Documents filed with the US Department of Justice have revealed that the Government of Guyana through Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joe Harmon, has hired the services of an American company, JJ&B LLC. to make representation on the Guyana government’s behalf in the US on the recent elections in Guyana. The price tag…

– CMO urges persons with underlying conditions to take extra precautions By Navendra Seoraj THERE continues to be a rise in the number of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Guyana, with the latest statistics showing that the country has recorded seven new cases of the disease, taking the total number of cases to 55. Deaths

Bart S. Fisher, one of the attorney’s just hired by the caretaker government of President David Granger had worked with the Sudanese government back in 2011 when that nation was sanctioned by the U.S. government and was deemed a sponsor of terrorism. Fisher and the company JJ&B LLC was hired this month for an initial…

A 32-year-old man from #46 Village, Corentyne has become the latest road accident fatality in Guyana. The deceased who has been identified as Rakesh Singh was the passenger in a car being driven by 24-year-old Kelron Benjamin when the driver slammed into a cow along the East Coast Highway at Good Hope. According to a…

FAMOUS Guyanese playwright and author, Michael Gilkes has died. Reports are that Gilkes, who lived in the United Kingdom, contracted the coronavirus and died of complications in London. He was 87. Gilkes’ last major project here was the movie “Maira and the Jaguar People”, a film which was set in the Rupununi in 2016. The

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has suspended the 2020 edition of the IPL until further notice because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is understood that the BCCI has not set a new window yet for the tournament, which was to be held between March 29 and May 24 originally. On Wednesday…

The Police Force has announced the arrest of the three suspects who were caught on camera during a robbery at a Republic Park home.  Investigators say they are on the hunt for the other suspects.  Those already arrested were positively identified by the victims and several pieces of jewelry that were stolen during the robbery…

…but warns that COVID-19, incomplete elections, falling oil prices could stymie economic transformation AN INCOMPLETE general and regional elections, coupled with the effects of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and falling oil prices, could stymie Guyana’s potential economic boom, said the World Bank. The World Bank, in a semi-annual report on the Latin America and

Police are investigating a shooting which occurred Easter Monday night in Wismar, Linden Region Ten resulting in the death of a man identified as Glenroy Chapman popularly known as ‘G’. Regional Commander Hugh Winter confirmed to the News Room that the shooting occurred but noted that the details are sketchy at this moment. It is…

The Ministry of Public Health has revealed that the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Guyana remains at 37 with one of the four persons in the COVID-19 ICU in a critical condition. During today’s update, the Public Health Minister revealed that a total of 152 persons have now been tested. She reminded…