-15-year-old in ICU
Region Six has so far recorded 440 dengue cases for the year with eleven in the last twenty-four hours and a 15-year-old is hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.
`…when them give she the injection the child never recovered back’
A Canefield Settlement, East Canje Berbice couple is now mourning the loss of two children within days at the New Amsterdam Hospital and they are calling for a thorough investigation to be carried out.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced that a new management team is set to take the helm at the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and sources have confirmed that accountant and businessman Paul Cheong is tipped to head the corporation.
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is moving ahead with its crop extension plans, President Irfaan Ali told workers attached to the Blairmont Estate during a recent meeting.
Rice farmers on the Corentyne are reeling from the paddy bug infestation which has caused an average of 20% losses throughout the region leaving many farmers unsure of how they will return to the fields next crop.
With the government aiming to build two Hope-like canals in Region Six, President Irfaan Ali last Sunday disclosed that with these structures the risk of flooding is expected to be reduced by 60%.
Vice President and General Secretary of the PPP/C Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday told challengers of the governing party that they need to “come right” as Guyana approaches the next general and regional elections in 2025.
Prime Minister Mark Phillips yesterday turned the sod signalling the commencement of construction of the Hospitality and Tourism Training Institute (HTTI) in Port Mourant, Corentyne to the tune of US $7.2m as he said that the government is working to create 50,000 jobs within the tourism sector by 2030.
The Guyana Sugar Cor-poration says it is moving full speed ahead with converting fields for mechanised planting at the Albion Estate as it works towards profitability.
As part of the first phase of the Guyana Technical Training College Inc (GTTCI) at Port Mourant, Corentyne, President Irfaan Ali yesterday commissioned a Facility Simulator to the tune of US$13m which will train workers for the offshore oil platforms.
Berbice teachers yesterday took to the streets throughout the region in support of the GTU strike calling for the Ministry of Education to head back to the bargaining table with the union to work out an option for increased salaries for educators.
Four men armed with guns, cutlasses and knives on Thursday evening pounced on a Rose Hall Town, Corentyne family who had an overseas-based relative visiting and carted off cash, jewellery and cellphones.
A fire yesterday ravaged two buildings in Springlands, Upper Corentyne ruining an upholstery business and a nearby hotel which housed a bar and mini restaurant.
Corentyne activist Gobin Harbhajan has claimed that a section of the riprap sea defence, which was completed in 2021 at the Number 61 Corentyne foreshore in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) is falling apart leaving several farms and residential areas under threat.
With a total investment of over US$100 million, Guyana’s Technical Training College Inc, which is being built in the ancient county of Berbice, is likely to be envied in the Caribbean as its localised, hands-on technical training will also be needed in other countries.
Chairman of the Hogstye/Lancaster Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), Sheron Smith along with residents yesterday held a protest outside of the NDC’s compound calling for more inclusion as they claimed that regional officials are bypassing them in the decision-making process.