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• Dochfour back in the flood

  By Gaulbert Sutherland | Monday, January 5, 2009 | 23 Comments

  
  

  

  A brief respite from flooding for Dochfour, East Coast Demerara residents ended Saturday, as heavy rains that afternoon and early yesterday swamped the area, though not as badly as before.
  Piggy-back ride: This was the means …

• Mahaica Creek in deep flood

  By Gaulbert Sutherland | Saturday, January 3, 2009 | 48 Comments

  
  

  

  Farmers raise compensation
  Once teeming green fields, filled with produce, some of which was almost ready for reaping have merged with the Mahaica Creek as farmers remain under high floodwaters a week later.
  Rookmin Persaud shows the …

• Flooding causes discomfort along Essequibo coast

  By Gaulbert Sutherland | Sunday, December 21, 2008 | 3 Comments

  
  

  

  – koker blocked, pump not working
  Accumulated water on low-lying areas of the Essequibo Coast is causing discomfort to residents and a koker and at least one pump, which could have been helping to drain the …

• Water high in Boerasirie conservancy

  By Gaulbert Sutherland | Friday, December 12, 2008 | 15 Comments

  
  

  

  Flooding affects Canal No.2
  Heavy rain over the past several days has raised the water level in the West Demerara Conservancy resulting in minor overtopping in some low-lying areas but it is “pretty safe at this …

• Miami steel plates to rescue harbour bridge

  By Gaulbert Sutherland | Tuesday, December 9, 2008 | 26 Comments

  
  

  

  Local material lasted only six months
  At 30, critical parts sag or are worn out and for some there is a feeling of trepidation when traversing it. But the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) is not ready …

• Goed Intent bridge crash claims one life

  By Gaulbert Sutherland | Monday, December 8, 2008 | 18 Comments

  
  

  

  Victim robbed of cash, jewellery

  A 27-year-old man died and two persons were injured after the car that they were in, crashed into a bridge at Goed Intent, West Bank Demerara (WBD) early yesterday morning.
  Carl Smith …

• Intact forests could be worth US$580M yearly

  By Gaulbert Sutherland | Saturday, December 6, 2008 | 45 Comments

  
  

  

  -President unveils avoided deforestation position
  President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday unveiled Guyana’s position on avoided deforestation and argued that the REDD mechanism must back compensatory economic alternatives which, based on calculations, could be worth US$580M per annum …

• Caterer battered to death

  By Gaulbert Sutherland | Saturday, December 6, 2008 | 50 Comments

  
  

  

  Jewels missing, women held
  The body of a 41-year-old man, with two gaping wounds to his forehead, was discovered in his Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara home (WCD) yesterday and police have detained three women for questioning …

• Berbice Bridge opens to light traffic by Christmas

  By Shabna Ullah and Gaulbert Sutherland | Friday, November 21, 2008 | 90 Comments

  
  

  

  The long-awaited Berbice River Bridge is to be open to light vehicular traffic by December 23, although there is still concern that the completion of the eastern access road is lagging behind schedule.
  “We are hoping …

• Gang grabs $17M payroll from GEB van Bandit dies in shoot-out with police

  By Gaulbert Sutherland | Friday, November 7, 2008 | 119 Comments

  
  

  

  Gunmen yesterday pounced on a GEB security van, grabbing a $17M GuySuCo payroll on the West Bank Demerara highway and one of them was later killed in a shoot-out with the police while the rest …

• Decking plate on harbour bridge collapses, two hurt

  By Gaulbert Sutherland | Wednesday, November 5, 2008 | 19 Comments

  
  

  

  -traffic badly hit
  A weakened portion of a decking plate on the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) gave way under the weight of a truck yesterday afternoon, ripping off the rear wheels of the vehicle, which collided …

• Xmas should be bright – GPL

  By Gaulbert Sutherland | Saturday, November 1, 2008 | 40 Comments

  
  

  

  Electricity generation countrywide is still “tight” but should improve before Christmas, Chairman of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Board, Winston Brassington and Prime Minister Samuel Hinds have assured.
  Winston Brassington
  Speaking at a press conference …

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