Gaulbert Sutherland

A fisherman is missing and feared dead while another sustained burns after the unregistered trawler they were in caught fire and burned in Surinamese waters on Saturday night.

A four-lane highway up to Golden Grove on the East Coast Demerara (ECD) will be built and government is working on setting up a new airline, President Bharrat Jagdeo has announced.

The charred body of an elderly woman was pulled from the ruins of her Debuff, Canal Number Two, West Bank Demerara home after it was gutted by a mysterious fire early yesterday morning.

-200 families seriously affected `What we’ve seen…is one sheet of water cutting across a large section of Guyana…one blanket spreading right across that belt’ Heavy rain has flooded large swathes of inland areas, cutting off some communities and at least 200 families in villages along the upper Demerara River have been flooded out, government officials say.

By Gaulbert Sutherland Barefoot, four-year-old Sara and her sister, Varshanie, three, stare forlornly at their water-logged, garbage-strewn surroundings on the Best Village foreshore.

–vows to raise sector’s profile Bartician Frederick McWilfred was elected president of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) yesterday and he vowed to defend miners’ rights and raise the profile of the sector.

Tearful relatives and schoolmates of slain schoolboy Kelvin Anthony Fraser demanded justice for him as they protested outside the Patentia Secondary School and the Wales Police Station yesterday.

Relatives of Kelvin Anthony Fraser, who was fatally shot by a policeman on Monday are disputing that the schoolboy was hit during a scuffle even as police promise a “professional investigation” and told the family the Force is not happy with the situation.

A 16-year-old boy was shot dead yesterday by a policeman, who was responding to a report of a disturbance at Patentia Secondary School, West Bank Demerara.

President Bharrat Jagdeo says that if the contractor for the road to the Amaila Falls does not meet the standard required the bid could be terminated and he stressed that the decision flowed from public tendering.

-amid raucous scenes Amid raucous scenes and allegations that the process was “hijacked”, Clement Corlette was yesterday elected Chairman of the PNCR’s Region Four Committee.

-prices rising Rain over the past week swelled rivers and washed away sections of roads, almost locking off access to the South Rupununi where residents are bracing for a harsh rainy season as the prices of goods rise.

-‘This is totally madness what they did here’ – Tiwari -Benn declines comment Modifications to the new Supenaam Stelling by the Ministry of Works “messed up” the structure, which in its current state is unsafe to use, BK International head Brian Tiwari says.

The United States says it remains deeply concerned about reports of extrajudicial killings and “the continuing discrimination, violence, and exploitation against vulnerable groups” here.

Chasing cattle thieves in the sprawling Rupununi savannahs, at times Chad Phillips slept in the open with little to eat and little protection, but determined that the rustlers would not be allowed to operate freely.

During the rainy season, flooded creeks and streams limit travelling in the Deep South Rupununi.

Closer collaboration between villages and mining company, Romanex, is critical, residents said as a major gold mining project in southern Guyana is set to gain approval to begin operations.

-girl suffered from tuberculosis Church leaders yesterday maintained that Sangeeta Persaud, the 14-year-old who died following an exorcism last month, was demon-possessed, while her mother disclosed that the girl suffered from tuberculosis.

-exorcism pastor officiates ‘Nobody felt for her, nobody cared for her’ Sangeeta Persaud was buried in a corner of the La Grange cemetery.

For 15 years, Gregory B. Sparks slipped into the nooks and crannies of Guyana’s interior, seeking the next Omai.