Shabna Rahman

Fire ravaged a five-bedroom, two-flat property at Dundee, Mahaicony at around 12:45 pm yesterday, leaving four homeless.

A father who heroically rescued his seven-year-old daughter and went back to save his neighbour’s child was among three people who perished when the speedboat they were in capsized in the Abary Creek around 11 am yesterday.

– man in custody A 28-year-old waitress of Number 11 Village, West Coast Berbice died yesterday morning after her lover poured a poisonous substance down her throat, accusing her of being unfaithful.

Story and photos by Shabna Ullah Residents of D’ Edward Village, West Berbice said the edges of a road alongside a canal close by the sluice are eroding along with sections of the street and they are calling for urgent attention to these problems.

-cash, jewellery taken A labourer of Chesney Back, Corentyne was shot dead around 7 pm on Saturday by a gunman, part of a gang that robbed two business places and injured one of the owners who is now a patient at the New Amsterdam Hospital.

-suspect on the run Another woman is dead after her former reputed husband allegedly slit her throat with a kitchen knife just after midnight yesterday at Ithaca, West Coast Berbice before turning it on her daughter and a niece and then escaping.

Residents of Abary Creek who were invited to inspect the dredging of the mouth of the creek on Wednesday expressed satisfaction at the job and are relieved that drainage in the area would finally be improved.

Fire of unknown origin completely destroyed a two-flat three-bedroom house at Shieldstown, West Berbice around 6.30 pm on Friday, leaving a family of five homeless; the owner of the house is reportedly missing.

– Vyphuis says this should reassure witnesses Police in Berbice are hoping that witnesses would no longer have an excuse for not coming forward to identify perpetrators as modern identification (ID) parade rooms with “one-way mirrors” are being built at six stations.

-Labour Ministry to probe case On February 21 at around 4 am a mother said goodbye to her 17-year-old son when he left his Kilcoy Squatting Area home to work at sea not realizing that it would be the last she was seeing him alive.

-probe hears of other problems Residents of Corriverton want the Town Council to desist from incinerating garbage close to their homes at Princetown and from burning dead animals on the roadways instead of burying them.

– training Berbice youth to counsel peers A number of young people in Berbice have benefited from three community enhancement conferences held on March 13, 20 and 27 at the University of Guyana, Tain Campus to enhance their leadership skills and help them to make responsible decisions.

With a dark cloud hanging overhead and with sadness filling the air at the Babu John Crematorium at Port Mourant, Corentyne, the late President of Guyana, Mrs Janet Jagan was given a fittingly ceremonial send-off.

-Rohee urges Berbicians to embrace it At the recommissioning of the Felix Austin Police College yesterday Berbicians were encouraged to embrace the recruitment drive and make maximum use of the facility which is crucial to the ‘B’ Division.

Bandits went on a rampage at Bush Lot, West Berbice early yesterday morning, breaking into two homes and several businesses and in the worst of it C & S Computer Repairs suffered over $5M in losses and damage.

The new Skeldon sugar factory has finally achieved its uninterrupted 72-hour trial run and has started to produce sugar of export quality but parliamentary Economic Services Committee member, Anthony Vieira is concerned about its cane supply and level of utilisation.

Three masked bandits, armed with a gun and two cutlasses, terrorized a jeweller and his two-year-old son at Miss Phoebe, Port Mourant, Corentyne and robbed him of almost $2M in cash and jewellery around 8 pm on Wednesday.

-testing to continue After experiencing hurdles with the start up and interruptions from poor conditions, the new Skeldon Sugar Factory has produced “several hundred tonnes” of sugar and finally started grinding on a continuous basis from 4 am on Tuesday.

One week after a father of four was badly burnt during a fire that destroyed his two-bedroom house at Bath Settlement, West Berbice he is still unable to walk and is suffering from severe pain.

Commuters crossing the Berbice River Bridge with SUVs, pick-ups and trucks have been enjoying a reduction in toll charges from March 1 following an intervention by the three Chambers of Commerce in Region Six.