The Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) is investigating a complaint against a member of the Guyana Police Force stationed at the Mabaruma Police Station. This incident, a short statement released by Police Headquarters revealed, gained attention on social media and involved the officer allegedly scolding two minors who are his…
With knowledge gained over the past two weeks, 40 local medical professionals are now better equipped to treat and respond to patients with chronic illnesses and related complications. The batch was the first to have benefitted from the first Tropical Chronic Disease Research training which was conducted through a partnership…
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) Friday announced that it has successfully performed the first child liver resection in Guyana. The groundbreaking surgery was performed on an 18-month-old girl from Linden, diagnosed with hepatoblastoma, a rare and aggressive pediatric liver cancer. The nine-hour operation was done on May 23 and…
Twenty-three-year-old Vickash Singh died on Friday morning after he lost control of his motorcycle and collided with a Guyana Power and Light (GPL) post. Police Headquarters, in a statement, said the incident occurred at around 03:20hrs on the Enterprise public road on the island of Leguan. According to the statement,…
A 56-year-old fisherman died after the car in which he was travelling reportedly crashed into a light pole on the Crane Access Road, West Coast Demerara. Dead is Raymond Rafeek, also known as “Ghost” of Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara. The accident occurred around 01:00hrs on April 29. Rafeek was…
JAIN Group of Institutions (JGI) has pledged to invest US$1.2 million to support start-ups by graduates of the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL). JGI said the funding is part of JAIN University’s start-up incubation programme to foster entrepreneurship. JAIN University will also send faculty to assist GOAL students in…
President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali has announced plans to develop 500 acres of land to expand cassava production for Mabaruma communities in Region One (Barima-Waini). The president made the announcement during a community meeting with residents of White Water and surrounding communities in the Mabaruma sub-district, as he continued his…
Four coaches from the United States of America are in Guyana as part of a programme sponsored by the Government of Guyana and the National Sports Commission in collaboration with the Athletics Association of Guyana. The coaches are working along with their local counterparts to evaluate Guyana’s Olympic prospects in…
Frank Nsubuga was 16 when he appeared at the 1997 ICC Champions Trophy and almost three decades on, he will finally fulfil his dream of featuring at an ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Now 43, the Ugandan off-spinner is set to be the oldest player to feature over the next…
Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell and Sherfane Rutherford warmed up for the ICC Men’s World T20 with some scintillating hitting on Thursday evening as West Indies defeated Australia in a high-scoring warm-up game. The trio combined for 16 sixes as West Indies posted 257-4 and then restricted the Aussies to 222-7…
