Bebi Oosman

A farmer is currently in police custody, being questioned on the death of the West Coast Berbice pensioner who died on Sunday, after being discovered alight in her backyard.

Tejwattie Jinkoo, the mother of the Corentyne woman who was brutally murdered yesterday after being run over and then stabbed and chopped by her husband, had been assured by her daughter just prior to the attack that the man would not hurt her.

Located on the Corentyne highway just before Adventure Village is the very small, very quiet, very bushy Hogstye Village.

Nand Persaud and Company Limited has been awaiting approval to complete an airstrip at Number 36 Village, Corentyne, for three years, according to Chief Executive Officer Mohindra Persaud, who says the project could revolutionise rice farming in the region. 

Over 100 Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) cane harvesters remained on strike yesterday over the conditions at the Blair-mont Estate and many are contemplating asking to be paid severance in order to seek out other means of employment.

Adventure Village on the Corentyne highway consists of just close to 30 houses with a population of mostly farmers.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure and the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc yesterday commissioned a 5.5-Megawatt (MW) generator at the Canefield power station in East Canje, Berbice.

A farmer was fatally stabbed on Friday night during a suspected robbery at his Crabwood Creek, Upper Corentyne, Berbice home.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) yesterday blamed water supply problems currently being experienced in Berbice on low voltage and appealed to Berbicians to be patient as the company works with the Guyana Power and Light Inc.

Residents of Region Six yesterday held a picketing exercise outside of the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, in an effort to let their frustrations over poor conditions and delivery of services at the facility be heard.

The Region Six council is calling on government to reverse a decision to have the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) take responsibility for drainage and irrigation in the region.

Berbicians yesterday took to the streets to protest what they say are sudden hikes in charges for water, which most of them said they would not be able to afford.

The Federal United Party (FED-UP), a new political party, was launched yesterday by three Berbice attorneys, who said they would be campaigning for reforms to Guyana’s electoral system to ensure that parliamentary representatives are directly elected by voters, and the creation of a federal system of government.

Two persons have been arrested in connection with the death of Navindradat Bhawan, the Corentyne youth whose body was discovered at the Middle Walk Dam, located in Number 70 Village, Corentyne, where he was reportedly beaten on Thursday.

Adorned with old tractors, trailers, and other machinery, the very small Number 7 Village, Corentyne is located close to the popular Seawell Turn in Region Six. 

Three persons were arrested yesterday in connection with the armed robbery of a Corentyne supermarket that left the owner, a pregnant woman and several residents all brutalised.

Two years after her husband, son and brother were brutally murdered Indrawattie Rooplall is still struggling to provide for her family and her biggest challenge is ensuring that her children complete their secondary education.

Berbicians have welcomed the government’s announcement yesterday that it had assumed temporary control of the Berbice River bridge.

The police in Berbice have launched an investigation into an attempt to burn the house of one of the Alliance For Change (AFC) candidates for the Whim/ Bloomfield Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) at the upcoming local government elections and a rival PPP/C candidate has been arrested after reports that he threatened her.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) over the weekend attracted hundreds at public meetings held at Corriverton and Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, where Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo continued to use the ongoing campaign for local government elections to criticise the APNU+AFC’s governance of the country.