February 3, 2022

Approximately 70 acres of rice lands and twenty-five families living within the Andrew’s Better Success area in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) are affected after the sluice door at Andrew’s broke away. The incident occurred at around…

Guyana slipped two points down, ranking 87 out of 180 countries, in the 2021 Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) Report. Although the report came out during the People’s Progressive Party’s Civic (PPP/C)…

A total of 291 new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Thursday, increasing Guyana’s total confirmed cases to 60,676, the Ministry of Health reported. Those new cases were recorded from 1,295 tests. The cases emerged from: Region One (39…

The inmate who escaped from the Lusignan Prison on Thursday morning did so through a detached chain link fence. A subsequent report from the Guyana Prison Service said that 18-year-old Kavin Singh, who was on remand, escaped from the…

President Irfaan Ali is expected to meet with the new Leader of the Opposition once he is elected to the position, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Thursday. “We anticipate that before the end of February, the President will meet…

By Isanella Patoir Isanella@newsroom.gy The family of 16-year-old Shereeda Persaud is calling for a thorough investigation in the fatal four-vehicle accident at the Mahaica Bridge on Wednesday, which claimed her life. The teen’s…

West Indies lost Chedean Nation and Stafanie Taylor to on-field injuries during the third ODI against South Africa, who won the fixture by 96 runs. The four-match series is level at 1-1, with one game to play. Nation was stretchered off…

By Isanella Patoir Isanella@newsroom.gy Shameeza Bhagwandat is unable to come to grips with the tragic death of her only child, 20-year-old Christopher Bhagwandat, who died in a horrific accident at the Mahaica Bridge, East Coast…

One day before the ongoing budget debates wrap up, Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said the Opposition APNU+AFC has failed to offer any contesting ideas or vision to what was presented by the ruling People’s Progressive Party…

Police have arrested a US-based Guyanese man after he reportedly shot his reputed wife four times in the head with a pellet gun while she was breastfeeding her one-year-old baby girl. Farida Mohamed, 26, was shot during an argument with…