Government calls on Region 2 millers to pay rice farmers

The Government this afternoon said it empathizes with the frustrations of the rice farmers who are still to be paid by millers for their rice and the government hopes that the rice millers can make arrangements to have outstanding amounts to rice farmers remitted to them at the earliest possible time. According to a release from […]

Sugar workers and rice farmers protest over payments

Payment differences sparked separate protest demonstrations among rice farmers and sugar workers across the country on Thursday. Reports out of Anna Regina along the Essequibo Coast indicate that the Rice Producers Association (RPA) has embarked on a picketing exercise outside the office of Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB). Dozens of rice farmers are demanding government’s […]

PPP blasts Police Commissioner for accusing opposition of undermining crime fight

The opposition People’s Progressive Party is not happy that Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud believes that the crime situation is politically motivated. Mr. Persaud made the assertion during a recent interview in the Guyana Times. He was quoted as saying that the “political opposition is undermining the efforts of the GPF to fight crime and generating […]

Miner dies as Tiger Creek mining pit collapses

Police investigators and officials from the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission are investigating yet another mining tragedy. The lifeless body of 35-year-old gold miner, Sherwyn Henry was pulled from a mining pit at Tiger Creek today, more than 18 hours after he was buried alive. The mining pit that Henry was working in, collapsed and completely […]

GTT rebrands with promise to do more as it prepares for 4G

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on Wednesday broke its silence and unveiled major rebranding efforts that have been ongoing quietly over the last few months, offshore Guyana. The company has not only unveiled a new logo but has put forward a new commitment to “do more” to improve its service delivery and customer […]

Leopold Street “junkie” found stabbed to death

Residents of Leopold Street, Georgetown woke up this morning to find police investigators lining the street as they began a murder investigation. Residents were told that one of their neighbours had been stabbed to death during the night. Police identified the murdered man as Deon Macy. His lifeless body was discovered just after sunrise in the shack […]