A 79-year-old fully vaccinated man from Region Four (Demerara- Mahaica), who died on January 30 and an 86-year-old man from Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), who died on January 27, are Guyana’s latest COVID-19 deaths. The 86-year-old man’s vaccination status is unknown, according to the Ministry of Health. With these two deaths, the country’s overall…
Opposition Member of Parliament, Amanza Walton-Desir kicked off the 2022 National Budget in the National Assembly this morning in a fiery address where she dealt with a number of issues in the budget as well as the government’s day-to-day operations. She chided the administration for not offering anything in the budget for the poor and…
ABU Rubait Alam was the lone new face among the executives when the Scarborough Cricket Association (SCA) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Sunday. Alam was elected unopposed as the association’s Webmaster after incumbent Abhinav Kavuru did not seek re-election. The meeting was held virtually via Zoom for the second consecutive year and based…
Reshma Deoroop, 24, was on Monday sentenced to two years imprisonment for stealing $1.2M from her former employer, Tesouro Resources and Grey Wolf Resources. Deoroop of Good Hope, East Coast Demerara, was on trial before City Magistrate Rhondel Weever. She had denied that between January 30, 2019, and April 14, 2020, at Barrack Street, Kingston,…
Opposition Member of Parliament, Amanza Walton-Desir kicked off the 2022 National Budget in the National Assembly this morning in a fiery address where she dealt with a number of issues in the budget as well as the government’s day-to-day operations. She chided the administration for not offering anything in the budget for the poor and…
CMC – Hundreds by Teddy Bishop and the in-form Kevin Wickham fired West Indies Rising Stars to a convincing eight- wicket victory over Zimbabwe Under-19s, as the hosts finished an otherwise disappointing ICC Under-19 World Cup campaign on a high note. Asked to chase 257 in the 11th place playoff at the Diego Martin Sporting…
The early Sunday morning fire at the Guyana National Shipping Corporation (GNSC) wharf at Lombard Street, Georgetown was confined to a single building and the Fire Chief (ag) Gregory Wickham says that this fire was an act of arson. “It was maliciously set by a person or persons unknown,” Wickham told the News Room on…
Opposition Member of Parliament, Amanza Walton-Desir kicked off the 2022 National Budget in the National Assembly this morning in a fiery address where she dealt with a number of issues in the budget as well as the government’s day-to-day operations. She chided the administration for not offering anything in the budget for the poor and…
(ESPNCRICINFO) – Kieron Pollard lent forward and sang the opening lines of Sizzla’s Solid As A Rock at the post-match presentation, celebrating a series win that West Indies desperately needed. It felt like the start of a recovery. Only two weeks ago, West Indies’ limited-overs side were at a low ebb. With their disastrous defence…
The Ministry of Health has expanded the range of the National Infectious Diseases hospital at Liliendaal, Georgetown to offer treatment for common comorbidities seen in severe COVID-19 patients. “If a patient needs dialysis, we can offer it at the facility. If a patient needs emergency surgery, we have an operating theatre there…for emergency cesarean section,…
