Missing deaf Guyanese reunites with NY family
The deaf Guyanese man who disappeared in Queens, New York less than 12 hours after his arrival has been found.
The deaf Guyanese man who disappeared in Queens, New York less than 12 hours after his arrival has been found.
Following a Ministry of Housing and Water decision to remove persons from government reserves in Sophia some of those affected have come forward with a petition stating that the move is unfair since all efforts to obtain legitimate house lots have failed.
The Ministry of Agriculture has given the go-ahead for a team of inspectors from its counterpart in Trinidad & Tobago to review the status of the chicken export facility here.
A cannon and cannonball were stolen from a government ministry early this month and the police are asking the public to be alert.
An elderly pastor was robbed of items worth some $275,000 over the weekend while in the backyard of his West Ruimveldt home.
Police in Bartica discovered a snub nose Taurus over the weekend after they had found one in Georgetown early on Thursday morning.
The police will entertain citizens this week with a concert to be held in the Botanical Gardens on Thursday.
Night vending and other work are being done at the Stabroek Market with a view to easing the congestion in keeping with plans to enhance the city for the country’s hosting of several high-level events.
Power has since been restored to the border community of Lethem after being left in the dark since Wednesday.
Amidst calls for local government elections to be held before the end of this year, the Mayor and City Council is hoping to cut its budget from $2.5B to $1.6B.
Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy believes that if certain key changes are made in the public health nursing programme the number of challenges it faces would be reduced significantly.
Efforts underway to improve law enforcement capacity to tackle piracy include a private trawler owner making a boat available to the police and coastguard for an immediate response to situations at sea and improved communication facilities at the Georgetown Boat House The Agriculture Ministry is also working with the Fishermen’s Co-op societies of the Corentyne and the East Coast Demerara to provide a boat to the police for patrol and responses, a Government Information Agency (GINA) release said.
In November 1996, police killed Winston Hescott during an exchange of gunfire at Madewini Creek.
The three remaining escapees from the gang of nine who broke out of the Mazaruni Prison two Fridays ago were recaptured yesterday bringing a close to the intense chase by the joint services.
Two years after the East Coast Demerara, Georgetown and other parts of coastal Guyana were devastated by flooding, Ruth Barrow and her family of Dazzell Housing Scheme and Bibi Shameena Persaud of Good Hope are still in the process of rebuilding their livelihoods.
Institutional strengthening of the Community Services Enhancement Project (CSEP) got a boost last Friday with the granting of a contract to facilitate the transition of the five Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) to secondary township status.
Infestation of termites and bats at schools in Region Five is a major problem and officials said they have to intensify efforts to tackle the problem effectively.
The Central Islamic Organi-sation of Guyana (CIOG) recently donated $1M worth of computers and printers to the Farm Masjid.
The Region Four administration has written to Local Government Minister Kellawan Lall informing him of a 16:12 vote by councillors for the administrative building to be reconstructed at the same Paradise, East Coast Demerara location.
A Queens family is desperately searching for a deaf relative who vanished hours after arriving in New York.
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