Cathy Wilson

A pedestrian and a car passenger were killed at Kairuni on the Linden Highway yesterday afternoon when a driver lost control of his vehicle which ended up in the bush.

Interviews and photos by Cathy Wilson Recently a two-day education workshop was held in Linden facilitated by the Linden Fund and attended by teachers, administrators and consultants from the US, among others.

A regular Sunday afternoon at the Watooka Club swimming pool at Linden came to an abrupt end yesterday after a teenager died Sixteen-year old Marlon Forde left his 608 Block 22 home sometime after 2 pm yesterday with his mother’s blessing after he told her he was going out to a farm with some club members.

An early morning accident yesterday along the Winifred Gaskin Highway at Wismar, Linden has left a BOSAI security officer dead.

Bucket brigade, BOSAI tender help to bring blaze under control An early morning fire yesterday completely destroyed the Black Face hotel, disco and bar at 113 Half Mile, Wismar, Linden and damaged two neighbouring houses.

-residents nervy The body of the businessman, who was ambushed and killed along the UNAMCO trail on Tuesday, was riddled with bullet holes, with at least three large wounds that appeared to have been fired at close range.

-vehicle riddled with bullets A man died yesterday on the UNAMCO trail when the vehicle in which he was travelling came under a hail of gunfire from gunmen.

–unions up in arms, company says they were fully informed The modernization of the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) bottling plant has left 19 persons jobless from June 1, prompting action by the unions who said that they were caught by surprise.

–  victim’s brother says The twin brother of 38-year-old Enid Sharpe, who died in a tragic accident on the Linden Highway at Amelia’s Ward last Friday has denied the police’s claims that he showed aggression to army ranks adding that they first fired at his feet and not in the air.

-Woman struck dead by army vehicle – soldiers fire shots to ward off crowd Pandemonium broke out on the Linden Highway at Amelia’s Ward yesterday morning when shots were fired after an army vehicle hit down a woman on a motorcycle, killing her on the spot.

– police say gun, ganja found at home Two men said yesterday that they were badly beaten by joint services ranks at their Nottinghamshire, Linden home, arrested and then released.

A forklift operator died tragically shortly after 4 pm yesterday when he jumped off a Hyster forklift which was on the back of a lumber truck at Fair’s Rust, Mackenzie, Linden, as  it was slipping but it landed on him.

Proprietor of the Rose Gas Station at Mackenzie, Linden is calling on the relevant authority to investigate what she calls unfair treatment being meted out to her by the Guyana Oil Company (GUYOIL).

A mid-morning fire at Blue Berry Hill, Wismar, completely destroyed a three-bedroom wooden house, while the occupants were at work and school, as two fire tenders got stuck in the badly rutted road leading to the dwelling.

Linden footballer Troy Richards, popularly known as “Kang,” was electrocuted last night during a disruption in the power supply to Blue Berry Hill.

It was  approaching 8 pm and Dr. Lindon Winfield, a dentist attached to the Upper Demerara Hospital, and his wife Colleen had just finished tending to their meat birds and were about to retire for the night when their 14-year-old son shouted that there was a fire.

…in aftermath of rape attack The GPSU sent the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) a letter on Thursday setting a seventy-two hour ultimatum that further industrial action will be taken over dissatisfaction with management’s response since a registered nurse was raped while on duty on September 11.

Lindeners took to the streets of Mackenzie and Wismar yesterday, calling on leaders of the town and the government to intervene into the dust being emitted by the Bosai Minerals Group (Guyana).