– region looks to year-end completion Seventeen businesspersons have already applied for spots at the Belvedere Industrial Site on the Corentyne, which had been developed with roads, a concrete bridge, drains and electricity a few years ago.
The mothers of the 26-year-old woman who lost her life after delivering through caesarean-section at the New Amsterdam Hospital and a pregnant teenager who died two days before want the persons responsible for their deaths to be disciplined.
…but regional chairman says major improvements made, more coming Black Bush Polder (BBP), a farming community with a population of about 5,000 has been experiencing serious social problems and deteriorating roadways but the government maintains that with its interventions, life seems more promising.
Route 50 (Georgetown to Rosignol) minibus operators took strike action yesterday to voice their concerns about not being allowed to transport passengers across the Berbice River Bridge, following the recent introduction of the Route 56 zone.
A tractor operator of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice died yesterday morning when the tractor toppled into a trench at Abary Creek and pinned him while another worker escaped with minor injuries.
An 11-year-old student of Novar Primary School at Mahaicony topped Region Five at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment examination and also placed among the top 100 of the country.
The mother of the West Berbice pedal cyclist who was fatally struck down around 9:40 pm on Saturday at the nearby No.
Armed pirates attacked and robbed the captains and crew members of two fishing boats just off the shore at Whim, Corentyne on Wednesday night and later set one of the boats valued over $1.5M on fire.
A security guard attached to RK Security Services died on his way to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), just hours after he was severely battered while on duty at the Berbice High School.
– almost completely vandalized, residents say Despite calls being made for the preservation of the historical old New Amsterdam Hospital building, vandals are still destroying it and residents are afraid that the dilapidated structure could collapse at anytime.
-EO of Nand Persaud and Co. injured-Heavily armed gunmen fired wildly A security guard was killed and another man is nursing gunshot wounds at the Georgetown Public Hospital after heavily armed bandits opened fire at a house at Wellington Park, Corentyne around 1:40 am yesterday.
The Lachmansingh Primary School at Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice started out in a humble v-roofed wooden structure – though not at its present location – which was too small to accommodate the students.
-no justice yet Already for this year, four women in Berbice have been murdered, allegedly at the hands of their partners, but so far justice has not been served.
A 16-year-old girl of Bath Housing Scheme, West Berbice was badly chopped about her head and body two Sundays ago and her former partner who attacked her with a cutlass died after ingesting a poisonous substance.
A Hampshire, Corentyne resident succumbed to gunshot injuries he sustained when four masked bandits stormed his house around 7:30 pm on Saturday and stole almost $1M in cash and jewellery.
Police in ‘B’ Division have arrested a suspected drug dealer and seized two speedboats, 12 Yamaha outboard engines and other articles as they continued their drug eradication exercises in the Berbice River on Saturday.
– cops hunting him A 32-year-old woman of Glasgow Housing Scheme, East Bank Berbice was hacked to death and her mother badly chopped when her husband attacked them with a cutlass around 1.30 am yesterday.
Lowering the age at which children should start working Photos and interviews by Shabna Ullah Minister of Labour Manzoor Nadir recently announced that he was considering changing the labour legislation to allow children as young as 13 years old to do some jobs.
Cash crop farmers in the Mahaica Creek are moving from bounty to bare as the relentless El Nino phenomenon bakes their plots and rice farmers are not far behind as their already limited access to water continues to dwindle.
-police arrest husband The decomposing body of a woman, suspected to have been murdered, was discovered yesterday morning in the canal near the sluice at Betsy Ground, East Canje and her former partner has been taken into custody.
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