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By Readawne Henery Citing concern over the recent flash flooding in Georgetown, the government yesterday met with the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) on solutions, while demanding that pump attendants be better supervised and held accountable where they are found to be negligent.
Communities along the Mahaica, Mahaicony and Abary rivers yesterday reported that water levels have once again risen following hours of heavy rain.
A $1.7b contract was signed yesterday for the expansion and rehabilitation of the Fellowship Practical Instruction Centre (PIC), West Bank Demerara.
The tailings pond at the East Montgomery Mines, Linden has collapsed resulting in flooding which is affecting residents living in the area.
An absent Alex Garraway, called ‘Uncle Alex,’ the Sophia youth who was convicted of raping a five-year-old girl back in 2018, was yesterday given a life sentence for the crime.
A Number 57 Village, Corentyne, Berbice man was yesterday found dead in the lockups at the Number 51 Village Police Station.
Two men who are accused of robbing a man over $10.7 million in raw gold were yesterday remanded to prison on an armed robbery charge.
A wanted bulletin has been issued for a suspect in the murder of Shemar Drakes, who was fatally stabbed on June 7th, at Suewanda Backdam, Upper Puruni River.
With Guyana now in an era of rapid transformation, President Irfaan Ali says there is need for capacity to properly manage urban change at all levels of planning and governance.
Heavy rainfall in the Deep South Rupununi has left the district isolated from the rest of the region as water levels in rivers continue to rise.
Secretary of the Baramita Village Council Wanita Sobers was killed in an accident along the Baramita Main Access Road on Wednesday afternoon.
The Ministry of Health yesterday said that as of June 16, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.
The Ministry of Health today said that as of June 16, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.
The Government of Guyana today said that it will alert international authorities about human trafficking here following the discovery today of 10 juveniles claiming to be Haitians at a Skeldon Hotel.
Following a report in Stabroek News on Tuesday about a shortage of water in flood-hit Upper Pomeroon, the Guyana Water Incorporated yesterday supplied treated water to three communities.
President Irfaan Ali has suspended all five members of the Police Service Commission (PSC) including its Chairman, former Assistant Commissioner of Police, Paul Slowe with immediate effect pending an investigation.
Three death sentences were yesterday handed down against Abishai Caesar who was convicted on May 28 for the 2012 murders of Anna Catherina businesswoman Jennifer Persaud and her two sons: Afridi Bacchus and 18-month-old Jadon Persaud.
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has been unsuccessful in his application to set aside the $20M default judgment he had been ordered to pay former government minister Annette Ferguson who had sued him for libel.
The Ministry of Health yesterday said it had not procured COVID-19 vaccines from illegal entities or anyone in trouble with the law.
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) yesterday said that just over 36,000 households from 300 communities countrywide have been affected by flooding.
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