Longtime Guyanese business magnate, Yesu Persaud died early this morning at the age of 93. In extending sympathy to his family, President Irfaan Ali this morning said “Guyana has lost an outstanding soul in Dr. Yesu Persaud, a true son of the soil”. Persaud was a leading member of the Guyana Private sector and business…
25-YEAR-OLD Veeraj Singh of Corriverton, Berbice is currently hospitalized in serious condition after he was attacked with a knife following an altercation with his sister on Sunday last at their residence, according to a police report. Police said the man and his sister, Jashoda “Devya” Singh, were arguing about their mother, whom the sister had…
After photographs surfaced on Facebook that a man in Region One (Barima- Waini) fetched his dead child from the Mabaruma hospital to the burial ground, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony says an investigation has been launched. “This is not a standard procedure,” Dr. Anthony lamented during his daily COVID-19 update on Monday. The child died…
A large section of the Laparkan shipping bond was gutted by fire late last night, leaving hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. The fire service rushed to the scene on Lombard Street after the fire was spotted in a section of the compound that was close to where lots of flammable material are stored.…
POLICE in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) are on the hunt for three males who allegedly robbed a family of three cellular phones and gold jewelry valued $400,000, a police statement said on Monday. The incident occurred at Blueberry Hill, Wismar Linden in the early evening of Sunday last. Police say the bandits held the family…
Over the past few days, there have been four reported paediatric (children) COVID-19 deaths and the health authorities are investigating them, particularly since three of the children died before even getting to any hospital for treatment. The children who died were: a 14-month-old baby boy from Region One (Barima- Waini) who died on January 11;…
With the number of positive COVID-19 cases growing steadily, the death toll in the country has started to surge again. The Ministry of Health on Sunday reported nine additional COVID-19 deaths, with the youngest being three months old and the oldest was 72-years-old. There was also a six-year-old girl from Region Three among the deaths.…
Outspoken Opposition Member of Parliament and Talk Show host, Sherod Duncan appeared in Court this morning at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court where he was charged for a cybercrime offense, related to statements he allegedly made on his online talk show about the Information Technology Manager at GECOM, Aneal Giddings. Duncan was represented by Attorneys Nigel…
In the first two weeks since the reopening of schools, the Guyana Teachers Union has found that 320 teachers and more than 165 students have tested positive for COVID-19. The GTU has renewed its call for all public schools to be closed for face-to-face learning for 14 days to allow the Ministry of Education to…
Outspoken Opposition Member of Parliament and host of the popular “In The Ring” talk show, Sherod Duncan was arrested by the Police this morning following a complaint by an official of the Guyana Elections Commission, Aneal Giddings over statements Duncan allegedly made on his social media talk show. According to the Police, Mr. Giddings complained…
