May 16, 2022

The badly decomposed body of Vijaimal Raj, 56, of Foulis, East Coast Demerara, was discovered on Monday in Enmore backlands. Raj was wanted by police for the brutal murder of his wife, 57-year-old Savitri Raj, which occurred just over a…

A 62-year-old driver is hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital after the truck he was in toppled downhill in North Pakaraima, Region Eight. Dalip Singh of Shell Road, Kitty, Georgetown was driving the truck (GAB 5892) laden with…

A 30-year-old man of Pearl, East Bank Demerara suffered a fractured right leg after he reportedly refused to purchase alcohol for his coworker. James Dos Santos, a supervisor at a logging company, is admitted to the Georgetown Public…

President Irfaan Ali on Monday announced a series of additional measures to bring relief to citizens as prices for a number of critical commodities continue to increase. Among the new measures is a $25, 000 cash grant for every riverain…

Twelve new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Monday from 250 tests, taking the total number of confirmed cases since March 2020, to 63, 861. The new cases were recorded in Region Four (two cases), Region Five (one case) and Region Six…

The Guyana government could rake in about US$200 billion (or nearly GY$42 trillion) in revenues by 2050, largely due to the oil and gas sector, according to Energy Expert, Professor Anthony Bryan. Professor Bryantouted the…

In a judgment handed down on May 13, 2022, the High Court ruled that the appointment of the Cricket Ombudsman, Attorney-At-Law Kamal Ramkarran, on February 19, 2021, was legal and the functions he executed thereafter were within his powers…

Two days after 30-year-old Kevin France reportedly fell overboard during a mishap in the Canje Creek, his body was recovered on Monday. The body of the Ulverston Village, Corentyne, Berbice, man was discovered by police ranks floating in…

Amidst moments of brilliant sunshine and scattered drizzles over the immaculate Providence Stadium field, the GCC ladies and men opened the 2022 local hockey season with a dominant showing. The GBTI GCC Tigers would win in a penalty…

Was it savings from transferring staff from contract to the pensionable establishment? Was it a matter of overbudgeting? Or could it be a breach of the Procurement Act? These were the answers members of the Public Accounts Committee…