— confirmation of candidates for Procurement Commission delayed — Coalition-appointed Chairman cites ‘Opposition emergency’ THE cancellation of Monday’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting has further delayed finalisation of the proposed candidates for the long overdue Public Procurement Commission (PPC). In an invited comment, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira, said that everything was…

There have been some calls for a pause on the return to face-to-face classes because of the increase in the number of people infected with COVID-19. On Monday, however, many students and teachers turned up for classes as per normal. According to information provided by the Ministry of Education on Monday afternoon, 74 per cent…

The APNU+AFC controlled Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) on Monday passed a motion that seeks to terminate the services of its city engineer Colvern Venture with immediate effect. The motion was tabled by two councillors, Heston Bostwick and Clayton Hinds, on December 7, 2021; it came up at the M&CC’s first statutory meeting for…

Ranks of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) seized a total of 202 pounds (92 kg) of cannabis with a street value of $12.1 million on Sunday. CANU in a statement noted that the illegal drug was discovered in several parcels in Scottsburg Village, Corentyne Berbice. One person has since been arrested and is assisting…

Statement by Cricket West Indies and Cricket Ireland Cricket West Indies (CWI) and Cricket Ireland (CI) issued a joint statement after two further positive COVID-19 cases were reported in the Ireland camp following recent testing, and two players being ruled out due to injury, resulting in Ireland having a severely depleted squad. The second CG…

Guyana is expected to receive a shipment of 25,000 doses of the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) vaccine later this week. This comes as Guyana’s COVID-19 booster programme is becoming constrained by the limited amount of J&J vaccines in the country. On Friday, the News Room visited three vaccination sites in Georgetown and was informed that…

There are now nearly 6000 active cases of COVID-19 in Guyana as the number of positive cases continues to soar. On Sunday, the Ministry of Health announced that 657 new cases of the virus had been recorded, which was coming 24 hours after another 1016 new cases were recorded. Region Four continues to see the…

Do you know that the scales at marketplaces, supermarkets and grocery shops must be inspected and verified by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS)? This verification is sealed with a yellow stamp placed on each scale and without it, the Standard’s Body is urging customers to not make purchases. The issue has come to…

A number of schools across the country have opted to put a pause on in-person classes this week as the number of positive COVID-19 cases in the country continues to climb. Queens College, which was set to begin its in-person classes in full today has informed parents that the virtual classes will continue this week…

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) is expected to have its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Election of Office Bearers in early April, according to incumbent President, Godfrey Munroe.  He made the disclosure in a recent interview with News Room Sport. On March 25, 2018, the GTTA staged its AGM and Elections, and Munroe was unanimously…