ERC, UN launch campaign against hate speech
The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) joined hands with the United Nations (UN) to launch the “Countering Hate Speech Campaign” at the National Library yesterday.
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The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) joined hands with the United Nations (UN) to launch the “Countering Hate Speech Campaign” at the National Library yesterday.
The government through the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) is evaluating a project it says is aimed at developing a sustainable, integrated national drainage and irrigation system in Guyana.
Thirty-nine-year-old construction labourer, Terrence Wills, of Lot 217 Main Road, La Penitence, Georgetown, appeared before Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magis-trate’s Court yesterday where he was charged with two counts of armed robbery.
The police on Monday discovered the heavily decomposed body of a Cumber-land man, who was last seen alive five days ago, at Fort Ordnance Scheme, East Canje Berbice.
Elijah Adams, a 21-year-old labourer from Annandale, East Coast Demerara, was arrested by Police on 2023-07-16 and charged yesterday with the rape of a child under 16 years.
Nineteen-year-old Colwyn Nurse of Tucville Terrace, Georgetown, appeared before Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday where he was charged with armed robbery.
Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton has reiterated the importance of prioritising widespread, continuous training in Guyana to address the shortage of skilled labour in Guyana.
While police investigations continue into the shooting incident at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, on Saturday night, the six-year-old girl who was wounded in the head remains in critical condition in the intensive care unit at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Mario Singh, the 37-year-old construction worker who admitted to stealing from the Good News Fellowship Full Gospel Church in Bartica, was yesterday sentenced to nine months in jail.
Jamaine Josiah, a 28-year-old construction worker of Eccles, East Bank Demerara, was arrested by a rank from the Providence Police Station on 2024/06/14 allegedly with 907.2 grams of marijuana and charged yesterday with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
Wade Morrison, a 41-year-old construction worker of Haslington New Scheme, East Coast Demerara, was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing in court to answer to the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
Troy Sertimer, a 50-year-old clothes vendor of Lot 35 Middle Walk, Anns Grove, East Coast Demerara, was charged yesterday when he appeared in court and was fined $30,000 after pleading guilty to the offence of possession of narcotics.
-pose grave risks to country US sanctions against the Mohameds and Mae Toussaint Jr.
Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 5.30 am yesterday on the public road at Diamond, East Bank Demerara, involving motor car #PZZ 4447.
-suspect in custody Police are investigating the murder of Avienash Singh, a 30-year-old fisherman of Charity Squatting Area, Essequibo Coast, which occurred on Sunday at a shop in the area operated by the suspect’s reputed wife.
-oil industry seen as fuelling increases By Khadidja Ba Rental prices in the city have risen so much over the past five years that even renting a habitable one-bedroom apartment for less than $80,000 per month is a challenge.
Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat has invited jewellers and goldsmiths to a meeting today.
Indigenous leaders from across the Caribbean and Canada called for greater economic empowerment, participation in decision-making, and robust protection of rights at an Indigenous Peoples Forum which opened the Carib-bean Development Bank’s (CDB) 54th Annual Meet-ing yesterday in Ottawa, Canada.
Following yesterday’s downpours, Stabroek News visited several wards of Georgetown and observed varying levels of flooding and blocked drains compounded by garbage accumulation.
Miners and loggers as well as residents of Kwakwani, Region Ten, are expected to benefit from critical infrastructural upgrades – valued at $489 million – which are projected to bolster connectivity and accessibility in the Kwakwani sub-region, a release from the Department of Public Information (DPI) said.
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