Even as Hindu, Muslim and Christian religions condemned the killing of the two West Berbice youths last weekend, Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn on Wednesday blamed former President David Granger and Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon for the increasing spread of unrest. “Unfortunately, Messrs Granger and Harmon descended on the communities and in their statements and rhetoric created an atmosphere engendering ...
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APNU+AFC does not support “Black and Indian fighting”- Harmon
Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon says three days of violent protests that resulted in the injury of several people and the destruction of property has nothing to do with racial intolerance. “We stand in solidarity with the people who are peacefully protesting this injustice. What we do not agree with is people injuring people and so on. We do not agree ...
Read More »GTT fixing Internet, telephone outage on West Demerara
Technicians of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) were Wednesday working feverishly to restore Internet, landline and mobile phone services to the West Coast Demerara, a company spokeswoman said. She said the service has been down since 8 O’clock Tuesday night. The telecommunications company said it suspects sabotage of the submarine cable between Craig, East Bank Demerara and Vriesland, ...
Read More »17-year old killed, cycle burnt while on his way to West Berbice farm
A 17-year old boy was killed Wednesday morning at Number 3 Village, West Coast Berbice while he was on his way to his farm, police said. He has been identified as Haresh Singh of Number 3 Village. Police say he left home on his motorcycle to attend his farm in the Backdam of No. 3 Village. His relatives told police that ...
Read More »Murder of West Berbice youths: Police to dispatch samples to forensic lab for testing; no political motive for killings- Crime Chief
With seven persons now in custody concerning the killing of two youths at a coconut estate at the back of Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Berbice, police Tuesday afternoon said they were preparing to dispatch crime scene samples to a laboratory for testing. “We have recovered some evidence from the crime scene and we are in the process of packaging ...
Read More »Pro-African organisations float solutions to deteriorating political race relations
The African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA), Society for African Guyanese Empowerment (SAGE) and International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) are urging Guyanese leaders, security forces and the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) to help the country grapple with political race relations worsened by the recent killing of three Afro-Guyanese. ACDA said the “callous race-driven” murders of Orlando ...
Read More »ExxonMobil makes 18th oil discovery offshore Guyana
ExxonMobil has made its 18th discovery offshore Guyana at the Redtail-1 well which will add to the previously announced estimated recoverable resource of more than 8 billion oil-equivalent barrels on the Stabroek Block, a development that has been welcomed by the Guyana government. “Our Stabroek Block exploration program continues to identify high-quality reservoirs in close proximity to previous discoveries, establishing ...
Read More »Soldiers join police in clearing West Berbice Road
Soldiers were Tuesday morning called out to help police clear the West Berbice Public Road, after the civilian law enforcement agency was not entirely successful the night before. Police spokesman, Assistant Commissioner Royston Andries-Junor says while people have tried replacing debris, most of the roadway is cleared. He says debris was removed from 16 villages stretching from Number Three Village ...
Read More »Police open fire on West Berbice protesters; five suspects in murder of cousins arrested
Police Monday night fired teargas and pellets to disperse people on the West Coast Berbice public road, saying that two days of protests against the barbaric killing of two cousins have descended into robberies and other attacks on innocent people. “After several hours of the roadway being blocked, the police had no alternative but to take all necessary action to ...
Read More »Granger, Ali, Jagdeo at odds over root of killing of West Berbice youths
Former President David Granger on Monday attributed the killing and mutilation of two youths at the weekend to the People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) failure to condemn post-election unrest in West Berbice earlier this year, but President Irfaan Ali and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo denied his claims. “It is their attitude! If on the 6th of March, they had condemned what ...
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