April 7, 2022

Guyanese actor and comedian Henry Rodney has died at age 63 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease at The Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, New York City. The News Room understands that Rodney suffered a heart…

The United Nations has voted to suspend Russia from its Human Rights Council after a United States-initiated resolution was successfully passed. That resolution, however, saw Guyana and six other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries…

A 45-year-old labourer was on Thursday remanded to prison for the murder of 16-year-old Isaiah Smith, who was stabbed during an altercation. Lenny Fraser appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court…

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) officially received the license on Tuesday for the first-ever World Trade Center to be set up in the Caribbean. The World Trade Center Guyana office will be located at DDL’s High Street, Kingston,…

By Akeem Greene akeem@newsroom.gy  The first intake for the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Emerging Players Academy will start in July 2022 and run for a year. Up to 30 players will be selected from both the Men’s and Women’s talent pool,…

The National Sports Commission (NSC) has come to the assistance of Guyana’s CARIFTA Games team, heading off to the 49th edition of the event in Kingston, Jamaica, from April 16-18. Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) president Aubrey…

Lucknow Super Giants moved to number two on the IPL points table after a six-wicket win over Delhi Capitals in Match 15 of the IPL on Thursday. Click to view full scoreboard Set a target of 150, Super Giants got home with two balls…

Richard Mohammed was on Thursday sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for the brutal chopping of a pregnant woman in 2021. Last month, Mohammed was scheduled to go on trial before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the Essequibo High Court after…

The Guyana Fire Service is reporting a 22 per cent decrease in fires within the past year and according to the Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn, this is a result of ‘re-energised’ leadership. Plans are now underway for each…

Police in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) are investigating the death of Chatterpaul ‘Quarry’ Budhiprasad, a 68-year-old homeless man. Budhiprasad was discovered dead with burn scars about his body early on Thursday at…