Shabna Rahman

A 62-year-old pedal cyclist of No. 9 Village, West Coast Berbice died yesterday when a minibus hit him around 8:45 am along the Woodley Park road.

The quiet community of Albion, Corentyne has grown from a few residents to a population of about 10,000 with most of the residents depending on the sugar estate for employment.

At a meeting held at the Skeldon High School Annex at Corriverton yesterday, residents listened to the People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) presidential hopefuls as they outlined their plans

A 28-year-old man was shot dead during a robbery at Mars Gas Station & Variety Store, Snackette/Beer Garden at Lot 45 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam around 12:15 am on New Year’s day.

Seafield/No 42 Village seemed quiet, like any ordinary village in West Coast Berbice, but a recent visit established that a lot actually goes on there, especially through the Region Five Disabled Persons’ Network (DPN).

At their Woodley Park, West Coast Berbice home, 22-year-old Tricia and her husband Bheer Persaud have their hands full taking care of their three five-month-old baby boys and two-year-old daughter.

“Christmas would be dead for me,” Rakesh Seegobin said as he was still trying to cope with the death of his reputed wife Rebekha Chinamootoo.

There has not been the expected increase in businesses at D’Edward Village, West Coast Berbice, following the opening of the Berbice River Bridge, but residents said the cost for houses at the location had certainly risen.

Several cash crop farmers from Profitt to D’Edward Village in West Berbice have suffered major losses after their produce was destroyed by salt water, following a sea defence breach at Brahn.

Relatives of a 29-year-old labourer of No. 59 Village, Corentyne who was found hanging in his veranda around 10:35 pm on Sunday feel that he was murdered because his body bore marks of violence.

Hopetown Village, West Coast Berbice is fairly quiet on a normal day, although it is known for holding grand soirees as part of its emancipation celebrations.

Three armed bandits stormed two houses at Canefield, East Canje early yesterday morning and robbed the occupants of an undisclosed amount of cash and jewellery.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 26-year old Cow Dam, Angoy’s  Avenue, New Amsterdam logger on Thursday afternoon during an armed robbery about 90 miles up the Canje  River in Berbice.

-says shooter was reloading Leekha Rambrich, 49, President of the Guyana Rice Producers’ Association was recovering well in the Intensive Care Unit of the New Amsterdam Hospital yesterday after undergoing surgery for pellet wounds on Saturday.

A two-year-old child died yesterday after he was forgotten in a locked car for almost three hours, and his mother and the woman who forgot him in the car were subsequently hospitalized after they collapsed.

-baby delivered at Skeldon Hospital A 21-year-old mother of No. 60 Village, Corentyne died early yesterday morning at the New Amsterdam Hospital (NAH) after delivering her second child; a healthy baby girl at the Skeldon Hospital.

The Bush Lot Secondary was granted a lease for a 1.2-acre plot of land located aback the school to develop agriculture after waiting for the past two years.

-cooks released Five of the persons affected by food poisoning after having lunch at the ‘B’ Division Community Policing Group retreat on Sunday returned to the Fort Wellington Hospital (FWH) yesterday; three were admitted for further treatment.

– spoilt meat suspected to be source Five persons are in custody as police continue to probe the reason why over 100 members of the ‘B’ Division Community Policing Group suffered food poisoning after having lunch at a retreat on Sunday.

This week on What the People Say we asked persons: If the president gave you a laptop what would you and your household use it for?