The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) on Tuesday expressed grave concern in relation to the strike action taken by the Uitvlugt Estate’s Factory workers. With the Factory having only ground for 14 hours in the first crop due to a mechanical failure, GuySuCo said grinding operations for the second crop was set to commence on Tuesday.…
Jaffon Hinds, of Downer Street, Grove, East Bank Demerara was charged with three counts of conspiracy to commit a felony when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. The charges against Hinds were brought by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) before Magistrate Zamina Ally. SOCU in a statement said Hinds pleaded not…
Kwakwani Secondary, President’s College and Aroaima Secondary at the weekend emerged champions of the ExxonMobil sponsored National Schools Basketball Festival at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. In the Girls final, Kwakwani produced a commanding 46-17 victory over Queen’s College, while President’s College emerged with a 65-54 win in the Boys Under-16 final against KidRock Academy…
The US Embassy in Georgetown has handed over a shipment of 12,870 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to further boost the country’s vaccination efforts against COVID-19. The US has now donated more than 300,000 vaccines to Guyana to aid in the COVID-19 fight. In a statement, the US Embassy also indicated that the US administration has also…
Philana Harlequin was eight-months-old when her eyes started fluttering but when her mother, Atisha Knights took her to an eye specialist, they were told that the little girl will grow out of it. But years later, young Philana’s condition only worsened. The five-year-old girl of No. 4 Village, West Coast Berbice was diagnosed with a…
Despite reports that the Alliance for Change may be getting ready to walk away from its coalition partner, the APNU when the current Cummingsburg agreement expires, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton today said the AFC has not informed APNU that it wants to leave. During his weekly press conference, the Opposition Leader who is also the…
A 79-year-old unvaccinated woman from Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 fatality. The Ministry of Health on Tuesday reported that the woman died on July 10. This takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 1, 263. Meanwhile, 184 new COVID-19 cases were recorded from a total of 934 tests conducted. The…
The Massy Distributors company has issued a recall notice for a batch of the Jergens 10oz Ultra Healing Moisturizer. The local recall follows the recall by the US manufacturer of the product. According to a statement from the Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department, the voluntary recall is as a result of possible health risks associated…
By Akeem Greene akeem@newsroom.gy Avery Arjoon, Nicholas Verwey and Shomari Wiltshire won gold for Guyana at the ongoing Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Championships at the Georgetown Club on Tuesday. It meant Guyana won three out of the eight titles that were up for grabs in the individual segment of the premier junior squash…
People’s National Congress Executive Member and Former Member of Parliament Mervyn Williams today urged Indigenous leaders who are in Georgetown for the National Toshaos Conference to reject what he sees as the government’s apparent attempt to set the agenda for the conference and ultimately determine how the villages should be managed. At an Opposition…
