August 17, 2023

Saint Lucia Kings returned from opening day defeat to get their tournament underway with a 54-run victory over the Barbados Royals in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL). The Kings won the toss and opted to bat first, and they…

Guyana is currently experiencing a surge in dengue cases and the Ministry of Health on Thursday night confirmed that 11 people died after they were infected with the mosquito-borne disease. The News Room reported earlier this week that…

With the aim of making a historic three-peat, Guyana’s senior squash players will head off to the Cayman Islands for the Senior Caribbean Area Squash Association (Senior CASA), from August 20-26. Guyana made a successful defence of their…

A 46-year-old labourer of Good Hope, East Bank Essequibo (EBE), was nabbed with 200 grammes (or less than half a pound) of marijuana on Thursday at the Inner Retreat Hotel at Parika, EBE. Police Headquarters reported that ranks went to…

Police are investigating the death of a 19-year-old woman, whose body was discovered in her Lusignan, East Coast Demerara (ECD) house early Thursday morning. The dead woman has been identified as Malinda Niewenkirk of Lot 519 Lusignan,…

Thirty-four-year-old Anthony LaRose was on Thursday charged with the murder of 43-year-old construction worker, Dexter Horsham, who was fatally shot during a brawl over a West Ruimvedlt, Georgetown property and was remanded to prison.…

One week after Guyana and the Dominican Republic signed an agreement for the establishment of an oil refinery here, Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo says there are no immediate plans to build a second facility. “We are still exploring…

The government wants to establish new ‘Hope and Justice’ centres across the country and Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC says those facilities will be first built in Regions One, Three and Four. These…

To expand dental services offered in Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica), the dental clinic at Mahaica Village, recently underwent significant upgrades to the tune of $2 million. The refurbished Mahaica Health Centre Dental Clinic was…

President Dr Irfaan Ali on Thursday announced changes to Permanent Secretaries at various government ministries and also appointed two new persons at the Ministry of Legal Affairs and the Ministry of Local Government and Regional…