Rising deaths in mining industry, as gold rush lures hundreds
On December 5 last year, Laurindo Robertson disappeared. He was found dead the next morning in a tunnel of the mining pit where he was working at Marudi in Region Nine. He died from smoke inhalation, persons who worked with him claimed. His relatives said he was murdered. According to them, his body bore marks [...]
Leaking roof closes Sisters Village nursery school
Pupils at the Sisters Village Nursery School at Goed Intent, West Bank Demerara were forced to return home yesterday after major leaks in the roof forced the suspension of classes. Parents said the roof has been leaking for the past three years, but yesterday was the first time pupils were sent home as the entire [...]
Tumatumari hydropower station being reactivated
A local engineering company has commenced work to reactivate the Tumatumari hydroelectricity station in Region Eight (Potaro/Siparuni) as part of a wider plan for industrial development in the area. It is anticipated that full rehabilitation of the station will start this year and is scheduled to be completed within a year of commencement. The hydroelectricity [...]
Arsonists torch juice factory
Less than a year after it was opened, the Al-Aziz Splash Inc fruit juice factory was late Thursday night gutted by a fire set by three men who invaded the premises and also set the lone guard on duty alight. Fifteen persons are now out of jobs as a result of the fire, which destroyed [...]
Special water main for Pradoville 2 laid last year
The water main for the new “elite” housing development at Sparendaam was laid late last year, according to residents. Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) officials refused to answer questions on the issue by Stabroek News. When approached on Wednesday, Chief Executive Officer of GWI Yuri Chandisingh said that he would have to refer the questions to [...]
No evidence of widespread corruption in GGMC -Woolford
There is no evidence of widespread corruption of mines officers, head of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) William Woolford says. While allegations have been made, those making the allegations have not followed up on matters, he told Stabroek News in an exclusive interview yesterday. “We’re a rules based organisation as you’d expect us [...]
Ex-cop’s body found in Parfait Harmonie septic tank
An ex-policeman was killed and his body stuffed in the septic tank of his Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara home where it was discovered yesterday and his reputed wife, a US citizen, is in police custody assisting with investigations. Dead is Igris Bobb-Blackman called ‘David’, 34, of 622 Parfait Harmonie. His body, which was wrapped
A Plastic City Christmas
As she turns four today, Varshanie Ramdass will finally hold the doll placed out of her reach on a wooden shelf in her Plastic City, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara home. “Uncle, uncle, look I getting de dolly,” she said a few days ago bouncing up and down, pointing to the simple doll, barely able to [...]
Christmas in Shulinab
Hunting, fishing, parakari, forro and… marathons make a Shulinab Christmas. Shulinaban, Nicholas Fredericks, spoke with SN journalist Gaulbert Sutherland about Christmastime in the last Macushi village in the South Central Rupununi in Region Nine. “Sometimes we have a marathon, a road race where we would have a house mainly with parakari in it, and the [...]
La Grange contractor stabbed to death in paint row
A popular Region Three contractor was fatally stabbed, allegedly by his brother who was in turn shot in his foot by police as he attempted to flee the scene at La Grange, West Bank Demerara, following an argument over paint yesterday. Dead is Royston Peters, 49, a contractor of Old Road, La Grange. He was [...]
Man found dead after pre-dawn beatings
A man is in custody as police probe the suspicious death of another man whose body was discovered outside a house at Plantain Walk, West Bank Demerara early yesterday morning. Dead is Harrinarine Singh, 51. He was found with a wound to the back of his head and police said in a statement that they [...]
La Grange contractor stabbed to death in paint row
A popular Region Three contractor was today fatally stabbed, allegedly by his brother who was in turn shot in his foot by police as he attempted to flee the scene at La Grange, West Bank Demerara, following an argument over paint. Dead is Royston Peters, 49, a contractor of Old Road, La Grange. He was [...]
Canals offer hope for Supenaam but farmers battling `dry leaf’, low prices
Experiencing a decline in logging, residents of the Supenaam Creek are returning to farming with new lands being opened as the government digs canals in the area. “Agriculture is a new venture”, said Secretary of the Combined Farmers Venture, Cheryl Sandy. She said that logging activities in the area – a major economic activity that [...]
Bethany
My guides were reluctant to enter the mouth of the creek, even if they would not say it outright. “You could go but we got to get permission,” one says. They had wanted to turn back obviously having little regard for the story I needed to tell. I told them to press on and we [...]
Five days after slippage, major work still to start on Boerasirie Conservancy
Repairs on the section of the Boerasirie Conservancy Dam that slipped were yet to begin up to yesterday morning though workers were preparing the materials. This contradicts the claim by ‘Secretary/Superintendent, Chairman’ of the Boerasirie Board of Commissioners MS Kamaludeen, who in a letter to this newspaper yesterday claimed that “works have commenced.” When Stabroek [...]