Alva Solomon

Behavioural change has seen mercury levels dropping in persons living in the hinterland communities of Isseneru, Micobie and Gunn’s Strip, according to a study by the Guyana Environmental Capacity Development Project (GENCAPD).

Easy-going, independent and hospitable are only some of the words used by Leguan residents

Multiple reports of tuberculosis (TB) in the North West District community of Tobago Hill in the Mabaruma Sub-Region are being monitored by health personnel in the area but residents in neighbouring communities fear its spread.

Blame was laid against employees attached to a construction firm currently working on a section of the sea-defence aback of Craig village on the East Bank of Demerara yesterday afternoon after water swamped several yards in the area.

Residents of some sections of the Mabaruma sub-region in the North West District breathed a sigh of relief yesterday after it seemed that the severe thunderstorms with streaks of lightning which dominated most of last week had passed.

Pot-holed roads and weak sea defences are two major issues which residents of the Essequibo River island of Leguan face daily and

`Working at hospital had been her dream’ A registered nurse and mother of two passed away yesterday at the Georgetown Public Hospital – two days after giving birth – adding to the troubling number of such cases recently.

-repairs in 1998 had been done in six weeks by local companyBarama Company Limited (BCL) may have gotten the perfect excuse when its Land of Canaan boiler exploded to close its factory there and concentrate on its new northwest hub and the prospect of greater and more lucrative log exports.

Even as Cabinet has given the green light for $64m in revetment works to be undertaken in the vicinity of the Craig, East Bank Demerea foreshore, experts predict that river flooding there may be far from being solved.

– cellphones, minibuses becoming commonplace An increase in economic activities at Moruca in the North West is anticipated to spur development, providing the villages within the area are afforded support from the administration.

Officials from the Labour and Amerindian Affairs ministries accompanied by the police yesterday swooped down on the Alberttown, Georgetown home of a city businessman and rescued a worker who was being held in the man’s home against her will.

–throats slit, cash and jewels stolenScores of residents gathered outside the home of Bartica businessman Ricky Ramnarine last evening as the remains of two of his friends who were brutally slain during what may have been a robbery the night before, were removed by the police.

-rescue services agreement inked A live fire and mass casualty simulation conducted yesterday to test the capabilities of the Ogle Airport was deemed successful although a number of areas were identified for improvement.

-buried body in backyard septic tank A Bajan man on Sunday confessed to killing his Guyanese wife and burying her body in their backyard, a week after she was reported missing.

Residents in the Ituni/Kwakwani area are breathing a sigh of relief as repairs to further strengthen a damaged section of the roadway linking the two Region 10 communities began recently.

Amid emotional scenes yesterday afternoon, the three– man crew of the Captain Sunil who were reported missing two weeks ago, reunited with their families at the GDF Coast Guard base at Ruim-veldt.

-wife recounts terror, escape Bandits who murdered Karia Karia businessman Paul John on Wednesday arrived in the isolated community by boat in search of money and terrorized his wife who eventually trekked two miles along a dam for help.

residents on edge Several breaches in the defence along the East Bank of Demerara were pummelled by river water for the second day in a row as the effects of a spring tide continued yesterday.

Performing for a mixed audience can be difficult, but one man has been doing just that and has spent the last two decades singing for hours, thrilling audiences around the country.

A controversial motion which seeks to institute legislation to hold persons criminally responsible for wilfully infecting others with HIV was on Thursday sent to a special select committee.