Dhanash Ramroop

Pandemonium broke out yesterday afternoon after some prisoners allegedly set the Camp Street prison on fire and fled the facility.

Boat operators and motorists are calling on the authorities to start urgent works to repair the dilapidated Leguan Stelling, which they say is a “deathtrap” waiting to happen.

Several areas along the East Coast Demerara remained heavily flooded yesterday, following heavy rainfall on Thursday, compounded by high tides.

The local company now managing 16 Wartsila engines with a total capacity of 104 MWs is assuring the public that it is up to the task and can deliver the same type of performance as the previous Finnish-owned enterprise.

Dozens of small miners from various mining syndicates from around the country yesterday staged a protest outside of the Guy-ana Geology and Mines Commission Headquarters, while claiming that they were still being treated unfairly by the agency.

A 29-year-old Parika Façade mother of three was yesterday strangled and her husband who is the prime suspect is on the run Dhanwantie Ram from Parika Façade, East Bank Essequibo, was avoiding her abusive husband since they had a fight on Friday.

The Ogle Airport Inc. (OAI) carried out a full-scale Mass Casualty Inci-dent Management (MCIM) simulation yesterday afternoon at the Eugene F.

A man was burnt to death in his son’s house early yesterday morning at Timehri.

Circulars from the Bank of Guyana (BOG) on February 2 to currency traders have fixed the spread between the buying and selling rates to no more than $3 and setting other stipulations which observers say constitute the biggest rollback in the free trade of foreign exchange for decades.

A refrigeration technician is now dead and another man was injured after the ice plant they were working in exploded yesterday morning at the Houston Wharf.

Heavy rainfall coupled with a spring tide inundated large sections of Georgetown yesterday, leaving many businesses bailing water, but this failed to deter consumers, who flooded the streets to get their Christmas shopping done.

The APNU+AFC Govern-ment yesterday faced more embarrassing questions about a controversial bond deal when a parliamentary showdown resulted in an impromptu visit to the Sussex Street site and not a single tablet was seen by the MPs on the mission.

Demerara Bank Ltd’s Head Office and Corporate Banking Branch on Camp Street is now fully powered by solar energy.

-covered over label problematic   A local bottled water company has been using Antinfek for purification for more than two years but says it has since stopped in light of the recent controversy over the use of the chemical by the Guyana Water Inc (GWI).

The Ministry of Social Protection’s Department of Labour has excluded the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU), which has been representing workers at Barama Company Ltd (BCL) since February, stating that it recognizes the Guyana Labour Union (GLU) as the bargaining body.

Over the next four years, it is expected that 4,400 school dropouts, between the ages of 16 and 25, will be trained and eased into the working world under Citizen Security Strengthening Programme (CCSP).

In light of Barama Company Limited’s decision to end its forestry operations, an estimated 500 workers are expected to be laid off within the next three months, according to General Manager Mohindra Chand.

Drivers are complaining about the use of off-road LED lights on vehicles and acting Traffic Chief Jairam Ramlakhan says that the Traffic Department is working towards reducing their use.

A damaged section of the Linden-Soeskdyke High-way near Bamia Creek, considered dangerous because of several recent road fatalities, was patched yesterday and Region Ten Chairman Renis Morian said there is need for a regulatory body to ensure that overweight, heavy-duty trucks are not traversing the road.

While they continue to try to find new jobs, some former Barama workers believe that the company could have given them more notice before retrenching them.