Fire guts house in New Amsterdam
locked article

-woman in fear of abusive husband A house in New Amster-dam, Berbice, was gutted by fire on Thursday afternoon after a lit kerosene stove was left unattended, leaving two persons homeless, with one fearing for her life.

Rupununi Chamber President Orlando
Wong shares the podium with Amerindian Affairs Minister
Pauline Sukhai during a Rupununi EXPO event in November last year

State agencies must have greater presence in Rupununi – Chamber President Wong
locked article

As the current oil-driven development surge currently being undertaken by government of Guyana seeks to impact the country as a whole, President of the Rupununi Chamber of Commerce and Industry Orlando Wong has told the Stabroek Business that it is important that those state agencies that are directly linked to supporting critical aspects of that still limited surge that obtains in interior communities and other non-coastal communities be provided with robust and competent ‘outposts’ through which to execute their responsibilities.