-utility still mum Fed up with the situation, Lethem residents yesterday protested in front of the Lethem Power Company (LPC) offices as the electricity woes in the border community continued and Executive Director of the utility, John Fredericks refused to comment when contacted.
A fluctuating electricity supply and constant blackouts in Lethem over the past week have left many residents fuming and equipment damaged, in some cases.
– French owner rescued by cargo ship The vessel which was discovered off the coast off Berbice on Sunday is believed to be one that was abandoned after it capsized during a race from Senegal to French Guiana last month.
Welder killed in Annandale bus smash-up 62-year-old man died after the bus that he was in collided with a truck on the Annandale Public Road, East Coast Demerara last night.
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Takutu Bridge sees pinch on Brazil imports – Lethem feels the squeeze For years Lethem was the quintessential border town.
Hailed as a “quiet revolutionary” in the “quiet revolution” of West Indian Literature, Guyanese writer, Theodore Wilson Harris was the subject of a special gathering as the 28th Conference of West Indian Literature opened at the Georgetown Club on Sunday.
An early morning collision yesterday between a passenger boat and another vessel in the Demerara River has left a goldsmith in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
For a 103-year-old lady, Adina Capitus has a forceful punch; not in the sense of a young person but not what would be expected from a centenarian either.
A family of four is now homeless after a fire, suspected to have been electrical in origin, destroyed their home at Industry, East Coast Demerara yesterday afternoon.
12,000 to benefit The Government and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) yesterday inked a loan deal totalling $5.7B for the housing sector, which is expected to benefit about 12,000 people, representing 8% of the country’s households.
A motion to recognize the service of the late President, Mrs.
People know each other well on the Pomeroon River. Travelling mostly in boats, some of the children even paddle to school, almost everyone waves to each other in passing.
-residents pleading for relief Environmentally unsound mining practices continue at Arau despite many complaints to several government agencies and residents of the remote indigenous community are again pleading for proper regulation of such activities.
Veggie export ‘business’ used to gather money In a case that has echoes of a ‘Ponzi scheme’, an employee of a state agency is in police custody as the lawmen probe a scheme that offered a 35% rate of return monthly and into which hundreds of persons invested their monies but were not paid their profit since the year began.
Call it the dance of death. A 30-year-old father of three succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday after being stabbed at a wedding in a dispute over who was the better dancer and three men are in police custody.
It was loud and hot; there were crowds but the few bands that stood out were unable to save this year’s Mashramani parade from being a lacklustre affair.
Guyana remains at the “tipping edge” in relation to security, says PNCR-1G Member of Parliament, Deborah Backer while issuing a call to Government to implement and undertake reforms mentioned in several reports.
Norton says development far from being realized Development in Amerindian communities is far from being realized says PNCR-1G Member of Parliament (MP), Dr.
and Alva Solomon They hope. Hope that their wounds would heal, for justice, for their lives to be a little easier.
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