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Hoping to help boost capacity of its aquaculture investments and seafood processing standards, local seafood company Pritipaul Singh Investments (PSI) is seeking to tap into India’s vast knowledge in the area and has begun discussions on collaborative efforts.
Approximately 1,000 low -and moderate-income persons on the East Coast of Demerara, Region Four received house lots on Friday, when the Ministry of Housing and Water and the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), hosted another ‘Dream Realised’ housing drive.
Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall has given vendors at Anna Regina, in Region Two, another two weeks to halt all roadside vending and to relocate to the Bush Lot market.
A man, described by police as being of unsound mind, is now patient under guard at the Suddie Public Hospital in Region Two after he was beaten by residents of Adventure, Region Two, who caught him trying to rape a young girl.
Troy Resources and Zijin Mining Group have both reported that the commencement of underground gold mining at their repective Region Seven operations , have been delayed due to inclement weather conditions in recent months.
Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday granted the prosecution more time to prepare evidence for the trial of the seven persons accused of conspiring to rig the March 2nd, 2020 elections.
A sex worker was on Friday sentenced to a year in prison after he admitted to committing a robbery.
Three Memorex Enterprise Inc. workers were on Friday charged with stealing over $7.5 million in food supplies and other goods from the company.
Over 150 women and men in Region Two are expected to benefit from skills training under the Women’s Innovation and Investment Network (WiiN) programme.
A taxi driver was robbed of his car on Thursday night when two men attacked a Superbet outlet at Bladen Hall, East Coast Demerara.
A quantity of prohibited items, including cellular phones, were found yesterday morning when a search was carried out at the New Amsterdam Prison.
A Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, man is now in police custody after he was nabbed while allegedly attempting to steal a cow during the wee hours of Thursday.
A motorcyclist is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after he collided with a truck early on Wednesday morning along the Ogle Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara.
Residents along the Essequibo Coast will today benefit from a medical outreach.
The Ministry of Health today said that as of August 26, 2021, three more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.
The Central Housing and Planning Authority says that around 1,000 low-income and moderate-income house lots were handed out today.
Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Mark Berman has stressed the importance of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs).
Over 200 children were yesterday administered their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine as the adolescent COVID-19 inoculation programme was officially launched.
One person is now dead and three have been listed as critical after being involved in an accident at Kilometer 33, Buckhall, Region One.
Kevin Mohan known as ‘Chucky,’ was yesterday afternoon handed a life sentence for the murder of his aunt Anita Mohan, who raised him from a baby and whom he slashed and beat to death and then robbed of $10,000 back in 2016.
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