Bebi Oosman

The US$1.4 billion real estate project planned for Mahaica will be situated just opposite Clonbrook and it will be sited on  1,000 acres of transported, private lands.

Amidst an ongoing land dispute, Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday advised residents of Kingelly Village, West Coast Berbice, to destroy a fence that was placed by trade unionist Lincoln Lewis, who maintains the land is the transported property of his ancestor.

Burnt remains suspected to be of Canadian citizen, Nicholas Ramkissoon Jaipaul, who was reported missing on Monday, were yesterday morning discovered in Moleson Creek, Upper Corentyne. 

Chairman of Region Six David Armogan moments ago confirmed that seven persons have since tested positive for COVID-19 in the region.

Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha has stated that management at the various GuySuCo estates will be restructured and that he intends to work towards the sugar industry reclaiming its place as one of the country’s major foreign exchange earners.

Four excavators are to be deployed in Upper Corentyne villages stricken by flooding following heavy rain on Friday and Saturday even as questions are being raised as to why the local government authority was unable to clear clogged drains.

The majority of Canje residents who were laid off due to the closure of the Rose Hall Estate in 2017, are hopeful that the estate will be reopened as soon as possible under the new PPP/C administration, in keeping with the party’s manifesto promise. 

A Corriverton man was fatally shot yesterday morning while he was standing in a crowd that had gathered to witness a fight between fellow villagers. 

The three persons who died after the crash along the Whim Public Road on Sunday night have been identified as a Guyana Defence Force soldier and two of his friends. 

The residents of New Amsterdam, in Region Six, strongly believe that it is because of the firm enforcement of the COVID-19 measures by regional authorities that has prevented the virus from spreading throughout the township and by extension the county. 

Still reeling from the fallout of the closure of the Rose Hall Estate, in Region Six, some East Canje, Berbice residents say the effects of the current COVID-19 pandemic have added to their woes, leaving them in an almost daily struggle to survive.

A young Guyanese woman residing in New York has launched a website selling makeup and other products. 

Melisa Soman, whose body was pulled from the Berbice River on Thursday was two months pregnant, her mother and a police source confirmed yesterday.

The body of a 17-year-old Stanleytown, New Amster-dam girl was fished out of the Berbice River on Thursday evening and two persons have since been arrested as police are seeking to determine if she was a victim of foul play. 

Residents of Tain Settlement, Corentyne were left in a state of shock yester-day morning, after a well-known pensioner was found murdered in her house. 

‘Seven years ago, Afeena Aliyah Mootoo professionally entered the makeup industry after she was recommended by a friend to her first client.

The family of a West Coast Berbice man are still seeking answers about his mysterious disappearance in August, 2000, and are now pleading with investigators to reopen the case. 

Three years ago, Nafeeza Khan decided that it was time for her to take care of herself and her special needs son and no longer depend on anyone. 

Debra Anibal of Ithaca Village, West Bank Berbice, faces a bleak Mother’s Day without her daughter, Vanessa Benjamin, who was brutally stabbed to death last month, allegedly by her children’s father. 

Vanessa Benjamin, the 21-year-old Ithaca Village, West Bank Berbice woman who was killed on Thursday afternoon, was stabbed over 15 times, her family said yesterday.