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Public Works Minister with responsibility for Transportation, Bishop Juan Edghill, says safety on the roads, waterways, and airspace must be

Sixty-year-old Roger Simon also called ‘Goat Man’ was on Monday charged and released on $100,000 bail after being found with 24 grams of cannabis on Sunday.Simon of Second Avenue Bartica, Essequibo River appeared before Magistrate Crystal Lambert at

The body of Bartica Businessman Randy Adams was fished out of the Essequibo River on Monday by ranks of the Guyana Police Force, two days after a boat mishap in the vicinity of Calf Island.The other missing man has been identified as Alvin Leitch cal

Two passengers remain missing after the vessel they were travelling in sank on Saturday.The incident occurred between 18:45hrs and 19:00hrs on the Essequibo River in the vicinity of Calf Island, Police Headquarters reported.The vessel had 10 passenge

By Kurt CampbellKurt@newsroom.gyOn August 01, 2022, the Guyana Police Force reported two murders; a 33-year-old mason of Broad Street, Charlestown, Rodwell Phillips was found chopped to death on the La Penitence Public Road in Georgetown while in Ber

Romeo Persaud, a farmer from Hogg Island whose body was found floating in the Essequibo River on Sunday died from suffocation and blunt trauma to the head, an autopsy conducted on Monday confirmed.A statement from Police Headquarters noted that the p

Chief-of-Staff (ag) of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Colonel Omar Khan on Monday met with the soldier who rescued a baby from a speedboat that sunk in the Essequibo River on Saturday last.“Colonel Khan thanked Lance Corporal Shamar Garraway for his

Lance Corporal Shamar Garraway’s heroic efforts last Saturday to save a baby, who was a passenger on a sinking ferry in the Essequibo River, is not going unnoticed by the Guyana Defence Force. Garraway, who was also a passenger on the ferry, me

The Ministry of Public Works on Tuesday commissioned the new $82 million Fort Island stelling which is the fulfilment of a commitment made by the ministry in 2021, after numerous complaints by residents.At the commissioning ceremony, subject minister

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) has released a photo of their trailing suction hopper dredger STEVE N working in the Demerara region, Guyana.