The New York Times – Scientists released a pair of extensive studies on Saturday that point to a market in Wuhan, China, as the origin of the coronavirus pandemic. The two reports, totaling about 150 pages, have not yet been published in a scientific journal. The researchers analyzed data from a range of sources to…

A businesswoman was slashed across the face with a sharp object by another woman who held a deep personal grudge against her. Devi Persaud, 23, of Lot 195, Clifton Settlement, Corentyne, Berbice, was at the Rose Hall, Corentyne branch of Churches Chicken awaiting an order when the female, who is known to her, approached her from…

The Ministry of Health on Saturday reported that four more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died. This takes the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 1,220; of that amount, 49 people have died for this month thus far. The details of the new deaths are below: Meanwhile, Guyana…

WHILE the country’s hospital capacity has been boosted to handle an increase in COVID-19 patients, in most of the current cases, the symptoms are associated with the upper respiratory tract which does not require hospitalisation. This is according to Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, who during a recent COVID-19 update stated that the Omicron…

Guyana made a winning start to the Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship on Saturday afternoon in the Dominican Republic. The U-20 Lady Jags emerged with a 2-0 success in their opening game of Group F with goals towards the end of both halves. Samantha Banfield gave Guyana the lead in the 45’+4, and that proved the…

IN an effort to strengthen the implementation of the 2016 Telecommunications Act, the US Department of Commerce held the first of a series of technical assistance workshops for the Government of Guyana. According to the US Embassy, experts from the Department of Commerce’s Commercial Law Development Programme (CLDP) provided best practices in administrative law and…

The first day of ‘Operation Recovery’ saw education officers making contact and engaging over 500 school  children across the country, who were absent from the recent National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) mock examination. The goal is to reach out to every pupil who did not write the assessment. The visits were conducted across 538 homes…

MICHAEL Gladston Munroe, 52, of Section A, Diamond, East Bank Demerara died on Thursday in a two-vehicle collision on the Friendship, East Bank Demerara (EBD) Public Road. Munroe worked as Head of the Parliamentary Library. According to police, the accident occurred around 18:10hrs, and involved a motor lorry bearing registration number GAB 1835 driven by…

(The Guardian) The US, Canada and key European countries, including Germany, have agreed to remove “selected Russian banks” from the Swift payment system, the countries announced on Saturday. “As Russian forces unleash their assault on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, we are resolved to continue imposing costs on Russia that will further isolate Russia from…

–Minister Manickchand affirms, MoE begins search for pupils absent from NGSA WITH approximately 1300 public school Grade Six pupils not turning out to write the 2022 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) earlier this month, the Ministry of Education (MoE) has ramped up efforts to get the children back into school with the launch of “Operation…