Guyana is not prepared to give away even an inch of its territory, President David Granger said yesterday at Bartica as he praised the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on completion of Exercise Greenheart, reasserting that while this country has one of the best defence forces in the Caribbean, he is committed to peaceful resolutions of the issues with Venezuela and Suriname.
The Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) ‘Exercise Greenheart,’ which is aimed at testing the preparedness of troops to operate in close country (jungle) operations closed yesterday in the Bartica-Potaro area of Region 7.
After decades of relying on the rain and the river for their water supply, many residents of Free and Easy, West Bank Demerara, are now accessing potable water through a pipeline system that was recently installed in the village.
Colwyn Harding, who has accused a police constable of raping him with a baton, yesterday testified about the attack, which he says was filmed by a community police rank.
The Regional Democratic Council of Region Four yesterday organised tree planting exercises ahead of today’s observance of National Tree Day.
Just a few months after he arrived in Guyana for a year-long training stint, Belizean Emil Mendez was shot in an armed robbery and was left paralysed from the waist down.
The Demerara Bank Limited yesterday donated a quantity of stationery and board games to the students staying at the Hinterland Scholarship Dormitory at Liliendaal that houses 86 students from the hinterland regions.
A young policeman died yesterday after he was brutally stabbed by a man who then took his own life by stabbing himself and slitting his own throat.
Waves of vendors and other volunteers flooded Water Street yesterday to clean up and “water the dead roots of the Garden City”.
President of the Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCCI) Abraham Subnauth is urging the government to explore other options for competition with the Berbice Bridge Company Inc.
Story and photos by Dhanash Ramroop A 20 minutes’ drive from Georgetown along the East Coast of Demerara takes you to the former hidden paradise of Elizabeth Hall.
Tucked away behind Mon Repos on the East Coast Demerara is the little village of De Endragt that is populated with approximately 300 people.
Floodwater from Wednes-day’s torrential rain was slowly receding yesterday but some communities on the East Coast have seen no respite even as the government’s relief operation takes shape.
Residents of several villages along the East Coast were left devastated yesterday following the flooding caused by sudden and intense rainfall that started on Wednesday afternoon.
After 23 years of serving Guyana with “genuine creole food”, owner of the Jerries Restaurant and Bar, Jerry Bacchus, yesterday confirmed the closing of the franchise.
Taking note of the strong gusts of wind on Sunday, Mocha resident Andrew Little predicted that there was going to be a storm.
Residents of Mahaicony and Mahaicony Creek, Region Five have been flooded again and are blaming the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) as livestock and crop damage mounts.
An impromptu inspection of the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) power station at Bartica on Saturday uncovered hazardous and unsanitary working conditions.
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