Agri Ministry engineers to look at Mocha Arcadia issues
Engineers from the Ministry of Agriculture are to visit the East Bank village of Mocha Arcadia to assess problems being experienced there and develop a plan of action.
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Engineers from the Ministry of Agriculture are to visit the East Bank village of Mocha Arcadia to assess problems being experienced there and develop a plan of action.
The Ministry of Health yesterday reported that three new COVID-19 cases were reported.
Following a ruling by the Trinidad Court of Appeal a month earlier, murder-accused Joel King of the twin-Island Republic became the first person on March 25th, to be granted bail on a capital offence in a hundred years.
Police from the Anna Regina Station District, Essequibo Coast on Saturday night engaged in a ‘White Light Campaign’ where a number of vehicles were stopped and examined for coloured lights resulting in eleven vehicles being detained.
Prime Minister Mark Phillips on Friday stated the Government’s commitment to use the proceeds from the oil and gas industry to develop and improve the lives of all Guyanese.
GAICO Construction and General Services Inc on Saturday increased its dredging capabilities with the addition of a new US$7.5 million dredge that was commissioned by President Irfaan Ali at the company’s Nismes, West Bank Demerara wharf.
Although it was initially suspected that Paishnarine Hansraj, 25, and Justin Teixeira, 34, the two men found dead in the Guyana Marriott Hotel parking lot on Saturday, may have overdosed on a drug, investigators have been told that a substance found near them is suspected to be sodium cyanide, a poison which can be fatal in small doses.
With Guyana receiving its first one million barrels of oil from the offshore Liza Unity oil platform, it is expected to net around US$106 million from the sale of the lift amid a huge spike in international fuel prices President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that government used the spot sale system to sell its share to ExxonMobil, a provision catered for under the crude lifting agreement, even as it continues to seek out a marketer or long term buyer for the remainder of its lifts.
An Abram Zuil man, who was wanted for allegedly causing the death of a Courts branch manager in Essequibo, was apprehended on Friday after years of evading police.
After finding unexpected success with growing grapes locally, farmer Devon Gilead has his sights set on one day opening the country’s first vineyard—a dream that he is slowly making a reality.
In preparation for the massive construction works to be undertaken at its Toroparu mine site, Canadian gold mining company Gran Colombia Mining (GCM) has commenced works on the 235 kilo-metres of access road stretching from Itabali, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, in Region Seven.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday, announced the construction of a new four-lane highway from Crane, on the West Coast of Demerara, to Schoonord, on the West Bank.
Pivoting from its focus on serving the needs of Guyana’s oil and gas sector, Ramps Logistics is now seeking to establish a foothold as a leading agricultural produce exporter and supplier to the North American market for Guyanese farmers.
The Guyana Agriculture and General Workers Union (GAWU) is making efforts to position itself as a reputable bargaining agent for workers in the oil and gas sector, where it says locals face issues that include unequal pay, uncertified sick leave benefits, and lack of personal protective equipment.
Continuing their support for the Richard Faikall Police College, located at Suddie, in Region Two, Jay and Sylvia Sobhraj Foundation on Wednesday donated new computer systems and desk and chair units to the college.
Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn and a team of security officials recently attended a High Level Security Conference, which was held in Paramaribo, Suriname.
A 20-year-old labourer was yesterday taken into police custody after he was allegedly found in possession of 8.9 pounds of cannabis at Herstelling, East Bank Demerara (EBD).
A Crane, West Coast Demerara (WCD) businessman was robbed of $1.5 million in gold jewellery on Friday night and the police have since arrested two of the three suspects.
The West Demerara section of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha (GHDS) today expressed condolences on the passing of Richie Hansraj whose body was found in a car today in the parking lot of the Marriott Hotel along with that of his friend Justin Teixeira.
Guyana’s first lift of a million barrels of oil from its second platform in the Atlantic – the Liza Unity – will bring in around US$106m amid the huge spike in international fuel prices.
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