With the government aiming to build two Hope-like canals in Region Six, President Irfaan Ali last Sunday disclosed that with these structures the risk of flooding is expected to be reduced by 60%.
Vice President and General Secretary of the PPP/C Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday told challengers of the governing party that they need to “come right” as Guyana approaches the next general and regional elections in 2025.
Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday turned the sod signalling the commencement of construction of the Hospitality and Tourism Training Institute (HTTI) in Port Mourant, Corentyne to the tune of US $7.2m as he said that the government is working to create 50,000 jobs within the tourism sector by 2030.
The Guyana Sugar Cor-poration says it is moving full speed ahead with converting fields for mechanised planting at the Albion Estate as it works towards profitability.
As part of the first phase of the Guyana Technical Training College Inc (GTTCI) at Port Mourant, Corentyne, President Irfaan Ali yesterday commissioned a Facility Simulator to the tune of US$13m which will train workers for the offshore oil platforms.
Berbice teachers yesterday took to the streets throughout the region in support of the GTU strike calling for the Ministry of Education to head back to the bargaining table with the union to work out an option for increased salaries for educators.
Four men armed with guns, cutlasses and knives on Thursday evening pounced on a Rose Hall Town, Corentyne family who had an overseas-based relative visiting and carted off cash, jewellery and cellphones.
A fire yesterday ravaged two buildings in Springlands, Upper Corentyne ruining an upholstery business and a nearby hotel which housed a bar and mini restaurant.
Corentyne activist Gobin Harbhajan has claimed that a section of the riprap sea defence, which was completed in 2021 at the Number 61 Corentyne foreshore in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) is falling apart leaving several farms and residential areas under threat.
With a total investment of over US$100 million, Guyana’s Technical Training College Inc, which is being built in the ancient county of Berbice, is likely to be envied in the Caribbean as its localised, hands-on technical training will also be needed in other countries.
Chairman of the Hogstye/Lancaster Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), Sheron Smith along with residents yesterday held a protest outside of the NDC’s compound calling for more inclusion as they claimed that regional officials are bypassing them in the decision-making process.
A late-night accident on Monday has left two long-time friends dead after their motorcycle collided head-on with an oncoming car on the Courtland Public Road, Corentyne.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday turned the sod to commence the construction of the US$161 million New Amsterdam General Hos-pital which will be located in Fort Canje Berbice, a stone’s throw away from the present hospital.
Karibee rice across Guyana has seen close to a 3% increase in prices and according to the Chairman of the Number 36 Village, Corentyne rice milling operation, Nand Persaud & Company, Rajendra Persaud this is mainly due to the increase in transportation and labour costs.
The contractor who was blamed for the removal of material from a Region Five burial ground says no graves were damaged and he owns the land where the sand was taken from.
Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha yesterday said that workers attached to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) received their wages and he strongly condemned the Opposition for being mischievous and peddling information that the workers were not being paid.
The partly decomposed body of a Corentyne man who had been missing since Saturday was yesterday morning found in his suspected attackers’ yard at Kilcoy, Corentyne.