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APA calls for halt to mining at Chinese Landing

he Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) has called on the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) to immediately halt mining operations associated with miner Wayne Vieira at Chinese Landing, Region One, saying they are violating the community’s land rights and undermining an ongoing mediation process.

APA calls for halt to mining at Chinese Landing

Two tragedies, one template

On Wednesday, August 26, 2026, Secretary to the MV Barima Commission of Inquiry (COI), Mr. Javed Shadick, informed the people of Guyana, survivors, families of those who perished more specifically, through the media that the COI’s Commissioners had not yet identified a date for the commencement of hearings and remained in the planning phase of the inquiry.