Four men armed with guns, cutlasses and knives on Thursday evening pounced on a Rose Hall Town, Corentyne family who had an overseas-based relative visiting and carted off cash, jewellery and cellphones.
A fire yesterday ravaged two buildings in Springlands, Upper Corentyne ruining an upholstery business and a nearby hotel which housed a bar and mini restaurant.
Corentyne activist Gobin Harbhajan has claimed that a section of the riprap sea defence, which was completed in 2021 at the Number 61 Corentyne foreshore in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) is falling apart leaving several farms and residential areas under threat.
With a total investment of over US$100 million, Guyana’s Technical Training College Inc, which is being built in the ancient county of Berbice, is likely to be envied in the Caribbean as its localised, hands-on technical training will also be needed in other countries.
Two years ago, Berbice teacher Monix Hetemeyer survived a car crash.
Chairman of the Hogstye/Lancaster Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), Sheron Smith along with residents yesterday held a protest outside of the NDC’s compound calling for more inclusion as they claimed that regional officials are bypassing them in the decision-making process.
A late-night accident on Monday has left two long-time friends dead after their motorcycle collided head-on with an oncoming car on the Courtland Public Road, Corentyne.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday turned the sod to commence the construction of the US$161 million New Amsterdam General Hos-pital which will be located in Fort Canje Berbice, a stone’s throw away from the present hospital.
Karibee rice across Guyana has seen close to a 3% increase in prices and according to the Chairman of the Number 36 Village, Corentyne rice milling operation, Nand Persaud & Company, Rajendra Persaud this is mainly due to the increase in transportation and labour costs.
A man who was reported missing was yesterday afternoon found buried in a shallow grave in the backlands of Crabwood Creek, Upper Corentyne.
The contractor who was blamed for the removal of material from a Region Five burial ground says no graves were damaged and he owns the land where the sand was taken from.
Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday said that workers attached to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) received their wages and he strongly condemned the Opposition for being mischievous and peddling information that the workers were not being paid.
The partly decomposed body of a Corentyne man who had been missing since Saturday was yesterday morning found in his suspected attackers’ yard at Kilcoy, Corentyne.
Commander of Region Six, Shivpersaud Bacchus has denied striking a vendor with a cane during attempts to bring order on Monday evening at the Corriverton Market following a fire.
A fire last evening ravaged sections of the Corriverton Market in Region Six leaving vendors in dismay.
Sunil Ally who had pleaded guilty to the 2019 murder of cash crop and poultry farmer, Deoprakash Lalbachan, also known as ‘Deo’ and ‘Williams,’ of Lot 22 Grant 1651, Crabwood Creek, was yesterday sentenced to life in prison.
A Canefield businessman and his family are now left to pick up the pieces after a fire which reportedly spread from a neighbour’s garbage heap completely destroyed his premises which housed his furniture business, bond and all of his household items that he acquired in the last thirty-five years.
The Guyana Police Force has completed a further probe on the removal of sand from the Murphy Dam Cemetery in Region Five and has sent back its file for legal advice.
Berbice engineer, Neil Madramootoo, was yesterday charged with the murder of his partner, Ashmin Mahadeo, and remanded to prison when he appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.
The government of Suriname has not yet issued the 150 SK fishing licences to Guyanese fishermen, which were promised in 2021 following an agreement between the two countries, and Guyana’s Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha said he is disappointed.
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