Neezamudin Rafeek was yesterday sentenced to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter for the killing of a Bushlot Village, West Coast Berbice couple in January 2016.
A Corentyne woman is speaking out about her overnight experience at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital (NAPH), where she said she contracted an infection while giving birth to her first child.
A West Coast Berbice (WCB) man was last evening fatally beaten while his son sustained head and other injuries after they were attacked by five villagers from a nearby village who claimed that the older man had broken into their house and stolen jewellery.
One day after his trial commenced in the High Court in Berbice, Neezamudin Rafeek yesterday opted to plead guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter in the horrific killing of a Bushlot Village, West Coast Berbice couple in January 2016.
Devi Samaroo, who died at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital on Sunday after a stillbirth delivery, succumbed as a result of blood clots in her lungs, an autopsy has found.
The sod was turned yesterday afternoon to mark the start of the construction of the Amaya Milk Company’s $150 million state-of-the-art milk processing facility at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice, which is expected to produce pasteurized milk for store shelves by the end of April next year.
Several vehicles were involved in a pile-up just before midday yesterday at Foulis, West Coast Bebrice leaving a driver seriously hurt and others with minor injuries.
The Food For The Poor (Guyana) Incorporated on Friday handed over 10 semi-furnished houses to residents of Region Six, fulfilling their dreams of finally becoming homeowners.
-Berbicians to be trained for oil and gas under Clem Sankat
photos by Bebi Oosman
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announced in Region Six that thousands of sugar workers severed under the former APNU+AFC administration will each receive a $250,000 grant at least by the end of January, 2022, regardless of their employment status.
Close to 200 of the Albion Estate’s cane harvesters took to the streets yesterday to protest for financial assistance due to the impact of the May/June floods, which damaged the estate’s sugar cane, resulting in a drastic drop in their weekly earnings since the start of the new crop.
A Port Mourant man who was wanted for the attempted murder of his wife was thwarted in his bid to escape when US authorities at the JFK Airport in New York denied him entry and sent him back to Guyana where he is now in the custody of the police.
Community activist Veerasammy Ramayya yesterday resigned as the Coordinator for President Irfaan Ali’s Rapid Res-ponse Taskforce in Region Six stating that he had been insulted by a senior government official and that he was unable to work with regional officials who seemed to have an issue with him reporting directly to the President.
Region Six’s primary and nursery schools reopened yesterday for face-to-face learning but while there was a poor turnout of students overall, parents who opted to send their children to school were happy with the arrangements.
A Hindu priest from Crabwood Creek, Upper Corentyne was beaten to death on Saturday night after he attempted to disperse a group of men who were drinking in front of his residence and were allegedly verbally abusing his daughters.