The lone healthcare worker navigating emergency response, COVID on Fort Island
By Isanella Patoir
isanella@newsroom.gy
Pretty Debideen is the only healthcare worker on Fort Island, located along the Essequibo River. Up until last month, Pretty had singlehandedly...
Five unvaccinated people die from COVID; 52 new cases
Five people, all of whom were unvaccinated, have died after they were infected with the novel coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19, according to...
Messi wins record seventh Ballon d’Or
Paris St-Germain and Argentina forward Lionel Messi won the Ballon d'Or - awarded to the best footballer of the year - for a record...
Two freed of 2017 Freeman St. murder
Two men were Monday found not guilty by a 12-member jury for the 2017 murder of 58-year-old businessman Fazal Shaheed, who was shot during...
‘Vaccination the best tool to fight new COVID variant’ – Pres. Ali
Concerns over the new COVID-19 variant- called the ‘Omicron’ variant’- have been mounting, but President Dr. Irfaan Ali says that the use of the...
Pakuri Warriors win GVF female volleyball tournament
The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) on Sunday hosted its five-team Female Volleyball Festival at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, with Pakuri Warriors emerging champions...
More pregnant women infected with COVID being treated at ‘Ocean View’ hospital
There are now 28 pregnant women currently infected with the disease COVID-19 and receiving treatment at the National Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal, Georgetown,...
Figueira hopeful gov’t, opposition will agree on names for PPC by next week
Chairman of the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Jermaine Figueira on Monday said he was hopeful that the government and opposition will find consensus...
Eve Leary fire report completed; review underway before findings made public- Benn
Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn has confirmed that investigators have completed the probe into the fire at Eve Leary that gutted the Police Office...
Guyana sells last million barrels of oil for 2021 through Aramco
Guyana received its final cargo of oil for this year- one million barrels- last week and the country is marketing its share of the...