December 5, 2021

 (CNN) At least 14 people are dead and hundreds are displaced after Mount Semeru, a volcano in Indonesia's East Java province, erupted on Saturday, authorities said. Indonesia's National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB) said in a…

Several men and one boy were arrested after police found several stolen items and guns in a house located at High Dam, Angoy’s Avenue in New Amsterdam, Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne). According to information provided to the News…

An 74-year-old unvaccinated man from Region Four (Demerara- Mahaica) and a 76-year-old man also from Region Four are Guyana’s latest COVID-19 deaths, as reported by the Ministry of Health. The woman reportedly died on December 3 while…

President Dr. Irfaan Ali has been invited to present the keynote address for a Harvard Business School virtual faculty workshop on the Microeconomics of Competitiveness (MOC) slated for Monday. Dr. Ali is expected to present to more than…

Lewis Hamilton beat Max Verstappen in a chaotic and controversial Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to set up a winner-takes all championship finale in Abu Dhabi next weekend. The race was stopped twice, featured three starts and an extraordinary…

The Guyana 40s and 50 Not Out proved that they belonged in the Men’s Senior Division by both teams securing a semi-final berth as the ExxonMobil National Indoor Hockey Championships continued on Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.…

West Indies white-ball captain Kieron Pollard has been forced to withdraw from the upcoming tour of Pakistan as the hamstring injury he sustained in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup has unfortunately not recovered in time. The Cricket West…

Visham Dial, a 61-year-old homeless man, was on Saturday found dead in the house of a fruit vendor at the Westminster Housing Scheme in La Parfaite Harmonie on the West Bank of Demerara with marks of violence on his head. Police…

Shafeer Sanichar, a 23-year-old man, was arrested on Friday after the Customs Anti- Narcotic Unit (CANU) found him at a marijuana camp in St. Cuthbert’s Mission on the Linden/ Soesdyke highway. A press release from CANU reported that…

Three Mexican investors and their Guyanese partner are interested in massive infrastructure projects in Guyana including building an oil refinery, a new terminal at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) and potentially paving the…