Prison Service continues to expand farming at Mazaruni Prison – Director

Taxi driver charged for trafficking cannabis-infused gummies

$571M worth of marijuana destroyed in Upper Berbice River eradication exercise

Women graduate from pastry making course

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January 3, 2009

A GROUP of young women, some of them housewives, from Johanna Cecelia, Zorg and surrounding communities on Essequibo Coast, graduated last month after a six weeks course in pastry

Ministry to focus on advanced training for medical professionals

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January 3, 2009

Minister within the Ministry of Health, Dr Bheri Ramsaran, said focus will be placed on advancing the level of training for medical professionals in 2009 to detect students with

Dr Ramsaran calls for multi-agency approach in flooded communities

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January 3, 2009

‘Shameer’ dumping household waste into the canal in Shieldstown, West Berbice. MINISTER within the Ministry of Education, Dr Bheri Ramsaran, in an interview last Tuesday, called for a multi-agency

Confessed drug user fined for theft

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January 3, 2009

CONFESSED drug user Garfield Burrowes, 39, was yesterday fined $30,000 with the alternative of 12 months imprisonment for simple larceny. Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle imposed the monetary penalty

Over 350 new small contractors key players in construction industry

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–President Ali says, as gov’t continues to roll out solid policies to enhance the lives of all Guyanese MORE than 350 new small contracting businesses have been created as