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Port of Spain, Trinidad. September 2, 2013 – Over 35 fisherfolk leaders and resource persons from 17 CARICOM countries met in August in Trinidad and agreed on a four year plan of action which among other things will see fisherfolk in the Caribbean mobilising for stronger representation in the region and internationally. “There are many factors that are threatening the ...

Guyana Water Incorporated Tuesday said customers from Beterverwagting to Lusignan are experiencing low water pressure because of technical difficulties at the Good Hope Well Station, East Coast Demerara. A source said the well screens malfunctioned and mud entered the well, forcing engineers to shut down the system and flush it to prevent customers from receiving muddy water. The well screens ...

Despite the arrest of several persons, residents of the Kwakwani-Ituni area on Tuesday defied police and resumed blocking a key road to press demands for government to urgently fix the deplorable roads there. “The protest will continue until the government and business community understand the people of Region Ten are too entitled to be treated as equals under the laws,” ...

An East Coast Demerara woman and her sister were Tuesday seeking medical attention for chop wounds which were allegedly inflicted by the partner of one of them. The reputed wife has been identified as Yankumarie Bissoon while the sister is still to be identified. Both of them are from Phase Two, Good Hope. A check at the GPHC revealed that ...

Miss World Guyana Ruqayyah Boyer has received a Citation Award from the City of New York for her work to combat domestic violence and bullying through the Caribbean American Domestic Violence Association. She was presented with the award by Councilman Ruben Wills at a recent fundraising event in her honour in New York. Wills commended Boyer for taking an international ...

The Jury of the Guyana Prize for Literature on Tuesday announced the Shortlists ahead of the Awards Ceremony to be held later this month. The awards will be presented to the Winners by His Excellency President Donald Ramotar. Chair of the Jury Prof Jane Bryce will read the Judges’ Report.  The event, which is open to the public, is scheduled ...

Several persons have been questioned and their hands swabbed for gun residue, but much depends on the extraction of the warhead from the  14 year old boy who was killed at Vive La Force, West Bank Demerara. Deputy Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud said the parents’ hands and those of several persons at Friendship, East Bank Demerara have been swabbed.  He ...

A child was Monday shot dead outside his home and the decomposed body of an unidentified man was found- both on the West Bank Demerara. Sources said 14-year old Ryan Persaud of  11 Vive La Force Village, West Bank Demerara was shot around 3:45 PM. Contrary to earlier reports, the boy was shot in the upper right side of his ...

The persons, who killed the businesswoman at her home in Diamond Housing Scheme were known to her,and they attempted to stage a robbery, a top police official said Monday. Deputy Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud said there was no signed of forced entry into Sirmattie Ramnaress’ home at 2430, 21st Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara. “The scene was staged to ...

The PPP on Monday said it found the APNU’s recent statement on youth unemployment “incredulous” in light of the party’s vote against the legislation for the Amaila project which was seen as a flagship for development. APNU Chairman David Granger last week told a news conference that the country was sitting on a “time bomb” where youth unemployment was concerned ...