D’Edward Village
There has not been the expected increase in businesses at D’Edward Village, West Coast Berbice, following the opening of the Berbice River Bridge, but residents said the cost for houses at the location had certainly risen. Residents told this newspaper during a visit there that after most of the snackettes at the Rosignol Ferry Stelling [...]
West Berbice farmers lose millions in crops after sea dam breach
Several cash crop farmers from Profitt to D’Edward Village in West Berbice have suffered major losses after their produce was destroyed by salt water, following a sea defence breach at Brahn. The farmers told Stabroek News in an interview recently that “thousands of acres” of crops, including tomatoes, sweet peppers and celery, have been affected. [...]
Murder or hanging?
Relatives of a 29-year-old labourer of No. 59 Village, Corentyne who was found hanging in his veranda around 10:35 pm on Sunday feel that he was murdered because his body bore marks of violence. They are requesting a full investigation to determine how the man, Ramnarine ‘Sham’ Motilall met his demise. They believe that his [...]
Hopetown
Hopetown Village, West Coast Berbice is fairly quiet on a normal day, although it is known for holding grand soirees as part of its emancipation celebrations. Most of the residents are engaged in livestock and small-scale cash crop and rice farming, while some of the owners of rice land have rented it to other farmers [...]
Bandits beat, rob families in East Canje home invasions
Three armed bandits stormed two houses at Canefield, East Canje early yesterday morning and robbed the occupants of an undisclosed amount of cash and jewellery. The masked bandits, who carried two guns and a cutlass, fired a shot at the second house after the owner, Jagnarine Mangru, 64, tried to protect his property by bracing [...]
NA logger killed up Canje River
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 26-year old Cow Dam, Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam logger on Thursday afternoon during an armed robbery about 90 miles up the Canje River in Berbice. According to a release from the police, the force received a report on Saturday that logger Cleveland Hetemeyer along with [...]
Rice producers president recovering from pellet wounds
-says shooter was reloading Leekha Rambrich, 49, President of the Guyana Rice Producers’ Association was recovering well in the Intensive Care Unit of the New Amsterdam Hospital yesterday after undergoing surgery for pellet wounds on Saturday. Rambrich, 49, of Bengal, Corentyne suffered
Boy, 2, dies after hours in locked car
A two-year-old child died yesterday after he was forgotten in a locked car for almost three hours, and his mother and the woman who forgot him in the car were subsequently hospitalized after they collapsed. Dead is Raydain Wilson, of El Dorado Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB) and a pupil of Little Treasures Playschool at [...]
Another mother dies after childbirth
-baby delivered at Skeldon Hospital A 21-year-old mother of No. 60 Village, Corentyne died early yesterday morning at the New Amsterdam Hospital (NAH) after delivering her second child; a healthy baby girl at the Skeldon Hospital. The woman, Yogeeta Bishram was admitted to the Skeldon Hospital around 9 pm on Tuesday and her husband, Chandradat [...]
Bush Lot Secondary elated at agri plot
The Bush Lot Secondary was granted a lease for a 1.2-acre plot of land located aback the school to develop agriculture after waiting for the past two years. Headmistress of the school, Catherine Beaton was elated earlier this month as Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud handed over the lease to her at the Open Day [...]
Food poisoning still affecting Berbicians
-cooks released Five of the persons affected by food poisoning after having lunch at the ‘B’ Division Community Policing Group retreat on Sunday returned to the Fort Wellington Hospital (FWH) yesterday; three were admitted for further treatment. The victims, except for 16-year-old, Leena Dhanraj of No. 3 Village, had received earlier treatment at the FW [...]
Five in custody after mass food poisoning
- spoilt meat suspected to be source Five persons are in custody as police continue to probe the reason why over 100 members of the ‘B’ Division Community Policing Group suffered food poisoning after having lunch at a retreat on Sunday. While many persons were discharged from hospital, a few had to be readmitted yesterday [...]
What the people say about… Laptops for families
This week on What the People Say we asked persons: If the president gave you a laptop what would you and your household use it for? Would you be able to access the internet? Would you be able to access voltage stabilizers? How would you be able to maintain or protect it? Here are their [...]
Seventeen applications in for long-promised Belvedere industrial site
– region looks to year-end completion Seventeen businesspersons have already applied for spots at the Belvedere Industrial Site on the Corentyne, which had been developed with roads, a concrete bridge, drains and electricity a few years ago. Stabroek News visited the site last month and noted that the infrastructure was in place but that some [...]
Mothers want accountability in maternal deaths
The mothers of the 26-year-old woman who lost her life after delivering through caesarean-section at the New Amsterdam Hospital and a pregnant teenager who died two days before want the persons responsible for their deaths to be disciplined. In separate interviews with this newspaper both women – Minett Chinamootoo of Number 35 Village, Corentyne and [...]