-Minister Mustapha says the grain could be Guyana’s next major crop WITH Guyana eyeing the production of quinoa, an edible seed that is becoming increasingly popular in the Unites States and Europe, a field trial will soon commence in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), Agriculture Minister, Zulifikar Mustapha, has said. During an interview with the Guyana…
The Ministry of Health on Sunday reported 32 new COVID-19 cases from a total of 216 tests conducted. The new cases were recorded in Region One (two cases), Region Three (five cases), and Region Four (25 cases). There are five patients in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit and 36 patients in institutional isolation; 697 are…
By Ron Cheong SOME people will not change. They keep on grinding the same old grudges. Such is the leadership of the country’s main political opposition, the People’s National Congress (PNC). The world has moved on, but their leadership hasn’t. Eleven years ago, the party tried re-branding with a name change to A Partnership for…
Two persons were arrested on Sunday at Mahdia, Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) as police investigators probe the illegal landing of a foreign aircraft in the interior region. When contacted by the News Room, Senior police officers in the division confirmed the arrest and said that an investigation was underway. No other details, including what was found…
(BBC) – PROTESTERS have said they will continue to occupy the Sri Lankan presidential and prime ministerial residences until both leaders officially resign. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he would step down on 13 July, according to an announcement made by the parliament’s speaker on Saturday. But the president has not been seen or made a…
In a contest reduced to 41 overs per side due to overnight and early morning showers, it was Bangladesh who emerged victorious over West Indies to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match CG United ODI Series on Sunday at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence. West Indies managed 149-9 from the allotted overs, a target…
(T&T Guardian) – SANJAY Sampat has been given an 80 per cent chance of full remission from cancer. The 21-year-old Mayaro resident, who is being treated at the Max Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi, India, thanked the hundreds of people who gave him a second chance at life. He said the many people who…
The Guyana Police Force on Sunday said the 17-year-old boy who was burned while in the lockups at the Vigilance Police Station was alone when the fire started and he told the police officers that he was playing with the lighter when his jersey caught fire. But the teenager’s father has alleged police brutality. The…
WHEN 11-year-old Reyon Hersham was admitted to hospital for a snake bite days before he was scheduled to write the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), he felt sad, and was worried about how it would affect his placement at a secondary school in September. So, when the Bagotsville Primary School pupil was offered the opportunity…
Guyana Amazon Warriors opener Chandrapaul Hemraj on Sunday went on a six-hitting spree, racking up the highest individual score in the Atlantic Conference of US Minor League Cricket. Playing for New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers, the left-hander smashed 16 sixes and a solitary four in a magnificent 130 off 54 balls to lead his side to…
