Year: 2017

…accuses PPP/C of leaving the industry in a mess Budget debate 2018 was spiced up on Wednesday with the presentation of Junior Natural Resources Minister Simona Broomes, who said her Government has a vision for the extractive industry, accusing the previous Administration of leaving the industry in a mess. Broomes told the National Assembly that the Government is also working on making the sector more transparent; one that promotes accountability, has a level playing field and does not discriminate against women miners, and one that can someday become free of…

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The decomposed body of a 19-year-old was on Sunday afternoon fished out of the Mazaruni River in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), days after he had drowned about two miles from where his body was found. The dead teen has been identified as Shemar Stefon Sears of Lot 687 South Ruimveldt, Georgetown. According to information reaching this newspaper, around 09:00h on Thursday last, Sears had ventured into the river at Akaree Island, where he was about to wash a barrel. Shortly after, the 19-year-old was seen swimming in the river and then…

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Four males are currently in custody after ranks from the Major Crime Investigations Unit of the Guyana Police Force busted them with approximately one hundred and twenty-five (125) pounds of compressed cannabis. The men who were held up in a house at Third and Albert Streets, Alberttown were, according to the Police in a statement, set up in a “sting operation” on Wednesday around 10:30hrs at the said location and caught with the illicit drugs. Investigations are currently ongoing.

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‘A’ Division Commander, Marlon Chapman, on Monday said that despite being on G$100,000 station bail, embattled Bishops’ High School teacher Coen Jackson would have to wait a while before he faces the court. Over the weekend, Police arrested Jackson at his Pollydore Street, Lodge home and charged him for sexual grooming, sexual assault, and rape committed on a former student. Jackson is being accused of abusing his position of trust as a teacher to groom female students for sexual activities after they would have attained the age of 16, the…

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The Wowetta Women’s Agro-Processors story is one of trial and error, determination and innovation. When the group was first set up in 2008 as a voluntary enterprise by a group of women set on generating income for their families, few knew it could grow to provide employment far beyond the Region Nine community. The village, which border the Iwokrama International Rainforest Protected area, is now the site of a modern, multimillion-dollar cassava processing and farine storage facility, where up to 10,000 pounds of farine can be stored, thanks to a…

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President David Granger, on Wednesday accepted Letters of Credence from His Excellency Dr. Alfonso Múnera Cavadia accrediting him the new Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia to Guyana. Speaking at the Accreditation Ceremony, which was held at State House, President Granger said that relations between the two countries are based on the principles of peace, cooperation and mutual respect for each other sovereignty. These principles have been pursued through the Guyana-Colombia Joint Commission. The Head of State pointed out that the signing of the Agreement on Mutual Exemption of Visa…

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