Guyana’s active COVID-19 cases have increased to 12, 355 after 819 more people tested positive within 24-hours and according to the Ministry of Health, 55, 429 COVID tests were conducted in the first 19 days of the year. “Right now we have 12, 355 active cases and over the last 24-hours we would have done…
In what is a definite first for Guyana, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will in April send an Under-16 boys’ national squad to a UEFA-sponsored international youth tournament in Moldova, featuring three European national teams. In the unprecedented engagement, Guyana will face the hosts, whose senior Men’s team has ranked as high as 37th in…
See below statement by the Guyana Cricket Board President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Bissoondyal Singh has indicated his readiness to institute a very comprehensive school cricket development programme. In this regard, the GCB will soon be meeting with officials of the Ministry of Education to discuss the implementation of the school cricket programme…
Four days after a massive fire destroyed two shipping storage bonds at the Guyana National Shipping Corporation (GNIC) wharf, Fire Chief (ag) Gregory Wickham revealed that the fire was ‘maliciously set’. Millions of dollars in vehicles and other imported items were destroyed at the Laparkan and Tropical Shipping bonds. “The fire was maliciously set by…
Have you ever heard of the Essequibo Islands Secondary School? If you haven’t, it’s located in the village of Sans Souci on the island of Wakenaam. And this year, that school has produced the Caribbean’s top business student: 17-year-old Naresh Jagnanan. At the 2021 sitting of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination, Jagnanan wrote…
It will be an extremely proud moment for 47-year-old Pamela Atwell and her 21–year-old daughter Deandra Daniels who will both “walk” the University of Guyana’s virtual graduation stage come February 11, 2022, as they have successfully completed the requirements for a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Social Work and a Diploma in Communication, respectively. As…
NOW that President Dr Irfaan Ali has corrected the COVID-19 Emergency Measures initially made by former President David Granger’s executive order, the trade unions which sought to challenge Granger’s executive order have, today, withdrawn their application at the High Court. The application was filed by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU); Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU)…
A 9-year-old boy from Region Six (East Berbice – Corentyne) is among three new COVID-19 deaths recorded between January 18 and 19. The two other fatalities are a 60-year-old man from Region Three (Essequibo Islands – West Demerara) whose vaccination status is unknown and an unvaccinated 75-year-old woman from Region Nine (Upper Takutu – Upper…
TWO youths were, on Thursday, arraigned at the Demerara High Court for the 2017 murder of 16-year-old Brian Charles Yearwood, who was fatally stabbed during a school concert in Covent Garden, East Bank Demerara (EBD). Andy Daniel Peters and Shannon Cox were arraigned before Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall, and pleaded not guilty to the capital offence.…
Several local trade unions had challenged the government’s COVID-19 Emergency Measures, first instituted under the David Granger-led administration, but they have now decided to withdraw. Attorney-at-law Darren Wade, who is representing the heads of three major Union bodies, on Thursday withdrew the application to challenge the COVID-19 protocols and vaccination requirements. During a virtual hearing…
