City flooded again
By Jeanna Pearson Photos by Arian Browne Georgetown was covered in floodwaters yesterday in a now regular pattern that follows heavy rains with residents once again riled up about the pile-up of garbage in drains and canals.
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By Jeanna Pearson Photos by Arian Browne Georgetown was covered in floodwaters yesterday in a now regular pattern that follows heavy rains with residents once again riled up about the pile-up of garbage in drains and canals.
The Ministry of Education last evening said that 12 schools in Georgetown and one in Region Three will remain closed today as a result of severe rainfall which has caused flooding of their compounds.
After meeting separately with government and the United States embassy, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) has indicated to both parties that it believes that the $300M democracy project rejected by the Donald Ramotar administration should go ahead.
A student of the Auchlyne Primary School died after being struck down by a minibus while riding her bicycle on the Bloomfield public road, Corentyne yesterday.
A four-month-old baby girl was on Monday kidnapped from a Buxton, East Coast Demerara daycare centre by a teenager who pretended to be an aunt and following police investigations, the suspect was arrested and the infant reunited with her mother last evening.
The Hydrometeorological Service of the Ministry of Agriculture said that today there will be moderate to heavy showers and light intermittent rain over regions 1 to 5.
BM Soat withdrew its appeal against the Public Works Ministry’s tearing down of a structure at Success, East Coast Demerara, after reaching a settlement with government, according to Khemraj Ramjattan, lawyer for the former.
Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture, Ali Baksh said the incidences of teenage pregnancy and truancy at Dartmouth, Essequibo Coast are alarming.
A strong trail of circumstantial evidence is pointing to the killer of Pomeroon businesswoman Judith D’Oliviera, according to her distraught relatives, who are criticising what they see as the “poor” police investigation so far.
Minister within the Local Government Ministry, Norman Whittaker said that none of the municipalities performed to expectations last year, citing a disconnect between the councils and the people.
APNU MP Dr Rupert Roopnaraine says he finds it “extremely disappointing” that 16 months after a deal was signed between the government and Region 10 following five weeks of unrest on electricity tariffs, none of the three committees established has yielded any results.
TravelSpan and Vision Airlines are inviting applications from university graduates to fill the positions of flight attendants to staff an additional aircraft that will be put into service on February 15.
Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee on Monday dismissed recent criticisms by opposition leader David Granger of the plans to set up a police Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) unit as contradictory.
The funeral for Terry Holder will take place today. According to the death announcement in yesterday’s Stabroek News, the viewing of the body will be held at the Merriman Funeral Home at Lime and Bent streets between midday and 1 pm.
The Ministry of Education this evening said that 12 schools in Georgetown and one in Region Three will remain closed tomorrow January 15, 2014 as a result of severe rainfall which has caused flooding of their compounds.
The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 1110h.
The body of a 16-year-old Kuru Kururu girl was this morning found in a creek behind her home and it is believed that she was murdered by a man she shared a relationship with.
The funeral for Terry Holder will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, January 15.
Accounts of Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDC) are in total disarray as 80% of them have not been audited for the last five years and columnist Anand Goolsarran has pilloried the audit office over the delinquency.
The Ministry of Agriculture last night said that the latest weather data leads it to believe that coastal areas of Guyana particularly Regions 1 to 4 might experience heavy showers during the next 24 hours.
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