As Canada works to rebuild its relationship with Indigenous People in Canada and worldwide, the Canadian High Commission in Guyana along with the Ministry of Tourism today commissioned a mural on a section of the fence of the Canadian High Commission in Georgetown.   The mural represents the work of 25-year-old Indigenous artist Nigel Butler.…

THE Netherlands booked their place at the World Cup finals in Qatar with victory against Norway, who missed out on next year’s tournament as a result. Late goals from Tottenham Hotspur’s Steven Bergwijn and Barcelona’s Memphis Depay ensured the Dutch claimed top spot in Group G. The goals were the only bright moments of an…

Two women, an unvaccinated 93-year-old and a 78-year-old whose vaccination status is unknown have been recorded as the country’s latest COVID-19 deaths. The Ministry of Health reported that both women died on November 15. This takes the total number of persons who have died since March 2020 to 961 while 31 people have died for…

Contender for Leader of the People’s National Congress, Dr. Richard Van West-Charles said there is a need to urgently re-engage party groups across the country and re-organize the PNCR as a whole and that would be his plan if he is elected as the next Leader of the party. Appearing on the Jumpstart Morning Show…

THE Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is expected to bowl off its inter-county tournaments in late January with the hosting of the Under-15 tournament. The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) is therefore pushing ahead with its plans for the tournament. The BCB launched its preparation earlier in November with the hosting of a series of social skills…

The eight shortlisted consultancy firms which submitted expressions of interest for the construction of the new Corentyne river bridge that connects Guyana and Suriname have until December 21 to submit their proposals. This is according to the following press release issued by the Ministry of Public Works on Tuesday: The Ministry of Public Works on…

A Police operation in the Berbice river community of Fort Nassau unearthed a large marijuana farm with more than 120,000 plants and 450 pounds of dried marijuana. The Police said the marijuana found was valued at more than $115 million. During the operation, the plants were discovered on the large farm with some of the…

NEXT year’s Men’s T20 World Cup will be held across seven venues in Australia from October 16 to November 13. The tournament was supposed to be held in the country in 2020 but was pushed back by two years because of the coronavirus pandemic. A total of 45 matches will be contested in Adelaide, Brisbane,…

By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy Thalia Thompson, a 26-year-old attorney-at-law, spent a few years studying the sciences while she attended the Bishops’ High School in Georgetown. She even had plans to become a doctor. But, that wasn’t her true calling. “… after I left high school, I wasn’t too certain whether that was a career I…

With the government pushing ahead with its plans to build a new bridge over the Demerara River, the Region 4 Chairman, Daniel Seeram is calling for consultation to be held with the residents who are likely to be directly impacted by the construction of the bridge. The Regional Chairman has written to the Ministry of…