Firefighters suffered a slight setback in battling a blaze in commercial Georgetown Sunday night because one of the nearby fire hydrants was hidden under a thick pile of refuse. A building that once housed Singh’s Nut Centre was destroyed by fire and the other that housed Dhoray’s Fashion, Price Rite and Harveys was saved by firefighters. An associate of one ...

Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony is welcoming today’s announcement by Pfizer and BioNTech that they have produced a vaccine that’s 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 infections. The vaccine is still undergoing Phase 3 trials, and Dr. Anthony says the key is how long the vaccine will be effective for. “As to how long that immunity will last and once the ...

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is making efforts to recover a scanner image of one of  the scrap metal containers in in which 11.5 tons of cocaine worth more  than GYD$220 billion have been busted by Belgian authorities. Sources believed that there was some collusion to delete the image from  the system, but the Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority ...

Just one hour after receiving a call, firefighters contained a raging blaze from burning a third building on Regent Street between Camp and Wellington Streets, Georgetown. “I’m satisfied that a great effort has been made by the fire service and also by the police in keeping control of the area,” said Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, adding that it ...

Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton says Labour and Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Officers are being taught to speak and read foreign languages to ensure effective communication with the workforce. Just back from a two-day visit to Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), he says 24 employees of the Labour Ministry have already started learning Portuguese. He says training will also be available ...

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) was Sunday awaiting scanner images of the shipping container of scrap metal that ended up in Belgium with 11.5 tons of cocaine worth  GYD$220 billion cocaine, CANU Chief James Singh said. He said records showed the container was scanned and so he was expecting the images to be provided either  Sunday or Monday. Belgian authorities ...

Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn on Sunday said there are other international agencies that could help probe the killing of the three teenagers on the West Coast Berbice in early September, but he and Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie are mum on why the trousers found on one of the boys was not DNA tested. “I cannot speak to that issue ...

President Irfaan Ali says he wants to work together with the administration of United States (US) President Joe Biden to help fight the potentially deadly coronavirus, COVID-19. In a congratulatory letter dated 7th November, 2020, when Mr. Biden was declared the winner, Dr. Ali also indicated that there are other matters that he hoped the two countries could work closely ...

The Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit, James Singh on Saturday offered protective custody to a suspect in the 11.5 ton cocaine bust in Belgium last week, even as investigators grilled a number of customs officers about the absence of no scanner images for the shipping container. Wanted for questioning is Marlon Primo of MA Trading registered at 35 Factory ...

A man, believed to be of unsound mind walked up to Roman Catholic Bishop, Francis Alleyne  and  assaulted and robbed him while he was presiding over Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Brickdam, Georgetown. Armed with what appeared to be a sharp pointed object, the man walked up to Bishop Alleyne and Deacon Francis. He then grabbed ...