By Sara Bharrat | Monday, November 16, 2009 | 11 Comments
-can now take 15 tons
The flimsy $1.1M Bee Hive Bridge, which had outraged residents earlier this year, was rebuilt almost one month ago and can …
By Sara Bharrat | Monday, November 16, 2009 | 2 Comments
-profit still an issue for farmers
Increased rice yields have been recorded with almost half the current crop harvested up to mid-October, according to the Guyana …
By Sara Bharrat | Thursday, November 5, 2009 | 33 Comments
-fire set at eight different points
The Richard Ishmael Secondary School was saved from destruction early yesterday morning after an invasion by arsonists.
A teachers’ sitting room …
By Sara Bharrat | Saturday, October 31, 2009 | 56 Comments
–accused beaten and burnt on tongue
With the media barred from entering the Wales Magistrate’s Court, a battered 28-year-old man appeared before the court charged …
By Sara Bharrat | Wednesday, October 14, 2009 | 16 Comments
Two bikes went missing from home
The decomposing body discovered in the old pump station reservoir at Henry Street on Monday has been identified as that …
By Sara Bharrat | Monday, October 12, 2009 | 20 Comments
After almost 11 years of revellers disrupting their Deepavali celebrations, terrorizing their old folk and children, Alexander Village residents are beseeching law enforcement bodies to …
By Sara Bharrat | Monday, October 12, 2009 | 26 Comments
By Sara Bharrat
The drunk stood near the stern of the overcrowded boat threatening to throw himself into the Corentyne River after having spent the past …
By Sara Bharrat | Monday, October 12, 2009 | 0 Comments
Photos and interviews by Sara Bharrat
GuyExpo, Guyana’s largest trade fair, began on October 1 and ended on October 6. Last week we asked exhibitors about …
By Sara Bharrat | Saturday, October 3, 2009 | 9 Comments
Two sisters, one successful and the other struggling to find a market for her products, have joined to display handmade hats, bags and a few …
By Sara Bharrat | Monday, September 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
Interviews and photos by
Sara Bharrat
On September 11, 2009, when Stabroek News visited the Amerindian village of Orealla for heritage celebrations, we asked members of the …
By Sara Bharrat | Thursday, September 17, 2009 | 24 Comments
Two persons were killed yesterday morning when a car headed to Berbice lost control, slammed into an electricity pole and flipped into a ditch along …
By Sara Bharrat | Monday, September 14, 2009 | 7 Comments
Uphill, downhill democracy feud evident
The celebration of Amerin-dian Heritage month at Orealla on Friday attracted hundreds of visitors but the general excitement was tempered by …
By Sara Bharrat | Saturday, September 5, 2009 | 74 Comments
US embassy denies espionage report
Talks are underway between the Home Affairs Ministry and Mormons on a settlement to allow church members to continue their work …
By Sara Bharrat | Saturday, September 5, 2009 | 0 Comments
By Sarah Bharrat
“Hope he doesn’t sound too bad,” we thought when adorable 10-year-old Jovinski Thorne promised to “dazzle” us with his singing. But when he …
By Sara Bharrat | Tuesday, September 1, 2009 | 21 Comments
-residents call for action to stop “Road Head” deaths
A man who was returning home from a friend’s wake died Sunday night after he was hit …
By Sara Bharrat | Saturday, August 29, 2009 | 17 Comments
-questions continue about abduction, police role
Beharry `Natoo’ Dookie, whose daughter Rorhema was abducted on Wednesday night and released on Thursday night, yesterday said that he …
By Sara Bharrat | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 | 7 Comments
-relatives demand answers
Dwayne Archibald, one of the six inmates who attempted to escape from the Georgetown Prisons last December, died last Thursday at the Georgetown …
By Sara Bharrat | Thursday, August 20, 2009 | 13 Comments
Lennox O’Dean, the RK‘s security guard who was discovered bleeding from a fatal neck wound at Regent Street and Avenue of the Republic on Tuesday …
By Sara Bharrat | Wednesday, August 19, 2009 | 27 Comments
A 59-year-old RK’s security guard, who was discovered last night by police unconscious and bleeding in the middle of a crowd at Regent Street and …
By Sara Bharrat | Tuesday, August 18, 2009 | 12 Comments
-bad blood blame for savage attack
A North Sophia man died after he was savagely stabbed to the neck and stoned by another man in the …