Month: January 2018

A 39-year-old Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice (WCB) man lost his life following an accident on the Bath Settlement Public Road. Dead is Laikram Ninesingh, of 175 Block D Bath Settlement. He was killed about 18:30h on Old Year’s Day by a minibus. Eyewitnesses say the man was crossing the road when he was hit and he died on the spot. According to reports, minibus BVV 2961, driven by a 25-year-old resident of Belladrum Village, WCB, was proceeding west along the Public Road reportedly very fast when Ninesingh, who was…

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…in effort to keep business interest alive With the impending downsizing of the sugar industry expecting to impact the operations of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), the company has since submitted an expression of interest (EoI) to Government for the potential purchase of one of the sugar estates. The company, which produces the international award-winning El Dorado Rum, has raised concerns over Government’s plans to downsize the sugar sector. The company heavily depends on molasses for its production. Public Relations Representative for DDL, Alex Graham, told Guyana Times International on Wednesday…

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The Social Cohesion Ministry plans to take the 2018 Mashramani events countrywide. Residents stretching from Regions Two to Nine will for the first time witness some of the major Mashramani activities hosted by central government; aside from what is usually undertaken by the regional authorities. This was disclosed by Mashramani Coordinator Andrew Tyndall and Director of Culture, Tamika Boatswain. Tyndall said, “This year you would see that a decision has been made to have some of those activities decentralised.” He further added that “a lot of the events on the…

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