Two children die in Pollydore Drive fire
Two children were burnt to death during a fire which gutted their home at Pollydore Drive, Georgetown early yesterday morning.
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Two children were burnt to death during a fire which gutted their home at Pollydore Drive, Georgetown early yesterday morning.
A twenty-three-year-old mother of two and a six-week-old baby died after an accident on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway yesterday.
A government-commissioned study in 2009 on the economic benefits of the Amaila hydropower project itself raised concerns that the hydrology of the falls could be a problem for year-round generation of power.
CEO of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri (CJIA) Ramesh Ghir says that works should have started last week on the airport runway upgrade as part of the larger expansion project but design snags have proven difficult to overcome.
A woman and her two children are today homeless after the father of the children reportedly burnt her `C’ Field, Sophia residence to the ground following a quarrel.
A wedding celebration at No 4 Settlement, Blairmont, West Bank Berbice ended abruptly around 2 pm yesterday when it was learnt that the home of the bride’s grandparents was on fire a short distance away.
IDB Representative in Guyana Sophie Makonnen said last week that talks with Sithe Global and with Government are still ongoing on the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project and the due diligence on the venture which started months ago is still to be completed.
Students attending the University of Guyana (UG) Turkeyen Campus for the academic year 2013/2014 were on Friday encouraged to challenge the university but asked to stop saying negative things about the institution on social media.
By Jairo Rodrigues in Paramaribo, Suriname Guyana wrapped up its participation at Carifesta XI with an adaptation of Harold Bascom’s award- winning play Makantali, but the production suffered from poor audience turnout as the event clashed with the well-publicised concert by Grammy Award-winning Haitian-American artiste Wyclef Jean.
Fire of unknown origin raced through a two-flat, four-bedroom concrete house at No 5 Village, West Coast Berbice around 9 am on Saturday leaving a family of five homeless.
It has been two years since pharmacist Harold Rachpaul was found bound and gagged in his living quarters behind his Robb Street pharmacy and police seem no closer to finding the killer.
The 44th Annual General Assembly of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) from August 19-22 concluded here with the re-election of Shida Bolai as President and saw concerns ventilated about the cost of the digital switchover.
The team from the forest consulting company, Indufor, here to engage with stakeholders as part of the independent verification for Guyana’s fourth year’s performance under the forests partnership with Norway is inviting stakeholders to make inputs.
Police say that Investigations are being conducted into an incident that occurred at about 0600h yesterday at Waimu, Cuyuni River, in which Brazilian national Radiel Silva Lima, 29 years, was shot in his left leg.
Over 200 persons were treated when the US Embassy’s Humanitarian Assistance Programme (HAP) teamed up with the Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana, St Joseph Mercy Hospital and the health ministry’s community officers to conduct a medical outreach in Region Nine.
Police today said that investigations are being conducted into a fire that occurred at about 0430h today at Lot 71 Pollydore Drive which resulted in the deaths of Adam Marshall, 11 years; and Shania Marshall, 8 years.
Nazalena Houston and her relatives are now feeling relieved after the body of her husband, Richard Lord, who murdered their two children and severely wounded her at their Zeelugt Squatting Area home on July 31, was found hanging at Zeelugt North, East Bank Essequibo yesterday.
Story and photos by Tifaine Rutherford Situated on the East Bank of Essequibo, Naamless stretches for about a ¼ of a mile and is home to approximately 150 residents of Indian and Amerindian descent.
Guyana’s next clean energy project could be harnessing wind power, with Chinese wind energy company Goldwind proposing to sign on to the US$31.5 million Hope Wind Farm project as provider of technology and possibly financing.
The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Rajendra Singh has told Stabroek News that his contract has not been renewed although he will be returning to the state-owned corporation in another capacity.
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