Bebi Oosman

After a planned caesarean on June 16, at 30 weeks, a Guyanese woman gave birth to four babies at the Andrée-Rosemon Hospital, Cayenne, French Guiana. 

The Rose Hall Sugar Estate yesterday hired 113 persons and the process will continue today with a total of around 200 to be taken on.

Regional Chairman, David Armogan yesterday reported that Region Six received 500 of the second doses of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine from the recent shipment and this has already been exhausted.

The 25–kilometre road which Cabinet had given a no-objection for the design and supervision in January will most likely stretch from the Number 58 Village, Corentyne towards the Canje Creek and is expected to open up a large swathe of land, Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill said on Saturday.

Residents and farmers within the Upper Corentyne area who were present for a consultation on Saturday with several ministers and regional officials signalled their support for the operation of the Nand Persaud and Company Limited airstrip which is located in Number 36 Village, Corentyne.

With animals battling to survive in the heavily submerged Kokerite Savan-nah, one cattle farmer in Black Bush Polder recently said that he witnessed a man dealing chops to his five cows and one bull on a dam in the front areas – the result of ongoing conflict with rice growers.

Although Madonna Persaud was set on joining the police force, her family was against the idea.

As thousands of Guyanese continue to battle floodwaters throughout the country, rice farmers within the Number 52/74 Neighbourhood Democratic Council on the Corentyne are pleading with the government for financial help since most of them are presently several millions of dollars in debt and are unable to make any payments on their own due to the losses they have suffered.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall yesterday said that a survey of flood damage will begin today in Region Six.

Three persons died yesterday after the car in which they were travelling crashed into a fence, then a utility pole and turned turtle along the Fort Wellington Public Road, West Berbice.

Heavy rainfall has resulted in the Abary Conservancy in Region Five rising to a high level but Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha reported on Saturday that the dam at the spill weir is intact, stressing that the water is not leading into the farming area.

Amid continuing rain in all regions, President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced in Region Six that the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has advised that the countrywide flooding is now a Level 2 Disaster and supplementary funding is to be sought at Parliament today.

A Tain, Corentyne, Berbice cattle farmer has estimated his losses to be over $20 million so far as a result of the present flood in Kokerite Savannah, which has forced cattle farmers to either attempt to quickly relocate their animals or watch them perish.

A Canefield, East Canje Berbice man was killed, while another from the same village was injured following a recent attack in the National Psychiatric Hospital.

As of last evening, residents throughout Black Bush Polder (BBP), Corentyne  reported to Stabroek News that while floodwater was slowly receding in the residential areas, the backlands were still heavily submerged.

Due to heavy rainfall, the overflowing of the Canje Creek and poor drainage several Region Six villages remained flooded yesterday afternoon leaving many with huge losses and bitter at the various neighborhood democratic councils (NDCs).

On the ground in Lesbeholden, Black Bush Polder, President Irfaan Ali yesterday ordered that three pumps be added to the one currently located at Adventure in order to speed up the draining of the backlands, where farmers have collectively lost hundreds of cows already.

Even as some Black Bush Polder residents once again burning tyres in anger and frustration over continued flooding, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha announced on Friday that two brand new pumps will be added to boost efforts to drain the area.

With the main focus on draining rain-fuelled flooding from Black Bush Polder, Corentyne  immediately, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha has promised that excavators will remain in each polder until the situation improves.

A Black Bush Polder bride whose wedding was stopped by lawmen last week is claiming that the Guyana Police Force is selectively enforcing the COVID-19 restrictions as she pointed out that several other weddings by persons with “connections” were successfully held.