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HEALTH

Health Ministry urges vigilance as WHO flags new COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1

June 5, 2025 Editor 0

The Ministry of Health (MOH) is urging the public to remain vigilant and practice all recommended precautions following the World Health Organization’s (WHO) announcement of a new SARS-CoV-2 variant, named NB.1.8.1. The WHO recently classified NB.1.8.1 as a “variant under monitoring” due to a notable global rise in COVID-19 infections, including within the Caribbean region. […]

POLITICS

Jagdeo: Those joining PPP/C want to work for all of Guyana, not for personal gain

June 5, 2025 Editor 0

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, says the growing number of individuals from other political backgrounds joining the party is doing so because they genuinely want to serve Guyana, support inclusive national development, and work towards uniting all Guyanese. Jagdeo addressed recent political endorsements during a press engagement on Thursday […]

AUTOMOTIVE

‘People buying vehicles shows growing prosperity’ – Jagdeo as PAL vehicle series starts

June 5, 2025 Editor 0

Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo says the rapid increase in vehicle registrations over recent months is clear evidence of growing prosperity among ordinary Guyanese and underscores the importance of continued investment in infrastructure development. Jagdeo’s comments followed the revelation that the new PAL series of vehicle registrations had commenced just three months after the previous […]

POLITICS

AFC’s Region Five Councillor resigns, endorses President Ali and PPP/C for 2025 elections

June 5, 2025 Editor 0

Read the full statement from the Alliance for Change (AFC) Region Five Councillor Ismail Muhammad: Assalamu alikum! I Ismail Muhammad- Al-Cush. Imam & Mujtahid of #3 Masjid West Coast Berbice, formerly the Imam of Rosignol Masjid west Bank Berbice and a sitting A F C councilor of A P N U/ A F C councilor […]

CRIME

D’Urban backlands businessman robbed of cash by group of suspected juveniles

June 5, 2025 Editor 0

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is investigating a robbery with aggravation committed on Zhao Pe Lizhan, a 60-year-old Chinese businessman of D’Urban Backlands, Georgetown, which occurred around 18:55 hours on Wednesday at WF Fast Food Restaurant in the same area. According to the Police Force, Lizhan was robbed of $70,000 by four individuals – two […]

COURT

‘Scarface’ handed three-year jail sentence for break-and-enter-and-larceny

June 5, 2025 Editor 0

Ryan Sookdeo, also known as “Scarface,” a 21-year-old fisherman from Lusignan, East Coast Demerara (ECD), has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to break-and-enter-and-larceny. Sookdeo, who was arrested on June 1, 2025, by ranks from the Vigilance Police Station, was charged under Section 229(a) of the Criminal Law (Offences) Act, Chapter […]

BUSINESS

First-ever disability-inclusive business centre opens in Guyana

June 5, 2025 Editor 0

First Lady Arya Ali on Wednesday commissioned the Centre for Equity, Opportunity and Innovation at the Empower Guyana building in Palmyra, Region Six. The state-of-the-art facility, designed by and for persons with disabilities (PWDs), is the first of its kind in Guyana and the English-speaking Caribbean. The new centre provides more than 120 individuals with […]

Melisha Cylus and Julian Anthony Reberio

COURT

Woman to be tried for 2018 killing of common-law partner

June 5, 2025 Editor 0

Thirty-five-year-old Melisha Cylus is set to face a jury trial before Justice Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the High Court in Demerara, more than six years after her common-law husband, Julian Anthony Reberio, was found dead at their Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara home. Cylus, who is charged with manslaughter in connection with Reberio’s death, formally pleaded not […]

CRIME

Essequibo contractor’s son dies after crashing into parked trucks

June 5, 2025 Editor 0

Kevin Bacchus, a resident of Queenstown Village on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two, tragically lost his life on Wednesday night following a fatal accident at Riverstown. According to reports, Bacchus was driving a canter truck when he collided with several parked trucks along the roadway. Emergency services responded to the scene, but he succumbed to […]

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service, Dr. Ashni Singh presented the cash grant to a parent.

POLITICS

Over 23,000 school children to benefit from ‘Because We Care’ cash grant in Reg. Six

June 4, 2025 Editor 0

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and the Public Service, Dr. Ashni Singh, participated in the ‘Because We Care’ cash grant distribution in Region Six, where over 23,000 school children will benefit, totalling $1.3 billion at the close of distribution. The cheques were distributed in the various areas of […]

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