A Reliance Settlement, East Canje Berbice man is calling on the Guyana Police Force to reopen the investigation into the murder of his 16-year-old son, Vivian Singh Balrup at Number 63 Beach 14 years ago.
-37 resignations in two years Local exporters are calling for a dialogue with President Irfaan Ali about the operations at the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) which they say is being run like a ‘doll house’ resulting in some 37 staff members resigning over a two-year period.
Preparatory works have commenced at the sites where two new state-of-the-art hospitals will be built in Region Six, as the government moves to improve the delivery of healthcare.
The Sheriff Group of Companies yesterday turned the sod at Palmyra, Region Six, for a mall – the first of its kind to be built in Berbice.
A Corentyne farmer who earlier this month pleaded guilty to the 2019 murders of a Canadian hotelier and his watchman at Number 63 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, was yesterday sentenced to life in prison on both counts.
Berbice engineer, Neil Madramootoo, was yesterday charged with the attempted murder of his fiancée, Ashmin Mahadeo, and placed on $500,000 bail.
A New Amsterdam, Berbice family is now mourning the loss of their matriarch after the 58-year-old woman was trapped in her burning house yesterday morning.
Opening the Agri Investment Forum & Expo yesterday, President Irfaan Ali announced that Guyana and Canada will partner to create 3,000 innovative jobs here especially for the younger generation as he pushed the importance of science and technology in developing agriculture.
A Williamsburg businessman died yesterday morning after he was struck in his head by a man who broke into his supermarket.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday hailed the resumption of sugar production at the Rose Hall Estate while announcing that GuySuCo has surpassed last year’s production total.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that he was disappointed in Region Six’s Regional Executive Officer (REO) Narindra Persaud after several issues were raised during an outreach in Mara, East Bank Berbice.
Ashmin Mahadeo continues to fight for her life at the Georgetown Public Hospital after being mysteriously shot in the neck on the morning of October 1st at her Williamsburg, Corentyne residence, and investigators in Berbice are yet to nab the person behind the gun.
Following weeks of complaints about potholes on the Central Corentyne Highway and poor repairs, the authorities yesterday began patching sections of the thoroughfare.
The Rosignol/Zeelust Neighbour-hood Democratic Council (NDC) has launched an investigation into the removal of sand from a burial ground located at Murphy Dam Cemetery, West Bank Berbice, resulting in several tombs disappearing.
The family of Melissa Arokium and her eight-year-old son, Anthony Arokium, who were murdered at their residence in Rose Hall Town, Corentyne are dissatisfied with the way in which investigators are handling the probe as the police are yet to file charges against any suspect.
Six years after its closure, the Rose Hall Estate is to officially return to grinding today, bringing a sense of relief and life back to the community of Canje and by extension the county of Berbice.
Teachers in Berbice last week took action by absenting themselves from school to voice their frustration at the lack of talks with the government as it relates to the proposal for an increase in salary made by the GTU three years ago.
A female staffer attached to the Region Six council has been arrested as the probe into the $50m robbery committed at the RDC on Wednesday morning continues.
Bandits yesterday morning stormed the Region Six compound and carted off $50m in cash which was to be paid to part-time workers and hours after one of the suspects was shot dead at Heathburn and two persons arrested.
Sugar workers who were arrested on Monday after they allegedly attempted to block the Canje Turn with wooden poles and structures to stop the free flow of traffic maintain that they were stripped down, photographed, and placed into lock-ups by police in Region Six.
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