West Indies coach Phil Simmons said batsman Shimron Hetmyer is not only letting himself down, but his teammates as he has failed to meet the fitness standard forcing him to be overlooked by Cricket West Indies. On Friday, the West Indies squad for limited-overs series against Ireland and England was announced. West Indies will host…

Guyana has now recorded 1,054 COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic started with the Ministry of Health reporting two additional deaths. The latest deaths were recorded as a fully vaccinated 60-year-old man of Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne) and an unvaccinated 72-year-old woman of Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica). The Ministry of Health reported on Friday that the…

President Irfaan Ali has signed the controversial Natural Resource Fund Bill into law as well as the Local Content Bill. Both pieces of legislation are related to the management of the oil and gas sector in Guyana. The President assented to the Natural Resource Fund Bill yesterday. There was no announcement of the signing of…

COVID-19 infections in Guyana are on the rise once again, prompting another serious call from the Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony for persons to act in a responsible manner as the New Year festivities kick-off. The Health Minister in his daily COVID-19 update on Friday revealed that COVID-19 cases have moved from double digits…

A US-based Guyanese man who was home in Linden for the holidays appeared in Court today and was charged for being in possession of a firearm and ammunition without a license and dangerous driving. The 36-year-old man, Colin Benjamin appeared before Magistrate Wanda Fortune and pleaded not guilty to all of the charges. He was…

THE Guyana Fire Service (GFS) is investigating the circumstances which led to a fire on the Essequibo Coast, which ravaged a house and claimed the life of its owner, 57-year-old Ramdass Samdass. According to a press release from the GFS, firefighters were alerted of the fire at around 13:26 hrs and water tender numbers 77…

All children in Grade Six and those students in secondary school, except those in Form One (Grade Seven), will return to daily face-to-face classes in January.  According to a schedule released by the Ministry of Education, the new academic term will commence on January 3 (next Monday).  And as per this schedule, physical classes for…

The decomposed headless body of a young baby was discovered this morning floating in the Five-Door Koker canal in Land of Canaan. A Police report said the make child is suspected to be between 2-3 weeks old in age. The body was discovered by a group of persons who were walking close to the koker…

— Dr. Vindhya Persaud encourages them with assistive aids, tablets MINISTER of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindhya Persaud, this week distributed assistive aids, tablets and wheelchairs to the first batch of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) who completed a specialised ICT (Information and Communications Technology) training recently. The good gesture was to assist them…

–Minister Teixeira says of Opposition MPs’ efforts to ‘stymie development’ MINISTER of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira, has condemned the conduct of A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) who caused “massive disarray” during Wednesday’s sitting of the National Assembly. Describing the parliamentarians’ behaviour as “anti-patriotic…