A Corentyne mother is now left to mourn the loss of her two sons after her husband’s brother stabbed them to death on Sunday, an attack which also left the woman hospitalised at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.
Asif Hamid, who earlier in the month pleaded guilty to killing Henry Lallman who was found in a shallow grave back in August, 2015, was yesterday sentenced to fifteen years in prison.
The Ministry of Agriculture is expected to pronounce soon on a proposal by farmers within the Number 52 to Number 74 Corentyne area for the fencing of land for cattle grazing.
A simple soil turning ceremony was yesterday held for the construction of a $327 million asphaltic concrete road at Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice, which Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha said is one of six farm-to-market roads to be built this year.
A woman is now set to face just over a dozen charges after she allegedly scammed groups of men in Berbice by pretending to facilitate accredited training courses for would-be seafarers.
A Cumberland, East Canje, Berbice man succumbed during his third visit to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital last Thursday, after he suffered a suspected chop wound to the head.
A Corentyne fisherman was yesterday sentenced to eight years in prison after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter at the High Court in Berbice.
-accomplice gets 24 years Rooplall Abrahim, who admitted to fatally chopping an elderly Bush Lot businessman and his common-law wife in 2016, has been sentenced to life in prison, while his accomplice, Madanpaul Gocoul, has been sentenced to 24 years for the crime.
Orealla and Siparuta in the south of Region Six will soon have an extension officer to assist them with farming, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha announced during an outreach on Monday, while noting that he also hopes to reopen the fruit cheese factory located in Orealla.
Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday promised drainage and irrigation (D&I) services to private cane farmers in the Upper Corentyne area, as he sought to encourage them to return to cane cultivation.
When the former government took the decision to close GuySuCo’s Skeldon Estate in 2017, like a lot of other people brothers Anand and Prakash Singh learned about it in the news.
Saying that his government has redirected $2.9 billion in the capital programme outside of the regional budget to be spent on developmental works in Region Six, President Irfaan Ali yesterday promised to forge ahead with plans at a rapid pace despite the economic challenges in order to ensure that the livelihoods of citizens are improved.
Sasenarine Singh, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GuySuCo yesterday said that two engineers are expected from India in January to advise on the best way forward in relation to the reopening of the Skeldon Sugar Factory.
photos by Bebi Oosman After being closed for almost three years, the Rose Hall Estate yesterday began humming back to life with the hiring of 105 workers and operations are underway to restart some field operations.
Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, business-man Mohamed Haniff, who returned to Guyana seven days ago, yesterday succumbed to the injuries he sustained during a home invasion on Friday night and his wife has since been held by the police for ques-tioning about the attack.
The unrest in Region Five yesterday escalated with groups of armed persons attacking and robbing road users throughout the region, while reports have emerged of persons stoning and torching a house and a barber shop in two areas.
Seven persons are now in custody and police are searching for three others in connection with the gruesome murders of teenage cousins Isaiah and Joel Henry.
Five persons were in police custody yesterday in con-nection with the gruesome murders of Isaiah and Joel Henry of Number Three Village, West Coast Ber-bice and protests over the killings continued in Regions Five and Six and saw the police firing off pellets and tear gas at Hopetown to clear the road.
Protests erupted in Region Five last night after the bodies of two missing cousins were found with wounds in the backdam of Cotton Tree and a coconut farmer has since been taken into custody by the police.
A Corentyne man is now dead while another is nursing injuries to his face after they were attacked by two armed men along the Albion Public Road on Saturday evening while returning home from work.
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