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Mining camps in the Upper Mazaruni are running low on food, fuel and other supplies, and secondary school students have been unable to travel to Bartica to begin the new school term because a partially submerged ‘draga’ is blocking the Mazaruni River channel. The mining raft has been  stuck  at the Pirimap Falls for the past three months. Crown Mining Supplies ...

Bourda Market area fruit and vegetable vendors were Wednesday warned by Town Clerk, Royston King that they would be banned from selling on Robb Street if they do not keep the area clean and continue to encroach on the roadway and obstruct vehicular traffic. “If we return after we would have lifted the suspension and find people dumping in places ...

More than 100 vendors and transporters of agricultural produce were Tuesday blocked from selling on Robb Street between Alexander and Bourda Street, resulting in the potential loss of millions of dollars in agricultural produce. Acting Mayor, Sherod Duncan said he “is unaware of what led to the decision, but I am looking into it.” Vendors said Town Clerk, Royston King ...

Under intense pressure, including a protest outside National Communications Network (NCN), the state broadcaster on Tuesday apologised to a news anchor for taking her off air because she is pregnant. While NCN’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Lennox Cornette insisted in a meeting with the Guyana Press Association (GPA) that Natasha Smith was not pulled off the air because she is ...

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Tuesday backed the Guyana Association of Bankers (GAB) in calling on government’s investigation agencies to ensure that confidential information about customers’ accounts are not disclosed to anyone else including the media. “The agencies, however, which receive this information, are similarly bound by the confidentiality rules as are the banks and must ensure that these ...

The Ministry of Natural Resources has announced Government’s intention to establish an onshore oil and gas facility in Guyana with a view to fully optimising opportunities for the country in the area of petroleum exploration and production. “The Ministry of Natural Resources, working in conjunction with the Ministries of Public Infrastructure and Business, believes that this facility is a critically ...

Residents on Leguan were up to late Monday trying to pick up the pieces after a freak storm damaged several houses and uprooted trees in the south-eastern side of that Essequibo Island. Several residents confirmed that the storm blew off the roofs of at least five houses and damaged a mandir’s roof at Blenheim on Sunday afternoon. There were no ...

Police late Monday night said a man has confessed to the beating and stabbing to death of a woman at their Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara residence and they are hunting another suspect. “A suspect has confessed to the crime and has given vital information of an accomplice, who investigators are making diligent efforts to apprehend,” police said in a ...

In the face of a blunt denial that a television news anchor for Guyana’s state-owned National Communications Network (NCN)  was taken off the set because she is pregnant, she has insisted that she was ordered to stop reading the news but later told that she could continue until she proceeds on maternity leave. “Management wishes to make it publicly known ...

Britain’s Prince Harry is scheduled to visit Guyana before Christmas as part of a tour to several Caribbean countries on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II, Kensington Palace announced. This visit will be the first by a member of the Royal Family since 2004. With autumn lasting from September 22 to December 20, 2016, Britain announced that Prince Harry’s visit will ...