IDB invests $25 million for streetlights in Region Three
Under the Adequate Housing and Urban Development Programme (AHUAP), several communities in Region Three have benefitted from investments in infrastructure exceeding $867 million. AHUAP, through works overseen by their Projects…
143 Entrepreneurs from Santa Mission, Leguaan, and Wakenaam receive Business Grants
One hundred and forty-three small business owners from Santa Mission, Leguaan, and Wakenaam received their grants through the Small Business Bureau and Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, at the…
MP Catherine Hughes highlights overlooked social groups in Parliamentary debate
Honourable Catherine Hughes during day five of the parliamentary focused on the often-forgotten members of society by asking who sees the vagrants, indigenous students in the remote areas of the…
Farmer sentenced to 2 years imprisonment over ‘simple larceny’
On Tuesday, January 3rd, a 24-year-old Farmer of Lima Public Road, Essequibo Coast, was charged with the offence of Simple Larceny, committed on a 17-year-old Pump Attendant. The incident occurred…
Farmer sentenced to 2 years imprisonment over 34 grams of marijuana
Rondel Stephen, a 41-year-old Farmer of Henrietta, Essequibo Coast, was charged with Possession of Narcotics for Trafficking. He was found in possession of 33.99 grams of Cannabis (marijuana). The defendant,…
Deputy Speaker Kissoon criticizes political focus in parliament, urges focus on policy and progress
The Deputy Speaker Hon Asha Kissoon expressed her great disappointment in the MPs from both the Government and the Opposition. According to Kissoon, both sides spent their allotted time to…
Miner nabbed for 474 grams of suspected marijuana
Police ranks of the Essequibo Coast were conducting mobile patrol duties in Onderneeming/ Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast when they received ‘certain information’. This intelligence led them to a house in…
Essequibo man to stand trial in High Court over rape of family member
Haimchand Takram, called ‘Coolie Boy’, was charged on Wednesday, January 24th, with the offences of ‘Sexual Activity with a Child Family Member’, contrary to Section 16 (3)(a) of the Sexual…
Mahdia Police finds 85.1 grams of suspected marijuana during raid
A raid exercise was conducted at the Mahdia Landing /Arcade area around 16:50hrs on Wednesday, during which the Police ranks of Regional Division #8 found 85.1 grams of suspected marijuana.…
Occupational Safety and Health Department continues workplace inspections
Construction and restaurant industries will continue to be the focus of workplace inspections by the Ministry of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Department. Several workplaces located in Georgetown were visited…