Music on public transport banned
The playing of music in vehicles used for public transport has been outlawed with the passage of a Bill providing for this yesterday. All political parties in the National Assembly gave their unanimous support to the bill which inserts a new section in the Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) Act that prohibits the driver of a bus [...]
Guard dies of gunshot at MMC HQ
A 19-year-old guard attached to the MMC Security Force died last night after allegedly shooting himself at the company’s Happy Acres, East Coast Demerara headquarters just as he was about to go out on patrol. Dead is Michael Thomas of Princes Street, Georgetown. The teen, who had only been working with the security service for [...]
Adventures in Arau Part (Part Two)
Scenic beauty and the contrary world of mining The mountains are cold in the morning, more so at 3am, and the moisture from the mist drips onto the zinc roof, making little ‘plops’ like tiny frogs jumping into a pool. Shivering from the cold which had awoken me in the midst of a nightmare, I [...]
‘Bushman’ falls to death from Moco-Moco bridge
Inadequate $$ had been budgeted for repairs A Rupununi man died on Thursday after falling through the incomplete decking of the Moco-Moco Creek Bridge at Lethem, which had been undergoing rehabilitation work. The repairs had been halted because insufficient money had been budgeted. It was the latest in a string of infrastructural calamities across the [...]
$16M Rupununi bridge collapsed since May 27 -Might not be repaired until October
The recently constructed $16M Rupu-nuni River bridge that caved in under an excavator is not expected to be repaired until next month or October, Chairman of Region Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Esse-quibo), Clarindo Lucas said yesterday. He told Stabroek News that the bridge is not expected to undergo repairs until September or October when the high [...]
Rain hampering Lethem road works
Work is ongoing on the Linden-Lethem road but the rain has been wreaking havoc with the maintenance, Engi-neering Coordinator of the Ministry of Public Works, Leon Goring says. Sections of the roadway have deteriorated severely and Goring told Stabroek News yesterday that the recent heavy rains have contributed to this. He stated that with the [...]
Of scenic beauty, Birdman and the delivery room
The woman said she wanted to be “free again”. In a village sited in one of the most scenic parts of Guyana and with wide-open spaces, it seemed an incongruous remark to make, but there is always a story isn’t there? And this is a tale of apparent neglect. Arau, June 2008. A tiny Amerindian [...]
Using fake licence plates to attract $1M fine, two years jail
Using a cellular phone while driving a vehicle will soon be an offence punishable under the law while persons convicted of using false number plates could be fined $1M and jailed for two years as a bill providing for this was passed unanimously by the National Assembly last evening. The Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic [...]
Arau residents say mining has polluted, diverted river
-GGMC to do further checks Mining operations along the Arau River in Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) have damaged a section of the waterway, changing the lives of residents of Arau village as they struggle to cope with the environmental degradation and its effects on them. A report dated June 30, 2008 for the Guyana Geology and [...]
Crash claims 5
Five persons died in a horrific smash-up involving a car and a pick-up on the Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara public road last night, Dead are brothers 20-year-old Jason and 17-year-old Julian Martin, 19-year-old Colin Fredericks of Plaisance, 16-year-old Ezra Ferguson, and 25-year-old Royston Dempster of Better Hope, East Coast Demerara. The friends had [...]
US$4M resort opening soon
….At Versailles A US$4M resort offering various amenities and targeting overseas-based Guyanese is set to open its doors at Versailles, West Bank Demerara later this month. The project, the Aracari Resort, would be initially offering 36 executive suites but is seeking to expand in the future. According to Chief Executive Officer of the project, Sase [...]