Shabna Rahman

Thirteen-year-old Clinton Warde, a student of President’s College (PC) who was diagnosed with a brain tumour, has recently returned home after undergoing a successful surgery at the Sick Kids Hospital in Canada.

Located about 12 miles from the Berbice Bridge and 14 miles from New Amsterdam, the village of Belvedere on the Corentyne boasts about 25,000 residents.

Dion Mangali, of Cropper Primary, on the Corentyne, is Region Six’s top student at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment, while Cumber-land Primary School, in East Canje, produced the region’s other top performers.

Part 2 Solid waste Collins told this newspaper that they are using the excavator to desilt the main drainage, starting from the outfalls.

Fort Wellington, West Coast Berbice which has a population of just about 100 residents is located about 54 miles from Georgetown and is the administrative centre of Region Five.

A 23-year-old woman of Canefield, East Canje is battling for her life at the New Amsterdam Hospital after she was stabbed repeatedly on Saturday morning by her estranged, reputed husband who has since committed suicide.

Number 68 Village, located about 41 miles from New Amsterdam has a population of almost 1,100 and is one of the most popular rice growing areas on the Corentyne.

Five masked pirates went on a rampage over the weekend on the Corentyne, robbing six boats of millions of dollars in fish and fish glue and also escaping with one of the vessels.

Around one year after Liloutie ‘Pinky’ Seeram, 32, was brutally hacked to death at her Glasgow Housing Scheme, East Bank Berbice home the attacker is still on the run and relatives continue to plead for justice.

Shieldstown, a quiet village on the West Bank of Berbice was established after officials from the GuySuCo Estate at Blairmont made arrangements for residents of Rampoor Settlement to relocate there.

Residents of Canje Creek and the Berbice River are running out of food, after suffering heavy crop and livestock losses to severe flooding caused by excessive rainfall.

This week on What the People Say persons commented on the ICC World Cup Cricket, especially the match between West Indies (WI) and England and the performance of the newcomer to the WI team, Devindra Bishoo of Albion, Berbice.

Residents of Mahaicony Creek are distressed after they woke up yesterday morning and discovered that the water level had risen to about five inches even though the rains have eased.

From a farming and a fishing community, Bush Lot Village, West Coast Berbice which has a population of over 10,000 has developed tremendously with residents establishing various types of business.

The pump at Trafalgar, West Berbice which had been vandalized last month is back in operation, bringing relief to flood-affected residents of No.

An Armadale, West Berbice cash crop farmer is crying out over the losses he suffered after his farm was inundated, following heavy rainfall on Monday and yesterday.

The Blairmont/New Amsterdam launch service which had started to run at a loss since the establishment of the Berbice River Bridge has been forced out of operation, resulting in many schoolchildren being affected.

Auchlyne Estate is not like any ordinary village on the Corentyne; although it is located in the Lancaster/Bloomfield Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) it is managed by the Church of Scotland.

Police sources say there is insufficient evidence to lay charges in the murder of United States-based Guyanese Roopnarine Ramodit, who was killed two weeks ago during a robbery.

Sheet Anchor, the last village in East Canje before reaching New Amsterdam has a population of over 4,500 with a section under the Canje Bridge that many people do not know exists.