September 2, 2022

Almost two months after the St George’s High school was destroyed by a fire, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has deemed it electrical in origin. Following the investigation by the GFS, it on Friday said the fire which destroyed the school…

There have been two confirmed monkeypox cases in Guyana and local epidemiologist Dr. Anand Persaud says that these patients may have been infected through personal or sexual contact with others. Dr. Persaud, during an engagement with…

A 70-year-old unvaccinated man from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) is the latest COVID-19 death, the Ministry of Health’s daily COVID-19 dashboard reported on Friday. The man died on September 1, taking the total number of deaths from…

Some two hundred (200) families were allocated house lots in Stewartville and Meten-Meer-Zorg, Region Three, during an outreach at the West Demerara Secondary School on Friday. The outreach, which was geared towards addressing housing…

Guyana’s Under-16 boxers were feted on Thursday evening as a form of appreciation for their outstanding performance at the just concluded Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys and Junior Championship. Contested at the Cliff Anderson…

The Lucozade Indoor Hockey championship continued on Thursday evening with teams recording big wins at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The first match of the evening saw the Under-20 girls in action, with YMCA Old Fort Samurais versus…

The family of the fisherman who was struck by lightning Thursday night while out fishing with his brother and another fisherman, are hoping that he could still be alive, despite the odds. Hemnarine Chandradeo called Ravin, 28, a father…

England batsman Jonny Bairstow has been ruled out of the third Test against South Africa and the T20 World Cup after sustaining a possible broken left leg while playing golf on Friday. The 32-year-old slipped walking to a tee box and…

Two employees of Beesons Windows and Doors narrowly escaped after an electricity pole fell on the vehicle they were in on Friday afternoon. The incident occurred on North Road in Georgetown during heavy rainfall. Chitram Persaud was the…

A 54-year-old caretaker on Friday pleaded guilty to trafficking cocaine when he appeared before Senior City Magistrate Leron Daly. Lawrence Gittens of Croal Street, Georgetown admitted to having eight grams of cocaine in his possession…