September 20, 2022

Former Voter Registration Manager at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Beverly Critchlow was Tuesday appointed Assistant Chief Election Officer (ACEO). Her appointment was supported by the three PPP/C nominated GECOM Commissioners…

By Kurt Campbell Kurt@newsroom.gy  Already leading the charge towards food security in the 15-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Guyana’s Head of State Dr. Irfaan Ali on Tuesday urged the wider Latin America and Caribbean (LAC)…

Another 17 people were infected with COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections confirmed in Guyana since March 2020 to 71,280. Based on the information provided in the Health Ministry’s daily COVID-19 dashboard…

Improved justice for about 10,000 to 12,000 women and girls in Guyana, and other indirect beneficiaries, is the goal of a new project funded by the Canadian government. This new project is called “Strengthening Justice for Women, Girls,…

Hours after two men involved in the $400M gold heist at Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, were charged and remanded, investigators arrested another suspect. “They were able to recover $6 million dollars in cash along with two motor cars,”…

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Wayne Forde concluded a successful visit to the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) last weekend, handing out football equipment and meeting with UDFA officials and clubs as part of the…

Two men who were hired by a female gold dealer to conduct repairs to her house at Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, stumbled on 1,000 ounces of raw gold worth $400M, stole it and then went on a spending spree. The incident occurred sometime…

The Ministry of Housing and Water and the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) were forced to terminate their agreement with contractors hired to construct moderate-income houses in the Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara…

Two subordinate police officers are among several who are in police custody in relation to the ongoing probe of the theft of $400 million worth of raw gold. The gold was stolen from a businesswoman sometime between December 2021 and…

The inaugural Miss Cricket Carnival pageant is set to welcome six CPL nations including St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Barbados and Guyana who will vie for the coveted title of Miss Cricket Carnival as part…