The Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) in charge of the Port Mourant Market in Region Six has closed the market until further notice in response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), while the region’s town councils have issued stricter guide-lines for businesses and vendors.
Marcus Brian Bisram was yesterday freed of the murder charge laid against him over the killing of carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt but his freedom was short-lived as he was re-arrested by police based on a directive from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), who believes there is sufficient evidence for him to stand trial in the High Court.
A businessman was shot dead by gunmen on Friday night on the premises of his Rosignol snackette, where he was celebrating his 78th birthday.
The Guyana Police Force yesterday said Sewdat Hansraj, the youth who was fatally shot during last Friday evening’s protest at Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice, had been attacking its ranks with a cutlass alongside other protestors—an assertion that was rejected by his family and residents of the village, who called for an investigation to be done.
Scenes of violence unfolded and a bus transporting schoolchildren was attacked, police were stoned and chased, motorists were harassed and roads were blocked and set afire as rioters, protesting what they claimed were “rigged” elections, rampaged at several locations in Berbice yesterday.
Voters turned out in their numbers across Region Six yesterday to cast their votes to select the country’s next government in a process that saw early balloting and few issues.
Stressing the importance of the East Berbice-Corentyne region, President David Granger yesterday appealed to residents to give the APNU+AFC coalition a chance to lead them to development, while saying that the PPP/C’s time at the helm has left it in a mess.
Madavie Ashley Latchman, 21, of Lot Canefield Settlement, East Canje Berbice, who dreams of one day opening her own makeup studio, last year successfully launched her career despite a facing a hurdle.
Even as the police are yet to make an arrest, the second victim in the Number 63 Village hotel murders was yesterday identified by relatives as Harry Persaud, 59, of Number 68 Village, Corentyne.
The decomposing bodies of a Canadian hotelier and his worker were found yesterday afternoon in the man’s hotel at Number 63 Village, Corentyne with the two apparently tortured as body parts had been hacked away.
One of Berbice’s youngest entrepreneurs, the talented Rebecca Ann D’Andrade, is on the path to open her makeup business, Bliss Studios in Rose Hall Town early next year.
In Clifton Settlement, which was once known as Port Mourant, then Tain, located along the Corentyne highway in Region Six, fish vendor Angela Naidu wakes at 2 am to head to work on most days.
Two Corentyne sisters, who have become local viral sensations due to a video of them berating police at an outpost, were today asked to post a total of $100,000 bail after they were faced with almost a dozen charges between them.
Magistrate Alex Moore yesterday said that the preliminary inquiry (PI) into charge against Marcus Brian Bisram, the alleged mastermind behind the murder of a Corentyne carpenter, would be conducted by way of paper committal proceedings, which he said could be completed before the end of the year.
A Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, henna artist spent last weekend overseas becoming inter-nationally certified with the intention of returning to Guyana and commencing classes for locals who wish to learn the very popular trade of applying mehendi.
Karamchand Sugrim also known as ‘Kishan’, 20, of Reliance Settlement, Canje, Berbice is currently training at the Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra in India to become a classical vocalist.
Six bandits, armed with high-powered weapons, were forced to abort a home invasion at midnight last Saturday after a Corentyne moneychanger opened fire on them.
A majority of the workers attached to the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) Blairmont Estate yesterday went on strike to call for an increase in their salaries.
President David Granger yesterday afternoon told persons gathered to celebrate the opening of New Amsterdam Town Week that he is a constitutional president and that the government is a constitutional one.
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