By Shabna Ullah | Sunday, October 25, 2009 | 2 Comments
– under UNICEF-funded project
UNICEF handed over equipment for play parks to the Saint Francis Community Developers (SFCD) of Rose Hall, Corentyne and its partners during …
By Shabna Ullah | Saturday, October 17, 2009 | 7 Comments
Elderly Hindus in Berbice recalled that Diwali – the Festival of Lights around the 1970s was celebrated in a more humble manner with persons going …
By Shabna Ullah | Wednesday, September 30, 2009 | 42 Comments
Mark Archibald of Number 42 Village, West Coast Berbice became blind while he was working in the army a few years ago, but he plants …
By Shabna Ullah | Wednesday, September 23, 2009 | 4 Comments
The three West Berbice children, whose mother died after her lover reportedly forced poison down her throat, have been placed in new homes and are …
By Shabna Ullah | Friday, September 18, 2009 | 25 Comments
-made three prior attempts
A woman and her grandson, both of Bath Settlement, West Berbice, are now homeless after her son reportedly burnt her house down …
By Shabna Ullah | Monday, September 14, 2009 | 3 Comments
`We cannot do great things but we can do small things with great love’
During a recent visit to provide social relief to less fortunate persons …
By Shabna Ullah | Thursday, September 10, 2009 | 71 Comments
Quick action by the joint services yesterday including the employ of an army helicopter saw the rescue of kidnapped Novar, Mahaicony rice farmer and his …
By Shabna Ullah | Monday, September 7, 2009 | 9 Comments
Seventeen-year-old Margaret Eastman of the Number 29 Primary School who placed among the top 10 in Region Five at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate …
By Shabna Ullah | Saturday, September 5, 2009 | 13 Comments
Fifty-year-old Lachman ‘Indar’ Balkarran left his Quakers Hall, Mahaicony home on August 23 to attend a wedding at De Hoop, Mahaica but suffered severe blows …
By Shabna Ullah | Saturday, August 29, 2009 | 5 Comments
Bush Lot girl triumphed without electricity
This year’s top student for Region Five at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams, 16-year-old Chitranjan Jaikissoon of Bush …
By Shabna Ullah | Tuesday, August 25, 2009 | 23 Comments
-collect $1.5M in attack
In a chilling attack, six masked bandits, armed with guns and a cutlass, took hostages on Sunday as they made their getaway …
By Shabna Ullah | Saturday, August 22, 2009 | 9 Comments
A 27-year-old labourer of Hand-en-Veldt, Mahaica was stabbed to death yesterday by inmates of the Georgetown Prison, one day after he was placed on remand …
By Shabna Ullah | Saturday, August 8, 2009 | 8 Comments
Twelve-year-old Ravi Dave Sain was all smiles as he headed to the Air Services Limited aircraft two Saturdays ago at the Ogle Airstrip, excited that …
By Shabna Ullah | Sunday, July 26, 2009 | 15 Comments
– struggling aunt takes them in
Kerry Edwards, 13 and her 16-year-old cousin, Samantha Charles whose necks were slashed during an attack at Ithaca, West Bank …
By Shabna Ullah | Thursday, July 16, 2009 | 31 Comments
-charges dropped
Charges against the man who was accused of stabbing a waitress at a Chinese Restaurant at Canefield, East Canje were dropped yesterday after the …
By Shabna Ullah | Tuesday, July 14, 2009 | 1 Comment
– but concerns raised over placements
Novar Primary School at Mahaicony has topped Region Five at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) with 14 students …
By Shabna Ullah | Sunday, July 12, 2009 | 16 Comments
Government has placed emphasis on recovery of the sugar industry even as it prepares to deal with a loss of $9 billion in revenue from …
By Shabna Ullah | Friday, July 3, 2009 | 30 Comments
A high-profile prisoner, outraged that he was not granted bail, hurled a book at Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Persid Edmond as he was leaving the ‘further remand …
By Shabna Ullah | Thursday, July 2, 2009 | 6 Comments
Farmers of Number 30 Village and other areas were enthused to learn about an Integrated Farming System (IFS) technique that can help to improve their …
By Shabna Ullah | Thursday, June 25, 2009 | 17 Comments
‘Angel’ Deanna ‘took the simplest thing and made it into something special’
Relatives of the three persons who perished in the May 27 boat mishap in …