The members of the special team being assembled to prosecute the alleged criminal offences stemming from the sale of land at the ‘Pradoville 2’ Housing Scheme have been chosen, Minister of State Joseph Harmon has revealed.
The project to build a wind farm at Hope Beach is moving forward but will have to be scaled down by at least 50%, according Lloyd Singh, one of the investors of Guyana Wind Farm Incorporated (GWFI).
A Berbice River resident is seeking answers and compensation from the Guyana Police Force and the Minister of Public Security after a group of policemen unlawfully occupied his home for several days when they were sent to the area to conduct drug raids.
Mexican Ambassador to Guyana Ivan Roberto Sierra-Medel told local rice farmers in Berbice last Thursday that a large market is available for their produce in Mexico, if they can gain a foothold.
In a bid to decrease the overcrowding at the jails around the country, President David Granger said his government is going to spend over $300 million to expand the Mazaruni Prison to accommodate about 500 more prisoners.
A 42-year-old man was on Friday granted bail by a city magistrate after he was accused of fraudulently converting over $2 million in fish to his own use.
The Camp Street prisoner who was reportedly injured by a prison warden after he allegedly refused to have a body cavity search conducted on him was released from the Georgetown Public Hospital and is back in prison recovering.
Doctors at a private city hospital have removed the bullet which was lodged in the right leg of Gavin Ramlall who was shot during a robbery at Sophia on Thursday last.
Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson says the proposed $2.3 billion budget for road rehabilitation and construction in the hinterland next year is testament to the government’s commitment to ensuring the long awaited link to the coast.
The children of Caria Caria Village, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara (Region Three) received an early Christmas treat when President David Granger continued his toy distribution exercise in their community yesterday.
Sita Nagamootoo, wife of Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, in collaboration with the Ralph Joseph Charity, held a Christmas party in Courtland Village, Corentyne which saw the attendance of over 250 children, from the Corentyne area.
An Upper Corentyne moneychanger was this morning robbed of millions of dollars in cash and jewellery by fourteen men, some of whom were armed with high-powered weapons.
Commissioning a Buxton gas station upgraded by overseas-based Guyanese, President David Granger yesterday urged citizens to move away from being satisfied with earning fixed wages and salaries and to aim for entrepreneurship.