New $1.4 billion prison facilities: Over 680 prisoners moved from Lusignan holding bay
Some 689 prisoners who were previously housed in the Holding Bay area of the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara were recently relocated to new...
Construction of low-income houses in new West Dem schemes moving ahead
Low-income houses under construction at Leonora, Anna Catherina and Edinburgh on the West Coast of Demerara, will soon be move-in ready, Minister of Housing...
Body at Leguan: Taxi driver claims he dropped Roma Dookeran at Diamond
Police have arrested the taxi driver who last transported overseas-based Guyanese Roma Dookeran.
The News Room was reliably informed that the taxi driver, who was...
Businessman employs 700 Guyanese in New York, seeks to transfer success to Guyana
By Kurt Campbell
kurt@newsroom.gy
In January 2020, three months before the start of the COVID-19 lockdown, Guyanese businessman Navin Shivpal acquired an almost bankrupt post...
Improved surveillance, laboratory services key to detect, contain future pandemics-Dr Anthony
To prevent and prepare for future health challenges, Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony said investments will be made to improve surveillance and laboratory...
Region Three landowners get steel and cement subsidies
An estimated 100 persons living in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) received the Ministry of Housing and Water’s steel and cement subsidies on Monday...
Mon Repos bar fight: Real Estate agent charged with attempted murder
A real estate agent has been charged with attempted murder after he stabbed a taxi driver during a fight at the S&S Bar at...
Major Crimes Unit takes over Roma Dookeran murder probe
As the investigation into the murder of overseas-based Guyanese Roma Dookeran widens, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has confirmed that a team from the Major...
WIPA looks forward to “meaningful and fruitful working relationship” with new CWI top brass
Press Release by West Indies Players’ Association
The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA) congratulates Dr. Kishore Shallow and Mr. Azim Bassarath on being elected President...
Nedd (16-71), Barnwell (114) star as DCC trounce Everest by an innings and 193...
Left-arm spinner Ashmead Nedd and experienced all-rounder Christopher Barnwell were the main protagonists in leading Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) to a resounding innings and...