Daily Archives: March 11, 2022
NAMILCO raises flour price by 15% with immediate effect
The National Milling Company of Guyana Inc (NAMILCO) has increased the price of flour by 15 per cent with immediate...
Deadly West Side crash: Teen driver remanded to prison
The teen driver involved in the horrific De Willem, West Coast Demerara accident on Monday last has been charged with...
Lusignan fire caused by faulty electrical plug
Fire Chief (ag) Gregory Wickham on Friday issued a call for business owners and homeowners to ensure that their buildings...
Crawley (117*), Root (84*) dominate West Indies in Antigua
Zak Crawley hit his second Test hundred as England dominated West Indies on day four of the first Test to...
Canada announces 700+ scholarships for Guyana, other CARICOM countries
In 2020, the Government of Canada announced the Canada-CARICOM Skills Training for the Green Economy Scholarships, as part of its...
National ‘Job Bank’ launched; employment agencies to be regularised
The National Job Bank was officially launched on Friday and is the latest initiative by the government to help people...
Two remanded for $6.5M of cocaine found at Guyhoc Park
Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on Friday remanded two men to prison for the recent $6.5 million cocaine bust at Guyhoc...
20 new COVID-19 cases, 5 in ICU
The Ministry of Health on Friday recorded another 20 COVID-19 infections. With these new cases, the total number of confirmed...
No more ‘paying rent’ – say new house lot owners
By Shikema Dey Shikema@newsroom.gy The days of paying rent for 43-year-old Ylonne Solomon are finally over after she received her...
GECOM waives COVID vaccine requirement for 14-17 age group
See below full statement issued by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM): 11th March 2022, GEORGETOWN – The Guyana Elections Commission...
Security guard viciously chopped while sleeping in guard hut
A 26-year-old security guard of Wismar, Linden is in a serious condition after he was attacked by two unidentified men...
Two years on: Has COVID become a ‘balancing act’?
By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy Guyana recorded its first COVID-19 case and death on March 11, 2020. Now, two years later,...
