The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport/National Sports Commission (NSC) annual ‘Teach Them Young’ swim camp commenced Monday, and well over 1500 are set to participate in learning the life skill. The camp, which started decades ago, will see its largest numbers, and according to organisers, given some late entries, that number could reach 1700…
COME Thursday, July 21, Justice Sandil Kissoon is expected to sum up the evidence, in the trial of death row inmate, Mark Royden Williams, called ‘Smallie,’ who is accused of killing a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) soldier in 2008. Williams, formerly of Friendship, East Coast Demerara, had denied murdering 24-year-old Ivor Williams, on January 23,…
Keon Carr, 23, of Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara (WBD) was charged and remanded to prison for the murder of 19-year-old construction worker Chrisgaichan Narine. Carr, who is also a construction worker, made his appearance at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court on Monday before Magistrate Faith McGusty. He was not required to plea to the indictable…
By Cassandra Khan A VARIETY of agencies under the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security assisted Mocha-Arcadia residents on Monday and had discussions with them. Residents benefitted from parenting sessions and received child-safety books, counselling, queries for old age pensions and public assistance, registration for WIIN classes, and more. Minister of Human Services and…
Police have seized three Honda motorcycles and a quantity of suspected cannabis following a raid at a suspected ‘fowl-fighting-ring’ at Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo. Police Headquarters on Monday reported that the raid was led by two Assistant Superintendents, as well as a Detective Sergeant, along with other ranks who converged on the location where several…
– Regions Five, Six dairy farmers to become suppliers BY the end of this year, Guyanese will soon be able to break the seal of a locally produced bottle of Mahaica Dairy Milk created by the premier brand of the Amaya Milk Company, as the construction of the first milk plant in Onverwagt, Region Five,…
A quantity of suspected cocaine and ganja was found in an abandoned yard at Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara on Sunday. Police ranks conducted an intelligence-led operation and found a transparent plastic bag containing a rock-like substance suspected to be cocaine; the bag also contained a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems of the ganja plant.…
RDC to engage Housing Ministry to assist RESIDENTS in flood-prone villages in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) are again urged to relocate to higher ground. Speaking with this newspaper in a recent interview, the region’s chairman, Brian Allicock, said that lands in higher ground have been identified for agriculture and farmers have been advised to…
A 58-year-old unvaccinated Region Four (Demerara- Mahaica) woman is the latest COVID-19 death, according to the latest update from the Ministry of Health. The Ministry said the woman’s death, on July 18, takes the total number of COVID-19 deaths to 1,267. Meanwhile, 59 new cases were recorded from 299 tests conducted. The new cases were…
THOSE employers who flout the law or do not pay the new national minimum wage from this month end will be subject to full legal action by the Ministry of Labour. Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton, in a recent interview with the Guyana Chronicle, noted that he will be depending on employees to come forward…
