The nude body of a young woman was Wednesday morning found on the East Coast Demerara foreshore in the vicinity of UG (University of Guyana) Road. The body was found on boulders that are part of the sea defence structure. It is unclear whether the body was thrown of washed up there. Only recently, the body of a man was ...
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Digicel appeals for help for cyclone-battered Vanuatu
Port Vila, Vanuatu: Digicel has officially launched an appeal for donations to collect much-needed funds to assist with the relief efforts in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu. Partnering with Save the Children Australia, Digicel is collecting funds via SMS and online. The nation of Vanuatu was hit by a category 5 cyclone in the early hours of Saturday 14th March. With winds of ...
Read More »American Rotarians raise $48K for South American drinking water project
(PORT CITY DAILY) More than 1,000 people in the village of Coomacka, in the small South American republic of Guyana, don’t have to depend on a polluted river for their drinking water any longer after a delegation of Wilmington Rotarians, with $48,000 to work with, helped to correct that problem, according to a news release from the Wilmington Rotary Club. ...
Read More »Guyana’s mobile marketing, news delivery get boost
Mobile marketing and the delivery of information and entertainment in Guyana have been given another significant boost with the launching of a new mobile app called “SmartSure Guyana”. Plans are also in the pipeline to expand similar types of ads for other Caribbean countries. “SmartSure Guyana” , which can be downloaded from the Google Play Store by clicking here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.conduit.app_57b54b2a2e044722800fcc64a23297ee.app or ...
Read More »Robeson Benn’s house burnt
Public Works Minister, Robeson Benn’s abandoned home at Linden was Tuesday afternoon destroyed by fire. Sources said Benn believed that the blaze could have been caused by grass fire that eventually caught the wooden and concrete structure. After Benn and his family moved from the once thriving bauxite mining town, household items were stolen and eventually the house was vandalized. ...
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