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PAHO’s data on heavy drinking and violence among youths in schools which was presented at the conference.

Guyana cited for high rates of suicide, violence, underage drinking

By Jeanna Pearson in Grenada   Guyana was placed under the microscope yesterday at the opening of the 60th Caribbean Public Health Agency Research Conference in Grenada, when several health researchers who presented on the prevalence of violence and injury in the Caribbean, ranked this country as one of the top distressed countries.

Former Prime Minister Sam Hinds with his placard

PPP pickets Gecom over elections results

Former president Donald Ramotar and other People’s Progressive Party (PPP) members and supporters yesterday hit the streets to protest the recent general elections results and to press for the resignation of Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally.

The collapsed Eastville bridge

Eastville bridge destroyed by truck

A main bridge leading into the Eastville Housing Scheme at Annandale, East Coast Demerara yesterday morning collapsed under the weight of a heavy-duty truck transporting sand to build the access road into the neighbourhood.

The kitchen counter where the residents cook.

Chase’s Indigent Home in terrible state

At 92-years-old, Beryl Austin expected to be living in a nice retirement home with clean rooms and freshly washed sheets as she watched re-runs of the Matlock show; never did she imagine she would be fetching buckets of water from a faeces-surrounded pipe to flush a dirty out-of-order toilet.

This horse cart driver paused his work for his horse to have a meal.

Better Hope

Story and photos by Jeanna Pearson   Sandwiched between the Plaisance and Vryheid’s Lust communities, Better Hope is a beacon of togetherness with its friendly villagers and rustic homes.

Wrestling on the seashore.

Annandale

‘Bush cook’ and a game of cricket on the seashore were the order of the day for young boys living in Annandale in the 1980s.

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