Close to 2600 graduands of the University of Guyana (UG) will walk the virtual graduation stage in a series of ceremonies beginning February 4, 2022. However, they each have a unique and inspiring story of how they were able to beat the odds in their journey to academic glory. As part of our ongoing series…
Australia became the third side into the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2022 Super League semi-finals with a comprehensive win over Pakistan. They join England and Afghanistan in the final four with a 119-run success on a day where batting first was the order of the day. Elsewhere, the United Arab Emirates set a…
Minister of Culture Youth and Sport Charles Ramson announced on Friday that the Guyana Prize for Literature will officially return after being scrapped under the previous administration. This announcement was made at the Cultural and Creative Industries Grant Awards Ceremony at the National Cultural Centre on Friday. Several awardees from across Guyana were given cash…
Two men were remanded to prison on Tuesday last for the offence of receiving stolen property in the form of a Toyota Fielder Wagon. The wagon belongs to Tyrone Pires, a 44-year-old taxi driver of Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara. Leon Lewis, a 30-year-old salesman of Lamaha Springs, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown, and Ravin Singh, 24, a…
ANSA McAL Trading, through its Hennessy Brand, has officially adopted the Burnham Basketball Court, located at Carmicheal and Middle Streets, Georgetown. Hennessy, a French cognac distiller, sells about 50 million bottles a year worldwide, making it the largest cognac producer. The brand and the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced last year a global expansion of…
A total of 12 persons are now homeless after an unattended candle resulted in a fire and destroyed their apartment building at Cross Street in Georgetown. The two-storey wooden building and everything inside were destroyed. The fire started just before 21:00hrs on Thursday. One of the victims, 62-year-old Gary Westmaas explained to the News Room…
Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll has now moved to 1,160 with the addition of four new deaths which occurred between January 25 – 28, the Ministry of Health reported on Friday. The persons who died were all from Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica); three males – a fully vaccinated 57-year-old; an unvaccinated 82-year-old and a 75-year-old whose vaccination…
Four women who allegedly doused another woman with acid were today charged for attempted murder and remanded to jail. The four accused who appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus were Jennifer Validen, Gailann Marks, Alana Holder and Latifah DaCosta They were not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge. According to the Prosectuor, the…
There have been significant learning losses, including school dropouts, resulting from the changes to the delivery of education because of the COVID-19 pandemic and it is for this reason Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has emphasised that schools need to remain open. Manickchand reminded reporters on Friday that the ministry had been engaged in a…
Ahead of a meeting with the Alliance for Change to discuss parliamentary matters, the People’s National Congress is making it clear that its leader Aubrey Norton must go to Parliament and become the country’s Opposition Leader. Mr. Joseph Harmon earlier this week resigned as Opposition Leader, thus leaving the position vacant. He, however, did not…
