By Nafeeza Yahya-Sakur WEST BERBICE residents took to the streets in protest, after the battered bodies of two teenagers were found dumped in a clump of bush at Cotton Tree Backdam, on Sunday afternoon. The bodies of two cousins, Isaiah Henry, 16, and Joel Henry, 19, both of Number Three Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB)…
The Police have now arrested three persons as they conduct what the Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie says is an “intense” investigation into the brutal murder of Berbice teen boys Joel and Isaiah Henry. Those arrested include the 57-year-old owner of the farm where the boys’ mutilated bodies were found. The owner’s son and a handyman…
A 57-year-old villager from Cotton Tree on the West Coast of Berbice has been arrested as the Police continue their probe into the brutal slaying of two teenaged cousins from #3 village in the same West Coast Berbice area. The Guyana Police Force in a short statement confirmed the arrest but offered no other details.…
— reopening of closed estates will breathe new life into village economies, says Min. Mustapha — key appointments already made at Skeldon, Rose Hall estates By Rabindra Rooplall and Nafeeza Yahya-Sakur THE Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is not only about sugar and employment but a medium that has contributed significantly to national and community development,…
For the second time in two days, two officers attached to the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGCOM) came under fire in the Cuyuni River on Friday from across the Venezuelan shore at a location called ‘Baboon.’ The News Room was reliably informed that the first shooting incident occurred on September 3 when the GGMC…
For the second straight day, Guyana recorded two coronavirus related deaths, pushing the number of total deaths to 46. The Health Ministry this afternoon revealed that the two latest fatalities are both women. One was an 84-year-old from Region 4 while the other who hailed from Region One was 47-years old. With the two deaths…
— gov’t making immediate purchase, working to normalise services, says Min. Anthony GUYANA, like many countries around the world, has been forced to expend resources in the fight against the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and, simultaneously, manage routine and other ailments, a task which has been challenging for the country, mainly because medical drugs have…
Sasha Hublall-Ali, the nurse who worked with the late paediatrician Dr Seepersaud Chatterdeo at the Dr Balwant Singh’s Hospital, says she was told that she will be able to receive her COVID-19 test results in two to three weeks even though she is displaying most of the symptoms of the dreaded disease. Dr Chatterdeo died…
The Government has started the appointment of members to a number of state boards and while it has reached out to the small parties for nominees to the boards, it has completely blanked the APNU+AFC, which has 31 of the 32 opposition seats in the National Assembly. Last week, the Minister of Governance Gail Teixeira…
– settling outstanding payments with interest, says Min. Mustapha By Rabindra Rooplall THE Panamanian Government has responded to Guyana, acknowledging the outstanding payments for rice and has committed to addressing those payments, but has requested to do so after COVID-19 subsides, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha has confirmed. In an invited comment on Thursday, Minister Mustapha…
