Bebi Oosman

A Port Mourant, Corentyne carpenter is now bedridden after he was stabbed in the knee by an overseas-based Guyanese on April 18.

Heavy winds on Friday night peeled off roofing sheets, smashed fences and downed utility poles in two Region Five communities leaving the owners of 18 houses counting their losses.

A Corentyne businessman died  while returning home from masjid yesterday morning after he was involved in a collision along the Nigg Public Road, in East Berbice, Corentyne, with a motorcar which was being driven by an intoxicated female who is currently in police custody.

A Corentyne man yesterday confessed to investigators in Region Six that he killed his ex-wife after he overheard her on the phone with her new partner, the Guyana Police Force has said.

After finding unexpected success with growing grapes locally, farmer Devon Gilead has his sights set on one day opening the country’s first vineyard—a dream that he is slowly making a reality.

Stating that Region Six is poised for major development, President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that an Ogle-type airport will be built at Rose Hall and a sports stadium at Palmyra, Corentyne.

Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday acknowledged that a deal reached in August last year for 150 Guyanese fishermen to be licensed for Surinamese waters is in limbo.

President Irfaan Ali yesterday launched a major Black Belly Sheep Project in Region Five, West Coast Berbice which has 78 farmers on board already with an additional 1,000 black belly sheep expected to arrive from Barbados in the coming weeks.

Teacher Monix Hetemeyer, who started the Teachers’ Initiative Online Programme to help engage students and support educators while schools were closed owing to COVID-19 restrictions, is navigating a new normal after having her leg amputated in the aftermath of a car crashing into the restaurant where she was dining with a friend on the evening of February 20, in New Amsterdam, Berbice.

Two persons died on Friday night after they were struck by a car along the Number 70 Village, Corentyne Public Road.

Two persons were killed in a hit and run along the Number 70 Village, Corentyne Public Road on Friday.

A Rosignol family is holding out hope that a missing fisherman, Suraj Dhaneshwar, will be found alive after the boat he was in capsized on Tuesday night.

A Rosignol, West Coast Berbice fisherman is now missing after the boat on which he was on capsized last evening.  

A Corentyne taxi driver and his friend are now dead after he lost control of his car during a street race and crashed into a paddy truck at Borlam Turn, Coren-tyne, in the wee hours of Tuesday morning.

Seeking to allay fears, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha on Saturday told rice farmers in Black Bush Polder that the paddy price will remain at $65,000 per tonne based on an assurance given to him by millers after the government reduced the commission they pay to the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) by US$2 and slashed the scanning fee by 50%.

When GuySuCo observed International Women’s Day last Tuesday by placing its female employees to head major departments for the day, it was Rama Persaud who was assigned to lead the corporation as acting Chief Executive Officer. 

An overseas-based Guyanese family is now mourning after their 21-year-old relative died during the wee hours of yesterday after he was stabbed at Crabwood Creek, Corentyne.

Rice farmers in Black Bush Polder, Corentyne  yesterday took to the streets to voice their frustration at the current reduced prices being given to them by millers for their paddy which they said are expected to take them into losses, however, millers are contending that due to the effects of the world market prices, the reduction is necessary.

Farmers situated in Kokerite Savannah, East Berbice, Region Six are pleading with the authorities for assistance as they say that the savannah is currently flooded, a claim vehemently disputed by regional officials.

Former prison warder, Sheldon Prince, who pleaded guilty to stabbing his wife to death on December 28, 2016 at the National Psychiatric Hospital, was yesterday sentenced to life in prison by Justice Sandil Kissoon who told him that the crime went beyond a case of domestic violence, stating, “it is a cold, calculated act of callous, gruesome premeditated murder carefully planned and violently executed.”