November 2021

With the renewed threat of increased COVID-19 deaths and infections due to the new Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony says that the local authorities are once again exploring the need for specialised…

Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton says the fines and penalties laid out in Guyana’s Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act are “useless” and so, a review is underway to make them stronger. Already for the year, Guyana has recorded…

The window for the franchises to retain players for the VIVO Indian Premier League 2022 season closed on Tuesday, with the teams making their picks. The only West Indians to be retained are Kieron Pollard of Mumbai Indians and Kolkata…

A married couple from Mackenzie Linden, Hilton Lyle Snr and June Lyle died within two weeks of each other from COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses while at the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown. Mrs…

Households in Guyana have received social transfers to cushion the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and a new World Bank report has found that the cash transfers provided in Guyana were more than several other Caribbean countries. For…

Teams shared the spoils on the opening night of the ExxonMobil National Indoor Championships as hockey had its long-anticipated return to local competition after almost a two-year hiatus. The Pepsi Hikers were their usual dominant selves…

Shem Winter, a 21-year-old barber of Tabatinga, Central Rupununi in Region Nine was sentenced to three years imprisonment and slapped with a $10,000 fine for the possession of 16 grams (0.6 ounces) of marijuana while his 29-year-old…

Aaron Rodrigues, 21, a Special Constable of Freeman Street, East La Penitence was placed on $1 million bail following an accident on the Mocha Access Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD) on Saturday last that claimed the life of 49-year-old…

A search is ongoing for 21-year-old construction worker, Shaheed Alli of ‘B’ Field Sophia, Georgetown who is suspected to have drowned while swimming on Monday. The incident occurred at Hope Canal, East Coast Demerara at about 15:00hrs.…

Police are on the hunt for the driver of a white vehicle who fled the scene after hitting down and killing a 78-year-old woman on Lamaha Street, Georgetown on Monday morning. Police Headquarters reported that Veronica Lewis of Grove,…