By Bibi Khatoon Two Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) – Guyana Golden Lives Organisation (GGLO) and the Wellness Centre –on Friday evening teamed up to launch a Grief Support Project targeting bereaved children and parents. The Wellness Centre was launched in February 2019 by Shinelle Bayrd using €6,000 she won at the 2018 Youth Global Forum which…
The Private Sector Commission has submitted a request to serve as an observer group for Guyana’s next general elections. A letter of request was handed over to the Elections Commission yesterday during a meeting between the Executives of the Private Sector Commission and the Chairman and Chief Elections Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission. In…
PRESIDENT David Granger, Friday afternoon, said the Ministry of Natural Resources, Youth in Natural Resources initiative is a commendable one as it allows young people to see involvement in the extractive industry as an honourable vocation, if done sustainably. The Head of State was at the time speaking at the closing ceremony of the Youth
The body of a so far unidentified man was on Friday discovered on the eastern side of Sheriff Street, Georgetown in the vicinity of the Botanical Gardens. According to information received, the male of East Indian descent who appears to be a destitute was found clad only in a cream vest. The discovery was made…
21 years after a woman in the North West District was murdered, the man who is believed to responsible for that murder has finally been caught. The Guyana Police Force today announced the arrest of Philbert Thomas who was wanted for the 1998 murder of his then reputed wife, 23-year-old Viola Thomas. The murder took…
– Carifesta’s Island Beats Super Concert ends festival with a bang! THE Island Beats Super concert of CARIFESTA XIV closed off the litany of cultural activities held during the 10-day festival with a big bang. The concert was held last Saturday at the Queen’s Park Savannah, which is arguably the cultural melting pot of Trinidad
A 35-year-old miner Lyndon Joseph and his reputed wife 30-year-old Maria Pereira DaSilva, a Brazilian national, was doused with gasoline and set on fire while sleeping on Thursday morning by a known suspect. The News Room understands that both Joseph and his wife received 80% burns about their bodies and are currently hospitalized in a…
The Nabaclis man who stabbed his wife to death and attempted to take his own life by stabbing himself to the neck repeatedly, has been released from the hospital and is now in Police custody. News Source understands that the murder accused is now being held in Police custody at an East Coast Demerara station…
The Liza Destiny, Guyana’s first oil production vessel has arrived in the Stabroek Block after traveling nearly 11 thousand nautical miles from the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore, U.S oil giant, ExxonMobil announced moments ago. The Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel journeyed for 42 days, after a ceremony in June 2019 at which First
Director, Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe has announced that Guyana’s first oil production vessel, the Liza Destiny, has arrived in the Stabroek Block. “This is a historic and momentous occasion for the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and all Guyanese. The FPSO’s arrival means that we are no more just talking about first oil. First…
