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The Guyana Water Incorporated continues to take precautions and be concerned about the falling water level in the East Demerara conservancy as the dry weather pattern continues. Today, Chief Executive Officer of GWI, Dr. Richard Van West Charles and other company officials met with various stakeholders including representatives of hotels in Georgetown, the Georgetown Public Hospital […]
A young police officer died tragically on Thursday morning at Whim, Corentyne when he lost his balance after jumping from a truck, while on his way to work. According to a police statement, Constable Ray Simon hitched a ride on his way to work early Thursday morning and when the driver of the open back vehicle […]
Two security guards attached to a private company are nursing gunshot wounds to their feet after they were reportedly shot by one of two bandits who attempted to carry out a robbery at the Movie Towne construction site on the East Coast of Demerara. According to a police report, the two security guards, 50-year-old Stanley […]
by Kurt Campbell in Essequibo A gathering of neighbours rejoiced Thursday morning as the police and medical professionals took away a 31-year-old woman from her Richmond, Essequibo home where she had been locked against her will in a room for several months. The woman is believed to be mentally ill. The issue was reported to […]
Essequibo rice farmers are bracing themselves for the worse as the countrywide drought persists but they believe more could be done by the regional administration and the government to offer relief. Concerns in this regard were raised during the second ‘Meet the Public Day’ on Thursday at Perth on the Essequibo Coast. The large government […]
by Kurt Campbell in Essequibo Scores of Essequibo residents gathered early on Thursday morning at the newly developed Unity Park on the Essequibo Coast to meet Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and Minister of State Joseph Harmon at the second ‘Public Day’ which is being held by the coalition government. Prime Minister Nagamotoo and Minister Harmon […]
The Private Sector Commission in a statement on Wednesday backed government’s announced increases in gun license fees and said it was fair and expected to boost revenue income. But similar to other criticisms offered, the Commission said it was concerned about the impact of the increases on indigenous people who rely on shotguns for their […]
Atlanta media houses are reporting that five teens have been arrested and police are searching for a sixth suspect in the shooting death of an aspiring filmmaker found last year along a road in Lithonia, Georgia. The 27-year-old Guyanese man, Leevon Daniels, was found dead with gunshot wounds on May 6, 2015 along the roadway […]
(NY Daily News) A Guyanese born, Brooklyn father injured in an arson attack has died after lingering in a coma for nearly two months, his family told the Daily News Wednesday. Jermain Simon, 38, was taken off life support and died Tuesday, grieving relatives said. He is the second victim to die from the Dec. […]
The Vector Control Unit of the Ministry of Public Health intends to expand its fogging efforts across the country as it steps up the fight against the zika virus and other government Ministries intend to step in and offer assitance. During an interview on the JumpStart radio morning show, Dr. Horace Cox of the Vector […]
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