Lazeena Yearwood

A Route 48 minibus driver who was seen in a viral video chasing a traffic rank with a cutlass has been sentenced to 12 months behind bars.

Now 16 years cancer free, visually impaired Mekyla Belgrave says that every day she feels like she is leading a very different life from that of her friends.

A newborn suffered a fractured shoulder and respiratory failure during delivery at the Georgetown Public Hospital and his mother is laying the blame squarely on the shoulders of the hospital staff.

A Finance Ministry official died after the vehicle he was travelling in with three other ministry employees toppled at Mabura, Region Ten yesterday afternoon.

A fire, suspected to be electrical in origin, gutted a section of a two-storey house at Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara on Saturday morning, leaving a family displaced.

A boy is now dead after being shot by one of two bandits who invaded his neighbour’s home where he and his mother were visiting yesterday.

A taxi-driver was found dead at his Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara home during the wee hours yesterday and his family suspects foul play.

The families who were displaced after an electrical fire destroyed their properties on Saturday have estimated that over $12 million was lost due to the destruction caused.

A total of 24 persons lost their homes yesterday morning after two apartment buildings at Castello Housing Scheme, in Georgetown, were destroyed by an electrical fire.

While dining establishments have developed creative settings to attract customers for Valentine’s Day celebrations, gift shops are still facing the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on businesses.

The skeletal remains found at Wisroc, Linden, just over a week ago are suspected to be those of a pensioner who went missing last November and his family is now hopeful that DNA tests will provide closure.

The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) yesterday issued a list of the 40 restaurants that are thus far allowed to have indoor dining in accordance with the amended COVID-19 gazetted emergency measures.

The National Emergency Medical Services in Guyana responded to 15,630 medical emergencies between 2016 and 2020.

With 17 passes at last year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations, Ajay Kissoon has earned his title as the Chase Academy valedictorian.

The mother of recently deceased cancer patient Shaniece Nanhoe is planning to do everything she can to help raise awareness about rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS).

For some Guyanese, better health and spiritual wellness are among their aims for the New Year, when many people make promises to themselves to be better or do better than they might have in the past year.

Container courts that are intended to ensure continued and wider access to justice across Guyana were launched at the Lusignan Prison yesterday.

Among those who have lost loved ones to COVID-19 this year is Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill, whose older sister, Patricia Cummings, succumbed while in hospital.

After over a dozen cycles of chemotherapy, the condition of cancer patient Shaniece Nanhoe, 15, is still deteriorating but her mother is refusing to give up hope.

Azam Ally has earned himself the distinction of being Guyana’s first locally trained and accredited helicopter pilot.