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Operations across the sugar industry have been significantly affected today as thousands of sugar workers from Albion, Blairmont and Uitvlugt Estates as well as the GuySuCo Research Unit have stayed away from work to protest the increase in pay being offered by the GuySuCo, the sugar union GAWU says.
The police say they are investigating the murder of Joseph Calistro, 26, a miner of Port Kaituma, NWD which occurred on Sunday February 23, 2020 at 14 Miles, NWD allegedly by a 25 -year -old miner, of Port Kaituma NWD, who has since been detained.
The Head of the Commonwealth Observer Mission, former Barbadian Prime Minister, Owen Arthur yesterday called on all stakeholders to “demonstrate commitment to a peaceful, transparent, credible and inclusive election”.
A three-year-old girl drowned while swimming in the Pegasus Hotel pool yesterday afternoon and police have launched an investigation.
The Citizenship Initiative’s (TCI) Ruel Johnson yesterday lashed out at hypocrisy in the political directorate on the question of decriminalising gay sex.
A 35-year-old Essequibo resident lost his life on Sunday night after he allegedly collided with a car while riding his motorcycle along the Adventure Public Road, Essequibo Coast.
A ban on single-use plastics as well as the establishment of regional teams to respond to wildlife and environmental issues are among the plans of three of the small political parties contesting the March 2nd general elections.
A 15-year-old pillion rider is now dead while his friend was injured after the motorcycle they were on crashed into a car on Dennis Street, Sophia early yesterday morning.
The police are investigating the death of a man, whose body was discovered in a trench at Belmont, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara on Sunday morning.
Investigators were able to positively identify the suspects who shot and killed Cuban butcher Ofredis Duarte Campos during an attempted robbery last week based on CCTV footage obtained, Commander of Region 4(A) Assistant Commissioner Edgar Thomas said.
A proposal by Guyana-born Mayor of Purcellville, Kwame Fraser for a sister city relationship with Linden has been put on hold after dissent emerged in Fraser’s council.
Twenty-four residents of Kwakwani, in Region Ten, received land leases from the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) last Friday.
The relatives of the two Corentyne fishermen who have been missing since a piracy attack on their boat last October are calling on the authorities to conduct DNA testing on the skeletal remains found at the West Coast Berbice foreshore Friday last to determine if there is a match.
Guyana Fire Service (GFS) investigators have concluded that the fire which destroyed the Sachi Superstore on Regent Street, Georgetown last Monday was an act of arson.
Investigators are still working to determine who opened fire on Tuesday leaving Randy Bowen dead and his accomplice injured after they robbed a woman of her handbag in Campbellville.
Schools across the capital city celebrated Guyana’s 50th republic anniversary last Friday, with cultural songs and dances and presentations on the history of the Mashramani celebrations.
Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the supply of newborn care packages for mothers and children in Region 9.
Nine foreign nationals, comprising six Haitian citizens and three Cuban citizens, were fined and ordered de-ported last Friday after they admitted to illegally departing from Guyana.
A man was remanded to prison on Friday after being charged with assaulting a policeman.
A man was on Friday handed a three-month sentence for assaulting a woman.
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