February 2022

An accident on the Agricola, East Bank Demerara road on Monday night claimed the life of 24-year-old Nionel Berkley and has left a female in a critical condition. Preliminary information reaching the News Room revealed that Berkley, of…

President Dr. Irfaan Ali, who is the Lead Head of Government for agriculture in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Quasi-Cabinet, is expected to introduce a new comprehensive strategy that will tackle the Caribbean’s expensive food import…

By Shikema Dey Shikema@newsroom.gy Captain Harold Anthony Damon was a quiet father of three who loved a good game of domino. Ronald Burton was a family man and a father of 10 who loved oldies music; Winston Sam was reserved but…

The Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine was once the backbone of Guyana’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign but now, the local health authorities are administering fewer amounts of this vaccine with the demand for other vaccines increasing. With…

President of ExxonMobil Guyana Alistair Routledge on Monday took time to respond to what he said was “misinformation” being shared as part of the national discussion on oil spill insurance. The Exxon Head assured that in addition to its…

Guyana recorded 18 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, taking the country’s total number of confirmed cases to 62, 921. Although four deaths were recorded on Saturday, none were reported on Sunday and Monday. The new cases were recorded in…

Caribbean Airlines will operate direct non-stop service between Houston Texas and Georgetown, Guyana, with onward connectivity to Port of Spain, Trinidad commencing March 22, 2022. The service will operate thrice weekly to/from Terminal…

Lawrence Carmichael, the police corporal who was driving the force’s vehicle in pursuit of a young driver that led to the deadly four-vehicle accident at Mahaica, East Coast Demerara on February 02, 2022, will be charged. The Office of…

An 18-year-old labourer was on Monday remanded to prison for the attempted murder committed of a 15-year-old schoolboy. Claudius James appeared before City Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus and was not required to plea to the charge which…

The Ministry of Legal Affairs says it has exhausted all efforts to recover sums owed by public officers for government flats they occupied for several years, going as far back as 2010. As a consequence, and with many of the defaulters…