Frances Abraham

Another mother is accusing the Georgetown Public Hospital of negligence after her 12 pound infant died during delivery and the hospital refused her request for an autopsy and buried the baby against her wishes.

Photos by Anjuli Persaud and Frances Abraham Liverpool on the Corentyne coast is situated about 18 miles from New Amsterdam, and consists of 450 homes with about 1,000 persons, the largest proportion of whom are African-Guyanese.

University of Guyana (UG) staff members are still working under the same conditions at the Turkeyen campus that they protested earlier this year, leading to calls for new action.

Sharon Howell, the mother of 10 who was stabbed and hammered mercilessly by her partner on Sunday, had been constantly threatened and relatives believe that plans she was making to return home to Barbados may have motivated the attack.

Photos by Anjuli Persaud This week we asked the man and woman in the streets about their lives in the areas of Lancaster, Liverpool and Manchester, Corentyne.

Residents of Lethem yesterday strongly opposed the installation of an Interim-Management Committee (IMC) to replace the Ireng/Sawariwau Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) but had mixed views about whether the current body is capable of effectively carrying out its duties.

This week we asked the man and woman in the street their thoughts about the recent hike in bus fares.

Education Minister Priya Manickchand recently met with members of ‘Operation Rescue UG’ to discuss the issues that are affecting the development of the Univer-sity of Guyana (UG) and it was revealed that a key World Bank loan for US$10 million is expected to be signed in May.

Truck driver Jadesh Dass, whose body was found with what appeared to be a huge gash to the head, suffered two gunshot wounds at close range to the right side of his temple and his forehead, a post-mortem examination has revealed.

The budget debate and VAT Photos and interviews by Frances Abraham and Alva Solomon This week we asked the man and woman in the street about their views on the budget debate and the Value Added Tax.

While legendary reggae performers Beres Hammond and Glen Washington treated fans to a packed show at the National Stadium on Sunday, rapper Rick Ross, the headliner for the other half of Hits and Jams Entertainment’s Easter Fest, was a no-show yesterday.

University of Guyana (UG) staffers and students will be lobbying all Members of Parliament (MPs) to support a petition to replace the current university council, which they blame for presiding over the institution’s deterioration.

A fire of unknown origin yesterday razed the home of a single mother and three of her five children at Lot 473 Samaroo Street, ‘B’ Field, Sophia around 3.20 pm.

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation has been refurbished with the aid of a Canada-based charitable organisation to enhance the care for premature babies.

Two men collapsed and died in separate instances in Goedverwagting yesterday morning causing some amount of consternation among residents of the otherwise quite village.

Army women showed last week Friday that when they got out of their fatigues and uniforms they could be a force to reckon with in the beauty and pageant arena and the soldier representing the Air Corps, 24-year-old Shameka Devonish, marched off with the title of Miss Guyana Defence Force 2012 outrunning 10 other women in the process.

A woman was instantly killed yesterday morning when her head was crushed by a sand truck, after she fell from a motorcycle on Lombard Street, in Georgetown.

A driver of a car is in critical condition after a collision at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara around 7:30pm yesterday.

A 12-year-old boy narrowly escaped death on Saturday when a lantern post fell in his path after a canter crashed into it and subsequently spun out of control, pitching the child into a nearby trench before hitting a second lantern post and coming to a halt.

This week we asked the man and woman in the street about their Mashramani experiences – which band they liked best and the areas where they think there is room for improvement.