Due to heavy rainfall, the overflowing of the Canje Creek and poor drainage several Region Six villages remained flooded yesterday afternoon leaving many with huge losses and bitter at the various neighborhood democratic councils (NDCs).
On the ground in Lesbeholden, Black Bush Polder, President Irfaan Ali yesterday ordered that three pumps be added to the one currently located at Adventure in order to speed up the draining of the backlands, where farmers have collectively lost hundreds of cows already.
Even as some Black Bush Polder residents once again burning tyres in anger and frustration over continued flooding, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha announced on Friday that two brand new pumps will be added to boost efforts to drain the area.
With the main focus on draining rain-fuelled flooding from Black Bush Polder, Corentyne immediately, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha has promised that excavators will remain in each polder until the situation improves.
A Black Bush Polder bride whose wedding was stopped by lawmen last week is claiming that the Guyana Police Force is selectively enforcing the COVID-19 restrictions as she pointed out that several other weddings by persons with “connections” were successfully held.
As Guyana observed Labour Day, hundreds of cane cutters on Saturday morning went on strike to demand that COVID-19 safety measures be strictly enforced at the Albion Estate in Berbice, following news that at least one of them had tested positive for the virus.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday visited Yakusari, Black Bush Polder, Corentyne where he provided on-the-spot answers to issues raised by residents in connection with drainage, water, roads, electricity, security and streetlights.
All lined up: Bags of paddy neatly lined up in Black Bush Polder on Saturday.
The St Francis Community Developers yesterday commissioned resource centres that are expected to serve both youth and the elderly at its Port Mourant, Corentyne headquarters.
photos by Bebi Oosman Still to get official word about the findings of an investigation into the death of Corentyne mother Vanessa Lewis-Sahadeo, who died last month after alleged negligence by medical officials, her family angry yesterday staged a protest across the street from the New Amsterdam Public Hospital to call for justice.
A doctor and two nurses have been suspended from the New Amsterdam Hospital after the investigation into the deaths of Vanessa Lewis-Sahadeo and her baby last week found them to be negligent, Minister of Health Dr.
Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday assured that action will be taken against those found at fault in the death of Vanessa Lewis-Sahadeo, the Corentyne mother who succumbed last Saturday morning after an unsuccessful delivery at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.
As mothers continue to speak out about their experiences at the New Amster-dam Public Hospital, a young woman from Num-ber 1 Road, Corentyne, yesterday disclosed that she delivered her premature baby while standing at the facility in January.
A Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice mother yesterday said she had to deliver her premature baby on a bed in a ward at the New Amsterdam Hospital in January and she decried the treatment she experienced.
Hours after a stillbirth delivery, a 31-year-old Corentyne mother of three succumbed in the wee hours of yesterday morning, plunging her family into grief and prompting claims of negligence against staff of the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.
A Corentyne man was yesterday sentenced to 13 years in prison for the killing of a guard while his co-accused who was a teenager at the time of the murder was sentenced to two months in jail.
Four years after he brutally raped, murdered and dumped Leonard Archibald’s body in the Berbice River, Hillary Edwards was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall.
The worst fears of two Berbice families were con-firmed yesterday morning after the bodies of their relatives, who had gone missing on Monday evening after being stranded on a sand bank at Number 63 Beach, were discovered.
Two women and a man are now missing after they were dropped off on a “sand bank” located at Number 63 Beach late Monday evening.
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is working towards a production target of 97,420 metric tonnes (MT) for 2021 and it is rapidly moving ahead with maintenance as it prepares for the start of the first crop later this month.
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