October 23, 2021

Three men were taken into police custody on Friday after ranks from the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) discovered a quantity of compressed cannabis “poppy” carrying a street value of over $1.8 million. CANU stated that ranks were…

The body of a 22-year-old bandit was recovered by residents from a canal that separates LBI and Chateau Margot on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) on Saturday morning shortly after he and two others robbed three women. Dead is Shamar…

By Shikema Dey shikema@newsroom.gy Thirty-five-year-old Hugh Park of Kitty, Georgetown, had no intentions of becoming a lawyer but a simple question from his eldest daughter about his line of profession changed his entire mindset.…

A 54-year-old man from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) is Guyana’s 894th COVID-19 death after he succumbed to the dreaded disease on October 22, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday. The man was partially vaccinated, meaning he…

By Avenash Ramzan avenash@newsroom.gy West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard is not too keen on dwelling much on his side’s humiliating start to the ICC Men’s World T20. At least that’s his public position on the Caribbean side’s…

At the recent elections of the East Bank Cricket Association (EBCA) held at the Farm/Herstelling NDC Office, Puneet Jaigopaul was elected unopposed as President, while Abhilash Dookie and Clement Archer will serve as the Vice-Presidents.…

A Barbadian team, including the Minister of Housing, Land and Maintenance Dr. William Duguid, is in Guyana on a three-day mission exploring investment opportunities. On Saturday, the team received an exchange and familiarisation session…

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security continues the distribution of the one-off cash grants and 2022 pension books; last week almost completing Regions Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) and Ten (Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice). Subject…

See below a statement from the COVID-19 Task Force: The National Covid-19 Task Force is urgently trying to make contact with Guyanese national Ms. Donna Dhanmatie Samaroo, of 135_47-124th Street Jamaica NY (passport number R0825712), who…

West Indies’ title defence in the World T20 got off to a dreaded start, as they were crushed by a rampant England in Super 12 action in Dubai on Saturday. Led by leg-spinner Adil Rashid, who returned England’s best bowling figures in a…