— new variant can emerge at any point, says PAHO Director LOW vaccination coverage in many countries of the Caribbean must be urgently addressed to stop the spread of COVID-19 and protect the most vulnerable, warned PAHO Director, Carissa F. Etienne, with healthcare workers and the elderly remaining particularly at risk. Out of the 13…
A 29-year-old labourer was on Thursday remanded to prison for allegedly brutally beating his ex-girlfriend because she refused to have sex with him. Fabian Crawford, of Laing Avenue, Georgetown appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court charged with felonious wounding. He was not required to plea to the charge which alleged…
Agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit came under fire during a drug eradication operation in Berbice on Tuesday at #69 village in Corentyne. During the operation, as CANU agents were approaching a car suspected of being used for drug trafficking, two men jumped out and opened fire on the CANU agents, and managed to…
— on road to transforming their agri-food systems IN a dialogue session convened to provide follow up to the roadmaps presented at the UN Food Systems Summit, the Latin American and Caribbean countries shared details of the results achieved and the challenges they face in transforming their agri-food systems to make them more sustainable. Representatives…
There was no lifeguard present when 13-year-old Ray Stuart Jnr. drowned at the Jubilee Resort at Timehri, East Bank Demerara on Wednesday. The boy’s sister Alana Stuart told the News Room that her brother ‘Junior’ – as he was commonly called – could not swim and so he initially only went into the kid’s section…
Crime sleuths in Region Seven are probing the murder of a 62-year-old Brazilian hotel owner and miner who operated in the Cuyuni area. The dead man’s name has been given as Edmilson Dosantos aka “Damicio”. He operated a 12-room hotel at the Eteringbang Landing in the Cuyuni river. His body was found yesterday in one…
— Minister Mustapha reiterated at flag-raising ceremony AGRICULTURE Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, on Tuesday evening, urged Berbicians to prepare for the massive economic transformation heading to the ancient county. Minister Mustapha said the un-ending push by President, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali for a ‘One Guyana’ will see extraordinary developments in all 10 administrative regions. He made…
A 62-year-old man of Region Four, whose vaccination status is unknown, was recorded as Guyana’s latest COVID-19 death. The Ministry of Health said on Thursday that the man died on February 23, increasing the country’s overall death toll since March 2020 to 1,216. February has now recorded 45 deaths. Meanwhile, 19 new infections were recorded…
A family trip to the Jubilee resort on Wednesday to celebrate their son’s 13th birthday turned into tragedy when the teen drowned in the pool at the resort on his birthday. A police report said the young boy Ray Stuart Jr. was taken to the resort by his father in the company of other family…
— in separate address in Regions One and Two HOUSING and Water Minister, Collin Croal, announced on Tuesday that massive infrastructural transformation is in train for Region One. According to a Department of Public Information (DPI) report, Minister Croal was at the time addressing residents at the region’s flag-raising ceremony in observance of Guyana’s 52nd Republic…
