad Shadood has been accredited as Guyana’s Ambassador to Qatar. He presented his Letter of Credence to the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar Dr. Ahmed bin Hassan Al Hammadi on…

A 53-year-old man of No. 47 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, was charged and remanded to prison on Thursday for causing actual bodily harm and threatening his wife Savitri Bhola, 40. Basdeo Bhola, called ‘Orvo’, was caught on surveillance…

Employees attached to the bauxite company - Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Inc. - on Thursday downed tools over the proposed across the board salary increases. According to workers attached to the Linden-based company, the offering of a 5.5…

A seven-month-old baby boy is among six new COVID-19 deaths, the Ministry of Health reported on Thursday. Those deaths now increase Guyana’s overall death toll to 887; October’s death toll has now moved to 88. All of the deaths recorded…

By Avenash Ramzan avenash@newsroom.gy The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) and the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) have joined forces to get the country’s boxers ready for the Junior Pan American Games later this year. The…

When single mother Manda Baichu was pregnant with her son Divin Persaud, she never expected him to be born with any complications. Little Divin was born with ‘clubfoot’, a congenital condition present at birth that causes a baby’s foot…

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has announced that several schools will begin preparing students for the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) as part of efforts to improve the overall quality of secondary education…

Guyana will be able to benefit from technical knowledge and skills sharing from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the two countries on Thursday. The MoU was signed by the Senior…