January 3, 2023

The Order of Roraima, Guyana’s second highest National Award, was Tuesday bestowed upon the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves.  Guyana’s Head of State President Dr. Irfaan Ali conferred the award upon…

Valiant efforts by firefighters on Tuesday resulted in the containment of a major fire that threatened to destroy three houses at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara. The Guyana Fire Service in a statement said the fire started at about…

200 learners with disabilities from rehabilitation centres across Guyana are set to benefit from a new aquatic therapy pool being constructed at the Regional Special Education Needs and Disability Diagnostic and Treatment Centre. The…

The Vreed-en-Hoop Shore Base Inc (VESHI) has started the new year with the emergence of the first part of its artificial island in the Demerara River. The consortium managing the project hailed this as a momentous achievement and a first…

Guyana is pushing food security plans and hopes to successfully demonstrate how the country can pursue low carbon development while producing oil. With these ambitious plans, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Dr. Ralph…

Tiwatty Nandalall, 62, of Jib on the Essequibo Coast is pleading for the public’s help after her two-bedroom house went up in flames on Thursday last. Nothing was saved, Lall told the News Room on Tuesday. Thankfully, Ms Nandalall said,…

In 2023, Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) will complete some 20 new wells along the coast and go out to tender for six more water treatment plants to improve the quality of water consumers receive. Seven contracts, amounting to over $8…

A 21-year-old miner of Bartica, Region Seven was on Tuesday charged with committing a robbery with violence when he appeared at the Bartica Magistrate’s Court. Rayon Speede is accused of choking and robbing Muneshwar Poorandai on…

Detective Corporal 31-year-old Dwayne McPherson, who was responding to a stabbing incident at Airy Hall, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara on New Year’s Day was shot two times, a post mortem examination has revealed. The 20-year-old…

Head of Water Quality at Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), Avinash Parsram, on Tuesday said interference with the system by customers is one of the reasons why there is a high concentration of iron in the water on the island of Wakenaam in…