Police are investigating the death of 64-year-old Donald Gouveia, a gold miner, who succumbed to injuries after a mining pit collapsed at Micobie backdam, Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) on June 13. Gouveia resided at Subryanville, Georgetown. According to the police report, Gouveia and three others were working in a mining pit made up of sandy soil.…
A security guard and two seamen were charged on Monday and remanded to jail for break and enter and larceny related to the theft of over $5million worth of braids and weaves from an East Coast Demerara bond. Security guard Trevon Williams appeared in Court this morning along with seamen, Marlon Campbell and Keron Williams…
–with returns of over US$100M from Guyana’s latest sale of crude GUYANA’S latest sale of oil has pushed its revenues in the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) to US$643,981,234, according to the latest statistics from the Bank of Guyana. Based on information from the Central Bank, the country received G$21,381,305,000 (approximately US$102M) from the sale of…
The government’s ‘Because we care’ cash grant could increase beyond the $50,000 sum that was targeted, Education Minister Priya Manickchand has said. The grant, which was initially offered to all public schoolchildren and last year extended to those attending private school, was meant to provide families with some relief. On Monday night, however, Manickchand hinted…
Surinamese airline, Fly All Ways has been granted approval to operate non-stop flights between Georgetown and Havana, Cuba. The scheduled service is set to begin next month and the airline will initially operate one flight per week, leaving Georgetown for Havana on Saturday morning and returning to Georgetown in the evening. The Government of Cuba…
–country identified as shortest, most economical route for exports from Brazil through Panama Canal GUYANA’S geographical location on the edge of South America has made the country the shortest and most economical route for exports from Brazil through the Panama Canal, according to the Government of the Brazilian State of Roraima. A video demonstration released…
Sherwin Clarke known as ‘Hot Skull’ on Tuesday confessed to the 2016 murder of 76-year-old David Ramkissoon. Clarke, formerly of South Better Hope, was on trial before Justice Sandil Kissoon and a 12-member jury at the Georgetown High Court. Last week, Clarke pleaded not guilty to the capital offence of murder, which alleged that he…
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton today expressed skepticism over Top Cop Clifton Hicken’s assurance that the killing of Golden Grove youth, Quindon Bacchus will be properly investigated. Bacchus was gunned down by a Special Branch rank last Friday in Haslington. Acting Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken met with the family of the dead man on Monday and…
-medical personnel should be on such vessels, relatives say A 63-year-old resident of Jacklow, Pomeroon River, who was heading to Georgetown for dialysis treatment, died after collapsing on a ferry at the Supenaam Stelling in Region Two, on Monday morning. Teekran Singh called ‘Bombay’, was reportedly left lying on the floor for close to an…
By Kurt Campbell Kurt@newsroom.gy President Dr Irfaan Ali on Tuesday convened a meeting with the management of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) at State House to discuss its strategic direction. There, the common thread of the President’s message was that the government remained serious about returning the sugar industry to viability. President Dr Irfaan Ali…
