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At least 20 workers of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) have been tested with worrying levels of mercury due to defective systems at the Guyana Gold Board which that entity says have been fixed. GGMC Commissioner, Newell Dennison said that medical treatment would be provided to staff in certain areas of that regulatory agency’s Brickdam headquarters . “We ...

Guyana’s Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) on Saturday warned persons encroaching on government reserve near the Lama Canal that legal action would be taken if they do not remove their structures. Commissioner/Chief Executive Officer of the GLSC, Trevor Benn said his entity has been informed that several residents of  Jacaranda Avenue, Bel Air Park, have been “unlawfully occupying”the  Guyana Water ...

The Guyana Police Force has eased clamping down on ‘wrapped’ minibuses- those that have been resprayed in designs- until a meeting with minibus operators, ‘A’ Division Commander, Assistant Commissioner, Leslie James said Saturday. “We have tempered the exercise. We are no longer engaging in the exercise until we have that meeting so they have a grace between now and when ...

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) and government are expected to open negotiations later this year on the possible takeover of the Enmore-East Demerara Estate for the production of molasses. That announcement was made by DDL Chairman, Komal Samaroo Friday at the commissioning of a GY$340 million rum-ageing warehouse at the conpany’s operations at Diamond East Bank Demerara, “We have come to a ...

One of the men, who was shot dead by police on the Georgetown Seawall, did not have a criminal past, contrary to earlier claims by the Guyana Police Force, Crime Chief, Paul Williams said. In releasing the identities of one of the men, police said late Thursday that Kwame Assanah of Buxton, East Coast Demerara  was  previously arrested in connection with ...

Four armed and masked bandits- one with a gun and others with a knife and cutlasses- Thursday night robbed a  family at Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice. A woman was sexually assaulted and her hus They carted off  jewellery, one laptop and an undisclosed amount of cash after robbing the occupants and ransacking the home of a family residing at lot ...

More questions than clear and precise answers surfaced Friday morning, in the aftermath of Thursday’s shooting that left three suspects dead. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department of the Guyana Police Force, Assistant Police Commissioner, Paul Williams said he was confident that “so far, the police actions were justified” when asked if the suspects were killed justifiably He said he ...

About 50 persons under the  banner of the loosely-knit Movement Against Parking Meters (MAPM) on Thursday-City Hall’s internal elections day-ratcheted up calls for Town Clerk, Royston King and City Mayor, Patricia Chase-Green to be removed from office. They issued the call outside the dilapidated City Hall one hour before Chase-Green was re-elected as Chief Citizen and the youthful Akeem Peter ...

The three men, who were gunned down on the Georgetown Seawall earlier Thursday were identified, with two of them suspected of trailing a customer who had minutes earlier exited Scotia Bank, Robb Street. Those shot dead by police are 46-year old Dextroy “Dutty” Cordis  of Grove, East Bank Demerara and Kwame Assanah, age unknown, of Buxton, East Coast Demerara. A ...

Three suspected thieves were Thursday afternoon shot dead on the Georgetown seawall road opposite the GNS Sports Complex ground. After the crime scene was processed and the bodies were taken away, a police officer described the men as “trunkers”  who break into vehicles and steal property. A wailing woman told reporters at the scene that one of the dead man ...